An Act to provide for the continuation of programs authorized under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, and for other purposes
PL 91-177 (S.3016), enacted 12/30/1969

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PUBLIC LAW 91-177-DEC. 30, 1969 
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Public Law 91-177 
AN ACT 
December 30, 1969 
To provide for the continuation of programs authorized under tlie Economic 
[S. 3016] 
Opportunity Act of 1964, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemoled^ That this Act may be 
cited as the "Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1969". 
TITLE I—EXTENSION OF T H E ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 
ACT OF 1964 AND RELATED PROVISIONS 
ments of 1969, 
EXTENSION OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT 
SEC. 101. (a) Section 161 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
(redesignated section 171 by section 201 of this Act) is amended (1) by 
striking out "for which he is responsible"', and (2) by striking out 
"three" and inserting in lieu thereof "five". 
(b) Sections 245,321,408,615, and 835 of such Act are each amended 
by striking out "three" and inserting in lieu thereof "five". 
(c) Section 523 of such Act is amended by striking out "two" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "four". 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 102. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the Economic Oppor-
tunity Act of 1964, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated 
$2,195,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and 
$2,295,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unless expressly 
in limitation of the provisions of this section, of the amounts appro-
priated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1970, and for the next fiscal year, the Director shall 
for each such fiscal year reserve and make available not less than 
$328,900,000 for the purpose of local initiative programs authorized 
un^er section 221 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and the 
remainder of such amounts shall be allocated, subject to the provisions 
of section 616 of such Act, in such a manner that of such remaining 
amounts so appropriated for each fiscal year— 
(1) $890,300,000 shall be for the purpose of carrying out parts 
A and B of title I (relating to work and training programs) ; 
(2) $46,000,000 shall be for the purpose of carrying out part 
D of title I (relating to special impact programs); 
(3) $20,000,000 shall be for the purpose of carrying out part 
E of title I (relating to special work and career development 
programs) ; 
(4) $811,300,000 shall be for the purpose of carrying out title 
II, of which $398,000,000 shall be for the Project Headstart pro-
gram described in section 222(a) (1), $90,000,000 shall be for the 
Follow 
Through program described in section 222(^a) (2), 
$58,000,000 shall be for the I^egal Services program described in 
section 222(a)(3), $80,000,000 shall be for the Comprehensive 
Health 
Services program 
described 
in section 
222(a)(4), 
$62,500,000 shall be for the Emergency Food and Medical Services 
program described in section 222(a) (5), $15,000,000 shall be for 
the Family Planning program described in section 222(a) (6), and 
$8,800,000 shall be for the Senior Opportunities and Services pro-
gram described in section 222(a) (7); 
80 Stat. 1456; 
81 Stat. 726; 
Post, p. 833. 
42 u s e 2771. 
42 
use 2837, 
2871, 
2907, 2965, 
2994d. 
81 
Stat. 714. 
42 
use 2933. 
81 
Stat. 
42 use 
696. 
2808. 
Post, p. 831. 
81 Stat. 
8 3 . 
42 u s e 
737. 
81 Stat. 
42 use 
Post, p. 
Post, 
p. 
42 use 
672, 
2711, 
688. 
2763. 
. 833. 
828. 
2809. 
Post, p. 829. 
Post, p. 829. 
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78 Stat. 524; 
II Stat. 709. 
42 u s e 2841. 
81 Stat. 709, 
42 u s e 2861. 
78 Stat. 528; 
!1 Stat. 714, 
42 u s e 2941, 
81 Stat. 722, 
42 u s e 2991, 
81 Stat. 688, 
42 u s e 2763. 
Post, p. 833, 
Post, p. 829. 
42 u s e 2809. 
Post, p. 829. 
81 Stat. 709. 
42 u s e 2861. 
81 Stat. 713. 
42 u s e 2931. 
(5) $12,000,000 shall be for the purpose of carrying out part 
A of title I I I (relating to rural loans) ; 
(6) $34,000,000 shall be for the purpose of carrying out part 
B of title III (relating to assistance for migrant and seasonal 
farmworkers); 
(7) $16,000,000 shall be for the purpose of carrying out title 
VI (relating to administration and coordination) ; and 
(8) $37,000,000 shall be for the purpose of carrying out title 
VIII (relating to VISTA). 
If the amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section 
for any fiscal year are not sufficient to allocate the full amounts speci-
fied for each of the purjwses set forth in clauses (1) through (8) of 
this subsection, then the amounts specified in each such clause shall be 
prorated to determine the allocations required for each such purpose, 
(c) In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated pur-
suant to subsection (a) of this section, there are further authorized to 
be appropriated the following: 
(1) $14,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, to be 
used for the Special Impact programs described in part D of 
title I ; 
(2) $34,700,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, to be 
used for the Special Work and Career Development programs 
described in part E of title I; 
(3) $180,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, to be 
used for the Project Headstart program described in section 222 
(a)(1); 
(4) $32,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, to be 
used for the Legal Services program described in section 222 
(a)(3); 
(5) $80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, to be 
used for the Comprehensive Health Services program described 
in section 222(a) (4); 
(6) $112,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, to be 
used for the Emergency Food and Medical Services program de-
scribed in section 222(a) (5) ; 
(7) $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, to be 
used for the Family Planning program described in section 222 
(a)(6); 
(8) $3,200,000 for the fiscal year endmg June 30, 1971, to be 
used for the Senior Opportunities and Services program described 
in section 222(a) (7); 
(9) $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, to be 
used for the program of assistance for migrant and seasonal farm-
workers described in part B of title I I I ; and 
(10) $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, to be 
used for Day Care projects described in part B of title V. 
81 Stat. 698. 
42 u s e 2809. 
PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN I N HEADSTART PROJECTS 
SEC. 103. Paragraph (1) of section 222(a) of the Economic Oppor-
tunity Act of 1964 is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new sentences: "Pursuant to such regulations as the Director may 
prescribe, persons who are not members of low-income families may 
be permitted to receive services in projects assisted under this para-
graph. A family which is not low income shall be required to make 
payment, or have payment made in its behalf, in whole or in part for 
such services where the family's income is, or becomes through employ-
ment or otherwise, such as to make such payment appropriate." 
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AMENDMENTS W I T H RESPECT TO LE(JAL SERVICES PROGRAM 
SEC. 104, (a) Section 222(a) (3) of the Economic Opportunity Act 
of 1964 is amended by striking out "counseling, education, and other 
si stat. 698. 
appropriate services" and inserting in lieu thereof "legal counseling, 
education in legal matters, and other appropriate legal services". 
(b) Section 222 (a) (3) of such Act is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following: "Members of the Armed Forces, and members 
of their immediate families, shall be eligible to obtain legal services 
under such programs in cases of extreme hardship (determined in 
accordance with regulations of the Director issued after consultation 
with the Secretary of Defense) : Provided^ That notliing in this sen-
tence shall be so construed as to require the Director to expand or 
enlarge existing programs or to initiate new programs in order to carry 
out the provisions of this sentence unless and until the Secretary of 
Defense assumes the cost of such services and has reached agreement 
with the Director on reimbursement for all such additional costs as 
may be incurred in carrying out the provisions of this sentence." 
EMERGENCY FOOD AND MEDICAL 
SERVICES 
SEC. 105. Section 222(a) (5) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 
1964 is amended to read as follows: 
si stat. 700; 
"(5) A program to be known as 'Emergency Food and Medical ^^42*usc 2809. 
Services' designed to provide on an emergency basis, directly or 
by delegation of authority pursuant to the provisions of title VI 
of this Act, financial assistance for the provision of such medical 
^s stat. 523; 
supplies and services, nutritional foodstuffs, and related services, as 
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may be necessary to counteract conditions of starvation or malnu-
trition among the poor. Such assistance may be provided by way 
of supplement to such other assistance as may be extended under 
the provisions of other Federal programs, and may be used 
to extend and broaden such programs to serve economically 
disadvantaged individuals and families where such services 
are not now provided and without regard to the requirements of 
such laws for local or State administration or financial participa-
tion. In extending such assistance, the Director m.ay make grants 
to community action agencies or local public or private nonprofit 
organizations or agencies to carry out the purposes of this para-
graph. The Director is authorized to carry out the functions under 
this paragraph through the Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary of Health, Education, and Welfare in a manner that will 
insure the availability of svich medical supplies and services, nutri-
tional foodstuffs, and related services through a community action 
agency where feasible, or other agencies or organizations if no 
such agency exists or is able to administer programs to provide 
such foodstuffs, medical services, and supplies to needy individuals 
and families." 
N E W 
S P E C I A L 
E M P H A S I S 
PROGRAMS 
AUTHORIZED 
SEC. 106. Section 222(a) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
si stat. 698; 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new ^^42'usc°28^o'9. 
paragraphs: 
"(8) 
An 'Alcoholic Counseling and Recovery' program "^^'^°r°^''1,^i 
designed to discover and treat the disease of alcoholism. Such Recovery"%^ro-
program should be community based, serve the objective of the eram-
maintenance of the family structure as well as the recovery of the 
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individual alcoholic, encourage the use of neighborhood facili-
ties and the services of recovered alcoholics as counselors, and 
emphasize the reentry of the alcoholic into society rather than 
the institutionalization of the alcoholic. Of the sums appropriated 
or allocated for programs authorized under this title, the Director 
shall reserve and make available not less than $10,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and not less than $15,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, for the purpose of carry-
ing out this program. 
"Drug Rehabii- 
"(9) A 'Drug Rehabilitation' program designed to discover 
program. 
^^^^ causcs of drug abuse and addiction, to treat narcotic and drug 
addiction and the dependence associated witli drug abuse, and 
to rehabilitate the drug abuser and drug addict. Such program 
should deal with the abuse or addiction resulting from the use 
of narcotic drugs such as heroin, opium, and cocaine, stimulants 
such as amphetamines, depressants, marihuana, hallucinogens, 
and tranquilizers. Such program should be community based, 
serve the objective of the maintenance of the family structure 
as well as the recovery of the individual drug abuser or addict, 
encourage the use of neighborhood facilities and the services 
of recovered drug abusers and addicts as counselors, and empha-
size tlie reentry of the drug abuser and addict into society rather 
than his institutionalization. Of the sums appropriated or 
allocated for programs authorized under this title, the Director 
shall reserve and make available not less than $5,000,000 for t4^e 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and not less than $15,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1971, for the purpose of carry-" 
ing out this program." 
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT REGARDING TIME OF APPROPRIATIONS 
OBLIGATION 
SEC. 107. (a) Section 242 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 
81 Stat. 706. 
1964 is amended by inserting after the first sentence thereof the 
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followlug ncw seuteuce: "Funds to cover the costs of the proposed 
contract, agreement, grant, loan, or other assistance shall be obligated 
from the appropriation which is current at the time the plan is 
submitted to the Governor.". 
(b) All obligations under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
which have been heretofore recorded substantially as provided in the 
amendment made by subsection (a) of this section are hereby con-
firmed and ratified. 
AMENDMENT OF RURAL LOAN PROGRAM 
SEC. 108. Section 302(a) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 
78 Stat. 524. 
1964 is amended by striking out "such families, and" and inserting 
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«g^(jj^ families, or"". 
APPLICABILITY TO TRUST TERRITORY 
SEC. 109. Section 609(1) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 
81 Stat. 715. 
1964 is amended by striking out "and title I I " and inserting ", title 
42 u s e 2949. 
^ j ^ ^ - ^ j ^ j j j _ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ / ^ j ^ j ^ 
^y,^ 
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AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE INCREASED FLEXIBILITY I N USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 110. Section 616 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is 
si stau 7n^ 
amended by— 
(1) inserting after the phrase "10 per centum" the first time it 
appears in such section, the following: "for fiscal years ending 
prior to July 1, 1970, and not to exceed 15 per centum for fiscal 
years ending thereafter;" and 
(2) striking out "but no such transfer shall result in increasing 
the amounts otherwise available for any program or activity by 
more than 10 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof the fol-
lowing: "but no such transfer shall result in increasing the 
amounts otherwise available for any program or activity by— 
"(1) more than 100 per centum in the case of any program or 
activity for which the amounts otherwise available are $10,000,000 
or less; or 
"(2) more than 35 per centum in the case of any program or 
activity for which the amounts otherwise available exceed 
$10,000,000". 
ADEQUATE LEADTIME 
SEC. 111. (a) Part A of title VI of the Economic Opportunity Act of 
1964 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
78 Stat. 528; 
81 Stat. 714. 
42 u s e 2941. 
"ADVANCE FUNDING 
"SEC. 622. For the purpose of affording adequate notice of funding 
available under this Act, appropriations for grants, contracts, or other 
payments under this Act are authorized to be included in the appro-
priation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they 
are available for obligation." 
(b) In order to effect a transition to the advance funding method of 
timing appropriation action, the amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall apply notwithstanding that its initial application will result in 
the enactment in the same year (whether in the same appropriation 
Act or otherwise) of two separate appropriations, one for the then 
current fiscal year and one for the succeeding fiscal year. 
CREDITING SERVICE OF A VISTA 
VOLUNTEER 
SEC. 112. (a) Section 8382 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
8° stat. 567. 
as follows: 
(1) in subsection (b) — 
(A) strike out "and" at the end of clause (5) ; 
(B) strike out the period at the end of clause (6) and 
insert in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "and"; and 
(C) add at the end thereof the following new clause: 
" (7) a period of service of a volunteer under part A of title VIII 
of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 only if he later becomes 
^^ ^^^ l}^-
subject to this subchapter." 
2992b. 
(2) in subsection (j) — 
(A) after "1956," in the first sentence, insert "the period 
of an individual's services as a volunteer under part A of title 
VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964,"; 
(B) before "volunteer or volunteer leader" in the second 
sentence, insert "volunteer under part A of title VIII of the 
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 or as a"; and 
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81 Stat. 722. 
42 u s e 2992-
2992b. 
42 u s e 2994b. 
80 Stat. 567. 
74 Stat. 844. 
60 Stat. 999; 
74 Stat. 831. 
22 u s e 801 
note. 
Effective date. 
(3) before the period at the end of the last sentence, insei't a 
comma and the following: "and the period of an individual's 
service as a volunteer under part A of title VIII of the Economic 
Opportunity Act of 1964 is the period between enrollment as a 
volunteer and termination of that service by the Director of the 
Office of Economic Opportunity or by death or resignation". 
(b) Section 833 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is amended 
by— 
(1) striking out in subsection (a) "subsection (b)" and insert-
ing in lieu tliereof "section 8332 of title 5 of the United States 
Code, and subsections (b) and (c) of this section"; and 
(2) adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(c) Any period of service of a volunteer under part A of this title 
shall be credited in connection with subsequent employment in the same 
manner as a like i:)eriod of civilian employment by the United States 
Government— 
" (1) for the purposes of sect ion 852 (a) (1) of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1092(a) (1)), and every 
other Act establishing a retirement system for civilian employees 
of any United States Government agency; and 
"(2) except as otherwise determined by the President, for the 
purposes of determining seniority, reduction in force, and layoff 
rights, leave entitlement, and other rights and privileges based 
upon length of service under the laws administered by the Civil 
Service Commission, the Foreign Service Act of 1946, and every 
other Act establishing or governing terms and conditions of serv-
ice of civilian employees of the United States Government: Pro-
vided^ That service of a volunteer shall not be credited toward 
completion of any probationary or trial period or completion of 
any service requirement for career appointment." 
(c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of this 
section shall be effective as to all former volunteers employed by the 
United States Government on or after the effective date of this Act. 
USE OF CLOSED JOB CORPS CENTERS FOR SPECIAL YOUTH PROGRAMS 
SEC. 113. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Direc-
tor of the Office of Economic Opportunity shall establish procedures 
and make arrangements which are designed to assure that facilities 
and equipment at Job Corps center w^hich are being discontinued will, 
where feasible, be made available for use by State or Federal agencies 
and other public or private agencies, institutions, and organizations 
with satisfactory arrangements for utilizing such facilities and equi])-
ment for conducting programs, especially those providing oppor-
tunities for low-income disadvantaged youth, including, without 
limitation— 
(1^ special remedial programs; 
(2) summer youth programs; 
(3) exemplary vocational preparation and training programs; 
(4) cultural enrichment programs, including music, the arts, 
and the humanities; 
(5) training programs designed to improve the qualifications 
of educational personnel, including instructors in vocational edu-
cational programs; and 
(6) youth conservation work and other conservation programs. 
78 Stat. 
42 u s e 
note. 
26 u s e 
3301. 
26 u s e 
508. 
2701 
3101 
3401 
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(b) To achieve the objectives of this section, the Director of the 
Office of Economic Opportunity shall consult with, elicit the coopera-
tion of, and utilize the services of the Administrator of the General 
Services Administration, and the Secretaries of Agriculture, of the 
Interior, and of Labor. 
PROVISION W I T H RESPECT TO DIRECTOR'S AUTHORITY TO DELEGATE 
FUNCTIONS 
SEC. 114. The authority of section 602(d) of the Economic Oppor-
tunity Act of 1964 shall not apply to the Legal Services program 
"^l^H^^' Ig-'' 
authorized under section 222(a) (3) of such Act. The Director of the 
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Office of Economic Opportunity shall not delegate the program author- 
Ante, p. 823. 
ized under such section 222(a) (3) to any other existing Federal 
agency. 
A M E N D M E N T W I T H R E S P E C T TO WITHHOLDING CERTAIN FEDERAL TAXES BY 
ANTIPOVERTY AGENCIES 
SEC 115. Upon notice from the Secretary of the Treasury or his 
delegate that any person otherwise entitled to receive a payment made 
pursuant to a grant, contract, agreement, loan or other assistance 
made or entered into under the P^onomic Opportunity Act of 1964 is 
delinquent in paying or depositing (1) the taxes imposed on such per-
son under chapters 21 and 23 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 
or (2) the taxes deducted and withheld by such person under chapters 
21 and 24 of such Code, the Director of the Office of Economic Oppor-
tunity shall suspend such portion of such payment due to such person, 
which, if possible, is sufficient to satisfy such delinquency, and shall not 
make or enter into any new grant, contract, agreement, loan or other 
assistance under such Act with such person until the Secretary of the 
Treasury or his delegate lias notified him that such person is no longer 
delinquent in paying or depositing such tax or the Director of the 
Office of Economic Opportunity determines that adequate provision 
has been made for such payment. In order to effectuate the purpose 
of this section on a reasonable basis the Secretary of the Treasury and 
the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity shall consult on a 
quarterly basis. 
TITLE II—SPECIAL WORK AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 201. Title I of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is 
amended by redesignating part E as part F, by renumbering section 
^o ^'^'' ^'^^^'• 
161 (as amended by this Act) as section 171, and by inserting after part 
^^4fvsc%''n. 
D the following new part: 
si stat. 688. 
42 u s e 2763-
"PART E—SPECIAL WORK AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
"STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
"SEC. 161. The Congress finds that the 'Mainstream' program 
"Mainstream" 
aimed primarily at the chronically unemployed and the 'New Careers' 
program providing jobs for the unemployed and low-income per-
sons leading to broader career opportunities are uniquely effective; 
that, in addition to providing persons assisted with jobs, the key to 
their economic independence, these programs are of advantage to the 
program. 
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community at large in that they are directed at community beautifica-
tion and betterment and the improvement of health, education, welfare, 
public safety, and other public services; and that, while these programs 
are important and necessary components of comprehensive work and 
training programs, there is a need to encourage imaginative and inno-
vative use of these programs, to enlarge the authority to operate them, 
and to increase the resources available for them. 
Work and train-
ing programs. 
"Mainstream" 
program. 
"New Careers" 
program. 
Supportive 
services. 
"SPECIAL PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 162. (a) The Director is authorized to provide financial assist-
ance to public or private nonprofit agencies to stimulate and support 
efforts to provide the unemployed with jobs and the low-income 
worker with greater career opportunity. Programs authorized under 
this section shall include the following: 
" (1) A special program to be known as 'Mainstream' which involves 
work activities directed to the needs of those chronically unemployed 
poor who have poor employment prospects and are unable, because of 
age, physical condition, obsolete or inadequate skills, declining eco-
nomic conditions, other causes of a lack of employment opportunity, 
or otherwise, to secure appropriate employment or training assistance 
under other programs, and which, in addition to other services pro-
vided, will enable such persons to participate in projects for the better-
ment or beautification of the community or area served by the program, 
including without limitation activities which will contribute to the 
management conservation, or development of natural resources, recrea-
tional areas. Federal, State, and local government parks, highways, 
and other lands, the rehabilitation of housing, the improvement of 
public facilities, and the improvement and expansion of health, edu-
cation, day care, and recreation services; 
"(2) A special program to be known as 'New Careers' which will 
provide unemployed or low-income persons with jobs leading to career 
opportunities, including new types of careers, in programs designed 
to improve the physical, social, economic, or cultural condition of the 
community or area served in fields of public service, including without 
limitation health, education, welfare, recreation, day care, neighbor-
hood redevelopment, and public safety, which provide maximum pros-
pects for on-the-job training, promotion, and advancement and 
continued employment without Federal assistance, which give promise 
of contributing to the broader adoi)tion of new methods of structuring 
jobs and new methods of providing job ladder opportunities, and 
which provide opportunities for further occupational training to 
facilitate career advancement. 
"(b) The Director is authorized to provide financial and other assist-
ance to insure the provision of supportive and follow-up services to 
supplement programs under this part including health services, coun-
seling, day care for children, transportation assistance, and other 
special services necessary to assist individuals to achieve success in 
these programs and in employment. 
"ADMINISTRATIVE 
REGULATIONS 
"SEC. 163. The Director shall prescribe regulations to assure that 
programs under this part have adequate internal administrative con-
trols, accounting requirements, personnel standards, evaluation pro-
cedures, availability of in-service training and technical assistance 
programs, and other policies as may be necessary to promote the 
effective use of funds. 
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"SPECIAL CONDITIONS 
"SEC. 164. (a) The Director shall not provide financial assistance for 
any program under this part unless he determines, in accordance with 
such regulations as he may prescribe, that— 
"(1) no participant will be employed on projects involving 
political parties, or the construction, operation, or maintenance of 
so much of any facility as is used or to be used for sectarian 
instruction or as a place for religious worship; 
"(2) the program will not result in the displacement of 
employed workers or impair existing contracts for services, or 
result in the substitution of Federal for other funds in connection 
with work that would otherwise be performed; 
"(3) the rates of jyiij for time spent in work-training and 
education, and other conditions of employment, will be appropri-
ate and reasonable in the light of such factors as the type of work, 
geographical region, and proficiency of the participant; and 
"(4) the program will, to the maximum extent feasible, con-
tribute to the occupational development and upward mobility of 
individual participants. 
"(b) For programs which provide work and training related to 
physical improvements, jireference shall be given to those improve-
ments which will be substantially used by low-income persons and fam-
ilies or which will contribute substantially to amenities or facilities in 
urban or rural areas having high concentrations or proportions of low-
income persons and families. 
"(c) Programs approved under this part shall, to the maximum 
extent feasible, contribute to the elimination of artificial barriers to 
employment and occupational advancement. 
"(d) Projects under this part shall provide for maximum feasible 
use of resources under other Federal programs for work and training 
and the resources of the private sector. 
"PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS 
"SEC. 165. (a) Participants in programs under this part must be 
^°^ income 
unemployed or low-income persons. The Director, in consultation with 
the Commissioner of Social Security, shall establish criteria for low 
income, taking into consideration family size, urban-rural and farm-
nonfarm differences, and other relevant factors. Any individual shall 
be deemed to be from a low-income family if the family receives cash 
Avelfare payments. 
"(b) Participants must be permanent residents of the United States 
or of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 
" (c) Participants shall not be deemed Federal employees and shall 
Federal empioy-
not be subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal employment, ^p^pucabilityr""" 
including those relating to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, 
imemployment compensation, and Federal employment benefits. 
" E Q U I T A B L E niSTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 166. The Director shall establish criteria designed to achieve 
an equitable distribution of assistance among the States. In developing 
those criteria, he shall consider, among other relevant factors, the 
ratios of population, unemployment, and family income levels. Of the 
sums appropriated or allocated for any fiscal year for programs author-
ized under this part not more than 12i/^ per centum shall be used within 
any one State. 
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'LIMITATIONS ON FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
( ' 1 
"SEC. 167. Programs assisted under this part shall be subject to the 
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pTovisioiis of scctioii 131 of this Act." 
Approved December 30, 1969. 
Public Law 91-178 
AN ACT 
December 30, 1969 
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[H. R. 9334] 
TQ amend title 38, United States Code, to promote the care and treatment of 
veterans in State veterans' homes. 
Veterans. 
Care and treat-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Re'presentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 641 of 
me^7rn"s"tlt'e" 
title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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"The Administrator shall pay each State at the per diem rate of— 
82 Stat. 448. 
"(1) $3.50 for domiciliary care, 
" (2) $5 for nursing home care, and 
"(3) $7.50 for hospital care, 
for each veteran of any war receiving such care in a State home, if, in 
the case of such a veteran receiving domiciliary or hospital care, such 
veteran is eligible for such care in a Veterans' Administration facility, 
or if, in the case of such a veteran receiving nursing home care, such 
veteran meets the requirements of paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 
72 Stat. 1141, 
610(a) of this title, except that the requirements of clause (B) of 
38i;'8o statV27. 
such paragraph (1) shall for this purpose refer to the inability to 
defray the expenses of necessary nursing home care; however, in no 
case shall the payments made with respect to any veteran under this 
section exceed one-haJlf of the cost of the veteran's care in such State 
home." 
SEC. 2. (a) Subchapter V of chapter 17 of title 38, United States 
^ Supra; 72 Stat. 
Codc, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
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S e c t l o U : 
"§ 644. Authorization of appropriations 
"(a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and a like sum for each of the 
nine succeeding fiscal years. Subject to the conditions set forth in sub-
section (b) of this section, sums appropriated pursuant to this section 
shall be used for making grants to States which have submitted, and 
have had approved by the Administrator, api)lications for assistance 
in remodeling, modification, or alteration of existing hospital or domi-
ciliary facilities in State homes providing care and treatment for 
veterans. 
"(b) The amount which may be granted to a State home for pur-
poses of subsection (a) shall not exceed 50 per centum of the estimated 
cost of the project, nor may any one State receive in any fiscal year 
more than 20 per centum of the amount appropriated for that fiscal 
year. 
"(c) Grants under this section shall be made on such terms and 
conditions prescribed in regulations by the Administrator. 
"(d) Sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section 
shall remain available until the end of the second fiscal year following 
the fiscal year for which they are appropriated."