An Act to provide for an objective, thorough, and nationwide analysis and reevaluation of the extent and means of resolving the critical shortage of qualified manpower in the field of correctional rehabilitation
PL 89-178 (H.R.2263), enacted 09/10/1965

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PUBLIC L
A
W 89-178-SEPT. 10,1965 
[79 STAT. 
September 10, 1965 
[H. R. 2263] 
Public Law 89-178 
AN ACT 
To provide for an objective, thorough, and nationwide analysis and reevaluation 
of the extent and means of resolving the critical shortage of qualified man-
power in the field of correctional rehabilitation. 
Correctional Re-
habilitation Study 
Act of 1965. 
68 Stat. 662. 
29 u s e 42. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hou^e of Representatives of the 
United States of Ame7ica in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Correctional Eehabilitation Study Act of 1965". 
SEC. 2. Section 12 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 
ch. 4) is amended to read as follows: 
"Organization." 
National Ad-
visory Council on 
Correctional Man-
power and Train-
ing. 
Establishment. 
U 
GRANTS FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS I N CORRECTIONAL REHABILITATION 
"SEC. 12. (a)(1) The Secretary is authorized, with the advice of 
the National Advisory Council on Correctional Manpower and Train-
ing, established by subsection (b) of this section, to make grants to 
pay part of the cost of carrying out a program of research and study 
of the personnel practices and current and projected personnel needs 
in the field of correctional rehabilitation and of the availability and 
adequacy of the educational and training resources for persons in, or 
preparing to enter such field, including out not limited to the avail-
ability of educational opportunities for persons in, or preparing to 
enter, such field, the adequacy of the existing curriculum and teaching 
methods and practices involved in the preparation of persons to work 
in such field, the effectiveness of present methods of recruiting person-
nel for such field and the extent to which personnel in the field are 
utilized in the manner which makes the best use of their qualifications. 
Such a program of research and study is to be on a scale commensurate 
with the problem. 
"(2) Such grants may be made to one or more organizations, but 
<mly on condition that the organization will undertake and conduct, 
or if more than one organization is to receive such grants, only on 
condition that such organizations have agreed among themselves to 
undertake and conduct, a coordinated program of research into and 
study of all aspects of the resources, needs, and practices referred 
to in paragraph (1). 
"(3) As used in paragraph (2), the term 'organization* means a 
nongovernmental agency, organization, or commission, composed of 
representatives of leading professional associations, organizations, or 
agencies active in the field of corrections. 
"(b) (1) There is hereby established in the Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare a National Advisory Council on Correctional 
Manpower and Training, consisting of the Secretaiy, or his designee, 
who shall be Chairman, and twelve members, not otherwise in the 
regular full-time employ of the United States, appointed without 
i*e^ard to the civil service laws by the Secretan^ after consultation 
with the Attorney General of the United States. The twelve 
appointed members shall be selected from among leaders in fields con-
cerned with correctional rehabilitation or in public affairs, four of 
whom shall be selected from among State or local correctional services. 
In selecting persons for appointment to the Council, consideration 
shall be given to such factors, among others, as (1) familiarity with 
correctional manpower problems, and (2) particular concern with 
the training of persons in or preparing to enter the field of correctional 
rehabilitation. 
"(2) The Council shall consider all applications for grants under 
this section and shall make recommendations to the Secretary with 
respect to approval of applications for and the amounts of grants 
under this section. 
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"(3) Appointed members of the Council, while attending meetings 
or conferences thereof or otherwise serving on business of the Council, 
shall be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secretary, 
but not exceeding $100 per day, including travel time, and while so 
serving away from their homes or regular places of business they 
may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses 
Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service 
employed intermittently. 
"(c) For carrying out the purposes of this section there is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30,1966, 
the sum of $500,000 to be used for a grant or grants to help initiate 
the research and study provided for in this section; and the sum 
of $800,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years for the making 
of such grants as may be necessary to carry the research and study 
to completion. 
The terms of any such grant shall provide that the 
researcn and study shall be completed not later than three years from 
the date it is inaugurated; that the grantee shall file annual reports 
with the Secretary, the Congress, the Governors of the several States 
and the President, among others the grantee may select; and that 
the final report shall be similarly filed. 
"(d) Any grantee agency, organization, or commission is authorized 
to accept additional financial support from private or other public 
sources to assist in carrying on the project authorized by this section." 
Approved September 10, 1965. 
Council mem-
bers, compensa-
tion. 
60 Stat. 808; 
75 Stat. 339, 
340. 
Appropriation. 
Report to Pres-
ident and Con-
gress, etc. 
Public Law 89-179 
AN ACT 
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September U , 1965 
To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the city of Norfolk, State of 
[H. R. ].o44] 
Virginia, certain lands in the city of Norfolk, State of Virginia, in exchange for 
certain other lands. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, notwithstand-
ing any other provisions of law, the Secretary of the Navy, or his des-
ignee, is authorized to convey to the city of Norfolk, State'of Virginia, 
subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Navy, or 
his designee, shall deem to be in the public interest, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the land located in the city of 
Norfolk, State of Virginia, with the buildings and improvements 
thereon, described substantially as follows: 
Beginning at the northeast corner of Court Street (formerly 
Avon Street) and Williamson's Lane, thence running in a north-
erly direction along the eastern side of said Court Street a dis-
tance of 97.2 feet, more or less, thence in an easterly direction along 
the dividing line between the property herein described and the 
property now or formerly owned by Williams and Reed, Incor-
porated, a distance of 133.98 feet, more or less, to a point; said 
point being the northeast corner of the building herein described, 
the property of the Prospect Holding Corporation. Thence in a 
southerly direction along the dividing line between this property 
and the property now or formerly belonging to Gardiner, to its 
intersection with the northern side of Williamson's Lane, a dis-
tance of 80.37 feet, more or less, to a point; thence in a westerly 
direction along the said northern side of Williamson's Lane, a dis-
tance of 162.69 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. 
Norfolk, 
Land exch 
with U.S. 
Va. 
ange 
Description.