An Act to provide for continued progress in the Nations war on poverty
PL 89-794 (H.R.15111), enacted 11/08/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-794-NOV. 8, 1966 
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Public Law 89-794 
AN A C T 
November 8, 1966 
To provide for continued progress in the Nation's war on poverty. 
[H. R. 15111] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may of^un^PAm^nd-
be cited as the "Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1966". 
ments of 1966. 
AUTHORIZATrOlSr OF APPROPRIATIONS 
78 Stat. 508. 
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SEC. 2. (a) For purposes of carrying out the Economic Opportunity 
Act of 1964 (other than part C of title I thereof) there is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30,1967, no't'e 
the sum of— 
(1) $696,000,000 for carrying out title I, 
(2) $846,000,000 for carrying out title II, 
(3) $57,000,000 for carrying out title III, 
(4) $5,000,000 for carrying out section 402 (b), 
(5) $100,000,000 for carrying out title V, 
(6) $15,000,000 for carrying out title VI, 
(7) $31,000,000 for carrying out title VIII. 
(b) (1) Of the sums avail^le for carrying out title I of the Eco-
nomic Opportunity Act of 1964 (other than part C thereof) in the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, $211,000,000 is authorized for carry-
ing out part A thereof, $410,000,000 is authorized for carrying out 
part B thereof, and $75,000,000 is authorized for carrying out part D 
thereof. 
(2) Of the sums available for .carrying out title I I of such Act in 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, $36,500,000 is authorized for 
carrying out section 205(d); $36,500,000 is authorized for carrying 
out section 206(e); $8,000,000 is authorized for carrying out section 
206(b); $352,000,000 is authorized for carrying cut section 211-1 (a); 
$22,000,000 is authorized for carrying out section 211-1 (b); $61,-
000,000 is authorized for carrying out section 211-2; $7,000,000 is 
authorized for carryiiig out section 211-3; $323,000,000 is authorized 
for carrying out programs for which authorizations are not provided 
in the preceding clauses of this paragraph. 
TITLE I—AMENDMEN^TS TO TITLE I OF T H E ACT 
JOB 
CORPS—STUDIES 
TO 
BE 
PROPERTY 
OF 
UNITED 
STATES 
SEC. 101. (a) Section 103(a) of the Economic Opportunity Act 
of 1964 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") is amended by inserting 
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before the semicolon at the end thereof the following: ": Provided^ 
That such agreements shall provide that all studies, evaluations, pro-
posals, and data produced or developed with Federal funds in the 
course of the operation of any conservation camp or training center 
shall become the property of the United States". 
(b) Section 103(b) of the Act is amended hj striking out "with 
reduced federal expenditures" and inserting in lieu thereof "at com-
parable costs". 
JOB CORPS 
HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY CERTIFICATES 
SEC. 102. Section 103(b) of the Act is amended by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end thereof the following: ": Provided^ That 
such arrangements for education and training of enrollees in the Corps 
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shall, to the extent feasible, provide opportunities for qualified 
enroUees to obtain education or training necessary to qualify them for 
the equivalent of a certificate of graduation from high school;". 
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^^^- ^^^- Section 104 of the Act is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsection: 
"(e) The Director shall take such action as may be necessary to 
insure that, on or before July 1, 1967, the number of women in resi-
dence, and receiving training, at Job Corps conservation camps and 
training centers is not less than 23 per centum of the total number 
of enrollees in the Job Corps." 
JOB CORPS—MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF JOB CORPS CAMPS AND CENTERS 
SEC. 104. Section 104 of the Act is amended by adding at the end 
thereof (after the subsection added by section 103) the following: 
"(f) The Director shall not use any funds made available to carry 
out this part for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, in such a man-
ner as to increase the capacity of conservation camps and training 
centers of the Job Corps above the capacity of 45,000 enrollees in 
such camps and centers." 
JOB CORPS 
M A X I M U M PERMISSIBLE COST PER ENROLLEE I N CENTERS 
SEC, 105. Section 104 of the Act is amended by adding at the end 
thereof (after the subsection added by section 104) the following: 
"(g) The Director shall take such action as may be necessary to 
insure that for any fiscal year the direct operating costs of Job Corps 
camps and centers which have been in operation for more than nine 
months do not exceed $7,500 per enrollee in such camps and centers." 
JOB CORPS 
COMMUNITY 
ACTIVITY 
SEC. 106. Section 104 of the Act is amended by adding at the end 
thereof (after the subsection added by section 105) the following: 
"^h) Job Corps officials shall, whenever possible, stimulate for-
mation of indigenous community activity in areas surrounding Job 
Corps camps and centers to provide a friendly and adequate reception 
of enrollees into community life." 
JOB CORPS 
ENROLLEE 
ASSIGNMENT 
SEC. 107. Section 104 of the Act is amended by adding at the end 
thereof (after the subsection added by section 106) the following: 
"(i) Whenever there is a vacancy in a Job Corps camp or center in 
the region in which an enrollee resides which is an appropriate camp or 
center to meet the needs of the enrollee as determined by the Director, 
such enrollee shall be assigned to such camp or center. 
If no such 
vacancy exists, the enrollee shall be assigned to the Job Corps camp 
or center offering programs and activities appropriate to meet the 
needs of the enrollee as determined by the Director, which is nearest 
to the residence of such enrollee." 
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JOB CORPS—FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION 
SEC. 108. Section 104 of the Act is amended by adding at the end 
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thereof (after the subsection added by section 107) the following: 
"(j) The Director shall to the maximum extent feasible assure that 
each enrollee who successfully completes enrollment in the Corps 
furnishes to him six months and eighteen months after such completed 
enrollment the following information: 
"(1) The place of residence of such enrollee; 
"(2) The employment status of such enrollee; 
" (3) The compensation received by such enrollee in his current 
job and the compensation received by him in the job, if any, imme-
diately preceding his current job; and 
"(4) Such other relevant information determined by the 
Director to be necessary for an effective follow-up." 
JOB CORPS—^APPLICAIION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT 
SEC. 109. Section 106(c) (2) (B) of the Act is amended by striking 
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out "$150, except that with respect to compensation for disability 
accruing after the individual concerned reaches the age of twenty-one, 
such monthly pay shall be deemed to be". 
JOB C O R P S 
STANDARDS OF CONDUCT 
SEC. 110. Part A of title I of the Act is amended by adding at the 27'*2o"^^ ^^^^" 
end thereof the following: 
"STANDARDS OF CONDUCT 
"SEC. 111. (a) Within Job Corps camps and centers, standards of 
conduct and de{)ortment shall be provided and stringently enforced. 
In the case of violations committed by enrollees, dismissals from the 
Corps or transfers to other locations shall be made in every instance 
where it is determined that retention in the Corps, or in the particular 
Job Corps camp or center, will jeopardize the enforcement of such 
standards of conduct and deportment or diminish the opportunity of 
other enrollees. 
"(b) In order to promote the proper moral and disciplinary condi-
tions in Job Corps conservation camps and training centers, the indi-
vidual directors of Job Corps camps and centers shall be given full 
authority to take appropriate disciplinary measures against enrollees 
including, but not limited to, dismissal from the Job Corps, subject 
to expeditious appeal procedures to higher authority, as provided 
under regulation set by the Director. 
" (c) The Director shall establish appropriate procedures to insure 
that the transfer of Job Corps enrollees from State or local jurisdic-
tion shall in no way violate parole or probationary procedures of the 
State. In the event procedures have been established under which the 
enrollment of a youth subject to parole or probationary jurisdiction 
is acceptable to appropriate State authorities, the Director shall make 
provisions for regular supervision of the enrollee and for reports 
to such State authorities to conform with the appropriate parole and 
probationary requirements in such State." 
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JOB CORPS 
EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS 
78 Stat. 508. 
SEC. 111. Part A of title I of the Act is amended by adding at the 
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end thereof the following new section: 
" E X P E R I M E N T A L A N D D E M O N S T R A T I O N PROJECTS 
"SEC. 111-1. The Director shall arrange, through grants or con-
tracts, for the carrying out of experimental and demonstration proj-
ects (of which not to exceed four may involve the construction of new 
camps or centers) providing youth employment and training on a 
combined residential and nonresidential basis. 
Such projects may 
involve the use of resources or authority under both this part and part 
B of this title, pursuant to agreements with the Secretary of Labor 
where funds under part B of this title are so used, and the Director is 
authorized to waive any provision of such parts which he finds would 
prevent the carrying out of elements of such projects essential to a 
determination and demonstration of their feasibility and usefulness. 
Report to Con- 
The DlrectoT shall report to the Congress a full description of actions 
taken and progress made under this section no later than March 1, 
1968." 
WORK TRAINING PROGRAMS—REVISION OF THE PROGRAM 
SEC. 112. (a) Sections 111, 112, and 113 of Part B of title I of 
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the Act are amended to read as follows: 
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U NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS 
"SEC. 112. (a) The Director shall formulate and carry out— 
"(1) programs to provide part-time employment, on-the-job 
training, and useful work experience for students from low-
income families who are in the ninth through twelfth grades of 
school (or are of an age equivalent to that of students in such 
grades) who are in need of the earnings to permit them to resume 
or maintain attendance in school, and 
" (2) programs to provide unemployed individuals useful work 
experience and on-the-job training, combined where needed with 
educational and training assistance, including basic literacy and 
occupational training designed to assist the individuals to develop 
their maximum occupational potential. 
Enrollment shall be 
limited to individuals aged sixteen through twenty-one years. 
"(b) In determining for purposes of paragraph (1) of subsection 
(a) whether a student is from a low-income family, the Director shall 
consider a student to be from such a family if the family receives cash 
welfare payments. 
" F I N A N C I A L ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 113. (a) The Director is authorized to enter into agreements 
providing for the payment by him of part or all of the cost of a pro-
gram submitted under section 112 if he determines, in accordance with 
such regulations as he may prescribe, that— 
"(1) enrollees will be employed either (A) on publicly owned 
and operated facilities or projects, or (B) on local projects spon-
sored by private organizations; 
" (2) no enrollees will be employed on projects involving politi-
cal parties, or the construction, operation, or maintenance of so 
much of any facility as is used or to be used for sectarian instruc-
tion or as a place for religious worship; 
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"(3) the program will not result in the displacement of 
employed workers or impair existing contracts for services; and 
"(4) the rates of pay for time spent in work, training or educa-
tion and other conditions of employment will be appropriate 
and reasonable in the light of such factors as the type of work 
performed, geographical region, and proficiency of the employee. 
"(b) In approving on-the-job training projects with other than 
public or private nonprofit organizations, the Director is authorized 
to enter into agreements to jpay reasonable training costs but not 
wages paid to enrollees for services performed. 
"(c) In approving projects under this part, the Director shall give 
priority to projects with high training potential and high potential 
for contributing to the upward mobility of the trainee." 
(b) Section 114 (aj of the Act is amended by striking out "Participa- 
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tion" and inserting in lieu thereof "Enrollment" and by striking out 
"who have attained age sixteen but have not attained age twenty-
two,". 
(c) Section 114(c) of the Act is amended by striking out "non-
profit". 
(d) Section 115 of the Act is amended by striking out "paid for 
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the period ending three years after the date of enactment of this 
Act" and by strikmg out "and such assistance paid for periods there-
after shall not exceed 50 per centum of such costs,". 
SPECIAL IMPACT PROGRAMS 
SEC. 113. Title I of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is 
amended by— 
(1) striking out the heading of such title and inserting in lieu 
thereof: "TITLE I—WORK TRAINING AND 
WORK-
STUDY PROGRAMS"; and 
(2) inserting the following new part immediately following 
part C: 
"PART D—SPECIAL IMPACT PROGRAMS 
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ESTABLISHMENT or PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 131. (a) The purpose of this part is to establish special pro-
grams which (1) are directed to the solution of the critical problems 
existing in particular communities and neighborhoods (defined with-
out regard to political or other subdivisions or boundaries) within 
those urban areas of the Nation having, in the judgment of the Direc-
tor, especially large concentrations of low-income persons; (2) are of 
sufficient size and scope to have an appreciable impact in such com-
munities and neighborhoods in arresting tendencies toward depen-
dency, chronic unemployment, and rising community tensions; and 
(3) where feasible and appropriate, are part of a city 
wide plan for 
the reorganization of local or State agencies in order to coordinate 
effectively all relevant programs of social development. 
"(b) In order to carry out the purposes of this part, the Director is 
authorized to make grants to public or private nonprofit organizations, 
or to enter into contracts with other private organizations, for the pay-
ment of all or part of the cost of programs described in sections 205 (d) 
and (e) of this Act. The Director shall assure that the work training 
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and employment opportunities created under these special programs 
are filled by the residents of the communities or neighborhoods served, 
and that the activities pursued are carried out in the communities and 
neighborhoods described in subsection (a). For the purposes of this 
section, the Director may include youths aged sixteen to twenty-one 
who are unemployed, underemployed, or below the poverty level as 
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established for the programs described in sections 205 (d) and (e), 
"(c) The Director shall establish such criteria, and impose such 
conditions, as may be necessary or appropriate to assure that no pro-
gram assistance under this part will result in the displacement of 
employed workers or impair existing contracts for services and to 
assure that the rates of pay and other conditions of employment will 
be appropriate and reasonable in the light of such factors as the type of 
work performed, geographical region, and proficiency of the employee. 
"(d) In carrying out the provisions of this part, the Director shall 
establish such procedures or impose such requirements as may be neces-
sary or appropriate to assure maximum coordination with community 
78 Stat. 516. 
action programs approved pursuant to part A of title I I of this Act. 
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rEDERAL SHARE OF PROGRAM COSTS 
"SEC. 132. Federal grants to any program carried out pursuant to 
this part shall not exceed 90 per centum of the cost of such program, 
including costs of administration, unless the Director determines, pur-
suant to regulations adopted and promulgated by him establishing ob-
jective criteria for such determinations, that assistance in excess of 
such percentages is required in furtherance of the purposes of this 
part. 
Non-Federal contributions may be in cash or in kind, fairly 
evaluated, including but not limited to plant, equipment, and services: 
Provided. That where capital investment is required under a contract 
with a private organization (other than a nonprofit organization), the 
Federal share thereof shall not exceed 90 per centum of such capital 
investment and the non-Federal share shall be as defined above." 
• TITLE I PROGRAMS—DURATION; LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 114. Part D of title I of the Act is amended to read as follows: 
"PART E—DURATION OF PROGRAM 
"SEC. 141. The Director shall carry out the programs for which he 
is responsible under this title during the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1967, and th^ three succeeding fiscal years. For each such fiscal year 
only such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may authorize by 
law." 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE II OF T H E ACT 
COMMUNITY ACTION 
DEFINITION OF " C O M M U N I T Y " 
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gj,^, 201. Sectlou 202(a) (1) of the Act is amended by inserting "in 
an attack on poverty" after "utilizes", and by striking out "in an 
attack on poverty" and inserting in lieu thereof "or any neighborhood 
or other area (irrespective of boundaries or political subdivisions) 
which is sufficiently liomogeneous in character to be an appropriate 
area for an attack on poverty under this part;". 
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COMMUNITY ACTION—CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL PROGRAMS 
SEC. 202. Section 202(b) of the Act is amended by adding at the 
end thereof a new sentence to read as follows: "Such criteria shall 
include requirements to assure (1) that each agency responsible for a 
community action program is qualified to administer such program 
and the funds granted to it efficiently, effectively, and in a manner 
fully consistent with the provisions and purposes of this part, having 
due regard for the size and complexity of such program and the num-
ber of persons and size of the area served; (2) that each such agency 
is subject to evaluation of program progress and regular or periodic 
audits and that the results or findings of such evaluations and audits 
are considered by the agency as well as by the Director in connection 
with proposals or applications for the renewal, expansion, or modifica-
tion of any such program; (3) that each such agency maintains 
records and internal controls needed to achieve and document compli-
ance with all legal requirements and that all records bearing exclu-
sively on grants made under this part are available to the General 
Accounting Office; (4) that each such program is carried on in accord-
ance with standards and policies, including rules governing the 
conduct of officers and employees, to preclude the use of program 
funds, the provision of services, or the employment or assignment of 
personnel in a manner supporting, or resulting in an identification of 
such program with, any partisan political activity or any activity 
designed to further the election or defeat of any candidate for public 
office; and (5) that the personnel of each such agency are selected, 
employed, promoted, and compensated in accordance with standards 
prescribed by the Director, or personnel plans approved by him, as 
promoting efficiency and the effective use of funds." 
COMMUNITY ACTION—REPRESENTATIVES OF T H E 
POOR 
SEC. 203. Section 202 of the Act is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsections: 
"(c) (1) The Director shall not approve, or continue to fund after 
March 1, 1967, a community action program which is conducted, 
administered, or coordinated by a board which contains representatives 
of various geographical areas in the community unless such representa-
tives are required to live in the area they represent. 
"(2) The Director shall not approve, or continue to fund after 
March 1, 1967, a community action program which is conducted, 
administered, or coordinated by a board on which representatives of 
the poor do not comprise at least one-third of the membership. 
"(3) The representatives of the poor shall be selected by the resi-
dents in areas of concentration of poverty, with special emphasis on 
participation by the residents of the area who are poor. 
"(4) In communities where substantial numbers of the poor reside 
outside of areas of concentration of poverty, provision shall be made 
for selection of representatives of such poor through a process, such 
as neighborhood meetings, in which the poor participate to the greatest 
possible degree. 
"(d) The Director shall require community action agencies to estab-
lish procedures under which representative groups of the poor includ-
ing but not limited to minority groups, the elderly, and the rural 
population, which feel themselves inadequately represented on their 
community action agency policy board, may petition for adequate rep-
resentation on such board." 
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COMMUNITY 
ACTION 
USE OP LATEST DATA I N 
MAKING 
ALLOTMENTS 
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^^^' ^^^- Section 203(b) of the Act is amended (1) by inserting 
after "State" the second time it appears in paragraph (1) the follow-
ing "(as determined on the basis of the latest appropriate data)", (2) 
by inserting after "States" the second time it appears in such para-
graph the following "(as so determined)", (3) by inserting after 
"State" the second time it appears in paragraph (2) the following 
" (as determined on the basis of the latest appropriate data)", and (4) 
by inserting after "States" the second time it appears in paragraph 
(2) the following " (as so determined)". 
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COMMUNITY ACTION—SALARY LIMITS 
SEC. 205. Section 205(a) of the Act is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following new sentence: "The Director shall require 
that where an agency pays an employee engaged in carrying out a com-
munity action program at a rate in excess of $15,000 per annum, pay-
ment of such excess shall not be made from Federal funds; and any 
amount paid such an employee in excess of $15,000 per annum shall 
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J^Q^ j^g cousidered in determining whether section 208(a) has been 
complied with." 
COMMUNITY ACTION 
ADULT WORK TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT 
PROGRAMS 
79 Stat. 974. 
s^gc. 206. (a) Sectiou 205 of the Act is amended by redesignating 
subsection (e) as subsection (f) and by inserting immediately follow-
ing subsection (d) the following new subsection: 
"(e) The Director is authorized to make grants or enter into agree-
ments with any State or local agency or private organization to pay 
all or part of the costs of adult work training and employment pro-
grams for unemployed or low-income persons involving activities 
designed to improve the physical, social, economic or cultural condi-
tion of the community or area served in fields including, but not 
limited to, health, education, welfare, neighborhood redevelopment, 
and public safety. Such programs shall (1) assist in developing entry 
level employment opportunities, (2) provide maximum prospects for 
advancement and continued employment without Federal assistance, 
and (3) be combined with necessary educational, training, counseling, 
and transportation assistance, and such other supportive services as 
may be needed. 
Such work experience shall be combined, where 
needed, with educational and training assistance, including basic lit-
eracy and occupational training. Such program shall be conducted 
in a manner consistent with policies applicable under this Act for the 
protection of employed workers and the maintenance of basic rates 
of pay and other suitable conditions of employment." 
COMMUNITY ACTION 
USE OF PUBLIC FACILITIES 
SEC. 207. Section 205(f) of the Act (as so redesignated by section 
206) is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof 
the following: "and to programs which make the maximum utiliza-
tion of existing schools, community centers, settlement houses, and 
other facilities during times they are not in use for their primary 
purpose". 
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COMMUNITY ACTION—^FUNDING INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS; 
MEMBERSHIP 
I N SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS 
78 Stat. 518. 
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SEC. 208. Section 205 of the Act is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsections: 
"(g) The Director shall carry out this part in such a manner as to 
insure that funds available for carrying out this part (other than those 
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and sections 206(b), 211-1 (a), 211-1 (b), 211-2 and 211-3) at least 
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5 per centum will be used for carrying out independently funded 
community action programs (other than programs described in sub-
sections (d) and (e) of this section, and sections 206(b), 211-1 (a), 
211-1 (b), 211-2 and 211-3) which are carried on in communities in 
which there is being carried on concurrently a community action 
program for which an overall community action agency assumes 
responsibility for planning, developing, and coordinating community-
wide antipoverty programs and provides for the involvement and 
participation of public and private nonprofit agencies. In addition 
the Director may use an additional 5 per centum of such funds for 
carrying out such programs. 
For purposes of this subsection, a 
program will be deemed to be independently funded if the grantee is 
one that develops, and is funded to operate only, programs which are 
of limited scope and which does not have broad comprehensive com-
munity representation on its policymaking board, whether or not the 
grantee sponsors one or several component programs. 
"(h) The Director shall make grants to, or contracts with, inde-
pendently funded public and private nonprofit agencies and organiza-
tions in predominantly rural areas in accordance with sections 210 and 
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able period of time, to establish community action agencies. 
"(i) If projects are of a regional nature and can be more efficiently 
operated on this basis, the Director may make grants to, or contract 
with, independently funded, public and private nonprofit agencies and 
organizations for the conduct and administration of such projects. 
"(j) No officer or employee of the Office of Economic Opportunity 
shall be an executive officer or a member of the board of directors of 
any organization (other than a religious organization) with which the 
Director has entered into a contract under this section to carry out a 
community action program or a component program thereof." 
COMMUNITY ACTION—FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTING 
SEC. 209. Section 205 of the Act is amended by inserting at the end 
thereof (after the subsections added by section 208) the following: 
"(k) No funds shall be released to any public or private nonprofit 
agency, or combination thereof, under this section unless the grantee 
organization has submitted to the Director either— 
"(1) a statement from the appropriate public financial officer 
of the community or of the public agency which will maintain 
the accounts of the grantee, stating that such officer accepts 
responsibility for providing financial services adequate to insure 
the establishment and maintenance of an accounting system by 
such agency and its delegate agencies, with internal controls 
adequate to safeguard the assets of such agencies, check the accu-
racy and reliability of accounting data, promote operational effi-
ciency and encourage adherence to prescribed management poli-
cies; or 
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"(2) an opinion from a Certified Public Accountant or a duly 
licensed public accountant stating that the grantee has established 
such an accounting system." 
"(1) (1) The Director shall make or cause to be made a preliminary 
audit survey within 3 months after the effective date of a grant or 
contract with any public or private nonprofit agency, or combination 
thereof, under this section to review and evaluate the adeq^uacy of the 
grantee organization's and its delegate agencies' accounting systems 
and internal controls. 
"(2) Within 30 days of the completion of such survey, the Director 
shall determine on the basis of the findings and conclusions resulting 
from such survey whether the accounting systems of the grantee orga-
nization and its delegate agencies meet the standards set forth in sub-
sections (k) (1) and (k) (2). If he shall determine that the standards 
have not been met, he shall immediately notify the grantee organiza-
tion of his determination and he shall consider whether suspension 
of further payment of Federal funds under the subject grant is 
warranted. 
" (3) In the event of suspension of any grant funds pursuant to sub-
section (1) (2), the affected agency shall oe given not more than six 
months from the date of notice of suspension in which to establish, 
with the advice of Office of Economic Opportunity auditors, the pro-
cedures prescribed in subsection (k). A new audit shall be performed 
within this period and if, by the end of this period, the Director is 
still unable to determine that the accounting system meets the required 
standards he shall terminate the contract or grant. 
" (m) The Director shall establish such rules and regulations as may 
be recjuired to insure that public or private nonprofit agencies, or com-
binations thereof, maintain the standards of accounting set forth in 
sections 205 (k) (1) and (2) during the period of any grant or con-
tract under this section." 
COMMUNITY ACTION—^PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCES FOR ATTENDANCE AT 
MEETINGS 
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gjjc. 210. Sectiou 205 of the Act is amended by inserting at the 
end thereof (after the subsections inserted by section 209) the foUow-
"(n) In extending assistance under this section the Director is 
authorized to make grants for the payment of a reasonable allowance 
per meeting for attendance at community action agency board meet-
ings or neighborhood community action council or committee meet-
ings and for the reimbursement of other necessary expenses of attend-
ance at such meetings to members of such boards, councils, or com-
mittees who are residents of the areas and members of the groups 
served in order to insure and encourage their max'mum feasible partic-
ipation in the development, conduct, and adm'nistration oi com-
munity action prograihs: Provided, however, That no such payments 
shall be made for attendance at more than two meetings in a month, 
or to any person who is an employee of the United States Government, 
of a community action agency, or of a State or local governmental 
agency." 
COMMUNITY ACTION 
FAMILY PLANNING 
SERVICES 
SKC. 211, Section 205 of the Act is amended by inserting at the end 
thereof (after the subsection added by section 210) the following: 
" (o) (1) In making grants for programs in the field of family plan-
ning the Director shall assure that family planning services, including 
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1461 
the dissemination of family planning information and medical assist-
ance and supplies, are made available to all individuals who meet the 
criteria for eligibility for assistance under this part which have been 
established by the community action agency and who desire such in-
formation, assistance, or supplies. 
'•'(2) No such grant shall be approved unless it contains and is sup-
ported by reasonable assurances that in carrying out any program 
assisted by any such grant, the applicant will establish and follow 
procedures designed to insure that— 
"(A) no individual will be provided with any information, 
medical supervision or supplies which such individual states to be 
inconsistent with his or her moral, philosophical, or religious 
beliefs; and 
"(B) no individual will be provided with any medical super-
vision or supplies unless such individual has voluntarily requested 
such medical supervision or supplies, 
" (3) The use of family planning services provided by the applicant 
under such grant shall not be a prerequisite to the receipt of services 
from or participation in any other programs under this Act." 
COMMUNITY ACTION 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCPl, TRAINING, AND 
EMERGENCY LOANS 
SEC. 212. (a) Section 206 of the Act is amended to read as follows: 
^s stat. sis. 
" T E C H N I C A L ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, AND EMERGENCY LOANS 
42 u s e 2786. 
' 5 
• 
"SEC. 206. (a) The Director is authorized to provide, either direct-
ly or through grants or other arrangements, (1) technical assistance 
to communities in developing, conducting, and administering commu-
nity action programs, and (2) training for specialized or other per-
sonnel needed to develop, conduct, or administer such programs or to 
provide services or other assistance in connection with such programs 
or otherwise pertaining to the purposes of this part. The Director 
may, upon request of a grantee under this section, or sections 204,205, 
or 209(b), make special assignments of personnel to the grantee to 
^2 use 2784, 
assist and advise m the performance of functions related to the pur-
poses of this part, except that in no event shall more than one hundred 
persons be employed for, or at any one time regularly engaged in, such 
assignments, nor shall any such special assignment be for a period of 
more than two years in the case of any grantee. 
"(b) The Director shall also formulate and cany out a program for 
making small loans to persons in low-income families to meet immedi-
ate and urgent family needs. The total outstanding balance of loans 
made to an individual under this subsection may not at any time 
exceed $300. Loans under this subsection shall bear interest at the 
rate of 2 per centum per annum and shall be made on such other terms 
and conditions as the Director may prescribe." 
COMMUNITY ACTION—RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATIONS 
SEC. 213. Section 207 of the Act is amended by striking out ", train- 
42 use 2787. 
ing,", by striking out "15 per centum" and inserting "5 per centum", 
and by adding at the end thereof the following: "No grant or contract 
for a research or demonstration project shall be made under this sec-
tion after January 1, 1967, except pursuant to an overall plan setting 
forth specific objectives to be achieved under this section and setting 
forth priorities among such objectives. 
Such plan, to the extent it 
contemplates activities or programs that may be undertaken by other 
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[80 STAT. 
Federal agencies or the making of grants or contracts that might be 
made by other Federal agencies having demonstration and research 
responsibilities, shall be approved by the Director only after consulta-
tion with such agencies. The Director shall include as part of the 
annual report required by section 608, or as a separate and simulta-
neous report, a description of the principal research and demonstration 
activities undertaken during each fiscal year under this part, a state-
ment indicating the relation of such activities to the plan and the 
policies of this Act, and a statement with respect to each such category, 
describing the results or findings of such research and demonstration 
activities, or indicating the time or period, and to the extent possible 
the manner, in which the benefits or expected benefits of such activities 
will or are expected to be realized. 
The Director shall require that all 
applications or proposals for research or demonstrations shall be filed 
simultaneously in the appropriate regional office of the Office of Eco-
nomic Opportunity, and shall require such offices to review and make 
recommendations with respect thereto within fifteen days from the 
date of filing.-' 
COMMUNITY ACTION—LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE 
79^813^*97^^' 
^^^' ^"^^' S^^tion 208(a) of the Act is amended by striking out 
42 use 27*88. 
"three years after the date of enactment of this Act" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "June 30, 1967", and by striking out "50 per centum" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "80 per centum". 
COMMUNITY ACTION 
HEADSTART AND LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAMS 
4 2 use 2781 et 
gjjc. 215. Title II of the Act is amended by inserting after section 
*^'^' 
211 the following new section: 
u 
HEADSTART AND LEGAL SERVICES 
PROGRAMS 
"SEC, 211-1. (a) In carrying out sections 204 and 205, the Director 
shall carry out programs eligible for assistance under such sections 
which assist young children who have not reached the age of com-
pulsory school attendance and which include (1) the furnishing of 
such comprehensive health, nutritional, social, educational, and mental 
health services as the Director finds will aid such children to attain 
their greatest potential, (2) the provision of appropriate activities to 
encourage the participation of parents of such children and the effec-
tive use of their services, and (3) such other training, technical assist-
ance, evaluation, and follow-through activities as may be necessary 
or appropriate. 
"(b) In carrying out sections 204 and 205, the Director shall carry 
out programs eligible for assistance under such sections, which provide 
legal advice and legal representation to persons when they are unable 
to afford the services of a private attorney, together with legal research 
and information as appropriate to mobilize the assistance of lawyers 
or legal institutions, or combinations thereof, to further the cause of 
justice among persons living in poverty: Provided, That the Director 
shall establish procedures to assure that the principal local bar associa-
tions in the area to be served by any proposed program of legal advice 
and representation are afforded an adequate opportunity to review the 
proposed program and to submit comments and recommendations 
thereon before such program is approved or funded." 
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1463 
IlKALTFT SKRVICES 
SEC. 216. Part A of title I I of the Act is amended by addiirn- at tlie 
78 stat. sie 
end thereot the lollowmg ne^x section: 
42 u s e 2781 et 
seq. 
*'COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES PRCXJRAMS 
"SEC. 211-2. (a) The Director is authorized to make grants to, or 
to contract with, public or private nonprofit agencies in ordei- to pro-
vide assistance necessary for the development and implementation of 
(comprehensive health services programs focused upon the needs of 
l)ersons residing in urban or I'ural areas having higli concentrations of 
poverty and a marked inadequacy of health services. 
Such programs 
shall be designed— 
"(1) to make possible, with maximum feasible utilization of 
existing agencies and resources, the provision of comprehensive 
health services, including but not limited to preventive medical, 
diagnostic, treatment, rehabilitation, mental health, dental, and 
follow-up services, together with facilities and rehabilitation 
necessary in connection therewith; and 
"(2) to assure that such services are made readily accessible 
to the residents of such areas, are furnished in a manner most 
responsive to their needs and with their participation, and wher-
ever possible are combined with, or included within arrangements 
for providing, employment, education, social, or other assistance 
needed by the families and individuals served. 
Before approving any program under this section, the Director shall 
consult with appropriate Federal, State, and local health agencies and 
take such steps, or impose such conditions, as may be required to make 
certain that the program will be carried on under competent profes-
sional supervision and that existing agencies providing services related 
to this section are furnished with all assistance necessary or appro-
priate in order to permit them to plan for participation in such pro-
gram and for the necessary continuation of such services. 
"(b) In carrying out this section, the Director shall formulate and 
carry out programs for the prevention of narcotic addiction and the 
rehabilitation of narcotic addicts. Such programs shall include pro-
visions for the detoxification, guidance, training, and job placement 
of narcotic addicts. 
"(c) The Director, either separately or as part of the annual report 
Report to con-
required under section 608, shall submit at least annually to the Con- ^'^42^130 2948. 
gress a comprehensive statement describing the actions taken and 
progress made under this section and all other provisions of this Act 
in meeting the needs of the poor for expanded and improved health 
services. The Director shall also provide for studies of the nature 
and characteristics of health problems particularly significant to low-
income persons. 
"(d) The Director is authorized, after consultation with the Secre-
tary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to secure (by grant or con-
tract) objective studies of the overall operation of the programs 
authorized under this section, including their relationship to and 
impact on the adequacy and availability of all relevant programs 
and services for meeting total health needs. Reports of such studies, ^„^f^J""iV° ^
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together with such comments and recommendations as the Director 
and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may care to 
offer, shall be submitted to the President and the Congress." 
dent and Cpngress. 
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[80 STAT. 
Am LT BASrc EDUCATIOX 
78 Stat. 516. 
42 use 2781 et 
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se'qt """ " ° ' "' 
thereof (after tlie sectioM added by section 21(5) tlie followiiio- new 
section: 
"SPECIAL PRU.IKO'J'S ON ADUI-T BASIC EDUCATION 
''SEC. 211-;3. The Directov is authorized to make grants to local 
educational agencies and to other public or private nonprofit agencies 
for the purpose of special projects in the field of adult basic education 
for low-income individuals over eighteen years of age whose lack of 
basic educational skills constitutes a substantial impairment of their 
ability to get or retain employment commensurate with their real 
ability. Such projects shall— 
"(1) involve the use of innovative methods, systems, materials, 
or programs which the Director determines may have national 
significance or be of special value in promoting effective pro-
grams under this title, 
"(2) involve activities in adult basic education which the 
Director determines are so coupled with other Federal, federally 
assisted. State, or local programs, as to have unusual promise in 
promoting a comprehensive or coordinated approach to the prob-
lems of low-income individuals with basic educational deficiencies, 
or 
"(3) show promise of enabling persojis receiving welfare pay-
ments or other forms of public assistance to obtain employment 
which will permit discontinuance of such assistance." 
TITLE n PROGRAMS—DURATION 
.SEC. 218. Part D of title I I of the Act is amended to read as follows: 
"PART D—DURATION OF PROGRAM 
"SEC. 221. The Director shall carry out the programs provided for in 
this title during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and the three 
succeeding fiscal years. For each such fiscal year only such sums may 
be appis-opriated as the Congress may authorize by law, 
TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE I I I OF T H E ACT 
RURAL AREAS—LOAN AUTHORITY AND INDEMNITY PAYMENTS 
42 u s e 2851. 
SEC. 301. (a) Section 302(a) of the Act is amended by striking out 
"exceeding $2,500 in the aggregate" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"resulting in an aggregate indebtedness of more than $3,500 at any one 
time". 
(b) Section 305 (f) of the Act is amended by— 
(1) inserting "(1)" immediately after '"'• 
Provided^ That"; and 
(2) inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof 
a semicolon and the following: "and (2) a cooperative organiza-
tion formed by and consisting of members of an Indian tribe 
(including any tribe with whom the special Federal relationship 
with Indians has been terminated) engaged in the production 
of agricultural commodities, or in manufacturing products, on an 
Indian reservation (or former reservation in the case of tribes 
with whom the special Federal relationship with Indians has been 
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1465 
terminated) shall not be regarded as a cooperative organization 
within the purview of this clause". 
(c) Section 831 (c) of the Act is amended by striking out ''June 80, yJl^H^^gy^^^' 
11)66" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 80, 1967". 
42 use 2881. 
•JITLK n i J'ROORAMS 
DURATION 
SEC. 802. Part C of title I I I of the Act is amended ro read as 
^2 use 287i. 
follows: 
"PART C—DURATION OF PRO(}RAM 
"SEC. 821. The Director shall carry out the programs provided for 
in this title during the fiscal year ending June 80, 1967, and the three 
succeeding fiscal years. For each such fiscal year only such sums may 
be appropriated as the Congress may authorize by law." 
TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE IV OF T H E ACT 
SEC. 401. Sections 402, 405, and 406 of the Act are amended by 
striking out "Director" where it appears in such sections and insert-
'ing in lieu thereof "Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration". 
SEC. 402. (a) Section 402 of the Act is hereby redesignated section 
402(a) and there is added at the end thereof a new subsection (b) as 
follows: 
" (b) The Director is authorized to make grants to, or contract with, 
public or private nonprofit agencies, or combinations thereof, to pay 
all or part of the costs necessary to enable such agencies to provide 
screening, counseling, management guidance, or similar assistance with 
respect to persons or small business concerns which receive or may be 
eligible for assistance under subsection (a). 
Financial assistance 
under this subsection shall be subject to the provisions of section 208 
of this Act.". 
SEC. 403. Sections 403 and 404 of the Act are hereby repealed. 
SEC. 404. Section 407 of the Act is amended to read as follows: 
"DURATION OF PROGRAM 
"SEC. 407. The Administrator of the Small Business Administra-
tion shall carry out the programs provided for in this title during 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and the three succeeding fiscal 
years." 
SEC. 405. Section 402 of the Act is amended by inserting " ( a ) " 
after "SEC. 402." and by adding at the end thereof the followmg new 
subsection: 
"(b) To the extent necessary or appropriate to carry out the pro-
grams provided for in this title the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration shall have the same powers as are conferred upon 
the Director by section 602 of this Act." 
SEC. 4(36. Sections 405, 406, and 407 of the Act, as amended by these 
Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1966, are respectively renum-
bered as sections 403, 404, and 405 of the Act. 
SEC. 407. Section 606 of the Act is amended by striking out "and 
IV" where it appears in subsections (a) and (d) thereof. 
42 u s e 2902, 
2905, 2906. 
42 u s e 2788. 
Repeal. 
42 u s e 2903, 
2904. 
42 u s e 2907. 
Post, p. 1468. 
42 u s e 2942. 
42 u s e 2946. 
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[80 STAT. 
TITLE V—REVISION OF TITLE V OF T H E ACT 
42 use 29^21- 
^^^' ^^^' (^) ^^^^^ ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ amended to read as follows: 
2923. 
"TITLE V—WORK E X P E R I E N C E AND TRAINING 
PROGRAMS 
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
a 
"SEC. 501. It is the purpose of this title to expand the opportunities 
for constructive work experience and other needed training available 
to persons (including workers in farm families with less than $1,200 
net family income, unemployed heads of families and other needy 
persons) who are unable to support themselves or their families. 
"TRANSFER OF FUNDS 
"SEC. 502. In order to permit the carrying out of work experience 
and training programs meeting the criteria set forth in part E of title 
Post, p. 1475. 
I I of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, the 
Director is authorized to transfer funds to the Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare to enable him (1) to make payments under 
76 Stat. 192. 
scctiou 1115 of the Social Security Act for experimental, pilot, or 
demonstration projects which provide pretraming services and basic 
maintenance, health, family, basic education, day care, counseling, and 
similar supportive services required for such programs, and (2) to 
reimburse the Secretary of Labor for carrying out the activities 
described in such part E of title I I of the Manpower Development 
and Training Act of 1962. Costs of such projects and activities shall, 
notwithstanding the provisions of the Social Security Act and the 
Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, be met entirely 
from funds appropriated to carry out this title: Provided, That such 
funds may not be used to assist families and individuals insofar as 
they are otherwise receiving or eligible to receive assistance or social 
services through a State plan approved under titles I, IV, X, XIV, 
42 use 301 601, XVI, or X I X of the Social Security Act. 
1201, 1351, 1381, 
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1396. 
LIMITATIONS ON WORK EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING 
PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 503. (a) The provisions of paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, 
42 use 609^' 
^^ section 409 of the Social Security Act, unless otlierwise inconsistent 
with the provisions of this title, shall be applicable with respect to 
work experience and training programs assisted with funds under this 
title. The costs of such programs to the United States shall, notwith-
standing the provisions of such Act, be met entirely from funds appro-
priated or allocated to carry out the purpose of this title. 
"(b) Work experience and training programs shall be so designed 
that participation of individuals in such programs will not ordinarily 
exceed 36 months, except that nothing in this subsection shall prevent 
the provision of necessary and appropriate follow-up services for a 
reasonable period after an individual has completed work experience 
and training. 
"(c) Not more than 121/^ percent of the sums appropriated or allo-
cated for any fiscal year to carry out the purposes of this title shall be 
used within any one state. In the case of any work experience and 
training program approved on or after July 1,1968, not more than 80 
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PUBLIC LAW 89-794-NOV. 8, 1966 
1467 
percent of the costs of projects or activities referred to in section 502 
may be paid from funds appropriated or allocated to carry out this 
title, unless the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare deter-
mines, pursuant to regulations prescribed by him establishing objective 
criteria for such determinations, that assistance in excess of such per-
centage is required in furtherance of the purposes of this title. Xon-
Federal contributions may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, 
including but not limited to plant, equipment, and services. 
"DURATION OF PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 504. The Director shall carry out the i^rograms provided for 
in this title during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and the three 
succeeding fiscal years. 
For each such fiscal year only such sums 
may be appropriated as the Congress may authorize by law. 
"TRANSITION 
"SEC. 505. The Secretary of Labor is authorized to provide work 
experience and training programs authorized by section 261(a) (3) 
and (4) of part E of title I I of the Manpower Development and 
Training Act of 1962, commencing July 1, 1967. The Secretary of 
^°^'' P- 1^75. 
Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to provide such work 
experience and training programs through June 30, 1967, and may 
also continue to completion those work experience and training pro-
grams commenced prior to that date, but m no event shall such pro-
grams be extended beyond June 30, 1968. After June 30, 1967, the 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, pursuant to agreement 
with the Secretary of Labor which shall include provisions for joint 
evaluation and approval of the training and work experience aspect 
of each project or program, may also— 
"(1) with the concurrence of the Secretary of Labor, renew 
existing projects and programs, or develop and provide new 
projects or programs, to accomplish the purposes of this title 
and of part E of title I I of the Manpower Development and 
Training Act of 1962; and 
"(2) with the concurrence of the Secretary of Labor, develop 
and provide other work experience and training programs pur-
suant to such part E, with respect to such projects or parts of 
projects which the Secretary of Labor is unable to provide after 
being given notice and a reasonable opportunity to do so. 
Before July 1, 1967, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare may, for the purposes of this title and part E of title I I of the 
Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, utilize the services 
and facilities available under the manpower development and utiliza-
tion programs administered by the Department of Labor which may 
include, but not be limited to, testing, counseling, job referral and 
follow-up services required to assist participants in securing and 
obtaining employment, training opportunities, either on or off the job, 
available under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 
1962, and relocation assistance to involuntarily unemployed individ-
uals in accordance with the standards prescribed in section 104 of the 
Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, and shall compen- 
^^ ^*|^- 25i2b 
sate the Secretary of Labor for the reasonable costs thereof either by 
advance or reimbursement," 
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[80 STAT. 
TITLE VI—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE VI OF T H E ACT 
ELDERLY POOR 
78 Stat. 528. 
42 u s e 2941. 
SEC. 601. (a) Section 601(a) of the Act is amended by striking 
out "three" in the third sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof 
"four". 
42 use 2950. 
(^) Sectiou 610 of the Act is amended by inserting at the end there-
of the following: "The Director shall carry out such investigations 
and studies, including consultations with appropriate agencies and 
organizations, as may be necessary (1) to develop programs provid-
ing employment opportunities, public service opportunities, and edu-
cation for the elderly poor under the provisions of this Act, and (2) 
to determine and recommend to the President and the Congress such 
programs requiring additional authority and the necessary legislation 
to provide such authority." 
LIAISON BETWEEN 
AGENCIES 
42 use 2942. 
gj,^. gQ2_ Sectiou 602(d) of the Act is amended by adding immedi-
ately before the semicolon at the end thereof the following: "subject 
to provisions to assure the maximum possible liaison between the 
Office of Economic Opportunity and such other agencies at all operat-
ing levels, which shall include the furnishing of complete operational 
information by such other agencies to the Onice of Economic Oppor-
tunity and the furnishing of such information by such Office to such 
other agencies". 
ELIMINATION OF SPECIAL PRINTING AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR 
SEC. 603. Section 602(m) of the Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(m) expend funds made available for purposes of this Act— 
" (1) foi printing and binding, in accordance with applica-
ble law and regulation; and 
"(2) without regard to any other law or regulation, for 
rent of buildings and space in buildings and for repair, altera-
tion, and improvement of buildings and space in buildings 
rented by him; but the Director shall not utilize the authority 
contained in this subparagraph (2)— 
" (A) except when necessary to obtain an item, service, 
or facility, which is required in the proper administration 
of this Act, and which otherwise could not be obtained, 
or could not be obtained in the quantity or quality needed, 
or at the time, in the form, or under the conditions in 
which, it is needed, and 
"(B) prior to having given written notification to the 
Administrator of General Services (if the exercise of 
such authority would affect an activity which otherwise 
would be under the jurisdiction of the General Services 
Administration) of his intention to exercise such author-
ity, the item, service, or facility with respect to which 
such authority is proposed to be exercised, and the rea-
sons and justifications for the exercise of such authority; 
and". 
80 STAT.] 
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1469 
ADMINISTRATION—POLITICAL ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 604. Section 603 of the Act is amended to read as follows: 
,n^l»^'^n,f^^' 
yy otat. 977. 
42 u s e 2943. 
u 
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES 
"SEC. 603. (a) For purposes of chapter 15 of title 5 of the United 
States Code any overall community action agency which assumes 
^"'^' P- "fo^-
responsibility for planning, developing, and coordinating community-
Avide antipoverty programs and receives assistance under this Act 
shall be deemed to be a State or local agency; and for purposes of 
clauses (1) and (2) of section 1502(a) of such title any agency receiv-
ing assistance under this Act (other than part C of title I) shall be 
deemed to be a State or local agency. 
"(b) The Director, after consultation with the Civil Service Com-
mission, is authorized to issue such regulations or impose such recjuire-
ments as may be necessary or appropriate to supplement the provisions 
of subsection (a) of this section or otherwise to insure that programs 
assisted under this Act are not carried on in a manner involving the 
use of program funds, the provision of services, or the employment or 
assignment of personnel in a manner supporting, or resulting in the 
identification of such program with, any partisan political activity or 
any activity designed to further the election or defeat of any candidate 
for public office." 
NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 
SEC. 605. Section 605 of the Act is amended to read as follows: 
'»2 use 2945. 
" N A T I O N A L ADVISORY C O U N C I L O N ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 
"SEC. 605. (a) There is hereby established in the Office a National 
Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity (hereinafter referred to 
as the Advisory Council), to be composed of twenty-one members ap-
pointed, for staggered terms and without regard to the civil service 
laws, by the President. Such members shall be representative of the 
public in general and appropriate fields of endeavor related to the pur-
poses of this Act. The President shall designate the chairman from 
among such members. The Advisory Council shall meet at the call of 
the chairman but not less often than four times a year. The Director 
shall be an ex officio member of the Advisory Council. 
"(b) The Advisory Council shall— 
"(1) advise the Director with respect to policy matters arising 
in the administration of this Act; and 
"(2) review the effectiveness and the operation of programs 
under this Act and make recommendations concerning (A) the 
improvement of such programs, (B) the elimination of duplica-
tion of effort, and (C) the coordination of such programs with 
other Federal programs designed to assist low income individuals 
and families. 
Such recommendations shall include such proposals for changes in 
this Act as the Advisory Council deems appropriate. 
"(c) The Advisory C^ouncil shall make an annual report of its find- ^ ^
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ings and recommendations to the President not later than March 31 
of each calendar year beginning with the calendar year 1967. The 
President shall transmit each such report to the Congress together 
with his comments and recommendations." 
65-300 0-67—95 
dent and Congress. 
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[80 STAT. 
ADMlXrSTRATTOK 
(COMPARABILITY OF WAGKS 
78 Stat. 528. 
^^o. t)OH. Part A of title VI of the Act is aivieiided bv addiim- at the 
42 u s e 2941 et 
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end tliereoT the TolK)wing- new section: 
seq. 
"COMPAKABllATY OF 
WAGES 
2781. 
"SEC. (>1()-L 
(a) The Director shall take such action as may be 
necessary to assure that persons employed in carrying out programs 
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financed under part A of title I or part A of title 11 (except a person 
compensated as provided in section 602) shall not receive compensa-
tion at a rate which is (1) in excess of the average rate of compen-
sation paid in the area where the program is carried out to persons 
providing substantially comparable services, or in excess of the 
average rate of compensation paid to persons providing substantially 
comparable services in the area of the person's immediately preceding 
employment, whichever is higher or (2) less than the minimum wage 
rate prescribed in section 6(a) (1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
Ante. p. 838. 
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and each riscai year thereafter the Director shall prepare and submit 
ro the President for submission to the Congress a list of the names of 
all officers or employees whose compensation is subject to the limita-
tions set forth in subsection (a) of this section and who were receiving 
at the end of such fiscal year a salary of $10,000 or more per year, 
together with the amount of compensation paid to each such person 
and the amount of such compensation paid from funds advanced or 
granted pursuant to this Act. No grant, contract or agreement shall 
be made under any of the provisions of this Act referred to in sub-
section (a) of this section which does not contain adequate provisions 
to assure the furnishing of information required by the preceding 
sentence. 
"(c) No person whose compensation exceeds $6,000 per annum and 
is paid pursuant to any grant, contract, or agreement authorized under 
part A of title I or part A of title I I (except a person compensated 
as provided in section 602) shall be employed at a rate of compen-
sation which exceeds by more than 20 percent the salary w^hich he was 
receiving in his immediately preceding employment, but the Director 
may grant exceptions for specific cases. In determining salary in 
preceding employment for one regularly employed for a period of 
less than 12 months per year, the salary shall be adjusted to an annual 
basis." 
CXWRDINATION OF PROGRAMS W I T H I N EXECUTIVE BRANCH 
SEC. 607. Section 611 of the Act is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following: 
"(c) It shall be the responsibility of the Director, the Secretary of 
Labor, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the 
heads of all other departments and agencies concerned, acting through 
the President's Committee on Manpower, to provide for, and take 
such steps as may be necessary and appropriate to implement, the effec-
tive coordination of all programs and activities within the executive 
branch of the Government relating to the training of individuals for 
1 he purpose of improving or restoring employability. 
"(d) The Secretary of Labor, pursuant to such agreements as may 
be necessary or appropriate (which may include arrangements for 
reimbursement), shall— 
" (1) be responsible for assuring that the Federal-State employ-
ment service provides and develops its capacity for providing 
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1471 
maximum support for the programs described in subsection (c); 
and 
"(2) obtain from the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare, the Director of the Office of 
Economic Opportunity, and the head of any other Federal agency 
administering a training program, such employment information 
as will facilitate the placement of individuals being trained," 
INFORMATION—CATALOG AND 
DISSEMINATION 
SEC. 608. Section 613 of the Act is amended by inserting " (a)" after 
^^ ^^^ ^^^^ 
"SEC. 613." and by adding at the end thereof the followmg new sub-
sections : 
"(b) The Director shall publish and maintain on a current basis, a 
catalog of Federal programs relating to individual and community 
improvement. 
The Director is further authorized to make grants 
from funds appropriated to carry out title I I of this Act, to States 
and communities to establish information service centers for the col-
lection, correlation, and distribution of information required to fur-
ther the purposes of this Act. 
"(c) In order to insure that all Federal programs related to the 
purposes of this Act are utilized to the maximum possible extent, and 
in order to insure that all appropriate officials are kept fully informed 
of such programs, the Director shall establish procedures to assure 
prompt distribution to States and local agencies of all current infor-
mation, including administrative rules, regulations and guidelines, 
required by such agencies f^r the effective performance oi their re-
sponsibilities." 
TITLE VI PROGRAMS 
^DURATION 
SEC. 609. Section 615 of the Act is amended to read as follows: 
^2 use 2965. 
42 u s e 2781-
2831. 
(( 
DURATION OF PROGRAM 
"SEC. 615. The Director shall carry out the programs provided for 
in this title during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and the three 
succeeding fiscal years. For each such fiscal year only such sums may 
be appropriated as the Congress may authorize by law." 
C O O R D I N A T I O N 
TRANSFERS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 610. Section 616 of the Act is amended by inserting after "this 
Act," the following: "or any Act authorizing appropriations for any 
such title (other than part C of title I),". 
ADDITIONAL SUPER GRADES 
SEC. 611. Title VI of the Act is amended by inserting after section 
617 the following new section: 
a LIMITATION ON ADDITIONAL SUPER GRADES 
"SEC. 618. No additional positions above those authorized on the 
date of enactment of this section shall be created or filled in fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1967 in the classification categories of GS 16, 17, and 
18 of the General Schedule of section 5332, title 5, United States Code 28^"ifv^''' ^^^' 
in the Office of Economic Opportunity and its field offices." 
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[80 STAT. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
EXPENSES 
78 Stat. 528. 
42 u s e 2941 ef 
seq. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
42 u s e 2701. 
42 u s e 2981. 
79 Stat. 343. 
42 u s e 1396. 
SEC. 612. Title VI of the Act is amended by inserting after section 
618 the following new section: 
(; 
LIMITATION 
ON 
FEDERAL 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
EXPENSES 
"SEC. 619. The total administrative expenses, including the com-
pensation of Federal employees, incurred by Federal agencies under 
the authority of this Act for any fiscal year shall not exceed ten 
percent of the amount authorized to be appropriated by this Act for 
that year: Provided^ however^ That grants, subsidies, and contribu-
tions, and payments to individuals, other than Federal employees shall 
not be counted as an administrative expense." 
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE 
PARTICIPATION 
SEC. 614. (a) Title VI of the act is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 619 (added by section 612) the following new section: 
u 
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE 
PARTICIPATION 
"SEC. 620. The Director and the heads of any other Federal depart-
ments or agencies to which the conduct of programs described in this 
Act have been delegated shall take such steps as may be desirable 
and appropriate to insure that the resources of private enterprise are 
employed to the maximum feasible extent in the programs described 
in this Act. The Director and such other agency heads shall submit 
at least annually to the Congress a joint or combined report describ-
ing the actions taken and the progress made under this section." 
(b) Section 2 of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new paragraph: "It is the sense of the Congress that 
it is highly desirable to employ the resources of the private sector of 
the economy of the United States in all such efforts to further the 
policy of this Act." 
TITLE VII—TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO TITLE VII OF 
T H E ACT 
SEC. 701. (a) Section 701(a) of the Act is amended by striking 
out "and X V I " and inserting in lieu thereof "XVI, and XIX". 
(b) No funds to which a State is otherwise entitled under title 
X I X of the Social Security Act for any period before October 1, 
1967, shall be withheld by reason of any action taken pursuant to a 
State statute which prevents such State from complying with the 
requirements resulting from the amendment made by subsection (a). 
TITLE VIII—REVISION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO 
VISTA 
SEC. 801. The Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing new title: 
"TITLE VIII—VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA 
'STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
"SEC. 801. It is the purpose of this title to enable and encourage 
volunteers to participate in a personal way in the w^ar on poverty, by 
living and working among deprived people of all ages in urban areas, 
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1473 
rural communitieSj on Indian reservations, in migrant worker camps, 
and Job Corps camps and centers; to stimulate, develop and coordinate 
programs of volunteer training and service; and, through such pro-
grams, to encourage individuals from all walks of life to make a com^ 
mitment to combating poverty in their home communities, both as 
volunteers and as members of the helping professions. 
li AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH VISTA PROGRAM 
"SEC. 802. (a) The Director is authorized to recruit, select, traiuj 
and— 
" (1) upon request of State or local agencies or private nonprofit 
organizations, refer volunteers to perform duties in furtherance 
of programs combating poverty at a State or local level; and 
" (2) in cooperation with other Federal, State, or local agencies 
involved, assign volunteers to work (A) in meeting the health, 
education, welfare, or related needs of Indialis living on reserva-
tions, of migratory workers and their families, or of residents of 
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, or the Trust Terri-
tory of the Pacific Islands; (B) in the care and rehabilitation of 
the mentally ill or mentally retarded under treatment at nonprofit 
mental health or mental retardation facilities assisted in their 
construction or operation by Federal funds; and (C) in connec-
tion with programs or activities authorized, supported, or of a 
character eligible for assistance under this Act. 
"(b) The referral or assignment of volunteers under this section 
shall be on such terms and conditions (including restrictions on polit-
ical activities that appropriately recognize the special status of volun-
teers living among the persons or groups served by programs to which 
they have been assigned) as the Director may determine; but volun-
teers shall not be so referred or assigned to duties or work in any State, 
nor shall programs under section 805 be conducted in any State with-
out the consent of the Governor. 
a 
VOLUNTEER SUPPORT 
"SEC. 803. The Director is authorized to provide to all volunteers 
during training pursuant to section 802(a) and to volunteers assigned 
pursuant to section 802(a)(2) such stipend, not to exceed $50 per 
month (or, in the case of volunteer leaders designated in accordance 
with standards prescribed by the Director, not to exceed $75 per 
month), such livmg, travel, and leave allowances, and such housing, 
transportation (including travel to and from the place of training), 
supplies, equipment, subsistence, clothing, and health and dental care 
as the Director may deem necessary or appropriate for their needs. 
ii APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL LAW 
"SEC. 804. (a) Each volunteer under section 802 shall take and sub-
scribe to an oath or affirmation in the form prescribed by section 
104 (d) of this Act, and the provisions of section 1001 of title 18, H ^ta^ 973^ 
United States Code, shall be applicable with respect to such oath or 
62 stat. 749,' 
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[80 STAT. 
affirmation; but except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, 
such volunteers shall not be deemed to be Federal employees and shall 
not be subject to the provisions of laws relating to Federal employ-
ment, including those relating to hours of work, rates of compensa-
tion, and Federal employee benefits. 
"(b) All volunteers during training pursuant to section 802(a) and 
such volimteers as are assigned pursuant to section 802(a) (2) shall be 
deemed Federal employees to the same extent as enroUees of the Job 
Corps under section 106 (h), (c), and (d) of this Act except that for 
purposes of the computation described in paragraph (2) (B) of section 
106(c) the monthly pay of a volunteer shall be deemed to be that re-
ceived under the entrance salary for GS-7 of the General Schedule of 
Ante, pp. 288, 
section 5332, title 5, United States Code. 
" (c) For the purposes of subchapter III, chapter 73 of title V of the 
Ante, p. 525. 
United States Code, a volunteer under this title shall be deemed to be 
a person employed in the executive branch of the Federal Government. 
467. 
U 
SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS 
"SEC. 805. The Director is authorized to conduct, or to make grants, 
contracts, or other arrangements with appropriate public or private 
nonprofit organizations for the conduct of, special programs m fur-
therance of the purposes of this title. 
Such programs shall be 
designed to encourage more effective or better coordinated use of vol-
unteer services, including services of low-income persons, or to make 
opportunities for volunteer experience available, under proper super-
vision and for appropriate periods, to qualified persons who are unable 
to make long-term commitments or who are engaged in or preparing to 
enter work where such experience may be of special value and in the 
public interest. Individuals who serve or receive training in such pro-
grams shall not, by virtue of such service or training, be deemed to 
be Federal employees and shall not be subject to the provisions of laws 
relating to Federal employment, including those related to hours of 
work, rates of compensation, and Federal employee benefits; except 
that such individuals who receive their principal support or compen-
sation with respect to such service or training directly from the Direc-
tor or his agent for payment shall be deemed Federal employees to 
the same extent as volunteers assigned pursuant to section 802(a) (2) 
of this Act. Not to exceed 15 per centum of the sums appropriated or 
allocated from any appropriation to carry out this title for any fiscal 
year may be used for programs under this section. 
"DURATION OF PROGRAM 
"SEC. 806. The Director shall carry out the programs provided for 
in this title during the fiscal year ending June 30,1967, and the three 
succeeding fiscal years. For each such fiscal year only such sums may 
be appropriated as the Congress may authorize by law." 
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STAT.] 
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TITLE IX—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 901. (a) Title I of the Act is amended by inserting immediately 
before section 110 a heading for such section to read as follows: 
u 
?5 
YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS 
(b) Title I I of the Act is amended by redesignating section 219 of 
part C as section 219-1. 
(c) Section 213 of the Act is amended by striking out "this section" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "section 214". 
(d) Section 604(b) of the Act is amended by striking out "Housing 
and Home Finance Administrator" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Secretary of Housing and Urban Development". 
TITLE X—AMENDMENTS TO MANPOWER DEVELOP-
MENT AND TRAINING ACT OF 1962 
SEC. 1001. (a) The Manpower Development and Training Act of 
1962 is amended by inserting the following after the period at the end 
of section 201: "Whenever appropriate, the Secretary of Labor shall 
coordinate and provide for combinations of programs, to be pursued 
concurrently or sequentially, under this Act with programs under 
other Federal Acts, where the purposes of this Act would be accom-
plished thereby." 
(b) The Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 is 
amended by adding at the end of section 203(c) the following: "Not-
withstanding any provision to the contrary in this subsection or in 
subsection (h), the Secretary may refer any individual who has com-
pleted a program under part B of title I of the Economic Opportunity 
Act of 1964 to training under this Act, and such individual may be 
paid a training allowance as provided in section 203(a) of this Act 
without regard to the requirements imposed on such payments by the 
preceding sentences of subsection (c) or by subsection (h) of this sec-
tion. Such payments shall not exceeid the average weekly gross unem-
ployment compensation payment (including allowances for depend-
ents) for a week of total unemployment in the State making such pay-
ments during the most recent four-calendar-quarter period for which 
such data are available. Such persons shall not be deemed youths 
for the purpose of applying the provision under this subsection limit-
ing the number of youths who may receive training allowances." 
(c) The Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 is 
amended by inserting the following after part D of title I I : 
"PART E — W O R K EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 261. (a) The Secretary of Labor in cooperation with the 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall provide, under 
this part, programs for needy persons who require work experience 
or special family and supportive services, as well as training, in order 
that they may be assisted to secure and hold regular employment in 
a competitive labor market. Such programs shall— 
78 Stat. 511. 
42 u s e 2720. 
42 u s e 2821. 
42 u s e 2802. 
42 u s e 2944. 
76 Stat. 25. 
42 u s e 2581. 
79 Stat. 78. 
42 u s e 2583. 
Ante, p. 1454. 
Ante, p. 1437. 
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[80 STAT. 
"(1) provide for the selection of participants pursuant to 
procedures and criteria jointly prescribed by the Secretary of 
Labor and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; 
"(2) 
include pretraming services and basic maintenance, 
health, family and day care, counseling, and similar social serv-
ices, and basic education, as provided by the Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare pursuant to section 502 of the Economic 
Ante. p. 1466. 
Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended; 
"(3) provide through agreements with appropriate public or 
private nonprofit 
agencies, work experience to the extent 
required to assist participants in developing necessary work 
attitudes or to prepare them for work or training involving the 
acquisition of needed skills; 
"(4) provide testing, counseling, training either on or off the 
job (including classroom instruction where needed through 
appropriate arrangements agreed to by the Secretary of Labor 
and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), to assist 
participants to develop their occupational potential, improve 
their occupational level and secure promotion or advancement; 
"(5) provide, through appropriate arrangements with employ-
ers, labor organizations, and other public and private agencies, 
for development where needed of additional employment opj)or-
tunities for participants, for job referral and follow-up services 
required to assist participants in securing and retaining employ-
ment and securing possibilities for advancement; and 
"(6) provide, in accordance with the criteria prescribed in 
^2 use ^
5
7 2b 
section 104 of this Act, relocation assistance to involuntarily unem-
ployed individuals where the Secretary of Labor determines they 
cannot reasonably be expected to secure full-time employment in 
the community in which they reside. 
"(b) In developing and approving programs under this part, the 
Secretary of Labor shall give priority to programs with a high-train-
ing potential and which afford the best prospects for contributing to 
the upward mobility of participants. 
"(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the provi-
Ante, p. 1466. 
sious of sectiou 503 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as 
amended, shall govern the use and apportionment among the several 
States of funds provided pursuant to such Act for the purpose of car-
rying out this part." 
TITLE XI—AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN OTHER ACTS 
SEC. 1101. (a) Section 205(b) (2) (A) (iv) of the National Defense 
20 us^c 425.' 
Education Act of 1958 is amended by striking out "section 603" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "title VIII". 
o
n f
T
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l
n l^^^- 
(b) (1) Section 427 (a) (2) (C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
is amended (1) by striking out "or" before "(iii)", and (2) by insert-
ing inunediately after "Peace Corps Act," the following: "or (iv) not 
in excess of three years during which the borrower is in service as a 
volunteer under title V t l l of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964,". 
(2) The amendments made by this section shall not apply to any 
loan outstanding on the effective date of this Act without the consent 
of the borrowers. 
20 u s e 1077. 
Ante, p. 1472. 
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1477 
SEC. 1102. Clause (3) of section 401(b) of the Public Works and 
79 sta^ se^i. 
Economic Development Act of 1965 is amended to read as follows: 
" (3) no area shall be designated which does not have a popula-
tion of at least one thousand five hundred persons, except that this 
limitation shall not apply to any area designated under section 
401(a) (3); and". 
TITLE XII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1201. No part of the funds appropriated under this Act to 
Prohibition on 
carry out the provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 sonHnciting^^'" 
shall be used to provide payments, assistance, or services, in any form, "ots. 
with respect to any individual who is convicted, in any Federal, State, 
or local court of competent jurisdiction, of inciting, promoting, or car-
rying on a riot, or any group activity resulting in material damage to 
groperty or injury to persons, found to be in violation of Federal, 
tate, or local laws designed to protect persons or property in the 
community concerned. 
Approved November 8, 1966. 
Public Law 89-795 
A N A C T 
November 8, 1966 
To provide a border highway along the United States bank of the Rio Grande , [H.R. 11555] 
River in connection with the settlement of the Chamizal boundary dispute 
between the United States and Mexico. 
El Paso, Tex. 
Border highway. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of Transportation, hereinafter referred to as the Secretary, is author-
ized to (1) construct a border highway in the city of El Paso, Texas, 
between the approximate point of the beginnmg of the rectified 
boundary channel, two blocks west of Santa Fe Street in El Paso, 
thence along the international boundary to the International Bridge 
at Zaragosa Road—about twelve and a half miles east: 
Provided, 
That the design plans and specifications for this highway shall be 
developed to meet design and construction standards established by 
the Secretary; that the Secretary may work through the Texas State 
Highway Department in accomplishing any part of this project; that 
the planning, design, and constructicn scnedule, and works shall be 
subject to review by the United States Commissioner, International 
Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, to assure 
coordination with the relocation of the river channel and relocation of 
related facilities, pursuant to the American-Mexican Chamizal Con- 
^^ ^^^ 277d-i7 
vention Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 184) : And provided further, That the "°*^' 
Secretary may at his discretion request that the United States Com-
missioner, International Boundary and Water Commission, plan and 
perform such part of the engineermg and construction of the liighAvay 
as may be warranted to assure coordination and efficient construction, 
and the Secretary may transfer to the Secretary of State funds neces-
sary for such purpose; (2) acquire lands necessary for the border 
highway in accordance with the approved plans, through the United 
States Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commis-
sion : Provided, That the provisions of the American-Mexican Chami-
zal Convention Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 184) for the acquisition of lands