Community Services Act Technical Amendments
PL 94-341 (H.R.12188), enacted 07/06/1976

PUBLIC LAW 94-341—JULY 6, 1976 
90 STAT. 803 
Public Law 94-341 
94th Congress 
An Act 
To amend the Community Services Act oi J-CTII to make certain teclinical and 
conforming amendments. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Community Services Act 
Technical Amendments of 1976". 
A M E N D M E N T S TO C O M M U N I T Y 
SERVICES ACT OF 
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July 6, 1976 
[H.R. 12188] 
Community 
Services Act 
Technical 
Amendments of 
1976. 
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SEC. 2. (a) The Community Services Act of 1974 (hereinafter in this 
Act referred to as the "Act") is amended— 
(1) in section 101 thereof (as added by section 3 of the Head-
start, Economic Opportunity, and Community Partnership Act 
of 1974), by striking out "SEC. 104. This title and titles II through 
IX" and inserting in lieu thereof "SEC. 3. Titles I through IX"; 
(2) in section 102 thereof (as added by section 3 of the Head-
start, Economic Opportunity, and Community Partnership Act 
of 1974), by striking out "SEC. 102." and inserting in lieu thereof 
"SEC. 4.", and in paragraph (2) of such section, by striking out 
"the previous sentence" and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph 
(1) of this section" and by inserting a comma after "places" the 
second place it appears therein; 
(3) by striking out "TITLE II—RESEARCH AND DEM-
ONSTRATIONS" and inserting in lieu thereof "TITLE I— 
RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATIONS"; 
(4) in section 102(d) thereof (as added by section 4 of the 42 USC 2712. 
Headstart, Economic Opportunity, and Community Partnership 
Act of 1974), by striking out "under this title in any fiscal year 
shall be made available for programs or projects receiving finan-
cial assistance"; 
(5) in section 104(d) of such Act (as added by section 3 of the 42 USC 2714. 
Headstart, Economic Opportunity, and Community Partnership 
Act of 1974), by striking out "studies" each place it appears 
therein and inserting in lieu thereof "summaries"; 
(6) in section 201(b) thereof, by striking out "the Office of 
Economic Opportunity" each place it appears therein and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "Community Services Administration"; 
(7) in section 210(f) thereof— 
(A) by striking out "may delegate functions other than" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "may delegate such functions 
(other than"; 
(B) by striking out "contracts to" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "contracts) to"; 
(C) by striking out "by him, such functions as he deems 
appropriate" and inserting in lieu thereof "by him, as he 
deems appropriate"; and 
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(D) by striking out "second sentence of section 235(a)" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "third sentence of section 
225(a)"; 
(8) by striking out paragraph (4) of section 222(a) thereof; 
(9) in section 222(a) (5) thereof, by striking out "Emergency 
Food and Medical Services" and inserting in lieu thereof "Com-
munity Food and Nutrition", and by striking out "medical" each 
place it appears therein; 
(10) in the last sentence of section 222(a) (12) thereof, by 
inserting a comma after "agencies"; 
(11) in section 225(c) of such Act, by amending the last two 
sentences to read as follows: "The Director shall not require non-
Federal contributions in excess of the amount required to meet the 
approved cost of assisted programs or activities after calculating 
the per centum of Federal assistance for which such program is 
eligible under the first sentence of this subsection. In addition, 
the Director may approve assistance in excess of such per centum 
upon evidence that the aggregate of all non-Federal contributions 
by agencies within a State for financial assistance provided pur-
suant to sections 221 and 222(a) as a per centum of the aggregate 
of all financial assistance provided to such agencies in such State 
pursuant to such sections meets the per centum requirements of 
this subsection."; 
(12) in the heading of section 227 thereof, by striking out 
"YOUTH RECREATION AND" and inserting in lieu thereof "NATIONAL 
YOUTH", and in subsection (a) of such section by striking out 
"youth recreation and" each place it appears therein and inserting 
in lieu thereof "national youth"; 
(13) in the last sentence of section 235(b) thereof, by striking 
out "Secretary" and inserting in lieu thereof "Director"; 
(14) in section 236 thereof— 
(A) in subsection (a) thereof, by striking out "Oflfice of 
Economic Opportunity or successor authority" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "Community Services Administration"; and 
(B) in subsection (b) (ii) thereof, by striking out "Office 
of Economic Opportunity" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Community Services Administration"; 
(15) in section 306(d) thereof, by striking out "under this Act 
(except operations under title IV carried on by the Small Busi-
ness Administration)" and inserting in lieu thereof "under this 
part"; 
(16) in section 401 thereof— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (c) and subsection (d) 
as subsection (b) and subsection (c), respectively; and 
(B) in subsection (a) thereof, by striking out the comma 
after "may be used as necessary" and by striking out "para-
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raph 2" and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph (2)"; 
} in section 402(2) thereof, by striking out "Director" each 
place it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary"; 
(18) in section 514(b) thereof, by inserting "or" before "multi-
city", by striking out the comma after "multicity", and by striking 
out "organization" and inserting in lieu thereof "organizational"; 
(19) in section 517(b) thereof, by striking out "15 per centum 
and such total costs" and inserting in lieu thereof "15 per centum 
of such total costs"; 
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(20) in section 523(d) thereo.f, by striking out "studies" each 
place it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "sum-
maries" ; 
(21) in section 525(a) thereof, by striking out "711" and 
insertm^ in lieu thereof "518"; 
(22) in section 576(a) and section 577 thereof, by striking out 
"part" each place it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof 
"title"; 
(23) in section 601 thereof, by inserting "(a)" immediately 
after "SEC. 601."* 
(24) in section 601(e) (2) (B) (iii) thereof, by inserting "of 
Commerce" immediately after "Secretary"; 
(25) in section 601(e) (3) (B) (ii) (II) thereof, by striking 
out the quotation mark at the end thereof; 
(26) in section 601(g) thereof, by inserting a comma after 
"Welfare" and by striking out "Economic Development Admin-
istration" and inserting in lieu thereof "Community Economic 
Development Administration,"; 
(27) in section 601(h) (2) thereof, by inserting a comma after 
"Community Services Administration" the second place it appears 
therein, by inserting a comma after "Welfare", and by inserting 
a comma after "Community Economic Development Administra-
tion"; 
(28) in section 601(h) (3) thereof, by inserting a comma after 
"Community Services Administration", and by striking out "in 
the Department of Commerce" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"within the Department of Commerce,"; 
(29) in subsections (a) and (f) of section 602 thereof, by 
striking out "Office" each place it appears therein and inserting 
in lieu thereof "Community Services Administration"; 
(30) in section 602 (k) thereof, by striking out "titles III and 
IV of"; 
(31) in section 603(a) thereof, by striking out "(other than 
p a r t e of title I ) " ; 
(32) in section 604(1) thereof, by striking out "I-B or", and 
by striking out "prime sponsor or"; 
(33) in paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 604 thereof, by 
striking out "title I-B, II, and III-B" each place it appears 
therein and inserting in lieu thereof "title II and part B of title 
III", and in paragraph (2) of such section, by striking out 
"123,"; _ 
(34) in section 608 thereof, by striking out "Office" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "Community Services Administration"; and 
(35) in subsections (a) and (c) of section 610-1 thereof, by 
striking out "part A of title I or" each place it appears therein. 
(b) Title VII of the Act is amended— 
(1) in section 712(a)(2) thereof, by inserting "programs," 
after "development", and by inserting a comma after "activities"; 
(2) in the fourth sentence of section 714 thereof, by striking 
out "rights vest" and inserting in lieu thereof "vests"; 
(3) in the last sentence of section 714 thereof, by inserting 
"with grant funds shall" immediately after "assets purchased"; 
(4) in section 731(a) thereof, by striking out "bear the inter-
est" and inserting in lieu thereof "bear interest"; 
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(5) in the first and second sentences of section 731(c)(3) 
thereof, by striking out "Secretary" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Director", in the first sentence, by striking out "subchapter" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "title" and in the second sentence 
by striking out "part B of"; 
(6) in section 732 thereof, by striking out " ( d ) " immediately 
before "Not later than" and inserting in lieu thereof " ( b ) " ; 
(7) in section 741(b) thereof, by inserting "assistance or sup-
port," immediately after "legal"; 
(8) in section 741(c) thereof, by striking out "subchapter" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "title"; 
(9) by amending the heading for section 742 thereof to read 
as follows: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND DEPARTMENT 
OP COMMERCE PROGRAMS"; 
(10) in section 742(a) (1) thereof— 
(A) by striking out "part" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"title"; 
(B) by striking out "company or a local" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "company, local"; and 
(C) by inserting immediately after "limited small busi-
ness investment company" the following: ", or small business 
investment company licensee under section 301(d) of the 
Small Business Investment Act of 1958"; 
(11) in section 742(a) (2) thereof, by striking out "Secretary" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "Director" and by striking out 
"part" and inserting in lieu thereof "title"; 
(12) in section 742(b) (2) thereof, by inserting "of Commerce" 
immediately after "Secretary"; 
(13) in section 743 thereof, by striking out "this Act" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "this title"; 
(14) in section 744(a) (1) thereof, by inserting "as amended," 
immediately after "Housing Act of 1949,"; 
(15) in the first sentence of section 744(b) thereof, by striking 
out "Secretary" and inserting in lieu thereof "Director", by 
striking out "part" each place it appears therein and inserting 
in lieu thereof "title,", and by striking out "subsection (a) of 
this section" and inserting in lieu thereof "sections 742, 743, and 
744 of this title"; 
(16) by redesignating sections 745 through 748 thereof as 
sections 746 through 749, respectively; and 
(17) in section 744 thereof— 
(A) by inserting immediately after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new heading: "REPORT ON OTHER FEDERAL RESOURCES" ; 
(B) by striking out " ( a ) " immediately before "The Secre-
tary of Agriculture"; and 
(C) by striking out " ( b ) " immediately before "On or 
before six months" and inserting in lieu thereof "SEC. 745.". 
(c) The Act is amended by redesignating section 626 and section 
627 as section 627 and section 628, respectively. 
A M E N D M E N T S TO HEADSTART, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND COMMUNITY 
P A R T N E R S H I P ACT OF 19 74 
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SEC. 3. (a) Section 5(d) (2) of the Headstart, Economic Opportu-
nity, and Community Partnership Act of 1974 is amended by inserting 
"of such Act" immediately after "section 228(c)". 
(b) Section 9 of the Headstart, Economic Opportunity, and Com-
munity Partnership Act of 1974 is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b) thereof, by striking out "subsection (c) ^^ ^^^ ^942 
of this section" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 601 of the °
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Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended by subsection (a) 42 USC 2941. 
of this section"; and 
(2) in subsection (e) thereof, by striking out the quotation 42 USC 2971f. 
mark immediately before "(e) The Economic Opportunity Act 
of 1964" and by striking out "after section 625" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "after section 626". 
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(c) 
Section 14(b) of the Headstart, Economic Opportunity, and 
Community Partnership Act of 1974 is amended by striking out "sec- 42 USC 2933. 
tion 3 (c)" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 8 (c)". 
(d) (1) Section 15(a) (2) of the Headstart, Economic Opportunity, 
and Community Partnership Act of 1974 is ^mended by inserting "of 42 USC 2707. 
such Act" immediately after "section 221". 
(2) Section 15 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following: 
"(c) Any funds appropriated to carry out any program under the 
Community Services Act of 1974 which are not obligated prior to the 42 USC 2701 
end of the fiscal year for which such funds were appropriated shall '
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remain available for obligation during the succeeding fiscal year.". 
Approved July 6, 1976. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 94-889 (Comm. on Education and Labor). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, VoL 122 (1976): 
Mar. 15, considered and passed House. 
June 23, considered and passed Senate.