An Act to amend the Library Services Act in order to increase the amount of assistance under such Act and to extend such assistance to nonrural areas
PL 88-269 (S.2265), enacted 02/11/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-269-FEB. 11, 1964 
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OFFICE OF EDUCATION 
PAYMENTS TO SC^HOOL DISTRICTS 
For an additional amount for "Payments to school districts'', 
$216,204,000. 
DEFENSE 1<J)UCAT10NAL ACTIVITIES 
For an additional amount for "Defense educational activities," 
$31,168,000 for capital contributions to student loan funds which shall 
be available, without allotment under section 202(a), or apportion-
ment under section 203(a), of the National Defense Education Act of 
1958 (72 Stat. 1583), for payment to institutions, which have filed 42^3.^^^ ^^^' 
applications for contributions between December i4, 1962, and Feb-
ruary 28, 1963, inclusive. 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY 
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIES, MEXICAN FARM LABOR PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for "Compliance activities, Mexican farm 
labor prog-ram", $430,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, MEXICAN FARM LABOR PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses, Mexican farm 
labor program", $165,000^ which shall be derived by transfer from the 
farm labor supply revolving fund. 
Approved February 10, 1964. 
Public Law 88-269 
AN A C T 
February 11, 1964 
To amend the Library Services Act in order to iiiciease flie amount of asjsistance 
[S. 2265] 
under such Act and to extend such assistance to nonrural areas. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ameriea in (''onqyexx nxsenibled. 
Library services 
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Act, amendment. 
Federal asslst-
EXTENSION OF ACT TO NOXKIKAL AKKAS 
a"ce. Increase. 
SECT19N 1. (a) (1) Section 2 of the Library Services Act is amended 
^J ^tat^. 293. 
by striking out "rural". 
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:^2) Section 3 of such Act is amended by striking out "jiirar'. 
\h) Section 4 of such Act is amended by striking out "rural'' wher-
ever it appears therein. 
(c) (1) So much of section 5(a) of such Act as pivcedes paragi-aph 
(1) is amended by striking out "to rural areas". 
(2) Paragraph (3) of such secticm is amended by striking out 
"rural". 
(d) Section 8(b) of sii<-h Act is amended by striking out "in rural 
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areas". 
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(e) Section 9 of such Act is ameJided by striking out paragraph (e) 
and by striking out "; and" at the end of paragraph (d) and inserting 
in lieu thereof a period. 
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(f) The amendment made by subsection (a) (2) shall apply in the 
case of appropriations for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1964. 
The amendments made by subsection (b) shall apply in the case of 
allotments from appropriations for fiscal years begimiing after June 
30, 1964. The amendments made by subsection (c) shall apply in the 
case of expenditures under State plans for periods after June 30,1964. 
The amendment made by subsection (e) shall become effective July 
1, 1964. 
EXTENSION AND IKCKEASE OF AI'T1H)RIZATI0N 
SEC. 2. Section 3 of the Library Services Act is amended by striking 
out "is hereby" and inserting in lieu thereof "are"; by striking out 
"nine succeedmg fiscal years" and inserting in lieu thereof "next six 
fiscal years"; and by inserting ", for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1964, the sum of $25,000,000, and for each of the next two fiscal years 
such sums as the Congress may determine," after "$7,500,000". 
74 Stat. 571; 
76 Stat. 587. 
20 u s e 353. 
20 u s e 354. 
INCREASE IN M I N I M I M ALLOTMENTS ; AVAILABIJJTY OF ALLOTMENTS 
SEC. 3. (a) Effective in the case of allotments from appropriations for 
fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1963, section 4 of the Library 
Services Act is amended by striking out "$10,000" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$25,000", and by striking out "$40,000" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$100,000". 
(b) Such section is further amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new sentence: "The allotment to any State under this 
section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, shall be available for 
payments to such State with respect to expenditures under its approved 
State plan during such year and the next fiscal year." 
DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARY SERVICES FOR ALL STUDENTS 
SEC. 4. Effective July 1, 1963, section 5(a)(3) of the Library 
Services Act is amended by striking the word "rural". 
20 u s e 355. 
i]Sr< KKASK IN M I N I M I M STATK KXTKNIHn KKS KK<iUIKED 
SEC. 5. Effective in the case of payments fioiu allotments for fiscal 
years beginning aftei- June 30, 196^3, subse<-tion (a) of section 6 of the 
Library Services Act is amended by striking out "$10,0<J0" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "$2o,fK>0", by striking out "$40,000" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "$100,000", and by striking out, "June 30, 1956" wher-
ever it api)ears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1963". 
PAYMENT PROCKDIKK 
SEC. 6. Eff'ective in the case of payments from allot mentis for fiscal 
years beginning after June 30, 1963, subsection (b) of section 6 of the 
Library Services Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) Prior to each pei'iod for which a payment is to be made under 
subsection (a), but not less often than seniiannnally, t he Commissioner 
shall estimate the amount to which each State will be entitled under 
subsection (a) for su(;h period; and the amount so estimated shall be 
paid, in such installments and at su<'h time or times as the Commis-
sioner may determine, after neressary adjustment on account of any 
previously made overpayment or underpiiynient untler this section." 
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CONSTRrCTK^N GRANTS 
SEO. 7. (sb) The Library Services Act is further amended by insert-
ing "TITLE I—PUBLIC LIBRARY 8 P : K V I ( ^ E S " after section 2, 
by redesignating sections 3, 4, 5, and 0, and references thereto, as sec-
tions 101, 102, 103, and 104, respectively, and by inserting after such 
sections the following new title: 
"TITLE II—PUBLIC LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION 
" A U T H O R I Z A T I O N O F APPROPRL\nONS 
"SEC. 201. There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1964, the sum of $20,000,000, and for each of the next 
two fiscal years such sums as the Congress may determine, which shall 
be used for making payments to States, which have submitted and 
had approved by the Commissioner, State plans for the construction 
of public libraries. 
"AJLLOTMENTS 
"SEC. 202. From the sums appropriated pux'suant to section 201 for 
each fiscal year, the Commissioner shall allot $20,000 each to Guam, 
American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands, and $80,000 to each of the 
other States, and shall allot to each State such part of the remainder 
of such sums as the population of the State bears to the population 
of the United States, according to the most recent decennial census. 
A State's allotment under this subsection for any fiscal year shall be 
available for payments with respect to construction projects approved, 
under its State plan approved under section 203, during such year or 
(but only in the case of a Sta,te allotment for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1964) the next fiscal year. 
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STATE PLAKS FOR CONSTRUCTKJN 
"SEC. 203. (a) To be approved for purposes of this title a Stat« plan 
for construction of public libraries must— 
"(1) meet the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and 
(5) of section 103(a); 
"(2) set forth criteria and procedures for approval of projects 
for construction of public library facilities which are designed to 
insure that facilities will be constructed only to serve areas, as 
determined by the State library administrative agency, which 
are without library facilities necessary to develop library services; 
"(3) provide assurance that every local or other public agency 
whose application for funds under the plan with respect to a proj-
ect for construction of public library facilities is denied will be 
given an opportunity for a fair hearing before the State library 
administrative agency; and 
"(4) 
provide assurance that all laborei's and mechanics 
employed by contractors or subcontractors on all construction 
projects assisted under this Act shall be paid wages at rates not 
less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality, 
as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the 
Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a—276c-5), and shall 
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receive overtime compensation in accordance with and subject to 
the provisions of the Contract Work Hours Standards Act (Pub-
lic Law 87-581); and the Secretary of Labor shall have with 
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Ante, p. 11. 
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respect to the labor standards specified in this paragraph the 
authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Num-
64 Stat. 1267. 
^^^^^ ^4 ^f ^95^ (-^g p jj gj^g. 5 xj.S.C. 133z-15) aud section 2 
63 Stat. 108. 
of the Act of Juue 13, 1934, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276c). 
"(b) The Commissioner shall approve any plan which fulfills the 
conditions specified in subsection (a) of this sec*tion. 
"PAYMENTS ro STATES 
"SEC. 204. (a) From its allotment available therefor under section 
202 each State shall be entitled to receive an amount ec^^ual to the Fed-
eral share (as determined under section 104) of projects approved, 
during the period for which such allotment is available, under the 
State plan of such State approved under section 203. 
"(b) The Commissioner shall from time to time estimate the amount 
to which a State is entitled under subsection (a), and such amount 
shall be paid to the State, at such time or times, and in such install-
ments as the Commissioner shall determine, after necessary adjust-
ment 
on account of 
any previously made underpayment 
or 
overpayment." 
(b) Section 9 of such Act is further amended by redesignating para-
graph (d) as paragraph (e) and inserting after paragraph (c) the 
following new paragraph: 
"(d) The term 'construction' includes construction of new build-
ings and expansion, remodeling, and alteration of existing buildings, 
and initial equipment of any such buildings; including architects' fees 
and the cost of the acquisition of land;". 
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(c) Subsection (f) of the section of such Act herein redesignated as 
section 104 is repealed. 
(d) Subsection (a) of such section 104 is amended by inserting at the 
end thereof the following new sentence: "From such allotments, there 
shall also be paid to each State for each such period the Federal share 
of the total of the sums expended by the State and its political subdi-
visions during such period for administration of the plan of such State 
approved under section 203." 
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^^^ Subsection (e) c)f such section 104 is amended by striking out 
"Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "title". 
(f) Such Act is further atjiended by inserting "TITLE III—GEN-
ERAJ^" al)Ove tlie heading for section 7 and by redesignating sections 
7, 8, and 9 as sections 301, 302, and 304, respectively. 
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^g^ X])g j^i-i^f, sentence of such section 301 is amended by inserting 
"applicable" befoi-e "requirements of this Act" and by inserting "(or, 
in his discretion, that further payments will not be made with respect 
to portions of or projects under the State plan affected by such 
failure)" before "until he is satisfied". The second sentence of such 
section is amended to read: "Until he is so satisfied, no further pay-
ments shall be made to such State for carrying out such State plan (or 
further payments shall l>e limited to parts of or projects under the 
plan not affected by sucli failure)." 
(h) Such Act is further amended by inserting after such section 
302 the following new section: 
"•KEAIJiCrrMENTS 
"SEC. 303. The amount of ajiy State's allotment under section 102 or 
202 for any fiscal ye^ir \vhi<'h the (Commissioner determines will not be 
required for the per-iod for which such allotment is available for carry-
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in^ out tlie State plan approved iiiulei* section 103 and section 203, 
respectively, shall be available for reallo(nient from time to time, on 
such dates during such yeai' as the Commissioner may fix, to other 
States in propoi-tion to the orijrinal allotments for such year to such 
States undei- such section 102 or 202, as the case may be, but with such 
proportionate amount for any of such other States being reduced to 
the extent it exceeds the amount which the Conmiissioner estimates 
the State needs and will IM? able to use for such period of time for 
which the original allotments were available for carrying out the 
State plan approved under section 108 or 203, as the case may be, and 
the total of such reductions shall be similarly reallotted among the 
States not sulfering su<'h a reducti(m. Any amount reallotted to a 
Stat<? undei- this subsection from funds appropriated pursuant to sec-
tion 101 or 201 for any tiscal year shall be deemed part of its allotment 
for such 5'ear under sections 102 and 202, respectively." 
(i) The amendments made by subsections (c), (e),and (g) shall be 
applicable in the case of payment^s from allotments for fiscal years 
beginning after June 30, 1963. The amendment made by subsection 
(h) shall be applicable in the CAse of such allotments. 
HEARINGS AND JUDICIAL REVIEW 
SEC. 8. The section of the Library Services Act herein redesignated 
as section 302 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following 
new subsection: 
"(d)(1) The Commissioner shall not finally disapprove any State 
plan submitted under this Act, or any modification thereof, without 
fii-st affording the State submitting the plan reasonable notice and 
oppoitunity for a hearing. 
"(2) If any State is dissatisfied with the Commissioner's final action 
with respect to the approval of its State plan submitted under title I 
or title II, or with respect to his final action under section 301, such 
State may appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the circuit 
in w^hich 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 Commissioner or 
any officer designated by him for that purpose. The Commissioner 
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. 
" (3) Upon the filing of the petition referred to in paragraph (1) of 
this subsection, the court shall have jurisdiction to affirm the action 
of the Conmiissioner or to set it aside, in whole or in part, temporarily 
or permanently, but mitil the filing of the record the Commissioner 
may modify or set aside his order. The fmdin^s of the Commissioner 
as to the facts, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclu-
sive, but the court, for good cause shown, may remand the case to the 
Commissioner to take further evidence, and the Commissioner may 
thereupon make new or modified findings of fact and may modify his 
previous action, and shall file in the court the record of the further pro-
ceedings. Such new or modified findings of fact shall likewise be con-
clusive if supported by substantial evidence. 
"(4) The judgment of the court affirming or setting aside, in whole 
or in part, any action of the Commissioner shall be final, subject to 
review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon certiorari or 
20 u s e 357. 
72 Stat. 941. 
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62 Stat. 928. 
certification as provided in section 1254 of title 28, United States Code. 
The commencement of proceedings under this subsection shall not, 
unless so specifically ordered by the court, operate as a stay of the Com-
missioner's action." 
20 u s e 358. 
EXTENSION TO UISTRICT OF COI.UMBIA 
SEC. 9. Subsection (a) of the section of the Library Services Act 
herein redesignated as section 304 is amended by inserting after 
"State," the following: "the District of Columbia,''. 
70 Stat. 293. 
20 u s e 351 note. 
CHANGE I N TITLE AND SHORT TITLE 
SEC. 10. (a) The first section of the Library Services Act is amended 
by striking out "Library Services Act" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Library Services and Construction Act". 
(b) The title of such Act is amended to read "To promote the fur-
ther development of public library services." 
Approved February 11, 1964. 
Public Law 88-270 
February 11, 1964 
[H. R. 9076] 
St. Louis, Mo. 
Bicentennial 
medals. 
AN ACT 
To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the two hundredth 
anuiverssiry of the founding of Saint Louis. 
Be if enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America, in Congress assembled, Tliat the Secretary 
of the Treasury (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") shall 
strike and furnish for the Saint Louis Bicentennial Corporation 
(hereinafter referred to as the "corporation"), a not-for-profit organi-
zation for the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the 
founding of the Saint J^ouis community, national medals in commemo-
ration of such anniversary. 
SEC. 2. Such medals shall be of such sizes, materials, and designs, 
and shall l^e so inscribed, as the corporation may determine with the 
approval of the Secretary. 
SEC. 3. Not more than one hundred thousand of such medals may 
be produced. 
Production shall be in such quantities, not less than 
two thousand, as may be ordered by the corporation, but no work may 
be commenced on any order unless the Secretary has received security 
satisfactory to him for the payment of the cost of the production of 
such order. 
Such cost shall include labor, material, dies, use of 
machinery, and overhead expenses, as determined by the Secretary. 
No medals may be produced pursuant to this Act after December 31, 
1965. 
SEC. 4. Upon receipt of payment for such medals in the amount of 
the cost thei'eof as determined pursuant to section 3, the Secretary 
shall deliver the medals as the corporation may request. 
Approved February 11, 1964.