An Act to provide during times of high unemployment for programs of public service employment for unemployed persons, to assist States and local communities in providing needed public services, and for other purposes
PL 92-54 (S.31), enacted 07/12/1971

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Maritime acad-
emies, vessels. 
72 Stat. 622. 
(e) maritime training at the Merchant Marine Academy at 
Kings Point, New York, $7,300,000; and 
(f) financial assistance to State marine schools, $2,370,000. 
SEC. 2. Section 3 of the Maritime Academy Act of 1958 (46 U.S.C. 
1382) is amended by inserting a new subsection (c) to read as follows: 
"(c) In any case where the Secretary has not, prior to the enactment 
of this subsection, furnished a suitable vessel to a State as authorized 
by subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary may, in lieu of furnish-
ing such a vessel, repair, recondition and equip (including all apparel, 
charts, books, and mstruments of navigation) as necessary, a vessel 
which is owned by a State on the date of enactment of this subsection, 
for use as a training vessel for a maritime academy or college meeting 
the requirements of this Act." 
Approved July 9 , 1971. 
July 12,1971 
[S. 31] 
Emergency 
Employment Act 
of 1971. 
Public Law 92-54 
AN ACT 
To provide (luring times of high unemployment for programs of public service 
employment for unemployed persons, to assist States and local communities in 
providing needed public services, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Vnited States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may 
be cited as the "Emergency Employment Act of 1971". 
STATEMENT OF FINDINGS AND PURPOSES 
SEC. 2. The Congress finds and declares that— 
(1) times of high unemployment severely limit the work 
opportunities available to the general population, especially low-
income persons and migrants, persons of limited English-speaking 
ability, and others from socioeconomic backgrounds generally 
associated with substantial unemployment and underemployment; 
(2) expanded work opportunities fail, in times of high unem-
ployment, to keep pace with the increased number of persons in 
the labor force, including the many young persons who are enter-
ing the labor force, persons who have recently been separated 
from military service, and older persons who desire to remain in, 
enter, or reenter the labor force; 
(3) in times of high unemployment, many low-income persons 
are unable to secure or retain employment, making it especially 
difficult to become self-supporting and thus increasing the number 
of welfare recipients; 
(4) many of the persons who have become unemployed or under-
employed as a result of technological changes or as a result of 
shifts in the pattern of Federal expenditures, as in the defense, 
aerospace, and construction industries, could usefully be employed 
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in providing needed public services; 
(5) it is appropriate during times of high unemployment to fill 
unmet needs for public services in such fields as environmental 
quality, health care, housing and neighborhood improvements, rec-
reation, education, public safety, maintenance of streets, parks, 
and other public facilities, rural development, transportation, 
beautification, conservation, crime prevention and control, prison 
rehabilitation, and other fields of human betterment and public 
improvement; 
(6) programs providing transitional employment in jobs pro-
viding needed public services and related training and manpower 
services can be a useful component of the Nation's manpower poli-
cies in dealing with problems of high unemployment and depend-
ency upon welfare assistance, and providing affected individuals 
with opportunities to develop skills and abilities to enable them to 
move into other public or private employment and other oppor-
tunities; and 
(7) providing resources for transitional public service employ-
ment and related training and manpower services during an 
economic slowdown can help as an economic stabilizer both to ease 
the impact of unemployment for the affected individuals and 
to reduce the pressures which tend to generate 
further 
unemployment. 
It is therefore the purpose of this Act to provide unemployed and 
underemployed persons with transitional employment in jobs pro-
viding needed public services during times of high unemployment 
and, wherever feasible, related training and manpower services to 
enable such persons to move into employment or training not sup-
ported under this Act. 
FINANCIAL 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary of Labor shall enter into arrangements 
wdth eligible applicants in accordance with the provisions of this Act 
in order to make financial assistance available during times of high 
unemployment for the purposes of providing transitional employment 
for unemployed and underemployed persons in jobs providing needed 
public services, and training and manpower services related to such 
employment which are otherwise unavailable, and enabling such per-
sons to move into employment or training not supported under this 
Act. 
(b) Not less than 85 per centum of the funds appropriated pursuant 
to this Act shall be expended only for wages and employment benefits 
to persons employed in public service jobs pursuant to this Act. 
ELIGIBLE 
APPLICANTS 
SEC. 4. Financial assistance under this Act may be provided by the 
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Secretary only pursuant to applications submitted by eligible appli-
cants which, shall be— 
(1) units of Federal, State, and general local government; or 
(2) public agencies and institutions which are subdivisions of 
State or general local government, and institutions of the Federal 
Government; or 
(3) Indian tribes on Federal or State reservations. 
Publication in 
Federal Regis-
ter. 
AUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 5. (a) For the purposes of carrying out this Act, there are 
authorized to be appropriated $750,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1972, and $1,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1973. 
(b) (1) No further obligation of funds appropriated under this sec-
tion may be made subsequent to a determination by the Secretary that 
the rate of national unemployment (seasonally adjusted) has receded 
below 4.5 per centum for three consecutive months except as provided 
in paragraph (2). 
(2) If, at any time subsequent to the Secretary's determination 
under this section, the rate of national unemployment (seasonally 
adjusted) equals or exceeds 4.5 per centum for three consecutive 
months, the Secretary shall, notwithstanding the provisions of para-
graph (1), resume the obligation of funds appropriated under this 
section until a new determination has been made under paragraph (1). 
(3) In determining the rate of national unemployment for the 
purposes of this section only, persons who were, at the time of their 
employment under this Act, being counted as unemployed in determin-
ing the rate of national unemployment shall continue to be so counted 
if they continue in such employment. 
(c) Whenever the Secretary makes any determination required by 
subsection (b), he shall promptly notify the Congress and shall pub-
lish such determination in the Federal Register. At such time, the 
Secretary shall recommend to the Congress any further steps he deems 
appropriate. 
Special Employ-
ment Assistance 
Program, estab-
lishment. 
SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 6. (a) There is hereby established a Special Employment Assist-
ance Program. There are authorized to be appropriated $250,000,000 
each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for the succeeding 
fiscal year, to carry out the provisions of this section. 
(b)The Secretary shall enter i-nto agreements with eligible applicants 
meeting the criteria set forth in subsection (c) in order to make financial 
assistance available, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, for 
the purpose of providing employment, for unemployed and under-
employed persons residing in areas of substantial unemployment, in 
jobs providing needed public services. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
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(c) For the purpose of this section— 
Definitions. 
(1) "areas of substantial unemployment" means any area of suf-
ficient size and scope to sustain a public service employment pro-
gram and which has a rate of unemployment equal to or in excess 
of 6 per centum for three consecutive months as determined by 
the Secretary; and 
(2) "eligible applicant" means any unit or combination of units 
of general local government or any public agency or institution 
which is a subdivision of any such unit, or an Indian tribe on a 
Federal or State reservation, which is or has within it an area of 
substantial unemployment. 
(d) Whenever the Secretary makes any determination required by 
this section, he shall promptly notify the Congress and shall publish 
such determination in the Federal Register, 
APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 7. (a) Financial assistance under this Act may be provided by 
Program design. 
the Secretary for any fiscal year only pursuant to an application which 
is submitted by an eligible applicant and which is approved by the 
Secretary in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Any such 
application shall set forth a public service employment program 
designed, in times of high unemployment, to provide transitional 
employment for unemployed and underemployed persons in jobs pro-
viding needed public services and, where appropriate, training and 
manpower services related to such employment which are otherwise 
unavailable, and to enable such persons to move into employment or 
training not supported under this Act. 
(b) Programs assisted under this Act shall, to the extent feasible, 
Purposes. 
be designed with a view toward— 
(1) developing new careers, or 
/2) providing opportunities for career advancement, or 
(3) providing opportunities for continued training, including 
on-the-job training, or 
(4) providing transitional public service employment which 
will enable the individuals so employed to move into public or 
private employment or training not supported under this Act. 
(c) An application for financial assistance for a public service ^^^-^^^''^'^ ^''°' 
employment program under this Act shall include provisions setting 
forth— 
(1) assurances that the activities and services for which assist-
ance is sought under this Act will be administered by or under 
the supervision of the applicant, identifying any agency or institu-
tion designated to carry out such activities or services under such 
supervision; 
(2) a description of the area to be served by such programs, and 
a plan for effectively serving on an equitable basis the significant 
visions. 
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segments of the population to be served, including data indicating 
the number of potential eligible participants and their income and 
employment status; 
(3) assurances that special consideration will be given to the 
filling of jobs which provide sufficient prospects for advancement 
or suitable continued employment by providing complementary 
training and manpower services designed to (A) promote the 
advancement of participants to employment or training oppor-
tunities suitable to the individuals involved, whether in the public 
or private sector of the economy, (B) provide participants with 
skills for which there is an anticipated high demand, or (C) pro-
vide participants with self-development skills, but nothing con-
tained in this paragraph shall be construed to preclude persons 
or programs for whom the foregoing goals are not feasible or 
appropriate; 
cilrco^n^d'err-^" 
(^) ^ssurauccs that special consideration in filling public serv-
tion. 
ice jobs will be given to unemployed or underemployed persons 
who served in the Armed Forces in Indochina or Korea on or 
after August 5, 1964 in accordance with criteria established by 
the Secretary (and who have received other than dishonorable 
discharges) ; and that the applicant shall (A) make a special effort 
to acquaint such individuals with the program, and (B) coor-
dinate efforts on behalf of such persons with those authorized by 
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chapter 41 of title 38, United States Code (relating to Job Coun-
80 Stat! 27.' 
seling and Employment Services for Veterans) or carried out by 
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other public or private organizations or agencies; 
(5) assurances that, to the extent feasible, public service jobs 
shall be provided in occupational fields which are most likely to 
expand within the public or private sector as the unemployment 
rate recedes; 
(6) assurances that due consideration be given to persons who 
have participated in manpower training programs for whom 
employment opportunities would not be otherwise immediately 
available; 
(7) a description of the methods to be used to recruit, select, and 
orient participants, including specific eligibility criteria, and pro-
grams to prepare the participants for their job responsibilities; 
(8) a description of unmet public service needs and a statement 
of priorities among such needs; 
(9) a description of jobs to be filled, a listing of the major kinds 
of work to be performed and skills to be acquired, and the approxi-
mate duration for which participants would be assigned to such 
jobs; 
(10) the wages or salaries to be paid persons employed in public 
service jobs under this Act and a comparison with the wages paid 
for similar public occupations by the same employer; 
(11) where appropriate, the education, training, and supportive 
services (including counseling and health care services) which 
complement the work performed; 
(12) the planning for and training of supervisory personnel in 
working with participants; 
(13) a description of career opportunities and job advancement 
potentialities for participants; 
(14) assurances that procedures established pursuant to section 
11(a) will be complied with; 
(15) assurances that agencies and institutions to whom financial 
assistance will be made available under this Act will undertake 
analysis of job descriptions and a reevaluation of skill require-
ments at all levels of employment, including civil service 
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requirements and practices relating thereto, in accordance with 
regulations promulgated by the Secretary; 
(16) assurances that the applicant will, where appropriate, 
maintain or provide linkages with upgrading and other man-
power programs for the purpose of (A) providing those persons 
employed in public service jobs under this x\ct who want to 
pursue work with the employer, in the same or similar work, with 
opportunities to do so and to find permanent, upwardly mobile 
careers in that field, and (B) providing those persons so employed, 
who do not wish to pursue permanent careers in such field, with 
opportunities to seek, prepare for, and obtain work in other fields; 
(17) assurances that all persons employed under any such pro-
gram, other than necessary technical, supervisory, and admin-
istrative personnel, will be selected from among unemployed and 
underemployed persons; 
(18) assurances that the program will, to the maximum extent 
feasible, contribute to the elimination of artificial barriers to 
employment and occupational advancement, including civil service 
requirements which restrict employment opportunities for the 
disadvantaged ; 
(19) assurances that not more than one-third of the partici-
pants in the program will be employed in a bona fide professional 
capacity (as such term is used in section 13(a) (1) of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938), except that this paragraph shall go^stf 
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not be applicable in the case of participants employed as class- 
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room teachers, and the Secretary may waive this limitation in 
exceptional circumstances; and 
(20) such other assurances, arrangements, and conditions, 
consistent with the provisions of this Act, as the Secretary deems 
necessary, in accordance with such regulations as he shall 
prescribe. 
APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 8. An application, or modification or amendment thereof, for 
financial assistance under this Act may be approved only if the Secre-
tary determines that— 
(1) the application meets the requirements set forth in this 
Act; 
(2) the approvable request for funds does not exceed 90 per 
centum of the cost of carrying out the program proposed in such 
application, unless the Secretary determines that special circum-
stances or other provisions of law warrant the waiver of this 
requirement; 
(3) an opportunity has been provided to officials of the appro-
priate units of general local government to submit comments with 
respect to the application to the applicant and to the Secretary; 
and 
(4) an opportunity has been provided to the Governor of the 
State to submit comments with respect to the application to the 
applicant and to the Secretary. 
Kon-Federal contributions may he in cash or in kind, fairly evalu-
ated, including but not limited to plant, equipment, or services. 
ALLOCATION OF FUNDS 
SEC. 9. (a) The amounts appropriated under section 5 of this Act 
for any fiscal year shall be allocated by the Secretary in such a man-
ner that of such amounts— 
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State apportion-
ment. 
Within-State 
apportionment. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
(1) not less than 80 per centum shall be apportioned among 
the States in an equitable manner, taking into consideration the 
proportion which the total number of unemployed persons in each 
such State bears to such total number of such persons, respectively, 
in the United States, but not less than $1,500,000 shall be appor-
tioned to any State, except that not less than $1,500,000 shall be 
apportioned among the Virgin Islands, Guam,' American Samoa, 
and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and 
(2) the remainder shall be available as the Secretary deems 
appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
(b) The amount apportioned to each State under clause (1) of sub-
section (a) shall be apportioned amon^ areas within each such State 
in an equitable manner, taking into consideration the proportion which 
the total number of unemployed persons in each such area bears to 
such total number of such persons, respectively, in that State. 
(c) As soon as practicable after funds are appropriated to carry out 
this Act for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal 
Register the apportionments required by subsections (a) (1) and (b) of 
this section. 
TRAINING AND MANPOWER SERVICES 
SEC. 10. For the purpose of providing training and manpower serv-
ices for persons employed in public service employment programs 
assisted under this Act, the Secretary is authorized to utilize, in addi-
tion to any funds otherwise available under federally supported man-
power programs, not to exceed 15 per centum of the amounts 
appropriated under section 5. 
Employee 
status, periodic 
reviews. 
Programs, con-
tinuing evalua-
tion. 
SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY 
SEC. 11. (a) The Secretary shall establish procedures for periodic 
reviews by an appropriate agency of the status of each person em-
ployed in a public service job under this Act to assure that— 
(1) in the event that any person employed in a public service 
job under this Act and the reviewing agency finds that such job 
will not provide sufficient prospects for advancement or suitable 
continued employment, maximum efforts shall be made to locate 
employment or training opportunities providing such prospects, 
and such person shall be offered appropriate assistance in secur-
ing placement in the opportunity which he chooses after appro-
priate counseling; and 
(2) as the rate of unemployment approaches the objective of 
section 5(b) (1) or financial assistance will otherwise no longer 
be available under this Act, maximum efforts shall be made to 
locate employment or training opportunities not supported under 
this Act for each person employed in a public service job under 
this Act, and such person shall be offered appropriate assistance 
in securing placement in the opportunity which he chooses after 
appropriate counseling. 
(b) The Secretary shall review the implementation of the pro-
cedures established under subsection (a) of this section six months 
after funds are first obligated under this Act and at six-month inter-
vals thereafter. 
(c) From funds appropriated pursuant to section 5, the Secretary 
may reserve such amount, not to exceed 1 per centum, as he deems 
necessary to provide for a continuing evaluation of programs assisted 
under this Act and their impact on related programs. 
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SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 12. (a) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for 
any program or activity under this Act unless he determines, in 
accordance with such regulations as he shall prescribe, that— 
(1) the program (A) will result in an increase in employment 
opportunities over those which would otherwise be available, (B) 
will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers 
(including partial displacement such as a reduction in the hours 
of nonovertime work or wages or employment benefits), (C) will 
not impair existing contracts for services or result in the substi-
tution of Federal for other funds in connection with work that 
would otherwise be performed, and (D) will not substitute public 
service jobs for existing federally assisted jobs; 
(2) persons employed in public service jobs under this Act shall 
be paid wages which shall not be lower than whichever is the 
highest of (A) the minimum wage which would be applicable to 
the employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, if 
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section 6(a) (1) of such Act applied to the participant and if he 
so stat. sas'. 
were not exempt under section 13 thereof, (B) the State or local 
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minimum wage for the most nearly comparable covered employ- 
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ment, or (C) the prevailing rates of pay for persons employed 
in similar public occupations by the same employer; 
(3) funds under this Act will not be used to pay persons 
employed in public service jobs under this Act at a rate in excess 
of $12^000 per year; 
(4) all persons employed in public service jobs under this Act 
will be assured of workmen's compensation, health insurance, 
unemployment insurance, and other benefits at the same levels and 
to the same extent as other employees of the employer and to 
working conditions and promotional opportunities neither more 
nor less favorable than such other employees enjoy; 
(5) the provisions of section 2(a)(3) of Public Law 89-286 
(relating to health and safety conditions) shall apply to such 
l^^ f^^^'^^^'^' 
program or activity; 
(6) the program will, to the maximum extent feasible, con-
tribute to the occupational development or upward mobility of 
individual participants; 
(7) no funds under this Act will be used for the acquisition of, 
or for the rental or leasing of supplies, equipment, materials, or 
real property; and 
(8) every participant shall be advised, prior to entering upon 
employment, of his rights and benefits in connection with such 
employment. 
(b) Consistent with the provisions of this Act, the Secretary shall 
make financial assistance under this Act available in such a manner 
that, to the extent practicable, public service employment opportuni-
ties will be available on an equitable basis in accordance with the 
purposes of this Act among significant segments of the population of 
unemployed persons, giving consideration to the relative numbers of 
unemployed persons in each such segment, 
(c) Where a labor organization represents employees who are 
engaged in similar work in the same area to that proposed to be per-
formed under any program for which an application is being devel-
oped for submission under this Act, such organization shall be notified 
and afforded a reasonable period of time in which to make comments 
to the applicant and to the Secretary. 
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Regulations. 
Reports, 
Discrimination 
prohibition. 
Political activi-
ties, prohibition. 
80 Stat, 403. 
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(d) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to assure that pro-
grams under this Act have adequate internal administrative controls, 
accounting requirements, personnel standards, evaluation procedures, 
and other policies as may be necessary to promote the effective use 
of funds. 
(e) The Secretary may make such grants, contracts, or agreements, 
establish such procedures, policies, rules, and regulations, and make 
such payments, in installments and in advance or by way of reim-
bursement, or otherwise allocate or expend funds made available 
under this Act, as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions 
of this Act, including necessary adjustments in payments on account 
of overpayments or underpayments. The Secretary may also withhold 
funds otherwise payable under this Act in order to recover any 
amounts expended in the current or immediately prior fiscal year in 
violation of any provision of this Act or any term or condition of 
assistance under this Act. 
(f) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any pro-
gram under this Act unless he determines, in accordance with regula-
tions which he shall prescribe, that periodic reports will be submitted 
to him containing data designed to enable the Secretary and the 
Congress to measure the relative and, where programs can be com-
pared appropriately, comparative effectiveness of the programs 
authorized under this Act and other federally supported manpower 
programs. Such data shall include information on— 
(1) characteristics of participants including age, sex, race, 
health, education level, and previous wage and employment 
experience; 
(2) duration in employment situations, including information 
on the duration of employment of program participants for at 
least a year following the termination of participation in federally 
assisted programs and comparable information on other employ-
ees or trainees of participating employers; and 
(3) total dollar cost per participant, including breakdown 
between wages, training, and supportive services, all fringe bene-
fits, and administrative costs. 
The Secretary shall compile such information on a State, regional, and 
national basis, and shall include such information in the report required 
by section 13 of this Act. 
(g) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any 
program under this Act unless the grant, contract, or agreement with 
respect thereto specifically provides that no person with responsibilities 
in the operation of such program will discriminate with respect to any 
program participant or any applicant for participation in such pro-
gram because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, political affilia-
tion, or belief s. 
(h) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any pro-
gram under this Act which involves political activities; and neither the 
program, the funds provided therefor, nor personnel employed in 
the administration thereof, shall be, in any way or to any extent, 
engaged in the conduct of political activities in contravention of 
chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code. 
(i) The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any 
program under this Act unless he determines that participants in the 
program will not be employed on the construction, operation, or main-
tenance of so much of any facility as is used or to be used for sectarian 
instruction or as a place for religious worship. 
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SPECIAL. REPORT 
SEC. 13. The Secretary shall transmit to the Congress at least annu- 
Report to 
ally a detailed report setting forth the activities conducted under this '^°"^'"^^^' 
Act, including information derived from evaluations required by sec-
tions 11(c) and 12(f) of this Act and information on the extent to 
which (1) participants in such activities subsequently secure and 
retain public or private employment or participate in training or 
employability development programs, (2) segments of the population 
of unemployed persons are provided public service opportunities in 
accordance with the purposes of this Act. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 14. (a) As used in this Act, the term— 
(1) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Labor. 
(2) "State" includes the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Eico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 
(3) "public service" includes, but is not limited to, work in 
such fields as environmental quality, health care, education, pub-
lic safety, crime prevention and control, prison rehabilitation, 
transportation, recreation, maintenance of parks, streets, and 
other public facilities, solid waste removal, pollution control, 
housing and neighborhood improvements, rural development, 
conservation, beautification, and other fields of human better-
ment and community improvement. 
(4) "health care" includes, but is not limited to, preventive and 
clinical medical treatment, voluntary family planning services, 
nutrition services, and appropriate psychiatric, psychological, 
and prosthetic services. 
(5) "unemployed persons" means— 
(A) persons who are without jobs and who want and are 
available for work; and 
(B) adults who or whose families receive money payments 
pursuant to a State plan approved under title I, IV, X, or 
XVI of the Social Security Act (1) who are determined by eoi^ uo^/fssi. 
the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Health, Education, and Welfare, to be available for work, 
and (2) who are either (i) persons without jobs, or (ii) 
persons working in jobs providing insufficient income to 
enable such persons and their families to be self-supporting 
without welfare assistance; 
and the determination of whether persons are without jobs shall 
be made in accordance with the criteria used by the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor in defining persons 
as unemployed; 
(6) "underemployed persons" means— 
(A) persons who are working part-time but seeking full-
time work; 
(B) persons who are working full-time but receiving wages 
below the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria 
as established by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget. 
(b) As used in section 12(c) of this Act, the term "area" means— 
(1) where the applicant is an eligible unit of government or an 
Indian tribe, that geographical area over which the applicant 
exercises general political jurisdiction, or 
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(2) where the applicant is a public agency or institution which 
is a subdivision of an eligible unit of government, that geographi-
cal area over which such unit of government exercises general 
political jurisdiction. 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 15. This Act shall be etl'ective upon enactment and the determi-
nations to be made under sections 5(b) and 6(c) (1) shall take into 
account the rate of unemployment for a period of three consecutive 
months even though all or part of such period may have occurred 
prior to the enactment of this Act. 
Approved July 12, 1971. 
Public Law 92-55 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[s. J. Res. 101] 
To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating 
.July 20,1971, as -National Moon Walk Day". 
July 20, 1971 
authorization. 
Renolved hy the Senate and House of Bepreseritatives of the United 
^^iw^Day! "^""^ 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That, in recognition of the 
Designation 
mauy achievemeuts of the national space program and in commemora-
tion of the anniversary of the first moon walk on July 20, 1969, the 
President is autliprized and requested to issue a proclamation designat-
ing July 20, 1971, as "National Moon Walk Day", and calling upon 
the people of the United States and interested groups and organiza-
tions to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. 
Approved July 20, 1971. 
Public Law 92-56 
July 29.1971 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[H. J. Res. 169] Authorizing the acceptance, by the Joint Committee on the Library on behalf 
of the Congress, from the United States Capitol Historical Society, of prelimi-
nary design sketches and funds for murals in the east corridor, first floor, in 
the House wing of the Capitol, and for other purposes. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
U.S. Capitol, 
States of America in Congress ossemMed, That, notwithstanding any 
'"^Sketches and 
other provlsiou of law, the Joint Committee on the Library is hereby 
funds, acceptance, authorized to acccpt ou behalf of the Congress, as a gift from the 
United States Capitol Histx^rical Society, preliminary design sketches 
prepared by Allyn Cox, artist of New York City, intended as a basic 
design for murals proposed to be painted on the ceiling and walls of 
the east corridor, first floor, in the House wing of the United States 
Capitol. 
SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Architect 
of the Capitol is authorized— 
(1) to accept in the name of the United States from the United 
States Capitol Historical Society the sum of $80,000, and such 
other sums as such society may tender, and such sum or sums, 
when so received, shall be credited to the appropriation account 
"Capitol Buildings, Architect of the Capitol"; and 
(2) subject to section 3 of this joint resolution, to expend such 
sum or sums for employment, by contract of Allyn Cox, artist of 
New York City, for the execution by him of mural decorations