sistance, conducting applied research, and dissemi-
nating results of the center’s activities.
‘‘(3) CRITERIA FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DISTRICTS.—The criteria for evaluation of an eco-
nomic development district shall, at a minimum, pro-
vide for an assessment of management standards, fi-
nancial accountability, and program performance.
‘‘(c) PEER REVIEW.—In conducting an evaluation of
a university center under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall provide for the participation of at least 1 other uni-
versity center on a cost-reimbursement basis.
‘‘TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS
‘‘SEC. 601. POWERS OF SECRETARY.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In performing the duties of the
Secretary under this Act, the Secretary may—
‘‘(1) adopt, alter, and use a seal, which shall be
judicially noticed;
‘‘(2) hold such hearings, sit and act at such
times and places, and take such testimony, as the
Secretary may deem advisable;
‘‘(3) request directly from any executive depart-
ment, bureau, agency, board, commission, office,
independent establishment, or instrumentality infor-
mation, suggestions, estimates, and statistics needed
to carry out the purposes of this Act; and each de-
partment, bureau, agency, board, commission, office,
establishment or instrumentality is authorized to
furnish such information, suggestions, estimates,
and statistics directly to the Secretary;
‘‘(4) under regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary, assign or sell at public or private sale, or oth-
erwise dispose of for cash or credit, in the Sec-
retary’s discretion and upon such terms and condi-
tions and for such consideration as the Secretary de-
termines to be reasonable, any evidence of debt, con-
tract, claim, personal property, or security assigned
to or held by the Secretary in connection with grants
or loans made or evidences of indebtedness pur-
chased under this Act, and collect or compromise all
obligations assigned to or held by him in connection
with such grants, loans, or evidences of indebtedness
until such time as such obligations may be referred
to the Attorney General for suit or collection;
‘‘(5) further extend the maturity of or renew
any loan made or evidence of indebtedness pur-
chased under this Act, beyond the periods stated in
such loan or evidence of indebtedness or in this Act,
for additional periods not to exceed 10 years, if such
extension or renewal will aid in the orderly liquida-
tion of such loan or evidence of indebtedness;
‘‘(6) deal with, complete, renovate, improve,
modernize, insure, rent, or sell for cash or credit,
upon such terms and conditions and for such consid-
eration as the Secretary determines to be reasonable,
any real or personal property conveyed to, or other-
wise acquired by, the Secretary in connection with
grants or loans made or evidences of indebtedness
purchased under this Act;
‘‘(7) pursue to final collection, by way of com-
promise or other administrative action, prior to ref-
erence to the Attorney General, all claims against 3d
parties assigned to the Secretary in connection with
grants or loans made or evidences of indebtedness
purchased under this Act;
‘‘(8) acquire, in any lawful manner, any prop-
erty (real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangi-
ble), whenever necessary or appropriate to the con-
duct of activities under section 201, 202, 311, or
411;
‘‘(9) in addition to any powers, functions, privi-
leges, and immunities otherwise vested in the Sec-
retary, take any action, including the procurement of
the services of attorneys by contract, determined by
the Secretary to be necessary or desirable in making,
purchasing, servicing, compromising, modifying, liq-
uidating, or otherwise administratively dealing with
or realizing on loans made or evidences of indebted-
ness purchased under this Act;
‘‘(10) employ experts and consultants or organi-
zations as authorized by section 3109 of title 5,
compensate individuals so employed at rates not in
excess of $100 per diem, including travel time, and
allow them, while away from their homes or regular
places of business, travel expenses (including per
diem in lieu of subsistence) as authorized by section
5703 of title 5 for persons in the Government serv-
ice employed intermittently, while so employed, ex-
cept that contracts for such employment may be re-
newed annually;
‘‘(11) sue and be sued in any court of record
of a State having general jurisdiction or in any Unit-
ed States district court, and jurisdiction is conferred
upon such district court to determine such con-
troversies without regard to the amount in con-
troversy; but no attachment, injunction, garnish-
ment, or other similar process, mesne or final, shall
be issued against the Secretary or his property; and
‘‘(12) establish such regulations and procedures
as the Secretary may deem appropriate in carrying
out the provisions of this Act.
‘‘(b) 
DEFICIENCY
JUDGMENTS.—The 
authority
under paragraph (7) of subsection (a) to pursue claims
shall include the authority to obtain deficiency judgments
or otherwise in the case of mortgages assigned to the
Secretary.
‘‘(c) INAPPLICABILITY
OF CERTAIN OTHER RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States shall not apply to any contract of haz-
ard insurance or to any purchase or contract for services
or supplies on account of property obtained by the Sec-
retary as a result of grants or loans made or evidences
of indebtedness purchased under this Act if the premium
for the insurance or the amount of the insurance does not
exceed $1,000.
‘‘(d) POWERS OF CONVEYANCE AND EXECUTION.—
The power to convey and to execute, in the name of the
Secretary, deeds of conveyance, deeds of release, assign-
ments and satisfactions of mortgages, and any other writ-
ten instrument relating to real or personal property or any
interest therein acquired by the Secretary pursuant to the
provisions of this Act may be exercised by the Secretary,
or by any officer or agent appointed by the Secretary for
such purpose, without the execution of any express delega-
tion of power or power of attorney.
‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—No provision of this
section shall be construed to except the activities under
this Act from the application of sections 507(b), 517 and
2679 of title 28.
‘‘SEC. 602. SAVING PROVISIONS.
‘‘(a) EFFECT OF ADOPTION OF ACT ON OTHER AC-
TIONS.—No suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully com-
menced by or against the Administrator or any other offi-
cer of the Area Redevelopment Administration in the Ad-
ministrator’s or officer’s official capacity or in relation to
the discharge of the Administrator’s official duties under
the Area Redevelopment Act shall abate by reason of the
taking effect of the provisions of this Act, but the court
may, on motion or supplemental petition filed at any time
within 12 months after such taking effect, showing a ne-
cessity for the survival of such suit, action, or other pro-
ceeding to obtain a settlement of the questions involved,
allow the same to be maintained by or against the Sec-
retary or the Administrator or such other officer of the
Department of Commerce as may be appropriate.
‘‘(b) TREATMENT OF POWERS AND DUTIES.—Except
as may be otherwise expressly provided in this Act, all
powers and authorities conferred by this Act shall be cu-
mulative and additional to and not in derogation of any
powers and authorities otherwise existing.
‘‘(c) CONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS OF PRIOR REGU-
LATIONS, ETC.—All rules, regulations, orders, authoriza-
tions, delegations, or other actions duly issued, made, or
taken by or pursuant to applicable law, prior to August
26, 1965, by any agency, officer, or office pertaining to
any functions, powers, and duties under the Area Redevel-
opment Act shall continue in full force and effect after
August 26, 1965, until modified or rescinded by the Sec-
retary or such other officer of the Department of Com-
merce as, in accordance with applicable law, may be
appropriate.
‘‘SEC. 603. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS OF AREA REDEVELOP-
MENT ADMINISTRATION.
‘‘The functions, powers, duties, and authorities and
the assets, funds, contracts, loans, liabilities, commit-
ments, authorizations, allocations, and records which are
vested in or authorized to be transferred to the Secretary
of the Treasury under section 29(b) of the Area Redevel-
opment Act, and all functions, powers, duties, and authori-
ties under section 29(c) of such Act are hereby vested in
the Secretary.
‘‘SEC. 604. SEPARABILITY.
‘‘Notwithstanding any other evidence of the intent of
Congress, it is hereby declared to be the intent of Congress
that if any provision of this Act or the application thereof
to any persons or circumstances shall be adjudged by any
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judg-
ment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder
of this Act or its application to other persons and cir-
cumstances, but shall be confined in its operation to the
provision of this Act or the application thereof to the per-
sons and circumstances directly involved in the con-
troversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
‘‘SEC. 605. DEFINITION OF STATE.
‘‘For purposes of this Act, the terms ‘State’ and
‘United States’ include the several States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.
‘‘SEC. 606. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.
‘‘The Secretary shall make a comprehensive and de-
tailed annual report to the Congress of his operations
under this Act for each fiscal year beginning with the fis-
cal year ending June 30, 1966. Such report shall be print-
ed and shall be transmitted to the Congress not later than
April 1 of the year following the fiscal year with respect
to which such report is made.
‘‘SEC. 607. USE OF OTHER FACILITIES.
‘‘(a) DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS TO OTHER FED-
ERAL DEPARTMENTS
AND AGENCIES.—The Secretary
may delegate to the heads of other departments and agen-
cies of the Federal Government any of the Secretary’s
functions, powers, and duties under this Act as he may
deem appropriate, and to authorize the redelegation of
such functions, powers, and duties by the heads of such
departments and agencies.
‘‘(b) DEPARTMENT
AND AGENCY EXECUTION
OF
DELEGATED AUTHORITY.—Departments and agencies of
the Federal Government shall exercise their powers, du-
ties, and functions in such manner as will assist in carry-
ing out the objectives of this Act.
‘‘(c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) TRANSFER
BETWEEN
DEPARTMENTS.—
Funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act
may be transferred between departments and agen-
cies of the Government, if such funds are used for
the purposes for which they are specifically author-
ized and appropriated.
‘‘(2) TRANSFER FOR OTHER PURPOSES UNDER
THIS
ACT.—Funds authorized to be appropriated
under this Act may be transferred between functions
established under different titles of this Act, if such
funds are used for the purposes for which they are
specifically authorized and appropriated. Such trans-
ferred funds shall remain available until expended,
and may be transferred to and merged with the ap-
propriations under the heading ‘salaries and ex-
penses’ by the Secretary to the extent that the total
amount of such transfer and merger shall not exceed
5 percent of such transferred funds.
‘‘(d) FUNDS TRANSFERRED FROM OTHER DEPART-
MENTS AND AGENCIES.—In order to carry out the objec-
tives of this Act, the Secretary may accept transfers of
funds from other departments and agencies of the Federal
Government if the funds are used for the purposes for
which (and in accordance with the terms under which) the
funds are specifically authorized and appropriated.
‘‘SEC. 608. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to carry out those provisions
of the Act for which specific authority for appropriations
is not otherwise provided in this Act except that there are
hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out those
provisions of the Act for which specific authority for ap-
propriations is not otherwise provided in this Act not to
exceed $36,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1995. Appropriations authorized under this Act shall
remain available until expended unless otherwise provided
by appropriations Acts. Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated under this section may be used to support a per-
sonnel level of up to 375 full-time equivalents and to ‘buy-
out’ existing employees without the loss of the full-time
equivalent positions filled by such employees. Funds ap-
propriated to carry out the purposes of this Act are au-
thorized to be expended for the payment of all obligations
and expenditures arising from actions to protect the Gov-
ernment’s interest in grant property.
‘‘SEC. 609. PENALTIES.
‘‘(a) 
FALSE
STATEMENTS; 
SECURITY
OVER-
VALUATION.—Whoever makes any statement knowing it
to be false, or whoever willfully overvalues any security,
for the purpose of obtaining for such person or for any
applicant any financial assistance under section 101, 201,
202, or 411 or any extension of any such assistance by
renewal, deferment, or action, or otherwise, or the accept-
ance, release, or substitution of security for such assist-
ance, or for the purpose of influencing in any way the ac-
tion of the Secretary, or for the purpose of obtaining
money, property, or anything of value, under this Act,
shall be punished by a fine under title 18, United States
Code, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
‘‘(b) 
EMBEZZLEMENT
AND
FRAUD-RELATED
CRIMES.—Whoever, being connected in any capacity with
the Secretary, in the administration of this Act—
‘‘(1) embezzles, abstracts, purloins, or willfully
misapplies any moneys, funds, securities, or other
things of value, whether belonging to such person or
pledged or otherwise entrusted to such person;
‘‘(2) with intent to defraud the Secretary or
any other body politic or corporate, or any individ-
ual, or to deceive any officer, auditor, or examiner,
makes any false entry in any book, report, or state-
ment of or to the Secretary, or without being duly
authorized draws any order or issues, puts forth, or
assigns any note, debenture, bond, or other obliga-
tion, or draft, bill of exchange, mortgage, judgment,
or decree thereof;
‘‘(3) with intent to defraud participates or
shares in or receives directly or indirectly any
money, profit, property, or benefit through any
transaction, loan, grant, commission, contract, or
any other act of the Secretary; or
‘‘(4) gives any unauthorized information con-
cerning any future action or plan of the Secretary
which might affect the value of securities, or having
such knowledge invests or speculates, directly or in-
directly, in the securities or property of any com-
pany or corporation receiving loans, grants, or other
assistance from the Secretary,
shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, impris-
oned for not more than 5 years, or both.
‘‘SEC. 610. EMPLOYMENT OF EXPEDITERS AND ADMINIS-
TRATIVE EMPLOYEES.
‘‘No financial assistance shall be extended by the Sec-
retary under section 101, 201, 202, or 411 to any business
enterprise unless the owners, partners, or officers of such
business enterprise—
‘‘(1) certify to the Secretary the names of any
attorneys, agents, and other persons engaged by or
on behalf of such business enterprise for the purpose
of expediting applications made to the Secretary for
assistance of any sort, under this Act, and the fees
paid or to be paid to any such person; and
‘‘(2) execute an agreement binding such busi-
ness enterprise, for a period of 2 years after such
assistance is rendered by the Secretary to such busi-
ness enterprise, to refrain from employing, tendering
any office or employment to, or retaining for profes-
sional services, any person who, on the date such as-
sistance or any part thereof was rendered, or within
the 1-year period ending on such date, shall have
served as an officer, attorney, agent, or employee,
occupying a position or engaging in activities which
the Secretary determines involves discretion with re-
spect to the granting of assistance under this Act.
‘‘SEC. 611. LABOR STANDARDS; RATE OF WAGES; ASSUR-
ANCE OF MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS; EN-
FORCEMENT.
‘‘All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors
or subcontractors on projects assisted by the Secretary
under this Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than
those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as
determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with
the Act of March 3, 1931, known as the Davis-Bacon Act.
The Secretary shall not extend any financial assistance
under section 101, 201, 202, 411, or 703 for such a
project without first obtaining adequate assurance that
these labor standards will be maintained upon the con-
struction work. The Secretary of Labor shall have, with
respect to the labor standards specified in this provision,
the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization
Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 and section 2 of the Act of
June 13, 1934 (Chapter 482; 48 Stat. 948).
‘‘SEC. 612. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS OF APPROVED AP-
PLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE;
PUBLIC INSPECTION.
‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE OF RECORD REQUIRED.—The
Secretary shall maintain as a permanent part of the
records of the Department of Commerce a list of applica-
tions approved for financial assistance under section 3131,
3141, 3142, or 3171 of this title, which shall be kept avail-
able for public inspection during the regular business
hours of the Department of Commerce.
‘‘(b) POSTING TO LIST.—The following information
shall be posted in such list as soon as each application
is approved:
‘‘(1) The name of the applicant and, in the case
of corporate applications, the names of the officers
and directors of the corporation.
‘‘(2) The amount and duration of the loan or
grant for which application is made.
‘‘(3) The purposes for which the proceeds of the
loan or grant are to be used.
‘‘(4) A general description of the security of-
fered in the case of a loan.
‘‘SEC. 613. RECORDS AND AUDIT.
‘‘(a) RECORDKEEPING AND DISCLOSURE REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Each recipient of assistance under this Act shall
keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, includ-
ing records which fully disclose the amount and the dis-
position by such recipient of the proceeds of such assist-
ance, the total cost of the project or undertaking in con-
nection with which such assistance is given or used, and
the amount and nature of that portion of the cost of the
project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such
other records as will facilitate an effective audit.
‘‘(b) ACCESS
TO BOOKS
FOR EXAMINATION
AND
AUDIT.—The Secretary and the Comptroller General of
the United States, or any of their duly authorized rep-
resentatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and
examination to any books, documents, papers, and records
of the recipient that are pertinent to assistance received
under this Act.
‘‘SEC. 614. PROHIBITION AGAINST A STATUTORY CON-
STRUCTION WHICH MIGHT CAUSE DIMINU-
TION IN OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.
‘‘All financial and technical assistance authorized
under this Act shall be in addition to any Federal assist-
ance previously authorized, and no provision hereof shall
be construed as authorizing or permitting any reduction
or diminution in the proportional amount of Federal as-
sistance to which any State or any other entity eligible
under this Act would otherwise be entitled under the provi-
sions of any other Act.
‘‘SEC. 615. ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICANTS’ CERTIFICATIONS.
‘‘The Secretary may accept, when deemed appro-
priate, the applicants’ certifications to meet the require-
ments of this Act.
‘‘SEC. 616. SUPERVISION OF REGIONAL COUNSELS.
‘‘The Secretary shall take such actions as may be
necessary to ensure that individuals serving as Regional
Counsels of the Economic Development Administration re-
port directly to their respective Regional Director.
‘‘TITLE VII—SPECIAL ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND ADJUST-
MENT ASSISTANCE
‘‘Subtitle A—Grants and
Adjustment Assistance
‘‘SEC. 701. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
‘‘The purpose of this title is to provide special eco-
nomic development and adjustment assistance programs
to help State and local areas meet special needs arising
from actual or threatened severe unemployment arising
from economic dislocation, including unemployment aris-
ing from actions of the Federal Government and from
compliance with environmental requirements which re-
move economic activities from a locality, and economic ad-
justment problems resulting from severe changes in eco-
nomic conditions (including long-term economic deteriora-
tion), and to encourage cooperative intergovernmental ac-
tion to prevent or solve economic adjustment problems.
Nothing in this title is intended to replace the efforts of
the economic adjustment program of the Department of
Defense.
‘‘SEC. 702. ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT DEFINED.
‘‘As used in this title, the term ‘eligible recipient’
means an economic development district (as defined in
section 411), an Indian tribe, a State, a city or other polit-
ical subdivision of a State, or a consortium of such politi-
cal subdivisions, or a public or private nonprofit organiza-
tion or association.
‘‘SEC. 703. GRANTS BY SECRETARY.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) DIRECT
GRANTS.—The Secretary may
make grants directly to any eligible recipient in an
area which—
‘‘(A) the Secretary has determined has ex-
perienced, or may reasonably be foreseen to be
about to experience, a special need to meet an
expected rise in unemployment, or other eco-
nomic adjustment problems (including those
caused by any action or decision of the Federal
Government); or
‘‘(B) the Secretary determines has dem-
onstrated long-term economic deterioration, to
carry out or develop a plan which—
‘‘(i) meets the requirements of sub-
section (b); and
‘‘(ii) is approved by the Secretary to
use such grants for any of the following:
‘‘(I) Public facilities.
‘‘(II Public services.
‘‘(III) Business development.
‘‘(IV) Industrial retention.
‘‘(V) Planning.
‘‘(VI) Research.
‘‘(VII Technical assistance.
‘‘(VIII) Administrative expenses.
‘‘(IX) Training.
‘‘(X) Relocation of individuals
and businesses.
‘‘(XI) Assistance to business
through trade adjustment assistance
centers.
‘‘(XII) Other assistance which
demonstrably furthers the economic
development and adjustment objec-
tives of this title.
‘‘(2) DIRECT
EXPENDITURE
OR
REDISTRIBU-
TION BY RECIPIENT.—Grants under paragraph (1)
may be used in direct expenditures by the eligible re-
cipient or through redistribution by it to public and
private entities in grants, loans, loan guarantees,
payments to reduce interest on loan guarantees, or
other appropriate assistance, but no grant shall be
made by an eligible recipient to a private profit-
making entity.
‘‘(3) 
RESEARCH
AND
TECHNICAL
ASSIST-
ANCE.—The Secretary may conduct research or pro-
vide technical assistance for purposes of this title di-
rectly through members of the Secretary’s staff or
through the payment of funds to other departments
or agencies of the Federal Government.
‘‘(b) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL OF PLAN.—No plan
shall be approved by the Secretary under this section un-
less the plan—
‘‘(1) identifies each economic development and
adjustment need of the area for which assistance is
sought under this title;
‘‘(2) describes each activity planned to meet
each such need;
‘‘(3) explains the details of the method of carry-
ing out each such planned activity;
‘‘(4) contains assurances satisfactory to the
Secretary that the proceeds from the repayment of
loans made by the eligible recipient with funds
granted under this title will be used for economic de-
velopment or adjustment; and
‘‘(5) be in such form and contain such addi-
tional information as the Secretary shall prescribe.
‘‘(c) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES WITH OTHER
FEDERAL PROGRAMS, REGIONAL COMMISSIONS, STATES,
ETC.—The Secretary to the extent practicable shall co-
ordinate the activities relating to the requirements for
plans and making grants and loans under this title with
other Federal programs, regional commissions, States,
economic development districts and other appropriate
planning and development organizations.
‘‘(d) PRIORITIZING NEEDS
AND SELECTION CRI-
TERIA FOR ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pre-
scribe regulations and procedures to carry out this
title which establish a method to prioritize applica-
tions and award funding in a manner which takes
into consideration the relative needs of eligible areas
and the capacity of the applicant organizations.
‘‘(2) FACTORS
TO
BE
CONSIDERED.—In pre-
scribing such regulations and procedures the Sec-
retary shall consider among other relevant factors—
‘‘(A) the severity of the current and antici-
pated rates of unemployment in the eligible
areas and the current and anticipated duration
of such unemployment;
‘‘(B) the income levels of families and the
extent of underemployment in eligible areas;
‘‘(C) the economic development records of
the applicant organization, including the organi-
zation’s prior experience and its capacity to
leverage or attract funding from the private
sector;
‘‘(D) the ability of the applicant organiza-
tion to raise funds necessary to meet any
matching requirements applicable to the assist-
ance provided under this title;
‘‘(E) how the applicant organization will
coordinate or create partnerships with other or-
ganizations in the community and the extent to
which the applicant will increase the resources
for economic development activities through
such coordination or by forging partnerships
with private financial institutions; and
‘‘(F) the applicant organization’s record in
targeting assistance to economically distressed
communities.
‘‘(e) BASE CLOSINGS AND REALIGNMENTS.—
‘‘(1) LOCATION OF PROJECTS.—In any case in
which the Secretary determines a need for assistance
under subsection (a) due to the closure or realign-
ment of a military installation, the Secretary may
make such assistance available for projects to be
carried out on the military installation and for
projects to be carried out in communities adversely
affected by the closure or realignment.
‘‘(2) INTEREST IN PROPERTY.—Notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, the Secretary may
provide to an eligible recipient any assistance avail-
able under this Act for a project to be carried out
on a military installation that is closed or scheduled
for closure or realignment without requiring that the
eligible recipient have title to the property or a lease-
hold interest in the property for any specified term.
‘‘SEC. 704. ANNUAL REPORTS BY RECIPIENT AND SEC-
RETARY.
‘‘(a) RECIPIENT’S REPORT.—Each eligible recipient
which receives assistance under this title shall annually
during the period such assistance continues make a full
and complete report to the Secretary, in such manner as
the Secretary shall prescribe, and such report shall contain
an evaluation of the effectiveness of the economic assist-
ance provided under this title in meeting the need it was
designed to alleviate and the purposes of this title.
‘‘(b) SECRETARY’S REPORT.—The Secretary shall in-
clude in the annual report pursuant to section 3217 of
this title a consolidated report with his recommendations,