An Act to mobilize the human and financial resources of the Nation to combat poverty in the United States.
PL 88-452 (S.2642), enacted 08/20/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-452-AUG. 20, 1964 
Public Law 88-452 
[78 STAT. 
August 20, 1964 
AN ACT 
[S. 2642] 
ij-o mobilize the human and financial resources of the Nation to combat poverty 
in the United States. 
Economic Op-
portunity Act of 
1964. 
Conse 
camps. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Economic Opportunity Act of 1964". 
FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE 
SEC. 2. Although the economic well-being and prosperity of the 
Ignited States have progressed to a level surpassing any achieved in 
world history, and although these benefits are widely shared through-
out the Nation, poverty continues to be the lot of a substantial number 
of our people. The United States can achieve its full economic and 
social potential as a nation only if every individual has the opportunity 
to contribute to the full extent of his capabilities and to participate 
in the workings of our society. 
It is, therefore, the policy of the 
United States to eliminate the paradox of poverty in the midst of plenty 
in this Nation by opening to everyone the opportunity for education 
and training, the opportunity to work, and the opportunity to live in 
decency and dignity. 
It is the purpose of this Act to strengthen, sup-
plement, and coordinate efforts in furtherance of that policy. 
TITLE I—YOUTH PROGRAMS 
PART A—JOB CORPS 
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
SEC. 101. The purpose of this part is to prepare for the responsibili-
ties of citizenship and to increase the employ 
ability of young men and 
young women aged sixteen through twenty-one by providing them in 
rural and urban residential centers with education, vocational train-
ing, useful work experience, including work directed toward the con-
servation of natural resources, and other appropriate activities. 
ESTABLISHMENT OF JOB CORPS 
SEC. 102. In order to carry out the purposes of this part, there is 
hereby established within the Office of Economic Opportunity (here-
inafter referred to as the "Office"), established by title VI, a Job 
Corps (hereinafter referred to as the "Corps"). 
JOB CORPS PROGRAM 
SEC. 103. The Director of the Office (hereinafter referred to as the 
"Director") is authorized to— 
(a) enter into agreements with any Federal, State, or local 
agency or private organization for the establishment and opera-
tion, in rural and urban areas, of conservation camps and training 
centers and for the provision of such facilities and services as in 
his judgment are needed to carry out the purposes of this part, 
including but not limited to agreements with agencies charged 
with the responsibility of conserving, developing, and managing 
the public natural resources of the Nation and of developing, 
managing, and protecting public recreational areas, whereby the 
enrollees of the Corps may be utilized by such agencies in carrying 
out, under the immediate supervision of such agencies, programs 
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planned and designed by such agencies to fulfill such responsi-
bility, and including agreements for a botanical survey program 
involving surveys and maps of existing vegetation and investi-
gations of the plants, soils, and environments of natural and 
disturbed plant communities; 
(b) arrange for the provision of education and vocational train-
ing of enrollees in the Corps: Provided^ That, where practicable, 
such programs may be provided through local public educational 
agencies or by private vocational educational institutions or tech-
nical institutes where such institutions or institutes can provide 
substantially equivalent training with reduced Federal expendi-
tures ; 
(c) provide or arrange for the provision of programs of useful 
work experience and other appropriate activities for enrollees; 
(d) establish standards of safety and health for enrollees, and 
furnish or arrange for the furnishing of health services; and 
(e) prescribe such rules and regulations and make such arrange-
ments as he deems necessary to provide for the selection of 
enrollees and to govern their conduct after enrollment, including 
appropriate regulations as to the circumstances under which 
enrollment may be terminated. 
Education and 
vocational train-
ing. 
Work experi-
Health serv-
Selection of 
enrollees. 
COMPOSITION o r T H E CORPS 
SEC. 104. (a) The Corps shall be composed of young men and young 
women who are permanent residents of the United States, who have 
attained age sixteen but have not attained age twenty-two at the time 
of enrollment, and who meet the standards for enrollment prescribed 
by the Director. 
Participation in the Corps shall not relieve any 
enrollee of obligations under the Universal Military Training and 
Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.). 
(b) In order to enroll as a member of the Corps, an individual must 
agree to comply with rules and regulations promulgated by the 
Director for the government of the Corps. 
(c) The total enrollment of any individual in the Corps shall not 
exceed two years except as the Director may determine in special cases. 
(d) Each enrollee must execute and file with the Director an affidavit 
that he does not believe in, and is not a member of and does not sup-
port any organization that believes in or teaches, the overthrow of the 
United States Government by force or violence or by any illegal or 
unconstitutional methods, and (2) each enrollee must take and sub-
scribe to an oath or affirmation in the following form: "I do solemnly 
swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the 
United States of America and will support and defend the Consti-
tution and laws of the United States against all its enemies foreign 
and domestic". 
The provisions of section 1001 of title 18, United 
States Code, shall be applicable with respect to such affidavits. 
Eligibility. 
62 Stat. 604; 
65 Stat. 75. 
Affidavit. 
Loyalty oath. 
62 Stat. 749. 
ALLOWANCE AND MAINTENANCE 
SEC. 105. (a) Enrollees may be provided with such living, travel, 
and leave allowances, and such quarters, subsistence, transportation, 
equipment, clothing, recreational services, medical, dental, hospital, 
and other health services, and other expenses as the Director may deem 
necessary or appropriate for their needs. Transportation and travel 
allowances may also be provided, in such circumstances as the Director 
may determine, for applicants for enrollment to or from places of 
enrollment, and for former enrollees from places of termination to 
their homes. 
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Termination of 
enrollment. 
Readjustment 
allowance. 
Post, 
p. 532. 
64 Stat. 395. 
(b) Upon termination of his or her enrollment in the Corps, each 
enrollee shall be entitled to receive a readjustment allowance at a rate 
not to exceed $50 for each month of satisfactory participation therein 
as determined by the Director: Provided, however, That under such 
circumstances as the Director may determine a portion of the readjust-
ment allowance of an enrollee not exceeding $25 for each month of 
satisfactory service may be paid during the period of service of the 
eni-ollee directly to a member of his or her family (as defined in sec-
tion 609(c)) and any sum so paid shall be supplemented by the pay-
ment of an equal amount by the Director. 
In the event of the enrollee's 
death during the period of his or her service, the amount of any unpaid 
readjustment allowance shall be paid in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 1 of the Act of August 3,1950 (5 U.S.C. 61f). 
Federal employ-
ment laws, non-
applicability. 
68A Stat. 3. 
53 Stat. 1362. 
39 Stat. 742; 
63 Stat. 854; 
74 Stat. 906. 
Ante, p. 400. 
63 Stat. 859. 
28 u s e 2671-
2680. 
APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL LAW 
SEC. 106. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this part, 
an enrollee shall be deemed not to be a Federal employee and shall not 
be subject to the provisions of laws relating to Federal employment, 
including those relating to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, 
unemployment compensation, and Federal employee benefits. 
(b) EnroUees shall be deemed to be employees of the United States 
for the purposes of the Internal Eevenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 1 
et seq.) and of title I I of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), 
and any service performed by an individual as an enrollee shall be 
deemed for such purposes to be performed in the employ of the United 
States. 
(c)(1) Enrollees under this part shall, for the purposes of the 
administration of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (5 U.S.C. 
751 et seq.), be deemed to be civil employees of the United States 
within the meaning of the term "employee" as defined in section 40 of 
such Act (5 U.S.C. 790) and the provisions thereof shall apply except 
as hereinafter provided. 
(2) For purposes of this subsection: 
(A) The term "performance of duty" in the Federal Employees' 
Compensation Act shall not include any act of an enrollee— 
(i) while on authorized leave or pass; or 
(ii) while absent from his or her assigned post of duty, except 
while participating in an activity authorized by or under the 
directioji or supervision of the Corps. 
(B) In computing compensation benefits for disability or death under 
the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, the monthly pay of an 
enrollee shall be deemed to be $150, except that with respect to com-
pensation for disability accruing after the individual concerned 
reaches the age of twenty-one, such monthly pay shall be deemed to 
be that received under the entrance salary for GS-2 under the Classi-
fication Act of 1949 (5 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.), and section 6(d) (1) of 
the former Act (5 U.S.C. 756 (d) (1)) shall apply to enrollees. 
(C) Compensation for disability shall not begin to accrue until 
the day following the date on which the enrollment of the injured 
enrollee is terminated. 
(d) An enrollee shall be deemed to be an employee of the Govern-
ment for the purposes of the Federal tort claims provisions of title 28, 
United States Code. 
(e) Personnel of the uniformed services who are detailed or assigned 
to duty in the performance of agreements made by the Director for 
the support of the Corps shall not be counted in computing strength 
under any law limiting the strength of such services or in computing 
the percentage authorized by law for any grade therein. 
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POLITICAL DISCRIMINATION AND POLITICAL ACTIVITY 
SEC. 107. (a) No officer or employee of the executive branch of the 
Federal Government shall make any inquiry concerning the political 
affiliation or beliefs of any enrollee or applicant for enrollment in the 
Corps. All disclosures concerning such matters shall be ignored, 
except as to such membership in political parties or organizations as 
constitutes by law a disqualification for Government employment. 
No 
discrimination shall be exercised, threatened or promised by any per-
son in the executive branch of the Federal Government against or in 
favor of any enrollee in the Corps, or any applicant for enrollment in 
the Corps because of his political affiliation or beliefs, except as may be 
specifically authorized or required by law. 
(b) No officer, employee or enrollee of the Corps shall take any active 
part in political management or in political campaigns, except as may 
be provided by or pursuant to statute, and no such officer, employee or 
enrollee shall use his official position or influence for the purpose of 
interfering with an election or affecting the result thereof. 
All such 
persons shall retain the right to vote as they may choose and to express, 
in their private capacities, their opinions on all political subjects and 
candidates. 
Any officer, employee, enrollee or Federal employee who 
solicits funds for political purposes from members of the Corps, shall 
be in violation of the Corrupt Practices Act. 
(c) Whenever the United States Civil Service Commission finds 
that any person has violated the foregoing provisions, it shall, after 
giving due notice and opportunity for explanation to the officer or 
employee or enrollee concerned, certify the facts to the Director with 
specific instructions as to discipline or dismissal or other corrective 
actions. 
STATE-OPERATED YOUTH CAMPS 
SEC. 108. The Director is authorized to enter into agreements with 
States to assist in the operation or administration of State-operated 
programs which carry out the purpose of this part. 
The Director 
may, pursuant to such regulations as he may adopt, pay part or all of 
the operative or administrative costs of such programs. 
43 Stat. 1070. 
2 u s e 256. 
Corrective 
actions. 
Agreements with 
States. 
REQUIREMENT FOR STATE APPROVAL OF CONSERVATION CAMPS 
AND 
TRAINING 
CENTERS 
SEC. 109. In carrying out the provisions of part A of this title no 
conservation camp, training center or other similar facility designed 
to carry out the purposes of this Act, shall be established within a State 
unless a plan setting forth such proposed establishment has been sub-
mitted to the Governor of the State and such plan has not been disap-
proved by him within thirty days of such submission. 
SEC. 110. Within the Job Corps there is authorized a Youth Con-
servation Corps in which at any one time no less than 40 per centum 
of the enrollees under this part shall be assigned to camps where their 
work activity is directed primarily toward conserving, developing, and 
managing the public natural resources of the Nation, and developing, 
managing, and protecting public recreational areas. Such work 
activity shall be performed under the direction of members of agencies 
charged with the responsibility of conserving, developing, and man-
aging the public natural resources and of developing, managing, and 
protecting public recreational areas. 
Submission of 
plans. 
Youth Conserva-
tion Corps. 
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PART B—^WORK-TRAINING PROGRAMS 
Unemployed 
youth, work ex-
perience oppor-
tunities. 
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
SEC. 111. The purpose of this part is to provide useful work experi-
ence opportunities for unemployed young men and young women, 
through participation in State and community work-training pro-
grams, so that their employability may be increased or their education 
resumed or continued and so that public agencies and private nonprofit 
organizations (other than political parties) will be enabled to carry 
out programs which will permit or contribute to an undertaking or 
service in the public interest that would not otherwise be provided, or 
will contribute to the conservation and development of natural 
resources and recreational areas. 
Cooperation 
with States. 
DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMS 
SEC. 112. In order to carry out the purposes of this part, the Direc-
tor shall assist and cooperate with State and local agencies and private 
nonprofit organizations (other than political parties) in developing 
programs for the employment of young people in State and commu-
nity activities hereinafter authorized, which, whenever appropriate, 
shall be coordinated with programs of training and education pro-
vided by local public educational agencies. 
Federal pay-
ments. 
Conditions. 
FINANCIAL 
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 
State or local program submitted hereunder if he determines, in accord-
ance with such regulations as he may prescribe, that— 
(1) enrollees in the program will be employed either (A) on 
publicly owned and operated facilities or projects, or (B) on 
local projects sponsored by private nonprofit organizations (other 
than political parties), other than projects involving the con-
struction, operation, or maintenance of so much of any facility 
used or to be used for sectarian instruction or as a place for 
religious worship; 
(2) the program will increase the employability of the enrollees 
by providing work experience and training in occupational skills 
or pursuits in classifications in which the Director finds there is 
a reasonable expectation of employment, or will enable student 
enrollees to resume or to maintain school attendance; 
(3) the program will permit or contribute to an undertaking 
or service in the public interest that would not otherwise be pro-
vided, or will contribute to the conservation, development, or 
management of the natural resources of the State or community 
or to the development, management, or protection of State or 
community recreational areas; 
(4) the program will not result in the displacement of employed 
workers or impair existing contracts for services; 
(5) 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; 
(6) to the maximum extent feasible, the program will be 
coordinated with vocational training and educational services 
adapted to the special needs of enrollees in such program and 
sponsored by State or local public educational agencies: Provided^ 
however^ That where such services are inadequate or unavailable, 
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the program may make provision for the enlargement, improve-
ment, development, and coordination of such services with the 
cooperation of, or where appropriate pursuant to agreement with, 
the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; and 
(7) the program includes standards and procedures for the 
selection of applicants, including provisions assuring full coordi-
nation and cooperation with local and other authorities to encour-
age students to resume or maintain school attendance, 
(b) In approving projects under this part, the Director shall give 
priority to projects with high training potential. 
ENROLLEES IN PROGRAM 
SEC. 114. (a) Participation in programs under this part shall be 
limited to young men and women who are permanent residents of the 
United States, who have attained age sixteen but have not attained 
age twenty-two, and whose participation in such programs will be 
consistent with the purposes of this part. 
(b) Enrollees shall be deemed not to be Federal employees and 
shall not be subject to the provisions of laws relating to Federal 
employment, including those relating to hours of work, rates of com-
pensation, leave, unemployment compensation, and Federal employee 
benefits. 
(c) Where appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act, the 
Director may provide for testing, counseling, job development, and 
referral services to youths through public agencies or private nonprofit 
organizations. 
LIMITATIONS ON FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 115. Federal assistance to any program pursuant to this part 
paid for the period ending two years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, or June 30, 1966, whichever is later, shall not exceed 90 per 
centum of the costs of such program, including costs of administration, 
and such assistance paid for periods thereafter shall not exceed 50 
per centum of such costs, unless the Director determines, pursuant to 
regulations adopted and promulgated by him establishing objective 
criteria for such determinations, that assistance in excess of such per-
centages 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. 
E Q U I T A B L E DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 116. The Director shall establish criteria designed to achieve 
an equitable distribution of assistance under this part among the 
States. In developing such criteria, he shall consider among other 
relevant factors the ratios of population, unemployment, and family 
income levels. Not more than 12% per centum of the sums appro-
priated or allocated for any fiscal year to carry out the purposes of 
this part shall be used within any one State. 
PART C—WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS 
Eligibility. 
Federal employ-
ment laws, non-
applicability. 
Testing, coun-
seling, etc. 
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
SEC. 121. The purpose of this part is to stimulate and promote the 
part-time employment of students in institutions of higher education 
who are from low-income families and are in need of the earnings 
from such employment to pursue courses of study at such institutions. 
Students, part-
time employment. 
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77 Stat. 366. 
20 u s e 713. 
Reallotment. 
••State." 
ALLOTMENTS TO STATES 
SEC. 122. (a) From the sums appropriated to carry out this title 
for a fiscal year, the Director shall reserve the amount needed for 
making grants vinder section 123. Not to exceed 2 per centum of the 
amount so reserved shall be allotted by the Director among Puerto 
Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Temtory of the Pacific 
Islands, and the Virgin Islands according to their respective needs 
for assistance under this part. The remainder of the sums so raserved 
shall be allotted among the States as provided in subsection (b). 
(b) Of the sums being allotted under this subsection— 
(1) one-third shall be allotted by the Director among the States 
so that the allotment to each State under this clause will be an 
amount which bears the same ratio to such one-third as the num-
ber of persons enrolled on a full-time basis in institutions of higher 
education in such State bears to the total number of persons 
enrolled on a full-time basis in institutions of higher education 
in all the States, 
(2) one-third shall be allotted by the Director among the States 
so that the allotment to each State under this clause will be an 
amount which bears the same ratio to such one-third as the number 
of high school graduates (as defined in section 103(d) (3) of the 
Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963) of such iState bears to 
the total number of such high school graduates of all the States, 
and 
(3) one-third shall be allotted by him among the States so that 
the allotment to each State under this clause will be an amount 
which bears the same ratio to such one-third as the number of 
related children under eighteen years of age living in families 
with annual incomes of less than $3,000 in such State bears to the 
number of related children under eighteen years of age living in 
families with annual incomes of less than $3,000 in all the States. 
(c) The amount of any State's allotment which has not been granted 
to an institution of higher education under section 123 at the end of 
the fiscal year for which appropriated shall be reallotted by the 
Director, in such manner as he determines will best assist in achieving 
the purposes of this Act. 
Amounts reallotted under this subsection 
shall be available for making grants under section 123 until the close 
of the fiscal year next succeeding the fiscal year for 
which 
appropriated. 
(d) For purposes of this section, the term "State" does not include 
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands. 
77 Stat. 376. 
20 u s e 751. 
GRANTS FOR WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 123. The Director is authorized to enter into agreements with 
institutions of higher education (as defined by section 401(f) of the 
Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 (P.L. 88-204)) under which 
the Director will make grants to such institutions to assist in the opera-
tion of work-study programs as hereinafter provided. 
Type of env 
ployment. 
CONDITIONS OF AGREEMENTS 
SEC. 124. An agreement entered into pursuant to section 123 shall— 
(a) provide for the operation by the institution of a program 
for the part-time employment of its students in work— 
(1) for the institution itself, or 
(2) for a public or private nonprofit organization when 
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the position is obtained through an arrangement between the 
institution and such an organization and— 
(A) the work is related to the student's educational 
objective, or 
(B) such work (i) will be in the public interest and 
is work which would not otherwise be provided, (ii) will 
not result in the displacement of employed workers or 
impair existing contracts for services, and (iii) will be 
governed by such conditions of employment as will be 
appropriate and reasonable in light of such factors as 
the type of work performed, geographical region, and 
proficiency of the employee: 
Provided^ however^ That no such work shall involve the construc-
tion, operation, or maintenance of so much of any facility used or 
to be used for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious 
worship; 
(b) provide that funds granted an institution of higher educa-
tion, pursuant to section 123 may be used only to make payments 
to students participating in work-study programs, except that an 
institution may use a portion of the sums granted to it to meet 
administrative expenses, but the amount so used may not exceed 
5 per centum of the payments made by the Director to such insti-
tution for that part of the work-study program in which students 
are working for public or nonprofit organizations other than the 
institution itself; 
(c) provide that employment under such work-study program 
shall be furnished only to a student who (1) is from a low-income 
family, (2) is in need of the earnings from such employment in 
order to pursue a course of study at such institution, (3) is capable, 
in the opinion of the institution, of maintaining good standing 
in such course of study while employed under the program covered 
by the agreement, and (4) has been accepted for enrollment as a 
full-time student at the institution or, in the case of a student 
already enrolled in and attending the institution, is in good stand-
ing and in full-time attendance there either as an undergraduate, 
graduate, or professional student; 
(d) provide that no student shall be employed under such 
work-study program for more than fifteen hours in any week in 
which classes in which he is enrolled are in session; 
(e) provide that in each fiscal year during which the agreement 
remains in effect, the institution shall expend (from sources other 
than payments under this part) for the employment of its stu-
dents (whether or not in employment eligible for assistance under 
this part) an amount that is not less than its average annual 
expenditure for such employment during the three fiscal years 
preceding the fiscal year in which the agreement is entered into; 
(f) provide that the Federal share of the compensation of stu-
dents employed in the work-study program in accordance with the 
agreement will not exceed 90 per centum of such compensation 
for work performed during the period ending two years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, or June 30,1966, whichever is later, 
and 75 per centum thereafter; 
(g) include provisions designed to make employment under such 
work-study program, or equivalent employment offered 
or 
arranged for by the institution, reasonably available (to the extent 
of available funds) to all eligible students in the institution in 
need thereof; and 
(h) include such other provisions as the Director shall deem 
necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this part. 
Use of funds. 
Selection of 
students. 
Hours of work. 
Additional ex-
penditures. 
Federal share 
of payments. 
Availability of 
benefits. 
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SOURCES OF MATCHING FUNDS 
SEC. 125. Nothing in this part shall be construed as restricting the 
source (other than this part) from which the institution may pay its 
share of the compensation of a student employed under a work-study 
program covered by an agreement under this part. 
EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 126. The Director shall establish criteria designed to achieve 
such distribution of assistance under this part among institutions of 
higher education within a State as will most effectively carry out the 
purposes of this Act. 
PART D—AUTHORIZATION or APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 131. The Director shall carry out the programs provided for 
in this title during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and the two 
succeeding fiscal years. For the purpose of carrying out this title, 
there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $412,500,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1965; and for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1966, and the fiscal year ending June 30,1967, such sums may 
be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law. 
TITLE II—URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITY ACTION 
PROGRAMS 
PART A—GENERAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS 
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
SEC. 201. The purpose of this part is to provide stimulation and 
incentive for urban and rural communities to mobilize their resources 
to combat poverty through community action programs. 
COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS 
Definition. 
SEC. 202. (a) The term "community action program" means a 
program— 
(1) which mobilizes and utilizes resources, public or private, 
of any urban or rural, or combined urban and rural, geographical 
area (referred to in this part as a "community"), including but 
not limited to a State, metropolitan area, county, city, town, 
multicity unit, or multicounty unit in an attack on poverty; 
(2) which provides services, assistance, and other activities 
of sufficient scope and size to give promise of progress toward 
elimination of poverty or a cause or causes of poverty through 
developing employment opportunities, improving human per-
formance, motivation, and productivity, or bettering the condi-
tions under which people live, learn, and work; 
(3) which is developed, conducted, and administered with the 
maximum feasible participation of residents of the areas and 
members of the groups served; and 
(4) which is conducted, administered, or coordinated by a pub-
lic or private nonprofit agency (other than a political party), or 
a combination thereof. 
(b) The Director is authorized to prescribe such additional criteria 
for programs carried on under this part as he shall deem appropriate. 
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ALLOTMENTS TO STATES 
SEC. 203. (a) From the sums appropriated to carry out this title 
for a fiscal year, the Director shall reserve the amount needed for 
carrying out sections 204 and 205. Not to exceed 2 per centum of the 
amount so reserved shall be allotted by the Director among Puerto 
Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
Islands, and the Virgin Islands according to their respective needs for 
assistance under this part. 
Twenty per centum of the amount so 
reserved shall be allotted among the States as the Director shall de-
termine. The remainder of the sums so reserved shall be allotted 
among the States as provided in subsection (b). 
(b) Of the sums being allotted under this subsection— 
(1) one-third shall be allotted by the Director among the States 
so that the allotment to each State under this clause will be an 
amount which bears the same ratio to such one-third as the number 
of public assistance recipients in such State bears to the total 
number of public assistance recipients in all the States; 
(2) one-third shall be allotted by him among the States so that 
the allotment to each State under this clause will be an amount 
which bears the same ratio to such one-third as the annual aver-
age number of persons unemployed in such State bears to the 
annual average number of persons unemployed in all the States; 
and 
(3) the remaining one-third shall be allotted by him among the 
States so that the allotment to each State under this clause will 
be an amount which bears the same ratio to such one-third as the 
number of related children under 18 years of age living in families 
with incomes of less than $1,000 in such State bears to the num-
ber of related children under 18 years of age living in families 
with incomes of less than $1,000 in all the States, 
(c) The portion of any State's allotment under subsection (a) for 
Reaiiotment. 
a fiscal year which the Director determines will not be required for 
such fiscal year for carrying out this part shall be available for reaiiot-
ment from time to time, on such dates during such year as the Director 
may fix, to other States in proportion to their original allotments for 
such year, but wdth such proportionate amount for any of such other 
States being reduced to the extent it exceeds the sum which the Di-
rector estimates such State needs and will be able to use for such year 
for carrying out this part; and the total of such reductions shall be 
similarly reallotted among the States whose proportionate amounts 
are not so reduced. Any amount reallotted to a State under this sub-
section during a year shall be deemed part of its allotment under sub-
section (a) for such year. 
(d) For the purposes of this section, the term "State" does not in-
clude Puerto Eico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands. 
FINANCIAL A S S I S T A N C E FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY ACTION 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 204. The Director is authorized to make grants to, or to con-
tract with, appropriate public or private nonprofit agencies, or com-
binations thereof, to pay part or all of the costs of development of 
community action programs. 
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Restriction. 
Factors de-
termining assist-
ance eligibility. 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR CONDUCT AND ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY 
ACTION PROGRAMS 
SEC. 205. (a) The Director is authorized to make grants to, or to 
contract with, public or private nonprofit agencies, or combinations 
thereof, to pay part or all of the costs of community action programs 
which have been approved by him pursuant to this part, including the 
cost of carrying out programs which are components of a community 
action program and which are designed to achieve the purposes of 
this part. 
Such component programs shall be focused upon the needs 
of low-income individuals and families and shall provide expanded 
and improved services, assistance, and other activities, and facilities 
necessary in connection therewith. 
Such programs shall be conducted 
in those fields which fall within the purposes of this part including 
employment, job training and counseling, health, vocational rehabili-
tation, housing, home management, welfare, and special remedial and 
other noncurricular educational assistance for the benefit of low-
income individuals and families. 
(b) No grant or contract authorized under this part may provide for 
general aid to elementary or secondary education in any school or 
school system. 
(c) In determining whether to extend assistance under this section 
the Director shall consider among other relevant factors the incidence 
of poverty within the community and within the areas or groups to 
be affected by the specific program or programs, and the extent to 
which the applicant is in a position to utilize efficiently and expedi-
tiously the assistance for which application is made. In determining 
the incidence of poverty the Director shall consider information avail-
able with respect to such factors as: the concentration of low-income 
families, particularly those with children; the extent of persistent 
unemployment and underemployment; the number and proportion 
of persons receiving cash or other assistance on a needs basis from 
public agencies or private organizations; the number of migrant or 
transient low-income families; school dropout rates, military service 
rejection rates, and other evidences of low educational attainment; the 
incidence of disease, disability, and infant mortality; housing condi-
tions ; adequacy of community facilities and services; and the incidence 
of crime and juvenile delinquency. 
(d) In extending assistance under this section the Director shall 
give special consideration to programs which give promise of effecting 
a permanent increase in the capacity of individuals, groups, and com-
munities to deal with their problems without further assistance. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 206. The Director is authorized to provide, either directly or 
through grants or other arrangements, (1) technical assistance to com-
munities in developing, conducting, and administering community 
action programs, and (2) training for specialized personnel needed 
to develop, conduct, or administer such programs or to provide services 
or other assistance thereunder. 
RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
SEC. 207. The Director is authorized to conduct, or to make grants to 
or enter into contracts with institutions of higher education or other 
appropriate public agencies or private organizations for the conduct 
of, research, training, and demonstrations pertaining to the purposes 
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of this part. 
Expenditures under this section in any fiscal year shall 
not exceed 15 per centum of the sums appropriated or allocated for 
such year to carry out the purposes of this part. 
LIMITATIONS ON FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 208. (a) Assistance pursuant to sections 204 and 205 paid for 
the period ending two years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
or June 30,1966, whichever is later, shall not exceed 90 per centum of 
the costs referred to in those sections, respectively, and thereafter shall 
not exceed 50 per centum of such costs, unless the Director determines, 
pursuant to regulations adopted and promulgated by him establishing 
objective 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. 
(b) The expenditures or contributions made from non-Federal 
sources for a community action program or component thereof shall 
be in addition to the aggregate expenditures or contributions from non-
Federal sources which were being made for similar purposes prior to 
the extension of Federal assistance. 
Non-Federal 
contributions. 
PARTICIPATION OF STATE AGENCIES 
SEC. 209. (a) The Director shall establish procedures which will 
facilitate effective participation of the States in community action 
programs. 
(b) The Director is authorized to make grants to, or to contract with, 
appropriate State agencies for the payment of the expenses of such 
agencies in providing technical assistance to communities in develop-
ing, conducting, and administering community action programs. 
(c) In carrying out the provisions of title I and title II of this Act, 
no contract, agreement, grant, loan, or other assistance shall be made 
with, or provided to, any State or local public agency or any private 
institution or organization for the purpose of carrying out any pro-
gram, project, or other activity within a State unless a plan setting 
forth such proposed contract, agreement, grant, loan, or other assist-
ance has been submitted to the Governor of the State, and such plan has 
not been disapproved by him within thirty days of such submission: 
Provided^ hoivever, That this section shall not apply to contracts, 
agreements, grants, loans, or other assistance to any institution of 
higher education in existence on the date of the approval of this Act. 
(d) No private institution or organization shall be eligible for par-
ticipation under this part unless it (1) is itself an institution or orga-
nization which has, prior to its consideration for such participation, 
had a concern with problems of poverty, or (2) is sponsored by one or 
more such institutions or organizations or by a public agency, or (3) is 
an institution of higher education (as defined by section 401(f) of the 
Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963). 
EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 210. The Director shall establish criteria designed to achieve 
an equitable distribution of assistance under this part within the 
States between urban and rural areas. In developing such criteria, 
he shall consider the relative numbers in the States or areas therein 
of: 
(1) low-income families, particularly those with 
children; 
(2) unemployed persons; (3) persons receiving cash or other assist-
ance on a needs basis from public agencies or private organizations; 
Grant or con-
tract authority. 
Submission of 
plans. 
Private insti-
tutions. 
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(4) school dropouts; (5) adults with less than an eighth-grade edu-
cation; (6) persons rejected for military service; and (7) persons liv-
ing in urban places compared to the number living in rural places as 
determined by the Bureau of the Census for the 1960 census. 
PREFERENCE FOR COMPONENTS 
OF APPROVED 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 211. In determining whether to extend assistance under this 
Act, the Director shall, to the extent feasible, give preference to pro-
grams and projects which are components of a community action pro-
gram approved pursuant to this part. 
PART B—ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS 
DECLARATION OF PURPOSE 
SEC. 212. It is the purpose of this part to initiate programs of instruc-
tion for individuals who have attained age eighteen and whose inabil-
ity to read and write the English language constitutes a substantial 
impairment of their ability to get or retain employment commensurate 
with their real ability, so as to help eliminate such inability and raise 
the level of education of such individuals with a view" to making them 
less likely to become dependent on others, improving their abilitj' to 
benefit from occupational training and otherwise increasing their 
opportunities for more productive and profitable employment, and 
making them better able to meet their adult responsibilities. 
GRANTS TO STATES 
Use of funds. 
SEC. 213. (a) From the sums appropriated to carry out this title, the 
Director shall make grants to States which have State plans approved 
by him under this section. 
(b) Grants under subsection (a) may be used, in accordance with 
regulations of the Director, to— 
(1) assist in establishment of pilot projects by local educational 
agencies, relating to instruction in public schools, or other facili-
ties used for the purpose by such agencies, of individuals described 
in section 212, to (A) demonstrate, test, or develop modifications, 
or adaptations in the light of local needs, of special materials or 
methods for instruction of such individuals, (B) stimulate the 
development of local educational agency programs for instruction 
of such individuals in such schools or other facilities, and (C) 
acquire additional information concerning the materials or meth-
ods needed for an elfective program for raising adult basic educa-
tional skills; 
(2) assist in meeting the cost of local educational agency pro-
grams for instruction of such individuals in such schools or other 
facilities; and 
(3) assist in development or improvement of technical or super-
visory services by the State educational agency relating to adult 
basic education programs. 
Conditions for 
approval. 
Reports. 
STATE PLANS 
SEC. 214. (a) The Director shall approve for purposes of this part 
the plan of a State which— 
(1) provides for administration thereof by the State educa-
tional agency; 
(2) provides that such agency will make such reports to the 
Director, in such form and containing such information, as may 
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reasonably be necessary to enable the Director to perform his 
duties under this part and will keep such records and afford such 
access thereto as the Director finds necessary to assure the correct-
ness and verification of such reports; 
(8) provides such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures 
as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and ac-
counting for Federal funds paid to the State under this part (in-
cluding such funds paid by the State to local educational 
agencies) ; 
(4) provides for cooperative arrangements between the State 
educational agency and the State health authority looking toward 
provision of such health information and services for individuals 
described in section 212 as may be available from such agencies and 
as may reasonably be necessary to enable them to benefit from 
the instruction provided under programs conducted pursuant to 
grants under this part; and 
(5) sets forth a program for use, in accordance with section 
213(b), of grants under this part which affords assurance of sub-
stantial progress, within a reasonable period and with respect to 
all segments of the population and all areas of the State, toward 
elimination of the inability of adults to read and write English 
and toward substantially raising the level of education of indi-
viduals described in section 212. 
(b) The Director shall not finally disapprove any State plan sub-
mitted under this part, or any modification thereof, without first afford-
ing the State educational agency reasonable notice and opportunity 
for a hearing, 
ALLOTMENTS 
SEC. 215. (a) From the sums allocated for grants to States under 
section 213 for any fiscal year, the Director shall reserve such amount, 
but not in excess of 2 per centum thereof, as he may determine, and 
shall allot such amount among Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, 
and the Virgin Islands according to their respective needs for assist-
ance under this part. 
The remainder of the sums so allocated for a 
fiscal year shall be allotted by the Director on the basis of the relative 
number of individuals in each State who have attained age eighteen 
and who have completed not more than five grades of school or have 
not achieved an equivalent level of education, as determined bv the 
Director on the basis of the best and most recent information available 
to him, including any relevant data furnished to him by the Depart-
ment of Commerce. 
The amount allotted to any State under the pre-
ceding sentence for any fiscal year which is less than $50,000 shall 
be increased to that amount, the total thereby required being derived 
by proportionately reducing the amount allotted to each of the re-
maining States under the preceding sentence, but with such adjust-
ments as may be necessary to prevent the allotment of any of such 
remaining States from being thereby reduced to less than $50,000. For 
the purposes of this subsection, the term "State" shall not include 
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands. 
(b) The portion of any State's allotment under subsection (a) for 
a fiscal year which the Director determines will not be required, for 
the period such allotment is available, for carrying out the State plan 
(if any) approved under this part shall be available for reallotment 
from time to time, on such dates during such period as the Director 
may fix, to other States in proportion to the original allotments to 
such States under subsection (a) for such year, but with such pro-
portionate amount for any of such other States being reduced to the 
extent it exceeds the sum which the Director estimates such State needs 
Accounting pro-
cedures. 
Health services. 
Programs to 
eliminate illit-
eracy. 
Hearing oppor-
tunity. 
"State.*' 
Reallotment. 
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and will be able to use for such period for carrying out its State plan 
approved under this part; and the total of such reductions shall be 
similarly reallocated among the States whose proportionate amounts 
are not so reduced. 
Any amount reallotted to a State under this sub-
section during a year shall be deemed part of its allotment under sub-
section (a) for such year. 
(c) The allotment of any State under subsection (a) for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1965, shall, except to the extent reallotted under 
subsection (b), remain available until June 30, 1966, for obligation 
by such State for carrying out its State plan approved under this part. 
Federal share. 
PAYMENTS 
SEC. 216. (a) From a State's allotment available for the purpose, 
the Federal share of expenditures, under its State plan, for the pur-
poses set forth in section 213(b) shall be paid to such State. 
Such 
payments shall be made in advance on the basis of estimates by the 
Director; and may be made in such installments as the Director may 
determine, after making appropriate adjustments to take account of 
previously made overpayments or underpayments; except that no such 
payments shall be made for any fiscal year unless the Director finds 
that the amount available for expenditures for adult basic educational 
programs and services from State sources for such year will be not 
less than the amount expended for such purposes from such sources 
during the preceding fiscal year. 
(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30,1965, and the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1966, the Federal share for each State shall be 90 per 
centum. 
For the succeeding fiscal year the Federal share for any 
State shall be 50 per centum. 
Noncompliance, 
termination of 
payments. 
Appeal proced-
72 Stat. 941. 
OPERATION o r STATE PLANS ; HEARINGS AND JUDICIAL REVIEW 
SEC. 217. (a) Whenever the Director, after reasonable notice and 
opportunity for hearing to the State educational agency administering 
a State plan approved under this part, finds that— 
(1) the State plan has been so changed that it no longer com-
plies with the provisions of section 214, or 
(2) in the administration of the plan there is a failure to 
comply substantially with any such provision, 
the Director shall notify such State agency that no further payments 
will be made to the State under this part (or in his discretion, that 
further payments to the State will be limited to programs under or 
portions of the State plan not affected by such failure), until he is satis-
fied that there will no longer be any failure to comply. 
Until he is 
so satisfied, no further payments may be made to such State under 
this part (or payments shall be limited to programs under or portions 
of the State plan not affected by such failure), 
(b) A State educational agency dissatisfied with a final action of 
the Director under section 214 or subsection (a) of this section may 
appeal to the United States court of appeals for the circuit in which 
the State is located, by filing a petition with such court within sixty 
days after such final action. A copy of the petition shall be forthwith 
transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Director, or any officer 
designated by him for that purpose. 
The Director thereupon shall 
file in the court the record of the proceedings on which he based his 
action, as provided in section 2112 of title 28, United States Code. 
I ^ o n the filing of such petition, the court shall have jurisdiction to 
affirm the action of the Director or to set it aside, in whole or in part, 
temporarily or permanently, but until the filing of the record, the 
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Director may modify or set aside his order. The findings of the 
Director as to the facts, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be 
conclusive, but the court, for good cause shown, may remand the case 
to the Director to take further evidence, and the Director may there-
upon make new or modified findings of fact and may modify his 
previous action, and shall file in the court the record of the further 
proceedings. 
Such new or modified findings of fact shall likewise 
be conclusive if supported by substantial evidence. The judgment 
of the court affirming or setting aside, in whole or in part, any action 
of the Director shall be final, subject to review by the Supreme Court 
of the United States upon certiorari or certification as provided in 
section 1254 of title 28, United States Code. The commencement of 
^2 stat. 928. 
proceedings under this subsection shall not, unless so specifically 
ordered by the court, operate as a stay of the Director's action. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
"State educa-
tional agency." 
tional agency. 
SEC. 218. For purposes of this part— 
(1) the term "State educational agency" means the State board 
of education or other agency or officer primarily responsible for 
the State supervision of public elementary and secondary schools, 
or, if different, the agency or officer primarily responsible for 
supervision of adult basic education in public schools, whichever 
may be designated by the Governor or by State law, or, if there 
is no such agency or officer, an agency or officer designated by the 
Governor or by State law; 
(2) the term "local educational agency" means a board of edu- Hnnai^Lti^^i!" 
cation or other legally constituted local school authority having 
administrative control and direction of public elementary or sec-
ondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or polit-
ical subdivision in a State, except that if there is a separate board 
or other legally constituted local authority having administrative 
control and direction of adult basic education in public schools 
therein, it means such other board or authority. 
PART 
C—VOLUNTARY ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM FOR NEEDY 
CHILDREN 
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
SEC. 219. The purpose of this part is to allow individual Americans 
to participate in a personal way in the war on poverty, by voluntarily 
assisting in the support of one or more needy children, m a program 
coordinated with city or county social welfare agencies. 
AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH INFORMATION CENTER 
SEC. 220. (a) In order to carry out the purposes of this part, the 
Director is authorized to establish a section within the Office of Eco-
nomic Opportunity to act as an information and coordination center 
to encourage voluntary assistance for deserving and needy children. 
Such section shall collect the names of persons who voluntarily desire 
to assist financially such children and shall secure from city or county 
social welfare agencies such information concerning deserving and 
needy children as the Director shall deem appropriate. 
(b) It is the intent of the Congress that the section established 
pursuant to this part shall act solely as an information and coordina-
tion center and that nothing in this part shall be construed as inter-
fering with the jurisdiction of State and local welfare agencies with 
respect to programs for needy children. 
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PART D—AUTHORIZATION or APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 221. The Director shall carry out the programs provided for 
in this title during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and the two 
succeeding fiscal years. For the purpose of carrying out this title, 
there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $340,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1965; and for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1966, and the fiscal year ending June 30,1967, such sums may 
be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law. 
TITLE III—SPECIAL PEOGRAMS TO COMBAT POVERTY 
IN RURAL AREAS 
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
SEC. 301. It is the purpose of this title to meet some of the special 
problems of rural poverty and thereby to raise and maintain the in-
come and living standards of low-income rural families and migrant 
agricultural employees and their families. 
PART A—AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS AND LOANS 
SEC. 302. (a) The Director is authorized to make— 
(1) loans having a maximum maturity of 15 years and in 
amounts not exceeding $2,500 in the aggregate to any low income 
rural family where, in the judgment of the Director, such loans 
have a reasonable possibility of effecting a permanent increase in 
the income of such families by assisting or permitting them to— 
(A) acquire or improve real estate or reduce encum-
brances or erect improvements thereon, 
(B) operate or improve the operation of farms not larger 
than family sized, including but not limited to the purchase of 
feed, seed, fertilizer, livestock, poultry, and equipment, or 
(C) participate in cooperative associations; and/or to 
finance nonagricultural enterprises which will enable such 
families to supplement their income. 
(b) Loans under this section shall be made only if the family is not 
qualified to obtain such funds by loan under other Federal programs. 
COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS 
SEC. 303. The Director is authorized to make loans to local coopera-
tive associations furnishing essential processing, purchasing, or mar-
keting services, supplies, or facilities predominantly to low-income 
rural families. 
LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 304. No financial or other assistance shall be provided under 
this part unless the Director determines that— 
(a) the providing of such assistance will materially further 
the purposes of this part, and 
(b) in the case of assistance provided pursuant to section 303, 
the applicant is fulfilling or will fulfill a need for services, facil-
ities, or activities which is not otherwise being met. 
LOAN TERMS AND CONDITIONS 
SEC. 305. Loans pursuant to sections 302 and 303 shall have such 
terms and conditions as the Director shall determine, subject to the 
following limitations: 
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(a) there is reasonable assurance of repayment of the loan; 
(b) the credit is not otherwise available on reasonable terms 
from private sources or other Federal, State, or local programs; 
(c) the amount of the loan, together with other funds avail-
able, is adequate to assure completion of the project or achieve-
ment of the purposes for which the loan is made; 
(d) the loan bears interest at a rate not less than (1) a rate 
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into con-
sideration the average market yield on outstanding Treasury 
obligations of comparable maturity, plus (2) such additional 
charge, if any, toward covering other costs of the program as the 
Director may determine to be consistent with its purposes; 
(e) with respect to loans made pursuant to section 303, the loan 
is repayable within not more than thirty years; and 
(f) no financial or other assistance shall be provided under this 
part to or in connection with any corporation or cooperative 
organization for the production of agricultural commodities or 
for manufacturing purposes. 
PART B—ASSISTANCE FOR MIGRANT, AND OTHER SEASONALLY EMPLOYED, 
AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES 
SEC. 311. The Director shall develop and implement as soon as 
practicable a program to assist the States, political subdivisions of 
States, public and nonprofit agencies, institutions, organizations, farm 
associations, or individuals in establishing and operating programs 
of assistance for migrant, and other seasonally employed, agricultural 
employees and their families which programs shall be limited to 
housing, sanitation, education, and day care of children. Institutions, 
organizations, farm associations, or individuals shall be limited to 
direct loans. 
PART C—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 321. The Director shall carry out the program provided for 
in this title during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and the two 
succeeding fiscal years. For the purpose of carrying out this title, 
there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $35,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965; and for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1966, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, such sums 
may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by 
law. Not to exceed $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated under other 
titles of this Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, may also 
be utilized for the purposes of part B of this title. 
PART D—INDEMNITY PAYMENTS TO DAIRY FARMERS 
SEC. 331. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make 
indemnity payments, at a fair market value, to dairy farmers who 
have been directed since January 1, 1964, to remove their milk from 
commercial markets because it contained residues of chemicals regis-
tered and approved for use by the Federal Government at the time 
of such use. Such indemnity payments shall continue to each dairy 
farmer until he has been reinstated and is again allowed to dispose 
of his milk on commercial markets. 
(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
(c) The authority granted under this section shall expire on Janu-
ary 31, 1965. 
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TITLE IV—EMPLOYMENT AND INVESTMENT 
INCENTIVES 
STATEMENT, OF PURPOSE 
Small business 
gjj-^, ^Q]^ It is the DurposG of tMs title to assist ill tliB establishment, 
concerns, assist- 
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preservatioii, and strengthening oi small business concerns and 
improve the managerial skills employed in such enterprises; and to 
mobilize for these objectives private as well as public managerial skills 
and resources. 
LOANS, PARTICIPATIONS, AND GUARANTIES 
SEC. 402. The Director is authorized to make, participate (on an 
immediate basis) in, or guarantee loans, repayable in not more than 
fifteen years, to any small business concern (as defined in section 3 of 
72 Stat. 384. 
^j^g Small Busiuess Act (15 U.S.C. 632) and regulations issued there-
under), or to any qualified person seeking to establish such a concern, 
•when he determines that such loans will assist in carrying out the 
purposes of this title, with particular emphasis on employment of the 
long-term unemployed: Provided^ hoioever, That no such loans shall 
be made, participated in, or guaranteed if the total of such Federal 
assistance to a single borrower outstanding at any one time would ex-
ceed $25,000. The Director may defer payments on the principal of 
such loans for a grace period and use such other methods as he deems 
necessary and appropriate to assure the successful establishment and 
operation of such concern. The Director may, in his discretion, as a 
condition of such financial assistance, require that the borrower take 
steps to improve his management skills by participating in a manage-
ment training program approved by the Director. The Director shall 
encourage, as far as possible, the participation of the private business 
community in the program of assistance to such concerns. 
COORDINATION WITH COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS 
SEC. 403. No financial assistance shall be provided under section 402 
in any community for which the Director has approved a community 
action program pursuant to title I I of this Act unless such financial 
assistance is determined by him to be consistent with such program. 
FINANCING UNDER SMALL BUSINESS ACT 
SEC. 404. Such lending and guaranty functions under this title 
as may be delegated to the Small Business Administration may be 
financed with funds appropriated to the revolving fund established 
76 Stat. 220. 
^y ggction 4(c) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633(c)) for the 
purposes of sections 7(a), 'r(b), and 8(a) of that Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a), 636(b),637(a)). 
72 Stat. 387; 
75 Stat. 167. 
Ante, p. 7. 
LOAN TERMS AND CONDITIONS 
SEC. 405. Loans made pursuant to section 402 (including immediate 
participation in and guaranties of such loans) shall have such terms 
and conditions as the Director shall determine, subject to the following 
limitations— 
(a) there is reasonable assurance of repayment of the loan; 
(b) the financial assistance is not otherwise available on reason-
able terms from private sources or other Federal, State, or local 
programs; 
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(c) the amount of the loan, together with other funds available, 
is adequate to assure completion of the project or achievement 
of the purposes for which the loan is made; 
(d) the loan bears interest at a rate not less than (1) a rate deter-
mined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration 
the average market yield on outstanding Treasury obligations of 
comparable maturity, plus (2) such additional charge, if any, 
toward covering other costs of the program as the Director may 
determine to be consistent with its purposes: Provided^ however^ 
That the rate of interest charged on loans made in redevelopment 
areas designated under the Area Redevelopment Act (42 IJ.S.C. 
2501 et seq.) shall not exceed the rate currently applicable to new 
loans made under section 6 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 2505); and 
(e) fees not in excess of amounts necessary to cover adminis-
trative expenses and probable losses may be required on loan 
guaranties. 
LIMITATION ON" FINANCIAL 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 406. No financial assistance shall be extended pursuant to this 
title where the Director determines that the assistance will be used 
in relocating establishments from one area to another or in financing 
subcontractors to enable them to undertake work theretofore per-
formed in another area by other subcontractors or contractors, 
DURATION OF PROGRAM 
SEC. 407. The Director shall carry out the programs provided for in 
this title during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and the two suc-
ceeding fiscal years. 
TITLE V—WORK E X P E R I E N C E PROGRAMS 
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
SEC. 501. It is the purpose of this title to expand tlie opportunities 
for constructive work experience and other needed training available 
to persons who are unable to support or care for themselves or their 
families. In carrying out this purpose, the Director shall make maxi-
mum use of the programs available under the Manpower Development 
and Training Act of 1962, as amended, and Vocational Education Act 
^^ „!*• '^l' 
of 1963. 
PAYMENTS FOR EXPERIMENTAL, PILOT, AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS 
note. 
77 Stat. 403. 
20 u s e 35 note. 
SEC. 502. In order to stimulate the adoption of programs designed 
to help unemployed fathers and other needy persons to secure and 
retain employment or to attain or retain capability for self-support or 
personal mdependence, the Director is authorized to transfer funds 
appropriated or allocated to carry out the purposes of this title to the 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enable him to make 
payments for experimental, pilot, or demonstration projects under 
section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315), subject to the 
^e stat. 192. 
limitations contained in section 409(a) (1) to (6), inclusive, of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a) ( l ) - ( 6 ) ) , in addition to the sums otherwise 
available pursuant thereto. The costs of such projects to the United 
States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, shall, notwithstanding 
the provisions of such Act, be met entirely from funds appropriated or 
allocated to carry out the purposes of this title. 
76 Stat. 186. 
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AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 503. The Director shall carry out the programs provided for in 
this title during the fiscal year ending June 30,1965, and the two suc-
ceeding fiscal years. For the purpose of carrying out this title, there 
is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $150,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1965; and for the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1966, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, such sums may be 
appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law. 
TITLE VI—ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION 
PART A—ADMINISTRATION 
Establishment. 
Appointment of 
Directors. 
Transfer au-
thority. 
63 Stat. 205. 
Ante, p. 240. 
Compensation, 
Ante, p. 416. 
Ante, p. 417. 
Ante, p. 418. 
OFFICE OF E C O N O M I C OPPORTUNITY 
SEC. 601. (a) There is hereby established in the Executive Office 
of the President the Office of Economic Opportunity. 
The Office shall 
be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. There shall also be 
in the Office one Deputy Director and three Assistant Directors who 
shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate. The Deputy Director and the Assistant Directors 
shall perform such functions as the Director may from time to time 
prescribe. 
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5(b) of the Reorgani-
zation Act of 1949 (5 U.S.C. 133z-3(b)), at any time after one year 
from the date of enactment hereof the President may, by complying 
with the procedures established by that Act, provide for the transfer 
of the Office from the Executive Office of the President and for its 
establishment elsewhere in the executive branch as he deems appro-
priate. 
(c) The compensation of the Director of the Office of Economic 
Opportunity shall be fixed by the President at a rate not in excess 
of the annual rate of compensation payable to the Director of the 
Bureau of the Budget. 
(d) The compensation of the Deputy Director of the Office of Eco-
nomic Opportunity shall be fixed by the President at a rate not in 
excess of the annual rate of compensation payable to the Deputy 
Director of the Bureau of the Budget. 
(e) The compensation of the Assistant Directors of the Office of 
Economic Opportunity shall be fixed by the President at a rate not 
in excess of the annual rate of compensation payable to the Assistant 
Secretaries of the Executive Departments. 
Ante, p. 400. 
60 Stat. 810. 
AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR 
SEC. 602. In addition to the authority conferred upon him by other 
sections of this Act, the Director is authorized, in carrying out his 
functions under this Act, to— 
(a) appoint in accordance with the civil service laws such per-
sonnel as may be necessary to enable the Office to carry out its 
functions, and, except as otherwise provided herein, fix their com-
pensation in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949 (5 
U.S.C. 1071 et seq.); 
(b) employ experts and consultants or organizations thereof as 
authorized by section 15 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), compensate individuals so employed at rates 
not in excess of $100 per diem, including travel time, and allow 
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529 
them, while away from their homes or regular places of business, 
travel expenses (including per diem in lieu of subsistence) as 
authorized by section 5 of such Act (5U.S.C. T3b-2) for persons in ,/l^I^*" o°^^.„ 
the Government service employed intermittently, while so 
employed: Provided, however, That contracts for such employ-
ment may be renewed annually; 
(c) appoint, without regard to the civil service laws, one or 
more advisory committees composed of such private citizens and 
officials of the Federal, State, and local governments as he deems 
desirable to advise him with respect to his functions under this 
Act; and members of such committees (including the National 
Advisory Council established in section 605), other than those 
regularly employed by the Federal Government, while attending 
meetings of such committees or otherwise serving at the request of 
the Director, shall be entitled to receive compensation and travel 
expenses as provided in subsection (b) with respect to experts 
and consultants; 
(d) with the approval of the President, arrange with and reim-
burse the heads of other Federal agencies for the performance 
of any of his functions under this Act and, as necessary or appro-
priate, delegate any of his powers under this Act and authorize 
the redelegation thereof; 
(e) utilize, with their consent, the services and facilities of 
Federal agencies without reimbursement, and, with the consent 
of any State or a political subdivision of a State, accept and utilize 
the services and facilities of the agencies of such State or sub-
division without reimbursement; 
(f) accept in the name of the Office, and employ or dispose of 
in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, or of any title thereof, 
any money or property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or 
intangible, received by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise; 
(g) accept voluntary and uncompensated services, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 3679 (b) of the Revised Statutes 
(31 U.S.C. 665(b)); 
(h) allocate and expend, or transfer to other Federal agencies 
for expenditure, funds made available under this Act as he deems 
necessary to carry out the provisions hereof, including (without 
regard to the provisions of section 4774(d) of title 10, United 
States Code) expenditure for construction, repairs, and capital 
^°^ ^*^*- ^69. 
improvements; 
(i) disseminate, without regard to the provisions of section 
4154 of title 39, United States Code, data and information, in 
^
^
^ ^*^*- ^^i. 
such form as he shall deem appropriate, to public agencies, 
private organizations, and the general public; 
(j) adopt an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed; 
(k) notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the 
acquisition, handling, or disposal of real or personal property by 
the United States, deal with, complete, rent, renovate, modernize, 
or sell for cash or credit at his discretion any properties acquired 
by him in connection with loans, participations, and guaranties 
made by him pursuant to titles I I I and IV of this Act; 
(1) collect or compromise all obligations to or held by him and 
all legal or equitable rights accruing to him in connection with 
the payment of obligations until such time as such obligations may 
be referred to the Attorney General for suit or collection; 
(m) expend, without regard to the provisions of any other law 
or regulation, funds made available for purposes of this Act (1) 
for printing and binding, and (2) for rent of buildings and space 
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[78 STAT. 
in buildings and for repair, alteration, and improvement of build-
ings and space in buildings rented by him; but the Director shall 
not utilize the authority contained in this clause (A) except when 
necessary in order 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 other-
wise would be under the jurisdiction of the General Services 
Administration) or the Chairman of the Joint Committee on 
Printing (if the exercise of such authority would affect an activity 
which otherwise would be under the jurisdiction of such Com-
mittee) of his intention to exercise such authority, the item, serv-
ice, or facility with respect to which such authority is proposed 
to be exercised, and the reasons and justifications for the exercise 
of such authority; and 
(n) establish such policies, standards, criteria, and procedures, 
prescribe such rules and regulations, enter into such contracts and 
agreements with public agencies and private organizations and 
persons, make such payments (in lump sum or installments, and 
in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in the case of grants, 
with necessary adjustments on account of overpayments or under-
payments), and generally perform such functions and take such 
steps as he may deem to be necessary or appropriate to carry 
out the provisions of this Act. 
VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA 
Recruitment and 
assignment. 
SEC. 603. (a) The Director is authorized to recruit, select, train, 
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 Indians 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 con-
struction or operation by Federal funds; and (C) in furtherance 
of programs or activities authorized or supported under title I 
or I I of this Act. 
(b) The referral or assignment of volunteers shall be on such terms 
and conditions as the Director may determine, but volunteers shall not 
1be referred or assigned to duties or work in any State without the con-
sent of the Governor. 
Pay and allow- 
^^^ rpj^g DirectoT is autliorized to provide to all volunteers during 
training and to volunteers assigned pursuant to subsection (a) (2) 
such stipend, not to exceed $50 per month, such living, 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 neces-
sary or appropriate for their needs. 
ances 
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531 
(d) Volunteers shall be deemed not to be Federal employees and 
shall not be subject to the provisions of laws relating to Federal em-
ployment, including those relating to hours of work, rates of compen-
sation, leave, unemployment compensation, and Federal employee 
benefits, except that all volunteers during training and such volunteers 
as are assigned pursuant to subsection (a) (2) shall be deemed Federal 
employees to the same extent as enrollees of the Corps under section 
106 (b), (c), and (d) of this Act. 
Federal employ-
ment laws, non-
applicability. 
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 
COUNCIL 
SEC, 604. (a) Tliere is hereby established an Economic Opportunity 
Council, which shall consult with and advise the Director in carrying 
out his functions, including the coordination of antipoverty efforts by 
all segments of the Federal Government. 
(b) The Council shall include the Director, who shall be Chair-
man, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretaries 
of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, and Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare, the Housing and Home Finance Administrator, 
the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, the Chair-
man of the Council of Economic Advisers, the Director of Selective 
Service, and such other agency heads as the President may designate, 
or delegates thereof. 
NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL 
SEC. 605. There is hereby established in the Office a National Ad-
visory Council. The Council shall be composed of the Director, who 
shall be Chairman, and not more than fourteen additional members 
appointed by the President, without regard to the civil service laws, 
who shall be representative of the public in general and appropriate 
fields of endeavor related to the purposes of this Act. 
Upon the re-
quest of the Director, the Council shall review the operations and ac-
tivities of the Office, and shall make such recommendations with re-
spect thereto as are appropriate. 
The Council shall meet at least 
once each year and at such other times as the Director may request. 
Establishment. 
Members. 
Establishment. 
REVOLVING F U N D 
SEC. 606. (a) To carry out the lending and guaranty functions 
authorized under titles I I I and IV of this Act, there is authorized 
to be established a revolving fund. 
The capital of the fund shall 
consist of such amounts as may be advanced to it by the Director 
from funds appropriated pursuant to section 321 and shall remain 
available until expended. 
(b) The Director shall pay into miscellaneous receipts of the Treas-
ury, at the close of each fiscal year, interest on the capital of the fund 
at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into 
consideration the average market yield on outstanding Treasury obli-
gations of comparable maturity during the last month of the preceding 
fiscal year. Interest payments may be deferred with the approval 
of the Secretary of the Treasury, but any interest payments so deferred 
shall themselves bear interest. 
(c) Whenever any capital in the fund is determined by the Director 
to be in excess of current needs, such capital shall be credited to the 
appropriation from w^hich advanced, where it shall be held for future 
advances. 
(d) Receipts from any lending and guaranty operations under this 
Act (except operations under title IV carried on by the Small Busi-
ness Administration) shall be credited to the fund. 
The fund shall 
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[73 STAT. 
be available for the payment of all expenditures of the Director for 
loans, participations, and guaranties authorized under titles III and 
IV of this Act. 
LABOR STANDARDS 
SEC. 607. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or 
subcontractors in the construction, alteration or repair, including 
painting and decorating of projects, buildings and works which are 
federally assisted under this Act shall be paid wages at rates not less 
than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon 
An?e^*^*238^^' 
^^^' ^ amended (40 U.S.C. 276a—276a-5). The Secretary of Labor 
" ^' ^' 
• 
shall have, with respect to such labor standards, the authority and 
functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 
s^usc 133Z-15 Y.B.. 3176; 64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. 133—133z-15), and section 2 of the 
Act of June 13,1934, as amended (48 Stat. 948, as amended; 40 U.S.C. 
note 
63 Stat. 108. 
2 7 6 ( C ) ) . 
40 use 276c. 
^ ^ ' 
REPORTS 
SEC. 608. Not later than one hundred and twenty days after the close 
of each fiscal year, the Director shall prepare and submit to the Presi-
dent for transmittal to the Congress a full and complete report on the 
activities of the Office during such year. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 609. As used in this Act: 
(a) The term "State" means a State, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin 
Islands, and for purposes of title I and part A of title I I such term 
includes the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and the term 
"United States", when used in a geographical sense, includes the fore-
going and all other places, continental or insular, including the Trust 
Territory of the Pacific Islands, subject to the jurisdiction of the 
United States. 
(b) The term "agency", unless the context requires otherwise, means 
department, agency, or other component of a Federal, State, or local 
governmental entity. 
(c) The term "family," in the case of a Job Corps enrollee, means— 
(1) the spouse or child of an enrollee, and 
(2) any other relative who draws substantial support from the 
enrollee. 
PART B—COORDINATION or ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS 
COORDINATION 
SEC. 611. (a) In order to insure that all Federal programs related 
to the purposes of this Act are carried out in a coordinated manner— 
(1) the Director is authorized to call upon other Federal agen-
cies to supply such statistical data, program reports, and other 
materials as he deems necessary to discharge his responsibilities 
under this Act, and to assist the President in coordinating the 
antii)overty efforts of all Federal agencies; 
(2) Federal agencies which are engaged in administering pro-
grams related to the purposes of this Act, or which otherwise 
perform functions relating thereto, shall— 
(A) cooperate with the Director in carrying out his duties 
and responsibilities under this Act; and 
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(B) carry out their programs and exercise their functions 
in such manner as will, to the maximum extent permitted by 
other applicable law, assist in carrying out the purposes of 
this Act; and 
(3) the President may direct that particular programs and 
functions, including the expenditure of funds, of the Federal 
agencies referred to in paragraph (2) shall be carried out, to the 
extent not inconsistent with other applicable law, in conjunction 
with or in support of programs authorized under this Act. 
(b) In order to insure that all existing Federal agencies are utilized 
to the maximum extent possible in carrying out the purposes of this 
Act, no funds appropriated to carry out this Act shall be used to estab-
lish any new department or office when the intended function is being 
performed by an existing department or office. 
Establishment of 
new office, etc. 
Restriction. 
PREFERENCE TO COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS 
SEC. 612. To the extent feasible and consistent with the provisions 
of law governing any Federal program and with the purposes of this 
Act, the head of each Federal agency administering any Federal pro-
gram is directed to give preference to any application for assistance or 
benefits which is made pursuant to or in connection with a community 
action program approved pursuant to title II of this Act. 
INFORMATION CENTER 
SEC. 613. In order to insure that all Federal programs related to 
the purposes of this Act are utilized to the maximum extent possible, 
and to insure that information concerning such programs and other 
relevant information is readily available in one place to public officials 
and other interested persons, the Director is authorized as he deems 
appropriate to collect, prepare, analyze, correlate, and distribute such 
information, either free of charge or by sale at cost (any funds so 
received to be deposited to the Director's account as an offset to such 
cost), and make arrangements and pay for any printing and binding 
without regard to the provisions of any other law or regulation. 
PROHIBITION o r FEDERAL CONTROL 
SEC. 614. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to author-
ize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States 
to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, 
program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any edu-
cational institution or school system. 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 615. The Director shall carry out the programs provided for in 
this title during the fiscal year ending June 30,1965, and the two suc-
ceeding fiscal years. For the purpose of carrying out this title (other 
than for purposes of making credits to the revolving fund established 
by section 606(a)), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the 
sum of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965; and for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and the fiscal year ending June 
30,1967, such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter 
authorize by law. 
SEC. 616. No part of any funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available for expenditure under authority of this Act shall be used to 
make payments to any individual unless such individual has executed 
Subversive organ-
ization member-
ship. 
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and filed with the Director an affidavit that he does not believe in, and 
is not a member of and does not support any organization that believes 
in or teaches, the overthrow of the United States Government by force 
or violence or by any illegal or unconstitutional methods. 
TITLE 
VII—TREATMENT OF INCOME FOR 
CERTAIN 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 
PURPOSES 
PUBLIC 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 701. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of titles I, IV, X, 
go^j2gUsc^301-306. XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act, a State plan approved 
1206, 1351-1355, Under any such title shall provide that— 
1381-1385. 
(1) the first $85 plus one-half of the excess over $85 of pay-
ments made to or on behalf of any person for or with respect to 
any month under title I or I I of this Act or any program assisted 
under such title shall not be regarded (A) as income or resources 
of such person in determining his need under such approved State 
plan, or (B) as income or resources of any other individual in 
determining the need of such other individual under such approved 
State plan; 
(2) no payments made to or on behalf of any person for or 
with respect to any month under such title or any such program 
shall be regarded as income or resources of any other individual 
in determining the need of such other individual under such 
approved State plan except to the extent made available to or for 
the benefit of such other individual; and 
(3) no grant made to any family under title I I I of this Act 
shall be regarded as income or resources of such family in deter-
mining the need of any member thereof under such approved 
State plan. 
(b) No funds to which a State is otherwise entitled under title I, 
IV, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act for any period before 
July 1,1965, shall be withheld by reason of any action taken pursuant 
to a State statute which prevents such State from complymg with 
the requirements of subsection (a). 
Approved August 20, 1964. 
Public Law 88-453 
August 20, 1964 
[H. R. 11562] 
Enterprise 
Rancheria. 
Sale and con-
veyance to Cali-
fornia. 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell Enterprise Rancheria numbered 
2 to the State of California, and to distribute the proceeds of the sale to 
Henry B. Martin, Stanley Martin, Ralph G. Martin, and Vera Martin Kiras. 
Be it ewwfed hy the Senate and House of RepreHentativeis of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior may sell and convey Enterprise Rancheria numbered 
2, comprising 40.64 acres of land, more or less, described as lot 3, 
section 1, township 19 north, ran^e 5 east. Mount Diablo base and 
meridian, to the State of California for a negotiated price which in 
the opinion of the Secretary reflects its fair market value, and the 
proceeds from the sale shall be distributed to Henry B. Martin, Stan-
ley Martin, Ralph G. Martin, and Vera Martin Kiras. 
Approved August 20, 1964.