An Act to provide for the continuation of programs authorized under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, and for other purposes
PL 92-424 (H.R.12350), enacted 09/19/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-424-SEPT. 19, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
Public Law 92-424 
September 19, 1972 
A N A C T 
' 
L_ To provide for the continuation of programs authorized under the Economic 
Opportunity Act of 1964, and for otlier puri)oses. 
Economic Op-
portunity Amend-
ments of 1972. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houne of Representatives 
of the 
I 'nited States of Amerk-a in Congress aasemlyJed, That this Act may be 
cited as the ''Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1972". 
EXTENSION OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT 
81 Stat. 672.683; 
83 Stat. 833. 
SEC 2. (a) Sections 171. 245, 321, 408, 615, and 835 of the Economic 
2837,"2^8*7i72Vo7. Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended, are each amended by striking 
2965.' 2994d. 
' out "five succeediug fiscal years" and inserting in lieu thereof "eight 
succeeding fiscal years". 
83^stat^82V^' 
^^ 
Scctiou 523 of such Act is amended by striking out "four suc-
42 use 2933. 
cBediug fiscal years" and inserting in lieu thereof "seven succeeding 
riscal years"'. 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 3. (a) For the purpose of carrying out parts A, B, and E of title 
r (relating to work and training) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 
1964, there are authorized to be appropriated $900,300,000 for the fiscal 
4Tusc"7ii. 
vear ending June 30,1973, and $950,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
2737.2769. 
J u u e 30,1974. 
(b) (1) For the purpose of carrying out the Project Headstart pro-
gram described in section 222(a)(1) of the Economic Opportunity 
Post, p. 690. 
^^ct of 1964, there are authorized to be appropriated $485,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30,1973, and $500,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1974. 
(2) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall estab-
lish policies and procedures designed to assure that not less than 10 per 
centum of the total number of enrollment opportunities in the Nation 
in the Headstart program shall be available for handicapped children 
(as defined in paragraph (1) of section 602 of the Elementary and 
80 Stat. 1204; 
Secoudaiy Education Act of 1965, as amended) and that services shall 
^ ^2rusc°87"2 
'^ provided to meet their special needs. The Secretary shall implement 
note. 
his responsibilities under this paragraph in such a manner as not to 
exclude from any project any child who was participating in the pro-
Report to Con- 
gram during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972. Within six months 
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after the date of enactment of this Act, and at least annually there-
after, the Secretary shall report to the Congress on the status of handi-
capped children in Headstart programs, including the number of 
children being served, their handicapping conditions, and the services 
being provided such children. 
(3) For the purpose of carrying out the Follow Through program 
described in section 222(a) (2) such Act, there are authorized to be 
appropriated $70,000,000 annually for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1973, and the succeeding fiscal year. 
(c) (1) For the purpose of carrying out titles II, III, VI, VII, and 
284^1^29^41^^2981. ^"^ ^^ ^^^ Ecouomic Opportunity Act of 1964, there are authorized 
Post, pp.* 697. ' to be appropriated $840,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1973, 
and $870,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unless expressly in 
limitation of the provisions of this section, of the amounts appro-
priated pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1973, and for the succeeding fiscal year, the 
Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity shall for each such 
fiscal year reserve and make available not less than $328,900,000 for 
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programs under section 221 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
and not less than $71,500,000 for I^gal Services programs under 
section 222(a) (3) of such Act. 
(3) The Director shall allocate and make available the remainder 
of the amounts appropriated for carrying out the Economic Opportu-
nity Act of 1964 for each fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (1) of 
this subsection (after funds are reserved for the purposes specified in 
paragraph (2) of this subsection) in such a manner, subject to the 
provisions of section 616 of such Act, as to make available with respect 
to each fiscal year— 
(A) not less than $18,000,000 annually to be used for the 
Alcoholic Counseling and Recovery program described in section 
222(a) (8) of such Act; and 
(B) not less than $30,000,000 annually to be used for the 
Emergency Food and Medical Services program described in 
section 222(a) (5) of such Act. 
(d) (1) There are authorized to be appropriated $58,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, to be used for Domestic Volunteer 
Service programs under title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act of 
1964, of which (A) the amount of $44,500,000 shall be available for 
carrying out full-time volunteer programs designed to strengthen and 
supplement efforts to eliminate poverty under part A of such title VIII, 
and (B) the amount of $13,500,000 shall be available (notwithstanding 
the 10 percentum limitation set forth in the second sentence of section 
821 of such Act) for carrying out programs designed to strengthen and 
supplement efforts to eliminate poverty under part B of such title VIII. 
(2) If the sums authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1) 
of this subsection are not appropriated and made available in full, then 
such sums as are so appropriated and made available for such fiscal 
year shall be allocated so that— 
(A) any amounts appropriated not in excess of $37.000.(X)0 shall 
be used for carrying out programs designed to strengthen and sup-
plement efforts to eliminate poverty under part A of such title 
V I I I ; 
(B) any amounts appropriated in excess of $37,00().()()0 but not 
in excess of $50,500,000 shall be used for programs designed to 
strengthen and supplement efforts to eliminate poverty under 
part B of such title VIII; and 
(C) any amounts appropriated in excess of $50,500,000 shall be 
used for programs designed to strengthen and supplement efforts 
to eliminate poverty under part A of such title VIII. 
(3) Section 833 of the Economic Opportunity Act Of 1964 is amende<l 
(A) in subsection (b) thereof by striking out ''under part A" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "under this title", and (B) in subsection (c) 
thereof by striking out "a volunteer under part A of this title" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "a full-time volunteer receiving either a living 
allowance or a stipend under this title". 
(e) In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated and 
allocated pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of this section, there 
are further authorized to be appropriated the sum of $16,000,000 to be 
used for Domestic Volunteer Service programs under title VIII of the 
Economic Opi>ortunity Act of 1964, of which $8,000,000 shall be avail-
able for carrying out full-time volunteer programs under part A of 
such title VIII for ninety days after the enactment of this Act (of 
which amount $2,000,000 shall be available without regard to the limi-
tation placed on the expenditure of funds by section 24 of tliis Act for 
programs, projects, or activities for which academic credit is granted 
to volunteer participants) and $8,000,000 shall remain available for 
expenditure in accordance with the provisions of sucli title during the 
fiscal year ending June 30,1973. 
81 Stat. 696. 
42 u s e 2808. 
83 Stat. 829. 
42 u s e 2809. 
Post, 
p. 690. 
80 Stat. 1472; 
81 Stat. 722. 
42 u s e 2991. 
42 u s e 299 2. 
42 u s e 299 3a. 
42 u s e 2993. 
81 Stat. 726; 
!3 Stat. 832. 
42 u s e 2994b. 
Post, 
p. 697. 
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81 Stat. 717; 
?3 Stat. 831. 
42 u s e 2966. 
TRANSFER OF FUNDS 
SEC. 4. (a) Section 616 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is 
amended by inserting "for fiscal years ending prior to July 1, 1972, 
and not to exceed 20 per centum" immediately before the words "for 
fiscal years ending thereafter". 
(b) Section 616 of such Act is further amended by striking out the 
semicolon the first time it appears therein and all matter thereafter 
through "$10,000,000" the second time it apjDears in such section. 
81 Stat. 686. 
42 u s e 2742. 
TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH 
SEC. 5. Section 125(a) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The 
Director shall insure that low-income persons otherwise capable of such 
participation who reside in public or private institutions shall be eligi-
ble for participation in programs under this part.". 
81 Stat. 693. 
42 u s e 2791. 
PROHIBITION OF ELECTIONS OR OTHER DEMOCRATIC 
SELECTION 
PROCEDURES ON SABBATH DAYS 
SEC. 6. Section 211 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is 
amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection (g) as follows: 
" (g) The Director shall ensure that no election or other democratic 
selection procedure conducted pursuant to clause (2) of subsection 
(b), or pursuant to clause (2) of subsection (f), shall be held on a 
Sabbath Day which is observed as a day of rest and worship by resi-
dents in the area served." 
COMMUNITY ACTION BOARDS 
SEC. T. (a) The last sentence of section 211(b) of the Economic-
Opportunity Act of 1964 is amended by striking out "three" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "five" and by striking out "six" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "ten". 
(b) Section 211 (b) (1) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(1) one-third of the members of the board are elected public officials, 
or their representatives, except that if the number of elected officials 
reasonably available and willing to serve is less than one-third of the 
membership of the board, membership on the board of appointive pub-
lic officials may be counted in meeting such one-third requirement,". 
81 Stat. 698; 
83 Stat. 828. 
42 u s e 2809. 
PARTICIPATION OF T H E NON-POOR I N HEADSTART PROGRAMS 
SEC 8. The third sentence of section 222(a)(1) of the Economic 
Opportunity Act of 1964 is amended by striking out the comma and all 
the language following the words "make payment" and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: "in accordance with an appropriate fee schedule 
established by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, based 
upon the ability of the family to pay, which payment may be made in 
whole or in part by a third party m behalf of such family, except that 
any such charges with respect to any family with an income of less 
than the lower living standard budget shall not exceed the sum of (i) 
an amount equal to 10 per centum of any family income which exceeds 
$4,o20 but does not exceed 85 per centum of such lower living standard 
budget, and (ii) an amount equal to 15 per centum of any family 
income which exceeds 86 per centum of such lower living standard 
budget but does not exceed 100 per centum of such lower living stand-
ard budget, and if more than two children from the same family are 
participating, additional charges may be made not to exceed the 
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sum of the amounts calculated in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) 
with respect to each additional child. No charge will be made with 
respect to any child who is a member of any family with an annual 
income equal to or less than $4,320, with appropriate adjustments in 
the case of families having more than tw^o children, except to the 
extent that payment will be made by a third party. Funds appropriated 
for the purpose of carrying out this section shall be used first to con-
tinue ongoing Headstart projects, or new projects serving the children 
from low-income families which were being served during the preced-
ing fiscal year. There shall be reserved for such projects from such 
funds an amount at least equal to the aggregate amount received by 
public or private agencies or organizations during the preceding fiscal 
year for programs under this section. The Secretary may defer but not 
^^^ schedule, 
later than April 1,1973, the establishment of a fee schedule under this 
paragraph upon certification that the establishment of such fee sched-
ule would hinder the orderly operation of such projects prior to such 
time." 
COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES CHARGES 
SEC. 9. Section 222(a) (4) (A) (ii) of the Economic Opportunity Act 
of 1964 is amended by striking out "such services may be available on 
si stat. 698. 
an emergency basis or pending a determination of eligibility to all 
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residents of such areas" and inserting in lieu thereof "pursuant to such 
regulations as the Director may prescribe, persons provided assistance 
through programs assisted under this paragraph who are not members 
of low-income families may be required to make payment, or have pay-
ment made in their behalf, in whole or in part for such assistance", 
DRUG REHABILITATION 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 10. (a) Section 222(a) (8) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 
1964 is amended by striking out the last sentence thereof. 
8 3 stat. 8 29. 
(b) Section 222(a) (9) of such Act is amended by striking out the 
last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The Director 
is authorized to undertake special programs aimed at promoting 
employment 
opportunities 
for rehabilitated 
addicts or 
addicts 
enrolled and participating in methadone maintenance treatment or 
therapeutic programs, and assisting employers in dealing with addic-
tion and drug abuse and dependency problems among formerly hard-
(;ore unemployed so that they can be maintained in employment. In 
undertaking such programs, the Director shall give special priority 
to veterans and employers of significant numbers of veterans, with 
priority to those areas within the States having the highest percentages 
of addicts. The Director is further authorized to establish procedures 
and policies which will allow clients to complete a full course of 
rehabilitation even though they become non-low-income by virtue of 
becoming employed as a part of the rehabilitation process but there 
shall be no change in income eligibility criteria for initial admission 
, 
to treatment and rehabilitation programs under this Act," 
NEW SPECIAL EMPHASIS PROGRAMS 
SEC. 11. Section 222(a) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is 
further amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: 
" (10) An 'Environmental Action' program through which low-
income persons will be paid for work (which would not otherwise 
be performed) on projects designed to combat pollution or to 
improve the environment. Projects may include, without limita-
tion: cleanup and sanitation activities, including solid waste 
"Environmental 
Action." 
Loans. 
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removal; reclamation and rehabilitation of eroded or ecologically 
damaged areas, including areas affected by strip mining; con-
servation and beautification activities, including tree planting and 
recreation area development; the restoration and maintenance of 
the environment; and the improvement of the quality of life in 
urban and rural areas. 
Dr^i'o^!n"°"a'T 
" (11) ^ program to be known as 'Rural Housing Development 
Rehabiut'atiln.''' 
^nd Rehabilitation' designed to assist low-income families in 
rural areas to construct and acquire ownership of adequate hous-
ing, to rehabilitate or repair existing substandard units in such 
areas, and to otherwise assist families in obtaining standard hous-
ing. Financial assistance under this paragraph shall be provided 
to non-profit rural housing development corporations and coopera-
tives serving areas which are defined by the Farmers Home 
Administration as rural areas, and shall be used for, but not lim-
ited to, such purposes as administrative expenses; revolving 
development funds; nonrevolving land, land development and con-
struction writedowns; rehabilitation or repair of substandard 
housing; and loans to low-income families. In the construction, 
rehabilitation, and repair of housing for low-income families 
under this paragraph, the services of persons enrolled in Main-
stream programs may be utilized. Loans under this paragraph 
may be used for, but not limited to, such purposes as the pur-
chase of new housing units, the repair, rehabilitation and pur-
chase of existing units, and to supplement existing Federal loan 
programs in order that low-income families may benefit from 
them. The repayment period of such loans shall not exceed thirty-
interest rate, 
three years. No loans under this paragraph shall bear an interest 
rate of less than 1 per centum per annum, but if the Director, after 
having examined the family income of the applicant, the pro-
jected housing costs of the applicant, and such other factors as 
he deems appropriate, determines that the applicant would other-
Waiver. 
wise bc uuable to participate in this program, he may waive the 
interest in whole or in part and for such periods of time as he 
may establish except that (1) no such waiver may be granted 
to an applicant whose adjusted family income (as defined by the 
Farmers Home Administration) is in excess of $3,700 per annum 
and (2) any applicant for whom such a waiver is provided shall be 
required to commit at least 20 per centum of his adjusted family 
income toward the mortgage debt service and other housing costs. 
Family incomes shall be recertified annually, and monthly pay-
ments for all loans under this paragraph adjusted accordingly." 
PUERTO RICO 
42 ?s^c 28 n 
^^^* ^^* (^) Effective after June 30,1972, section 225 (a) of such Act 
is amended by striking out "Puerto Rico,'". 
(b) Effective after June 30,1972, the first sentence of paragraph (1) 
81 Stat. 715. 
Qf section 609 of such Act is amended by striking out the word "or" 
42 use 2949. 
^j^^ secoiid time it appeai-s in such sentence and inserting in lieu 
thereof a comma and the following: "Puerto Rico, or". 
XON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION CEILING 
SEC. 13. Section 225(c) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is 
amended by inserting after the second sentence thereof the following 
new sentence: "The Director shall not require non-Federal contribu-
tions in excess of 20 per centum of the approved cost of programs or 
activities assisted under this Act." 
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SPECIAL PROGRAMS AUTHORIZKI) 
SKC. 14. Pai+ B of title I I of the Economic Oppoitimitv Act of 1964 
si stat. 696 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sections :-
"DESIGN AND PLANNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
•'SEC. 226. (a) The Director shall make grants or enter into contractws 
to provide financial assistance for the operating expenses of programs 
conducted by community-based design and planning organizations to 
provide technical assistance and professional architectural and related 
services relating to housing, neighborhood facilities, transportation and 
other aspects of community planning and development to persons and 
community organizations or groups not otherwise able to afford such 
assistance. Such programs shall be conducted with maximum use of the 
voluntary services of professional and community personnel. In pro-
viding assistance under this section, the Director shall afford priority 
to persons in urban or rural poverty areas with substandard housing, 
substandard public sei-vice facilities, and generally blighted condi-
tions. Design and planning services to be provided oy such organiza-
tions shall include— 
"(1) comprehensive community or area planning and develoj)-
ment; 
"(2) specific projects for the piioj'ity planning and develop-
ment needs of the community; and 
"(3) educational programs directed to local residents empha-
sizing their role in the planning and development pi'ocess in the 
community. 
"(b) No assistance may be provided undei' this section unless such 
design and planning organization— 
''(1) is a nonprofit organization located in the neighborhood or 
area to be served with a majority of the governing body of sucli 
organization comprised of residents of that neighborhood or area; 
"'(2) has as a primary function the goal of bringing about, 
through the involvement of the appropriate community action 
agency or otherwise, maximum possible participation of local 
residents, especially low-income residents, in the planning and 
decisionmaking regarding the development of their community: 
and 
"(3) will carry out its design and planning services principally 
through the voluntary participation of proiessional and commu-
nity personnel (including, where available, VISTA volunteei-s). 
•'(c) Design and planning organizations receiving assistance undei-
this section shall not subcontract with any profitmaKing organization 
r)r pay fees for architectural or other professional services. 
(d) The Director shall make whatever aiTangements are necessary 
to continue pilot or demonstration projects of demonstrated effectJNe-
ness of the type described in this section receiving assistance under 
section 232 of this Act during the, fiscal year ending June 3(>, 1971. 
" Y O U T H R E C R E A T I O N AND SPORTS PROGRAM 
•'SEC. 227. (a) In order to provide to disadvantaged vouth recreation 
and physical fitness instruction and competition with high-quality 
facilities and supervision and related educational and counseling serv-
ices (including instruction concerning study practices, career oppor-
tunities, job responsibilities, health and nutrition, and drug abuse 
education) through regular association with college instiuctors and 
athletes and exposure to college and univei'sity campuses and othei' 
recreational facilities, the Director shall make grants or- enter into 
42 u s e 2808. 
42 u s e 2825. 
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• 'oiitracts for tlie coiicluct of an annual youth recreation and sports 
program concentrated in the summer months and with continued 
activities througliout the year, so as to offer disadvantaged youth living 
in areas of rural and urban poverty an opportunity to receive such 
recreation and educational instruction, information, and services and 
to participate 
in such physical 
fitness 
programs and 
sports 
competitions. 
"(b) No assistance may be provided under this section unless satis-
factory assurances are received that (1) not less than 90 per centum 
of the youths participating in each program to be assisted under this 
section are fi-om families with incomes below the poverty level, as 
determined by the Director, and that such participating youths and 
other neighborhood residents, through the involvement of the appro-
priate community action agency or otherwise, will have maximum 
participation in program planning and operation and (2) all signifi-
cant segments of the low-income population of the community to be 
served will be served on an equitable basis in terms of participating 
youths and instructional and other support personnel. 
"(c) Programs under this section shall be administered by the 
Director through grants or contracts with any qualified organization 
of colleges and universities or such other qualified nonprofit organi-
zations active in the field with access to appropriate recreational 
facilities as the Director shall determine in accordance with regulations 
which he shall prescribe. Each such grant or contract and subcontract 
with participating institutions of higher education or other qualified 
organizations active in the field shall contain provisions to assure that 
the program to be assisted will provide a non-Federal contribution 
(in cash or in kind) of no less than 20 per centum of the direct costs 
necessary to carry out the program. Each such grant, contract, or 
subcontract shall include provisions for— 
"(1) providing opportunities for disadvantaged youth to 
engage in competitive sports and receive sports skills and physical 
fitness instruction and education in good health and nutrition 
practices; 
"(2) providing such youth with instruction and information 
regarding study practices, career opportunities, job responsibil-
ities, and drug abuse; 
"(3) carrying out continuing related activities throughout the 
year; 
"(i) meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of this section; 
"(5) enabling the contractor and institutions of higher educa-
tion or other qualified organizations active in the field located 
('onveniently to such areas of poverty and the students and per-
sonnel of such institutions or organizations active in the field to 
l)articipate more fully in the community life and in solutions of 
community problems; and 
"(6) servmg metropolitan centers of the United States and 
rural areas, within the limits of program resources. 
"CONSUMER ACTION AND COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 228. (a) The Director shall make grants or enter into contracts 
to provide financial assistance for the development, technical assist-
ance to and conduct of consumer action and advocacy and cooperative 
programs, credit resources development programs, and consumer pro-
tection and education programs designed to demonstrate various tech-
niques and models and to carry out projects to assist and provide 
technical assistance to low-income persons to try to improve the 
(luality, improve the delivery, and lower the price of goods and serv-
ices, to obtain, without undue delay or burden, financial credit at rea-
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sonable cost, and to develop means of enforcing consumer rights, 
developing consumer grievance procedures and presenting consumei" 
grievances, submitting consumer views and concerns for protection 
against unfair, deceptive, or discriminatory trade and commercial 
practices and educating low-income persons with respect to such 
rights, procedures, grievances, views and concerns. 
''(b) Xo assistance may be provided under this section unless the 
grantee or contracting organization or agency is a nonprofit organiza-
tion and has as a primary function the goal of bringing about, throug]) 
the involvement of the appropriate community action agency or other-
wise, maximum possible participation of low-income persons in the 
project. 
"(c) The Director shall make whatever arrangements are necessary 
to continue pilot or demonstration projects of demonsti-ated effective-
ness, or Avhich have not yet been evaluated until such time as an evalua-
tion is conducted and the effectiveness determined and to carry out 
evaluations of such pr-ojects. of the type described in this section receiv-
ing assistance under section 282 of this Act during the fiscal yea)- 
si stat. 703. 
iMiding June 30,1971 or June 80,1972.'' 
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TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 15. Section 281 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is 
42 use 2824. 
,1 mended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(d) If any member of a board to which section 211(b) is applicable 
Ante, p. 690. 
files an allegation with the Director that an agency receiving assistance 
under this section is not observing any requirement of this Act, or any 
regulation, rule, or guideline promulgated by the Director under this 
Act. the Director shall promptly investigate such allegation and shall 
(•onsider it; and. if after such investigation and consideration he finds 
reasonable cause to believe that the allegations are true, he shall hold a 
Hearing. 
hearing, upon the conclusion of which he shall notify all interested 
persons of his findings. If he finds that the allegations are true, and 
that, after being afforded a reasonable opportunity to do so. the agency 
has failed to make appropriate corrections, he shall forthwith termi-
nate further assistance under this title to such agency until he has 
\f 
received assurances satisfactory to him that further violations will not 
occur." 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE 
SE(\ 1(>. Part C of title I I of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
^^ use 2323. 
s amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"SPECIAL ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 234. The Director may provide financial assistance for projects 
conducted by public or private nonprofit agencies which are designe^l 
to serA'e groups of low-income individuals who are not being effectiveh' 
serv^ed by other programs under this title. In administering this sec-
tion, the Director shall give special consideration to programs designed 
to assist older persons and other low-income individuals who do not 
i-eside in low-income areas and who are not being effectively served by 
other progxams under this title." 
DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 17. Section 244 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is 
^2 use 2836. 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(8) Consistent with the provisions of this Act, the Directoi-
shall assure that financial assistance under this title will be dis-
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[86 STAT. 
tributed on an equitable basis in any community and within any 
State so that all significant segments of the low-income population 
are being served." 
AMENDMENT TO MIGRANT FARMWORKERS PROGRAM 
SEC. 18. Section 312(b^ (3) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 
II ?,*51- 7°^; 
1^64 is amended by inserting after the word "Government" the words 
42 u s e 2862. 
a 
i 
i 
1
1 
'employment or". 
DAY CARE STANDARDS 
42 use 2932. 
SEC. 19. Sectlou 522(d) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
is amended by adding a new sentence after the words "local levels." 
as follows: "Such standards shall be no less comprehensive than the 
Federal interagency day care requirements as approved by the De-
partment of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Office of Economic 
Opportunity, and the Department of Labor on September 23, 1968." 
PROHIBITION o r POLITICAL, ACTIVITY 
8i^staL^'7i4'!^^' 
^^'^- 2^- Section 603 of the Act is amended by adding at the end 
42 use 2943. 
thcrcof the following new subsection: 
"(c) No part of any funds appropriated to carry out this Act, sub-
Ante. p. 284. 
part (1) of part B of title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965, or 
any program administered by ACTION shall be used to finance, 
directly or indirectly, any activity designed to influence the outcome 
of any election to Federal office, or any voter registration activity, or to 
pay the salary of any officer or employee of the Office of Economic 
Opportunity, the Teacher Corps, or ACTION, who, in his official 
capacity as such an officer or employee, engages in any such activity. 
As used in this section, the term 'election' has the same meaning given 
such term by section 301(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971, and the term 'Federal office' has the same meaning given such 
term by section 301 (c) of such Act." 
Ante, p. H. 
DEFINITION OF IXJWER LIVING STANDARD BUDGET 
Ante, p. 692. 
gjjc. 21. Sectiou 609 of the Act is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following: 
" (5) the term 'lower living standard budget' means that income 
level (adjusted for regional and metropolitan, urban and rural 
differences and family size) determined annually by the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor and referred to by 
such Department as the 'lower living standard budget'." 
GUIDELINES 
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is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
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GUIDELINES 
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"SEC. 623. All rules, regulations, guidelines, instructions, and appli-
cation forms published or promulgated pursuant to this Act shall be 
published in the Federal Register at least thirty days prior to their 
effective date." 
NONDISCRIMINATION 
SEC. 23. Part A of title VI of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
section: 
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"NOXDISCRIMINATIOX PROVISIONS 
"SEC. 624. (a) The Director shall not provide financial assistance 
for any program under this Act unless the grant, contract, or agree-
ment with resj)ect to such program specifically provides that no person 
with responsibilities in the operation of such program will discriminate 
with respect to any such program because of race, creed, color, national 
origin, sex, political affiliation, or beliefs. 
"(b) No person in the United States shall on the ground of sex be 
excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, be subjected 
to discrimination under, or be denied employment in connection with, 
any program or activity receiving assistance under this Act. The 
Director shall enforce the provisions of the preceding sentence in 
accordance with section 602 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Section 603 
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of such Act shall apply with respect to any action taken by the Director 
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to enforce such sentence. This section shall not be construed as affecting 
any other legal remedy that a person may have if that person is 
excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, subjected to 
discrimination under, or denied employment in connection with any 
program or activity receiving assistance under this Act.'' 
POVT:RTY LINE 
SEC. 24. Pait A of title VI of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
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is further amended by inserting the following new section at the end 
thereof: 
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POVERTY LINE 
"SEC. 625. (a) Every agency administering programs authorized by 
this Act in which the poverty line is a criterion of eligibility shall 
revise the poverty line at annual intervals, or at any shorter interval 
it deems feasible and desirable. 
"(b) The revision required by subsection (a) of this section shall be 
accomplished by multiplying the official poverty line (as defined by 
the Office of Management and Budget) oy the average percentage 
change in the consumer price index during the annual or other interval 
immediately preceding the time at which the revision is made. 
"(c) Revisions required by subsection (a) of this section shall be 
made and issued not more than thirty days after the date on which the 
necessary consumer price index data becomes available." 
COMMUNITT E C O N O M I C DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 25. (a) The Economic Opportunity Act is amended by inserting 534^ ^*°*' ^°*' 
immediately after title VI the following new title: 
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"TITLE VII—COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
"STATEMENT or PURPOSE 
"SEC. 701. The purpose of this title is to encourage the development 
of special programs by which the residents of urban and rural low-
income areas may, through self-help and mobilization of the com-
munity at large, with appropriate Federal assistance, improve the 
(juality of their economic and social participation in community life 
in such a way as to contribute to the elimination of poverty and the 
establishment of permanent economic and social benefits. 
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"PART A—SPECIAL IMPACT PROGRAMS 
"STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
"SEC. 711. The purpose of this part is to establish special programs 
of assistance to private locally initiated community corporations and 
related nonprofit agencies, including cooperatives, or organizations 
conducting activities which (1) are directed to the solution of the criti-
cal problems existing in particular communities or neighborhoods 
(defined without regard to political or other subdivisions or bound-
aries) within those urban and rural areas having concentrations or 
substantiahnumbers of low-income persons; (2) are of sufficient size, 
scope, and duration to have an appreciable impact in such communi-
ties, neighborhoods, and rural areas in arresting tendencies toward 
dependency, chronic unemployment, and community deterioration: 
and (3) hold forth the prospect of continuing to have such impact 
after the termination of financial assistance under this title. 
Financial as-
sistance. 
78 Stat. 526; 
II Stat. 710. 
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81 Stat. 683. 
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ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 712. (a) The Director is authorized to provide 
financial 
assistance to community development corporations and to cooperatives 
and other nonprofit agencies in conjunction with qualifying commu-
nity development corporations for the payment of all or part of the 
costs of programs which are designed to carry out the purposes of 
this part. Such programs shall be restricted in number so that each 
is of sufficient size, scope, and duration to have an appreciable impact 
on the area served. Such programs may include— 
"(1) economic and business development programs, including 
programs which provide financial and other assistance (including 
equity capital) to start, expand, or locate businesses in or near the 
areas served so as to provide employment and ownership oppor-
tunities for residents of such areas, and programs including tnose 
described in title IV of this Act for small businesses in or owned 
by residents of such areas; 
"(2) community development and housing activities which 
create new training, employment, and ownership opportunities 
and which contribute to an improved living environment; and 
"(3) manpower training programs for unemployed or low-
income persons which support and complement economic, busi-
ness, housing, and community development programs, including 
without limitation activities such as those described in part B 
of title I of this Act. 
"(b) The Director shall conduct programs assisted under this part 
so as to contribute, on an equitable basis between urban and rural areas, 
to the elimination of poverty and the establishment of permanent 
economic and social benefits in such areas. 
Regulations. 
REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 713. (a) The Director, under such regulations as he may estab-
lish, shall not provide financial assistance for any program or com-
ponent project under this part unless he determines that— 
" (1) such community development corporation is responsive to 
residents of the area under guidelines established by the Director; 
"(2) all projects and related facilities will, to the maximum 
feasible extent, be located in the area served; 
"(3) projects will, where feasible, promote the development 
of entrepreneurial and management skills and the ownership or 
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participation in ownership of assisted businesses and housing, 
cooperatively or otherwise, by residents of the area served; 
"(4) projects will be planned and carried out with the maxi-
mum participation of local businessmen and financial institutions 
and organizations by their inclusion on program boards of direc-
tors, advisory councils, or through other appropriate means; 
"(5) the program will be appropriately coordinated with local 
planning under this Act, the Demonstration Cities and Metro-
politan Development Act of 1966, and with other relevant plan- 
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"(6) the requirements of subsections 122(e) and 124(a) of 
this Act have been met; 
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"(7) preference will be given to low income or economically 
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disadvantaged residents of the areas served in filling jobs and ^^'*^' 
training opportunities; and 
"(8) training programs carried out in connection with projects 
financed under this part shall be designed wherever feasible to 
provide those persons who successfully complete such training 
with skills which are also in demand in communities, neighbor-
hoods, or rural areas, other than those for which programs are 
established under this part. 
"(b) Financial assistance under this section shall not be extended 
to assist in the relocation of establishments from one location to another 
if such relocation would result in an increase in unemployment in 
the area of original location. 
"(c) The level of financial assistance for related purposes under 
this Act to the area served by a special impact program shall not be 
diminished in order to substitute funds authorized by this pai't. 
"APPLICATION OF OTHER FEDERAL RESOURCES 
"SEC. 714. (a) SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS.— 
"(1) Funds granted under this part which are invested, directly oi' 
indirectly, in a small business investment company or a local develop-
ment company shall be included as 'private paid-in capital and paid-in 
surplus,' 'combined paid-in capital and paid-in surplus,' and 'paid-in 
capital' for purposes of sections 302, 303, and 502, respectively, of the 
Small Business Investment Act of 1958. 
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"(2) Within ninety days of the enactment of the Economic Oppor- 
Regulations. 
tunity Amendments of 1972, the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration, after consultation with the Director, shall prescribe 
such regulations as may be necessary and appropriate to insure the 
availability to community development corporations of such programs 
as shall further the purposes of this part. 
"(b) 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS.— 
"(1) Areas selected for assistance under this part shall be deemed 
'redevelopment areas' within the meaning of section 401 of the Public 
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, and shall qualify for 
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assistance under the provisions of title I and title I I of that Act. 
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"(2) Within ninety days of the enactment of the Economic Oppor- 
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tunity Amendments of 1972, the Secretary of Commerce, after consul- ^^Regulations. 
tation with the Director, shall prescribe such regulations as may be 
necessary and appropriate to insure the availability to community 
development corporations of such programs as shall further the 
purposes of this part. 
"(c) 
PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEL-
OPMENT.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, after 
consultation with the Director, shall take all necessary steps (1) to 
assure that community development corporations assisted under this 
part or their subsidiaries, shall qualify as sponsors under section 106 of 
gress 
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^^^^ Housing and I'lban Development Act of 1968, and sections 2*21,285, 
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^^^ housing and business location and expansion is made available 
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under title I of the Housing Act of 1949 as may be necessary to carry 
out the purposes of this part; and (3) to assure that funds are avail-
Ante, p. 405. 
.^j^jg Under section 701(b) of the Housing Act of 1954 to community 
development corporations assisted under this part. 
" (d) COORDINATION AND COOPERATION.—The Director shall take such 
steps as may be necessary and appropriate, in coordination and cooj)-
eration with the heads of other Federal departments and agencies, so 
that contracts, subcontracts, and deposits made by the Federal Govern-
ment or in connection with programs aided with Federal funds are 
placed in such a way as to further the purposes of this part. 
Report to Con- 
u^g^ REPORTING O
N OTHER FEDERAL RESOURCES.—On or before six 
months after the date of enactment of the Economic Opportunity 
Amendments of 1972, and annually thereafter, the Director shall sul)-
mit to the Congress a detailed report setting forth a description of all 
Federal agency programs which he finds relevant to achieving the pur-
poses of this part and the extent to which such programs have been 
made available to community development corporations receiving 
financial assistance under this part including specifically the avail-
ability and effectiveness of programs referred to in subsections (a), 
(b), and (c) of this section. Where appropriate, the report required 
under this subsection also shall contain recommendations for the more 
effective utilization of Federal agency programs for carrying out the 
purposes of this part. 
"FEDERAL SHARE 
"SEC. 715. Federal grants to any program carried out pursuant to 
this part, including grants used by community development corpora-
tions for capital investments, shall (1) not exceed 90 per centum of the 
cost of such program including costs of administration unless the 
Director determines that assistance in excess of such percentage is 
required in furtherance of the purposes of this part, and (2) be made 
available for deposit to the grantee, under conditions which the 
Director deems appropriate, within thirty days following approval by 
the Director and the local community development corporation of the 
grant agreement. Non-Federal contributions may be in cash or in kind, 
fairly evaluated, including but not limited to plant, equipment, and 
services. Capital investments made with funds granted as a result of 
the Federal share of the costs of programs carried out under this part, 
and the proceeds from such capital investments, shall not be considered 
Federal property. 
"PART B—RURAL PROGRAMS 
"STATEMENT or PURPOSE 
"SEC. 721. It is the purpose of this part to meet the special economic 
needs of rural communities or areas with concentrations or substantial 
numbers of low-income persons by providing support to self-help pro-
grams which promote economic development and independence, as a 
supplement to existing similar programs conducted by other depai-t-
ments and agencies of the Federal Government. Such programs should 
encourage low-income families to pool their talents and resourres so as 
to create and expand rural economic enterprise. 
"FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
"SE(\ 722. (a) The Director is authorized to provide financial assist-
ance, including loans having a maximum maturity of 15 yeai-s and in 
amounts not resulting in an aggregate principal indebtedness of more 
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701 
than $3,5()() at any one time, to any low-income rural family where, in 
the judgment of the Director, such financial assistance has a reason-
able possibility of effecting a permanent increase in the income of such 
families, or will contribute to the improvement of their living or hous-
ing conditions, by assisting or permitting them to— 
"(1) acquire or improve real estate or reduce encumbrances oi-
erect improvements thereon; 
" (2) 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 equij)ment; or 
•'(3) participate in cooperative associations, or to finance non-
agricultural enterprises which will enable such families to suj)-
plement their income, 
•'(b) The Director is authorized to provide financial assistance to 
local cooperative associations in rural areas containing concentrations 
nv substantial numbers of low-income persons for the purpose of 
defraying all or part of the costs of establishing and operating coopera-
tive programs for farming, purchasing, marketing, processing, and 
to improve their income as producers and their purchasing power as 
consumers, and to provide such essentials as credit and health services. 
('osts which may be defrayed shall include but not be limited to— 
"(1) administrative costs of staff and overhead; 
"(2) costs of planning and developing new enterprises; 
•' (3) costs of acquiring technical assistance; and 
•' (4) initial capital where it is determined by the Director that 
the poverty of the families participating in the program and tlic 
social conditions of the rural area require such assistance. 
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LIMFTATIONS ON ASSISTANCE 
••SEC. 723. (a) Xo financial assistance shall be provided under this 
j)a it unless the Director determines that— 
"(1) any cooperative association receiving assistance has n 
minimum of fifteen active members, a majority of which are low-
income rural persons; 
*'(2) adequate technical assistance is made available and com-
mitted to the programs being supported; 
"(3) such financial assistance will materially further the pur-
poses of this part; and 
" (4) the applicant is fulfilling or will fulfill a need for service?^, 
supplies, or facilities which is otherwise not being met. 
"(b) The level of financial assistance for related purposes under this 
Act to the area served by a program under this part shall not b«' 
diminished in order to substitute funds authorized by this part. 
"PART C—SUPPORT PROGRAMS 
"TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 731. (a) The Director shall provide directly or through grants, 
contracts, or other arrangements such technical assistance and training 
of personnel as may be required to effectively implement the purposes 
of this title. No financial assistance shall be provided to any public or 
private organization under this section unless the Director provides 
the beneficiaries of these services with opportunity to participate in 
the selection of and to review the quality and utility of the services 
furnished them by such organization. 
"(b) Technical assistance to community development corporations 
and both urban and rural cooperatives may include planning, manage-
ment, legal, preparation of feasibility studies, product development. 
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marketing, and tlie provision of stipends to encovirag-e skilled pi-ofes-
sionals to engage in full-time activities under the direction of a com-
munity organization financially assisted under this title. 
"(c) Training for employees of community development corpora-
tions and for employees and members of urban and rural cooperatives 
shall include, but not be limited to, on-the-job training, classroom 
insti'uction, and scholarships to assist them in development, man-
agerial, entrepreneurial, planning, and other technical and organiza-
tional skills which will contribute to the effectiveness of programs 
assisted under this title. 
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Interest rate. 
Development 
Loan Fund, estab-
lishment. 
Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund. 
Community 
Development Loan 
Fund. 
DEVELOPMENT LOAN F U N D 
"SEC. 732. (a) The Director is authorized to make or guarantee loans 
(either directly or in cooperation with banks or other organizations 
through agreements to participate on an immediate or deferred basis) 
to community development corporations and to cooperatives eligible 
for financial assistance under section 712 of this title, to families under 
section 722(a), and to local cooperatives eligible for financial assist-
ance under section 722(b) for business, housing, and community 
development projects who the Director determines will carry out the 
purposes of this title. No loans, guarantees, or other financial assist-
ance shall be provided under this section .unless the Director deter-
mines that— 
" (1) there is reasonable assurance of repayment of the loan; 
" (2) a loan is not otherwise available on reasonable terms from 
private sources or other Federal, State, or local programs; and 
"(3) the amount of the loan, together with other funds avail-
able, is adequate to assui-e completion of the project or achievement 
of the purposes for which the loan is made. 
Loans made by the Director pursuant to this section shall bear interest 
at a rate not less than a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury taking into consideration the average market yield on outstanding 
Treasury obligations of comparable maturity, plus such additional 
charge, if any, toward covering other costs of the program as the 
Director may determine to be consistent with its purposes, except that, 
for the five years following the date on which funds are initially avail-
able to the borrower, the rate of interest shall be set at a rate considered 
appropriate by the Director in light of the particular needs of the 
borrower, which rate shall not be lower than 1 per centum. All such 
loans shall be repayable within a period of not more than thirty years. 
"(b) The Director is authorized to adjust interest rates, grant 
moratoriums on repayment of principal and interest, collect or com-
promise any obligations held by him, and to take such other actions in 
respect to such loans as he shall determine to be necessary or appro-
priate, consistent with the purposes of this section. 
" (c) (1) To carry out the lending and guaranty functions authorized 
under this part, there shall be established a Development Loan Fund 
consisting of two separate accounts, one of which shall be a revolving 
fund called the Rural Development Loan Fund and the other of wliich 
shall be a revolving fund called the Community Development Loan 
Fund. The capital of each such revolving fund shall remain available 
until expended. 
"(2) The Rural Development Loan Fund shall consist of such 
amounts as may be deposited in such Fund by the Director out of funds 
made available from appropriations for the purposes of carrying out 
this title. 
"(3) The Community Development Loan Fund shall consist of such 
amounts as may be deposited in such fund by the Director out of funds 
made available from appropriations for the purpose of caiTving out 
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this title. The Secretary may make deposits in the Community Devel-
opment Loan Fund in any fiscal year in which he has made available 
for grants to community development corporations not less than 
$60,000,000 out of funds made available from appropriations for the 
purpose of carrying out this title. 
"EVALUATION AND RESEARCH 
"SEC. 733. (a) Each program for which grants are made under this 
title shall provide for a thorough evaluation of the effectiveness of the 
program in achieving its purposes, which evaluation shall be conducted 
by such public or private organizations as the Director may designate, 
and all or part of the costs of evaluation may be paid from funds 
appropriated to carry out this part. The results of such evaluations, 
together with the Director's findings and recommendations concerning 
the program, shall be included in the report required by section 608 
of t h i s A c t . 
78 Stat. 532. 
"(b) The Director shall conduct, either directly or through grants 
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or other arrangements, research designed to suggest new programs and 
policies to achieve the purposes of this title in such ways as to provide 
opportunities for employment, ownership, and a better quality of life 
for low-income residents. The Director shall particularly^ investigate „,f^^f°''' *° ^°"" 
the feasibility and most appropriate manner of establishing develop-
ment banks and similar institutions and shall report to the Congress on 
his research findings and recommendations not later than June 30,1973. 
"PART D—GENERAL 
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ii PROGRAM DURATION AND AUTHORITY 
"SEC. 741. The Director shall carry out programs provided for in 
this title during the fiscal year ending June 30,1972, and for the three 
succeeding fiscal years. For each fiscal year only such sums may be 
appropriated as the Congress may authorize by law." 
(b) Part D of title I of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is 
Jf^glal' ess 
repealed. 
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AMENDMENT W I T H RESPECT TO VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS 
8 1 Stat. 722. 
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SEC. 26. (a) The second sentence of section 801 of the Economic 
Opportunity Act of 1964 is amended by inserting after the words "to 
eliminate poverty" the following: "and to deal with environmental 
problems focused primarily upon the needs of low-income persons 
and the communities in which they reside". 
(b) Section 811(a) of such Act is amended as follows: 
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(1) by striking out the first sentence thereof, and 
(2) by inserting in lieu thereof: "Volunteers under this part 
shall be required to make a full-time personal commitment to 
achieving the purpose of this title and the goals of the projects or 
programs to which they are assigned." 
(c) Section 820(a) of such Act is amended as follows: 
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(1) by striking out the first sentence of subsection (a), and 
(2) by inserting in lieu thereof: "The Director shall develop 
programs designed to expand opportunities for persons to partici-
pate in a direct and personal way, on a part-time basis or for short 
periods of service either in their home or nearby communities or 
elsewhere, in volunteer activities contributing to the elimination of 
poverty and otherwise in furtherance of the purpose of this title." 
(d) The first sentence of section 821 of such Act is amended, effec- 
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tive July 1, 1972, by inserting before the period at the end thereof a 
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(^omma and the following: "and such programs shall include any pro-
gram, project, or activity otherwise authorized under the provisions of 
this title for which academic credit is granted to volunteer participants 
in connection with their volunteer service (not including time devoted 
to training)". 
EVALUATION" 
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amended l)y inserting at the end thereof the following new title: 
"TITLE IX—EVALI^ATKJX 
"COMPKEHEXSIVE EVALUATION OF PR()(JRAMS 
"SEC. 901. (a) The Director shall provide for the continuing evalua-
tion of programs under this Act and of programs authoiized undei-
related Acts, including evaluations that describe and measure, witli 
appropriate means and to the extent feasible, the impact of such pro-
grams, their effectiveness in achieving stated goals, their impact on 
related programs, and their structure and mechanisms for delivery of 
services, and including, where appropriate, comparisons with appro-
priate control groups composed of persons who have not participated 
in such programs. The Director may, for such purposes, contract or 
make other arrangements for independent evaluations of those pro-
grams or individual projects. 
standards, pub- 
" (i^^ ^he DirectoT shall to the extent feasible develop and publish 
standards for evaluation of program effectiveness in achieving the 
objectives of this Act. He shall consider the extent to which such stand-
ards haA'e been met in deciding whether to renew or supplement finan-
cial assistance authorized under any section of this Act. 
"(c) In carrying out this title, the Director may require com-
munity action agencies to provide independent evaluations. 
"COOPERATION or OTHER AGENCIES 
•*SEC. 902. Federal agencies administering programs related to this 
Act shall— 
" (1) cooperate with the Director in the discharge of his respon -
sibility to plan and conduct evaluations of such poverty-related 
programs as he deems appropriate, to the fullest extent permitted 
by other applicable law; and 
"(2) provide the Director on a cooperative basis with such. 
, 
agency, with such statistical data, program reports, and other 
materials, as they collect and compile on program operations. 
I>eneficiaries, and effectiveness. 
"CONSULTATION 
"SEC. 903. (a) In carrying out evaluations under this title, the 
Director shall, whenever possible, arrange to obtain the opinions of 
program participants about the strengths and weaknesses of programs. 
"(b) The Director shall consult, when appropriate, with State agen-
cies, in order to provide for jointly sponsored objective evaluation 
studies of programs on a State basis. 
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'"PUBLICATIOX OF EVALUATION 
RESULTS 
•'SEC. 904. (a) The Director shall publish summaries (prepared by 
the evaluator) of the results of evaluative research and evaluations of 
program impact and effectiveness no later than sixty days after its 
(Completion. 
"(b) The Director shall take necessary action to assure that all 
studies, evaluations, proposals, and data produced or developed with 
Federal funds shall become the property of the United States. 
"(c) The Director shall publish summaries of the results of activ-
ities carried out pursuant to this title in the report required by section 
608 of this Act. 
78 Stat. 532. 
42 u s e 2948. 
" K V A H A T I O X BY OTHER ADMINISTERIXG A(JKXC1KS 
"SEC\ 905. The head of any agency administering a program author-
ized under this Act may, with respect to such program, conduct' 
evaluations and take other actions authorized under this title to the 
same extent and in the same manner as the Director under this title. 
Nothing in this section shall preclude the Director from conducting 
such evaluations or taking such actions otherwise authorized under 
I'll is title with respect to such programs." 
(b) (1) Subsection (a) of section 113, subsections (b) and (c) of 
section 132, section 233, and section 314(b) of the Economic Opportu-
nity Act of 1964 are repealed. 
(2) Section 632(2) of such Act is amended by striking out "carry 
on a continuing evaluation of all activities under this Act, and". 
(3) Sections 132 and 314 of such Act are each amended by striking 
out "(a)". 
Repeals. 
81 Stat. 679. 
42 u s e 2724, 
2749, 2826, 2864. 
42 u s e 2974. 
FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR 
SEC. 28. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 602(d) of the 
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the Director of the Office of Eco-
nomic Opportunity shall not delegate his functions under section 221 
and title VII of such Act to any other agency. 
AMENDMENT TO T H E OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 19<5.5 
SEC. 29. (a) Section 611(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3044 (b)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following 
new sentence: "The Director of ACTION may approve assistance in 
excess of 90 per centum of the cost of the development and operation 
of such projects if he determines, in accordance with regulations 
establishing objective criteria, that such action is required in further-
Muee of the purposes of this section." 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall be 
effective from the date of enactment of this Act. In the case of any 
project with respect to which, prior to such date, a grant or contract 
has been made under such section or with respect to any project under 
the Foster Grandparent program in effect prior to September 17,1969, 
(Contributions in cash or in kind from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior, toward the cost of the project may be 
counted as part of tlie cost thereof which is met from non-Federal 
sources. 
Approved September 19, 1972. 
78 Stat. 528; 
80 Stat. 1468. 
42 u s e 2942. 
81 Stat. 696. 
42 u s e 2808. 
Ante, p. 697. 
83 Stat. 112. 
Effective dates.