An Act to provide for the establishment and operation of a National Technical Institute for the Deaf
PL 89-36 (H.R.7031), enacted 06/08/1965

79 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-36-JUNE 8, 1965 
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Public Law 89-36 
AN ACT 
June 8, 1965 
To provide for the establishment and operation of a National Technical Institute 
[H. R. 7031] 
for the Deaf. 
National Tech-
nical Institute for 
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 "National Technical Institute for the Deaf Act". 
the^heLTA'^t. 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 2. For the purpose of providing a residential facility for post-
secondary technical training and education for persons who are deaf 
in order to prepare them for successful employment, there are author-
ized to be appropriated for each fiscal year such sums as may be neces 
sary for the establishment and operation, including construction and 
equipment, of a National Technical Institute for the Deaf, including 
sums necessary for the acquisition of property, both real and personal, 
and for the construction of buildings and other facilities for such 
Institute. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 3. As used in this Act— 
(a) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare. 
(b) The term "institution of higher education" means an educa-
tional institution in any State or in the District of Columbia which 
(1) admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of 
graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recog-
nized equivalent of such a certificate, (2) is legally authorized within 
such State (or in the District of Columbia) to provide a program of 
education beyond secondary education, (3) provides an educational 
program for which it aw^ards a bachelor's degree, (4) includes one or 
more professional or graduate schools, (6) is a public or nonprofit 
private institution, and (6) is accredited by a nationally recognized 
accrediting agency or association. 
For purposes of this subsection, 
the Commissioner of Education shall publish a list of nationally recog-
nized accrediting agencies or associations which he determines to be 
reliable authority as to the quality of training offered. 
(c) The term "construction" includes construction and initial 
equipment of new buildings, expansion, remodeling, and alteration 
of existing buildings and equipment thereof, and acquisition of land; 
including architect's services, but excluding off-site improvements. 
PROPOSALS 
SEC. 4. Any institution of higher education which desires to enter 
into an agreement with the Secretary to establish and operate a 
National Technical Institute for the Deaf shall submit a proposal 
therefor at such time, in such manner, and containing such informa-
tion as may be prescribed by the Secretary. 
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PUBLIC LAW 89-36-JUNE 8, 1965 
AGREEMENT TO ESTABLISH 
INSTITUTE 
[79 STAT. 
Provisions. 
Advisory group. 
Appointment, 
Report to Coiv 
gress. 
49 Stat, t o i l ; 
78 Stat. 238. 
64 Stat. 1267. 
63 Stat. 108. 
Federal funds. 
Recovery. 
SEC. 5. (a) The Secretary, after consultation with the National 
Advisory Board created by section 6, is authorized to enter into an 
agreement with an institution of higher education for the establish-
ment and operation, including construction and equipment, of a 
National Technical Institute for the Deaf. The Secretary, in con-
sidering proposals from institutions of higher education to enter 
into an agreement under this Act, shall give preference to institutions 
which are located in metropolitan industrial areas. 
(b) The agreement shall— 
(1) provide that Federal funds appropriated for the benefit 
of the Institute will be used only for the purposes for which 
paid and in accordance with the applicable provisions of this 
Act and the agreement made pursuant thereto; 
(2) provide that the Board of Trustees or other governing 
body of the institution, subject to the approval of the Secretary, 
will appoint an advisory group to advise the Director of the 
Institute in formulating and carrying out the basic policies gov-
erning its establishment and operation, which group shall include 
persons who are professionally concerned with education and 
technical training at the post secondary school level, persons who 
are professionally concerned with activities relating to education 
and training of the deaf, and members of the public familiar with 
the need for services provided by the Institute; 
(3) provide that the Board of Trustees or other governing 
body or the institution will make an annual report to the Secretary. 
The Secretary shall transmit the report of the institution to the 
Congress with such comments and recommendations as he may 
deem appropriate; 
(4) mclude such other conditions as the Secretary, after con-
sultation with the National Advisory Board, deems necessary to 
carry out the purposes of this Act; and 
(5) provide that any laborer or mechanic employed by any 
contractor or subcontractor in the performance of work on any 
construction aided by Federal funds appropriated for the benefit 
of the Institute will 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—276a-5); and the Secretary of 
Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in 
this paragraph, the authority and functions set forth in Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 5 U.S.C. 
133z-15) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended 
(40 U.S.C. 276c). 
(c) If within twenty years after the completion of any construc-
tion (except minor remodeling or alteration) for which such funds 
liave been paid— 
(A) the facility ceases to be used for the purposes for which 
it was constructed or the agreement is terminated, unless the 
Secretary determines that there is good cause for releasing the 
^institution from its obligation, or 
^B) the institution ceases to be the owner of the facility, 
the United States shall be entitled to recover from the applicant or 
other owner of the facility an amount which bears to the then value 
of the facility the same ratio as the amount of such Federal funds 
bore to the cost of the facility financed with the aid of such funds. 
Such value shall be determined by a^eement of the parties or by 
action brought in the United States district court for the district in 
which the facility is situated. 
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PUBLIC LAW 89-37-JUNE 11, 1965 
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NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD ON ESTABLISHMENT OF T H E 
NATIONAL 
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE TOR T H E DEAF 
SEC. 6. (a) There is hereby established a National Advisory Board 
on Establishment of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, 
which shall consist of twelve persons, not regular full-time employees 
of the United States, appointed by the Secretary without regard to 
the civil service laws. The Secretary shall appoint one of the mem-
bers to serve as Chairman. The appointed members shall be selected 
from among leaders in fields related to education and training of the 
deaf and other fields of education, and from members of the public 
familiar with the need for services provided by the Institute. 
The 
Commissioner of Education and the Commissioner of Vocational 
Rehabilitation shall be ex officio members of the Board. 
(b) Members of the Board, while serving on business of the Board, 
shall be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secre-
tary, but not exceeding $100 per day, including traveltime, and while 
so serving away from their homes or regular places of business, they 
may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses 
Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service 
employed intermittently. 
(c) It shall be the function of the Board (1) to review proposals 
from institutions of higher education which offer to enter into an 
agreement with the Secretary for the construction and operation of 
a National Technical Institute for the Deaf, (2) to make recommenda-
tions to the Secretary with respect to such proposals, and (3) to make 
such other recommendations to the Secretary concerning the establish-
ment and operation of the National Technical Institute as may be 
appropriate. 
(d) After the Secretary enters into an agreement under this Act, 
the Board shall cease to exist. 
Approved June 8, 1965. 
Personnel. 
Compensation. 
60 Stat. 808; 
75 Stat. 339, 340. 
Functions. 
Termination. 
Public Law 89-37 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations during fiscal year 1966 for procurement of aircraft, 
missiles, and naval vessels, and research, development, test, and evaluation, 
for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 
June 11, 19 65 
[S. 800] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
SEC. 101. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated during 
fiscal year 1966 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States for 
procurement of aircraft, missiles, and naval vessels, as authorized by 
law, in amounts as follows: 
AIRCRAFT 
For aircraft: For the Army, $344,500,000; for the Navy and the 
Marine Corps, $1,915,800,000; for the Air Force, $3,550,200,000. 
Armed Forces. 
Appropriation 
authorization, 1966. 
MISSILES 
For missiles: For the Army, $253,700,000; for the Navy, $364,000,-
000; for the Marine Corps, $13,000,000; for the Air Force, $796,100,000.