An Act to provide an improved Economic Opportunity Act, to authorize funds for the continued operation of economic opportunity programs, to authorize an Emergency Employment Act, and for other purposes.
PL 90-222 (S.2388), enacted 12/23/1967

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[81 STAT. 
Public Law 90-222 
December 23, 1967 
AN A C T 
[s. 2388] 
rjy^ provide an improved Econoiuie Opportunity Act, to autliorize funds for the 
continued operation of economic opportunity programs, and for 
other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
tuJurAmencS^^"^' United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
ments o
f i967. 
be cited as the "Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967'". 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 2. For the purpose of carrying out programs under the Eco-
nomic Opportunity Act of 1964 (other than part C of title I of such 
Act), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1968, the sum of $1,980,000,000, of which, suJDJect to 
the provisions of section 616 of such Act, the amounts appropriated or 
made available by aj)propriation Act shall not exceed $295,000,000 for 
the purpose of carrying out the provisions of part A of title I of such 
Act, $476,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out part B of title I, 
$60,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out part D of title I, 
$950,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out title II, $20,000,000 for 
the purpose of carrying out part A of title III, $27,000,000 for the 
pur-pose of carrying out part B of title III, $10,000,000 for the purpose 
Post, p. 711. 
of carrying out section 406 of title IV, $70,000,000 for the purpose of 
carrying out part A of title V, $25,000,000 for the purpose of carrying 
out part B of title V, $16,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out 
title VI, and $31,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out title VIII, 
et seq. 
aud there is authorized to be appropriated $2,180,000,000 for the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1969, 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO T H E ECONOMIC 
OPPORTUNITY ACT 
78 Stat. 
42 u s e 
note. 
79 Stat. 
42 u s e 
508. 
2701 
978. 
2966. 
80 Stat. 1472. 
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JOB CORPS AMENDMENTS 
78 Stat. 508. 
42 use 2711-
SEC. 101. Part A of title I of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
272*2. 
is amended to read as follows: 
"PART A—JOB CORPS 
"STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
"SEC. 101. This part establishes a Job Corps for low-income, disad-
vantaged young men and women, sets forth standards and procedures 
for selecting individuals as enroUees in the Job Corps, authorizes the 
establishment of residential and/or nonresidential centers in which 
enroUees will participate in intensive programs of education, voca-
tional training, work experience, counseling, and other activities, and 
prescribes various other powers, duties, and responsibilities incident 
to the operation and continuing development of the Job Corps. Its 
purpose is to assist young persons who need and can benefit from an 
unusually intensive program, operated in a group setting, to become 
more responsible, employable, and productive citizens; and to do so in 
a way that contributes, where feasible, to the development of National, 
State, and community resources, and to the development and dissemi-
nation of techniques for working with the disadvantaged that can be 
widely utilized by public and private institutions and agencies. 
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673 
"ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JOB CORPS 
"SEC. 102. There is hereby established within the Office of Economic 
Opportunity a 'Job Corps'. 
"lNDIVH)UALS ELIGIBLE FOR T H E JOB CORPS 
"SEC. 103. To become an enroUee in the Job Corps, a young man or 
woman must be a person who— 
"(1) is a permanent resident of the United States who has at-
tained age fourteen but not attained age twenty-two at the time of 
enrollment; 
"(2) is a low-income individual or member of a low-income 
family who requires additional education, training, or intensive 
counseling and related assistance in order to secure and hold mean-
ingful employment, participate successfully in regular school-
work, qualify for other training programs suitable to his needs, or 
satisfy Armed Forces requirements; 
"(3) is currently living in an environment so characterized by 
cultural deprivation, a disruptive homelife, or other disorienting 
conditions as to substantially impair his prospects for successful 
participation in any other program providing needed training, 
education, or assistance; 
"(4) is determined, after careful screening as provided for in 
sections 104 and 105, to have the present capabilities and aspira-
tions needed to complete and secure the full benefit of the program 
authorized in this part, and to be free of medical and behavioral 
problems so serious that he could not or would not be able to adjust 
to the standards of conduct and discipline or pattern of work and 
training which that program involves; and 
"(5) meets such other standards for enrollment as the Director 
may prescribe (including special standards for the enrollment on 
a residential basis of 14 and 15 year olds) and agrees to comply 
with all applicable Job Corps rules and regulations, 
"SCREENIING AND SELECTION OF APPLICANTS 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
"SEC. 104. (a) The Director shall prescribe necessary rules for the 
screening and selection of applicants for enrollment in the Job Corps. 
To the extent practicable, these rules shall be implemented through ar-
rangements which make use of agencies and organizations such as 
community action agencies, public employment offices, professional 
groups, and labor organizations. The rules shall establish specific 
standards and procedures for conducting screening and selection ac-
tivities ; shall encourage recruitment through agencies and individuals 
having contact with youths over substantial periods of time and able, 
accordiligly, to offer reliable information as to their needs and prob-
lems; and shall provide for necessary consultation with other indi-
viduals and organizations, including court, probation, parole, law 
enforcement, education, welfare, and medical authorities and advisers. 
They shall also provide for— 
" (1) the interviewing of each applicant for the purpose of— 
"(A) determining whether his educational and vocational 
needs can best be met through the Job Corps or any alterna-
tive program in his home community; 
" (B) obtaining from the applicant pertinent data relating 
to his background, needs, and interests for evaluation in de-
termining his eligibility and potential assignment; and 
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[81 STAT. 
"(C) giving the applicant a full understanding of the Job 
Corps program and making clear what will be expected of 
him as an enroUee in the event of his acceptance. 
"(2) the conduct of a careful and systematic inquiry concerning 
the applicant's background for the effective development and, as 
appropriate, clarification of information concerning his age, 
citizenship, school and draft status, health, employability, past 
behavior, family income, environment, and other matters related 
to a determination of his eligibility. 
"(b) The Director shall make no payments to any individual or 
organization solely as compensation for the service of referring the 
names of candidates for enrollment in the Job Corps. 
"(c) The Director shall take all necessary steps to assure that the 
enrollment of the Job Corps includes an appropriate number of candi-
dates selected from rural areas, taking into account the proportion 
of eligible youth who reside in rural areas and the need to provide 
residential facilities for such youth in order to meet problems of wide 
geographic dispersion. 
"SCREENING AND SELECTION—SPECIAL 
LIMITATIONS 
"SEC. 105. (a) Xo individual shall be selected as an enroUee unless 
it is determined that there is reasonable expectation that he can par-
ticipate successfully in group situations and activities with other en-
rollees, that he is not likely to engage in actions or behavior that would 
prevent other enroUees from receiving the benefit of the program or be 
incompatible with the maintenance of sound discipline and satisfac-
tory relationships between any center to which he might be assigned 
and surrounding communities, and that he manifests a basic under-
standing of both the rules to which he will be subject and of the conse-
quences of failure to observe those rules. Before selecting an individual 
who has a history of serious and violent behavior against persons or 
property repetitive delinquent acts, narcotics addiction, or other 
major behavioral aberrations, the Director shall obtain a finding from 
a professionally qualified person who knows such potential enroUee's 
individual situation that there is reasonable expectation that his con-
duct will not be inimical to the goals and success of the Job Corps 
and that the opportunity provided by the Job Corps will help him 
to overcome his problem. 
"(b) An individual who otherwise qualifies for enrollment may be 
selected even though he is on probation or parole, but only if his release 
from the immediate supervision of the cognizant probation or parole 
officials is mutually satisfactory to those officials and the Director and 
does not violate applicable laws or regulations, and if the Director has 
arranged to provide all supervision of the individual and all reports 
to State or other authorities that may be necessary to comply with 
applicable probation or parole requirements. 
li 
65 Stat. 75. 
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ENROLLMENT AND 
ASSIGNMENT 
"SEC. 106. (a) No individual may be enrolled in the Job Corps for 
more than two years, except as the Director may authorize in special 
cases. 
"(b) Enrollment in the Job Corps shall not relieve any individual of 
obligations under the Universal Military Training and Service Act 
100. 
(^0 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.). 
62 Stat. 749. 
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675 
"(c) Each enrollee (other than a native and citizen of Cuba de- Loyalty oath. 
scribed in section 609(3) of this Act or a permanent resident of the 
^''«'' P- ''^^• 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) must take and subscribe to an 
oath or affirmation in the following form: 'I do solemnly swear (or 
affirm) that I bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of 
America and will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the 
United States against all its enemies foreign and domestic' The pro-
visions of section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, shall be appli-
cable to this oath or affirmation. 
"(d) After the Director has determined whether an enrollee is to be 
assigned to a men's training center, a conservation center, or a women's 
training center, the center to which he shall be assigned shall be that 
center of the appropriate type in which a vacancy exists which is 
closest to the enrollee's home, except that the Director, on an individ-
ual basis, may waive this requirement when overriding considerations 
justify such action. Assignments to centers in areas more remote from 
the enrollee's home shall be carefully limited to situations in which 
such action is necessary in order to insure an equitable opportunity 
for disadvantaged youth from various sections of the country to par-
ticipate in the program, to prevent undue delays in the assignment of 
individual enroUees, to provide an assignment which adequately meets 
the educational or other needs of the enrollee or is necessary for effi-
ciency and economy in the operation of the program. 
" (e) Assignments of male enrollees shall be made so that, at any one 
time, at least 40 per centum of those enrollees are assigned to conserva-
tion centers, as described in section 107, or to other centers or projects 
where their work activity is primarily directed to the conservation, 
development, or management of public natural resources or recrea-
tional areas and is performed under the direction of personnel of 
agencies regularly responsible for those functions. 
"JOB CORPS CENTERS 
"SEC. 107. (a) The Director may make agreements with Federal, 
State, or local agencies, or private organizations for the establishment 
and operation of Job Corps centers. These centers may be residential 
and/or nonresidential in character and shall be designed and operated 
so as to provide enrollees, in a well-supervised setting, with education, 
vocational training, work experience (either in direct program ac-
tivities or through arrangements with employers), counseling, and 
other services appropriate to their needs. The centers shall include 
conservation centers, to be known as Civilian Conservation Centers, to teVs 
be located primarily in rural areas and to provide, in addition to other 
training and assistance, programs of work experience focused upon 
activities to conserve, develop, or manage public natural resources or 
public recreational areas or to assist in developing community projects 
in the public interest. They shall also include men's and women's train-
ing centers to be located in either urban or rural areas and to provide 
activities which shall include training and other services appropriate 
for enrollees who can be expected to participate successfully in train-
ing for specific types of skilled or semiskilled employment. 
" (b) To the extent feasible, men's and women's training centers shall 
offer education and vocational training opportunities, together with 
supportive services, on a nonresidential basis to participants in pro-
grams described in part B of this title. Such opportunities may be ^°^^' ^' ^®^' 
offered on a reimbursable basis or through such other arrangements 
as the Director may specify. 
Civilian Con-
servation Cen-
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[81 STAT. 
'PROGRAM ACTVITIES 
EnroUee edu-
cation and vo-
cational train-
ing. 
High school 
equivalency 
certificates. 
"SEC. 108. (a) Each Job Corps center shall be operated so as to 
provide enrollees with an intensive, well-organized and fully super-
vised program of education, vocational training, work experience, 
planned avocational and recreational activities, physical rehabilita-
tion and development, and counseling. To the fullest extent feasible, 
the required program for each enrollee shall include activities de-
signed to assist him hi choosing realistic career goals, coping with 
problems he may encounter in his home community or in adjusting to 
a new community, and planning and managing his daily affairs in a 
manner that will best contribute to long-term upw^ard mobility. Center 
programs shall include required participation in center maintenance 
support and related work activity as appropriate to assist enrollees in 
increasing their sense of contribution, responsibility, and discipline. 
"(b) To the extent practicable, the Director may arrange for en-
rollee education and vocational training through local public or 
private educational agencies, vocational educational institutions, or 
technical institutes where these institutions or institutes can provide 
training comparable in cost and substantially equivalent in quality to 
that which he could provide through other means. 
"(c) Arrangements for education shall, to the extent feasible, pro-
vide opportunities for qualified enrollees to obtain the equivalent of a 
certificate of graduation from high school; and the Director, with the 
concurrence of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall 
develop certificates to be issued to enrollees who have satisfactorily 
completed their services in the Job Corps and which will reflect the 
enroUee's level of educational attainment. 
"(d) The Director shall prescribe regulations to assure that Job 
Corps work-experience programs or activities do not displace presently 
employed workers or impair existing contracts for service and will be 
coordinated with other work-experience programs in the community. 
a 
ALLOWANCE AND SUPPORT 
"SEC. 109. (a) The Director may provide enrollees with such per-
sonal, travel, and leave allowances, and such quarters, subsistence, 
transportation, equipment, clothing, recreational services, and other 
expenses as he may deem necessary or appropriate to their needs. Per-
sonal allow^ances shall be established at a rate not to exceed $35 per 
month during the first six months of an enrollee's participation in the 
program and not to exceed $50 per month thereafter, except that allow-
ances in excess of $35 per month, but not exceeding $50 per month, 
may be provided from the beginning of an enrollee's participation if it 
is expected to be of less than six months' duration, and the Director is 
authorized to pay personal allowances in excess of the rates specified 
herein in unusual circumstances as determined by him. Such allowances 
shall be graduated up to the maximum so as to encourage continued 
participation in the program, achievement and the best use by the 
enrollee of the funds so provided and shall be subject to reduction in 
appropriate cases as a disciplinary measure. To the degree reasonable, 
enrollees shall be required to meet or contribute to costs associated with 
their individual comfort and enjoyment from their personal allow-
ances. 
"(b) The Director shall prescribe specific rules governing the 
accrual of leave by enrollees. Except in the case of emergency, he shall 
in no event assume transportation costs connected with leave of any 
enrollee who has not completed at least six months service in the Job 
Corps. 
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677 
"(c) The Director may provide eacn lormer enrollee, upon termina- enToiime"nu°" °^ 
tion, a readjustment allowance at a rate not to exceed $50 for each 
Readjustment 
month of satisfactory participation in the Job Corps. No enrollee allowance. 
shall be entitled to a readjustment allowance, however, unless he has 
remained in the program at least ninety days, except in unusual cir-
cumstances as determined by the Director. The Director may, from 
time to time, advance to or on behalf of an enrollee such portions of 
his readjustment allowance as the Director deems necessary to meet 
extraordinary financial obligations incurred by that enrollee; and 
he may also, pursuant to rules or regulations, reduce the amount of an 
enrollee's readjustment allowance as a penalty for misconduct during 
participation in the Job Corps. In the event of an enrollee's death 
during his period of service, the amount of any unpaid readjustment 
allowance shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of section 
5582 of title 5, United States Code. 
«« stat. 495. 
"(d) Under such circumstances as the Director may determine, a 
portion of the readjustment allowance of an enrollee not exceeding 
$25 for each month of satisfactory service may be paid during the 
period of service of the enrollee directly to a spouse or child of an 
enrollee or to any other relative who draws substantial support from 
the enrollee, and any sum so paid shall be supplemented by the pay-
ment of an equal amount by the Director. 
"STANDARDS or CONDUCT 
"SEC. 110. (a) Within Job Corps centers, standards of conduct and 
deportment shall be provided and stringently enforced. In the case of 
violations committed by enrollees, dismissals from the Corps or trans-
fers to other locations shall be made in every instance where it is 
determined that retention in the Corps, or in the particular Job Corps 
center, will jeopardize the enforcement of such standards of conduct 
and deportment or diminish the opportunity of other enrollees. 
"(b) In order to promote the proper moral and disciplinary con-
ditions in the Job Corps, the individual directors of Job Corps centers 
shall be given full authority to take appropriate disciplinary meas-
ures against enrollees including, but not limited to, dismissal from 
the Job Corps, subject to expeditious appeal procedures to higher 
authority, as provided under regulations set by the Director. 
"COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION 
"SEC. 111. The Director shall encourage and shall cooperate in 
activities designed to establish a mutually beneficial relationship be-
tween Job Corps centers and surrounding or nearby communities. 
These activities shall include the establishment of community advisory ^•^"^'^^^^H^^^' 
councils to provide a mechanism for joint discussion of common ""^"'"^ counci s. 
problems and for planning programs of mutual interest. Whenever 
possible, such advisory councils shall be formed by and coordinated 
under the local community action agency. Youth participation in 
advisory council affairs shall be encouraged and where feasible sepa-
rate youth councils may be established, to be composed of represent-
ative enrollees and representative young people from the commu-
nities. The Director shall establish necessary rules and take necessary 
action to assure that each center is operated in a manner consistent 
with this section with a view to achieving, so far as possible, objec-
tives which shall include: (1) giving community officials appropriate 
advance notice of changes in center rules, procedures, or activities 
that may affect or be of interest to the community; (2) affording the 
community a meaningful voice in center affairs of direct concern to it, 
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[81 STAT. 
including policies governing tlie issuance and terms of passes to en-
' 
rollees; (3) providing center officials with full and rapid access to 
relevant community groups and agencies, including law enforcement 
agencies and agencies which work with young people in the com-
munity; (4) encouraging the fullest practicable participation of 
enrollees in j)rograms or projects for community improvement or 
betterment, with adequate advance consultation with business, labor, 
professional, and other interested community groups and organiza-
tions; (5) arranging recreational, athletic, or similar events in which 
enrollees and local residents may participate together; (6) providing 
community residents with opportunities to work with enrollees di-
rectly, as part-time instructors, tutors, or advisers, either in the center 
or in the community; (7) developing, where feasible, job or career 
opportunities for enrollees in the community; and (8) promoting 
interchanges of information and techniques among, and cooperative 
projects involving, the center and community schools, educational 
institutions, and agencies serving young people. 
"COUNSELING AND JOB PLACEMENT 
"SEC. 112. (a) The Director shall provide for the counseling and 
testing of each enrollee at regular intervals to follow his progress in 
educational and vocational programs. 
"(b) The Director shall counsel and test each enrollee prior to his 
scheduled termination to determine his capabilities and shall seek to 
place him in a job in the vocation for which he is trained and in which 
he is likely to succeed, or shall assist him in attaining further training 
or education. In placing enrollees in jobs, the Director shall utilize the 
United States Employment Service to the fullest extent possible. 
"(c) The Secretary of Labor shall make arrangements to determine 
the status and progress of terminees and to assure that their needs 
for further education, training, and counseling may be met. 
Records. 
^^(d) Upou termination of an enrollee's training, a copy of his 
pertinent records, including data derived from his counseling and test-
ing, other than confidential information, shall be made available im-
mediately to the Department of Labor and the Office of Economic 
Opportunity. 
"(e) The Director shall, to the extent feasible in accordance with 
Post, p. 720. 
section 637(b) of this Act, arrange for the readjustment allowance 
provided for in section 109(c) of this Act, less any sums already paid 
pursuant to subsection (d) of that section, to be paid to former en-
rollees (who have not already found employment) at the public em-
ployment service office nearest the home of any such former enrollee, 
if he is returning to his home, or at the nearest such office to the com-
munity in which the former enrollee has indicated an intent to reside. 
Records. 
'j'j^e Secretary of Labor shall make arrangements by which public em-
ployment service officers will maintain records regarding former en-
rollees who are thus paid at such offices including information as to— 
"(1) the number of former enrollees who have declined the 
offices' help in finding a job; 
"(2) the number who were successfully placed in jobs without 
further education or training; 
"(3) the number who were found to require further training 
before being placed in jobs and the types of training programs 
in which they participated; and 
"(4) the number who were found to require further remedial 
or basic education in order to qualify for training programs, to-
gether with information as to the types of programs for which 
such former enrollees were found unqualified for enrollment. 
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679 
If the Director deems it advisable to utilize the services of any other 
public or private organization or agency in lieu of the public employ-
ment office, he shall arrange for that organization or agency to make 
the payment of the readjustment allowance and maintain the same 
types of records regarding former enrollees as are herein specified for 
maintenance by public employment service offices, and shall furnish 
copies of such records to the Secretary of Labor. In the case of en-
rollees who are placed in jobs by the Director prior to the termina-
tion of their participation in the Job Corps, the Director shall 
maintain records providing pertinent placement and 
follow-up 
information. 
''EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS 
"SEC. 113. (a) The Director shall provide for the careful and sys-
tematic evaluation of the Job Corps program, directly or by contract-
ing for independent evaluations, with a view to measuring specific 
benefits, so far as practicable, and providing information needed to 
assess the effectiveness of program procedures, policies, and methods 
of operation. In particular, this evaluation shall seek to determine the 
costs and benefits resulting from the use of residential as opposed to 
nonresidential facilities, from the use of facilities combining residen-
tial and nonresidential components, from the use of centers with large 
as opposed to small enrollments, and from the use of different tyj)es of 
program sponsors, including public agencies, institutions of higher 
education, boards of education, and private corporations. The evalua-
tion shall also include comparisons with proper control groups com-
posed of persons who have not participated in the program. In carry-
ing out such evaluations, the Director shall arrange for obtaining the 
opinions of participants about the strengths and weaknesses of the 
program and shall consult with other agencies and officials in order to 
compare the relative effectiveness of Job Corps techniques with those 
used in other programs, and shall endeavor to secure, through employ-
ers, schools, or other Government and private agencies specific infor-
mation concerning the residence of former enrollees, their employment 
status, compensation, and success in adjusting to community lire. He 
shall also secure, to the extent feasible, similar information directly 
from enrollees at appropriate intervals following their completion of 
the Job Corps program. The results of such evaluation shall be pub-
lished and shall be summarized in the report required by section 608. 
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ing or testing ways of securing the better use of facilities, of encourag-
ing a more rapid adjustment of enrollees to community life that will 
permit a reduction in the period of their enrollment, of reducing trans-
portation and support costs, or of otherwise promoting greater effi-
ciency and effectiveness in the program authorized under this part. 
These projects shall include one or more projects providing youths 
with education, training, and other supportive services on a combined 
residential and nonresidential basis. The Director may, if he deems it 
advisable, undertake one or more pilot projects designed to involve 
youth who have a history of serious and violent behavior against per-
sons or property, repetitive delinquent acts, narcotics addiction, or 
other behavioral aberrations. Projects under this subsection shall be 
developed after appropriate consultation with other Federal or State 
agencies conducting similar or related programs or projects and with 
the prime sponsors, as described in part B of this title, in the com- 
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munities where the projects will be carried out. They may be under-
taken jointly with other Federal or federally assisted programs, in-
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[81 STAT. 
eluding programs under part B of this title, and funds otherwise avail-
able for activities under those programs shall, with the consent of the 
head of any agency concerned, be available to projects under this sec-
tion to the extent they include the same or substantially similar activi-
ties. The Director may waive any provision of this title which he finds 
would prevent the carrying out of elements of projects under this sub-
section essential to a determination of their feasibility and usefulness. 
Report to Con- jjg shall, either in the report required by section 608 or a separate 
^"^rrstat. 532. 
annual document, report to the Congress concerning the actions taken 
42 use 2948. 
under this section, including a full description of progress made in 
connection with combined residential and nonresidential projects. 
"(c) In order to determine whether upgraded vocational education 
schools could eliminate or substantially reduce the school dropout 
problem, and to demonstrate how communities could make maximum 
utilization of existing educational and training facilities, the Director, 
in cooperation with the Commissioner of Education, shall enter into one 
or more agreements with State educational agencies to pay the cost of 
establishing and operating model community vocational education 
schools and skill centers. Such facilities shall be centrally located in an 
urban area having a high dropout rate, a large number of unemployed 
youths, and a need in the area for a combination vocational school and 
skill center. No such agreement shall be entered into unless it contains 
provisions designed to assure that— 
" (1) a job survey be made of the area; 
"(2) the training program of the school and skill center reflect 
the job market needs as projected by the survey; 
"(3) an advisory committee composed of representatives of 
business, labor, education, and community leaders be formed to 
follow the center's activities and to make periodic recommenda-
tions regarding its operation; 
"(4) arrangements have been worked out w^ith schools in the 
area and the administrator of the skill center for maximum utili-
zation of the center both during and after school hours; and 
" (5) such accounting and evaluation procedures as the Director 
and the Commissioner of Education deem necessary to carry out 
the purpose of this project will be provided. 
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ADVISORY BOARDS AND 
COMMITTEES 
"SEC. 114. The Director shall make use of advisory committees or 
boards in connection with the operation of the Job Corps, and the oper-
ation of Job Corps centers, whenever he determines that the avail-
ability of outside advice and counsel on a regular basis would be of 
substantial benefit in identifying and overcoming problems, in plan-
ning program or center development, or in strengthening relationships 
between the Job Corps and agencies, institutions, or groups engaged in 
related activities. Nothing in this section shall be considered as limit-
ing the functions of the National Advisory Council, established pursu-
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^^^ ^° section 605 of this Act, with respect to any matter or question 
involving the Job Corps; but this shall not prevent the establishment 
through or in cooperation with the National Advisory Council of one 
or more boards or committees under this section. 
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STATES 
"SEC. 115. (a) The Director shall take necessary action to facilitate 
the effective participation of States in the Job Corps program, includ-
ing, but not limited to, consultation with appropriate State agencies 
on matters pertaining to the enforcement of applicable State laws, 
standards of enroUee conduct and discipline, the development of mean-
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681 
ingful work experience and other activities for enrollees, and coordi-
nation with State-operated programs. 
"(b) The Director may enter into agreements with States to assist 
in the operation or administration of State-operated programs which 
carry out the purpose of this part. The Director may, pursuant to reg-
ulations, pay part or all of the operative or administrative costs of 
such programs. 
"(c) No Job Corps center or other similar facility designed to carry 
out the purpose of this Act shall be established within a State unless a 
plan setting forth such proposed establishment has been submitted to 
the Governor, and such plan has not been disapproved by him within 
30 days of such submission. 
Veto power of 
Governor. 
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APPLICx\TIO]Sr OF PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL LAW 
"SEC. 116. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in the fol-
lowing paragraphs of this subsection, enrollees in the Job Corps shall 
not be considered Federal employees and shall not be subject to the 
provisions of law relating to Federal employment, including those 
regarding hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment 
compensation, and Federal employee benefits: 
"(1) For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 
1 et seq.) and title I I of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), 
enrollees shall be deemed employees of the United States and any 
service performed by an individual as an enroUee shall be deemed to 
be performed in the employ of the United States. 
"(2) For purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5 of the 
United States Code (relating to compensation to Federal employees 
for work injuries), enrollees shall be deemed civil employees of the 
United States within the meaning of the term 'employee' as defined in 
section 8101 of title 5, United States Code, and the provisions of that 
subchapter shall apply except as follows: 
" (A) The term 'performance of duty' shall not include any act 
of an enrollee while absent from his or her assigned post of duty, 
except while participating in an activity (including an activity 
while on pass or during travel to or from such post of duty) au-
thorized by or under the direction and supervision of the Job 
Corps; 
"(B) In computing compensation benefits for disability or 
death, the monthly pay of an enrollee shall be deemed that received 
under the entrance salary for a grade GS-2 employee, and sections 
8113 (a) and (b) of title 5, United States Code, shall apply to 
enrollees; and 
"(C) Compensation for disability shall not begin to accrue until 
the day following the date on which the injured enrollee is ter-
minated. 
"(3) For purposes of the Federal tort claims provisions in title 28, 
United States Code, enrollees shall be considered employees of the 
Government. 
"(b) When the Director finds a claim for damage to persons or 
property resulting from the operation of the Job Corps to be a proper 
charge against the United States, and it is not cognizable under section 
2672 of title 28, United States Code, he may adjust and settle it in an 
amount not exceeding $500. 
"(c) Personnel of the uniformed services who are detailed or as-
signed to duty in the performance of agreements made by the Director 
for the support of the Corps shall not be counted in computing 
strength under any law limiting the strength of such services or in 
computing the percentage authorized by law for any grade therein. 
Federal employ-
ment laws, non-
applicability. 
68A Stat. 3. 
53 Stat. 1362. 
Compensation for 
work injuries. 
5 u s e 8101 et 
seq. 
80 Stat. 532. 
"Performance of 
duty.»' 
80 Stat. 540. 
Tort claims. 
62 Stat. 982. 
28 u s e 2671-
2680. 
62 Stat. 983; 
80 Stat. 306. 
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[81 STAT. 
" t . . 
SPECIAL LIMITATIONS 
"SEC. 117. (a) The Director shall not use any funds made available 
to carry out this part for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, in u 
manner that will increase the residential capacity of Job Corps centers 
above forty-five thousand enrollees. 
"(b) The Director shall take necessary action to assure that on or 
before June 30,1968, of the total number of Job Corps enrollees receiv-
ing training, at least 25 per centum shall be women. The Director shall 
immediately take steps to achieve an enrollment ratio of 50 per cen-
tum women enrollees in training in the Job Corps consistent with (1) 
efficiency and economy in the operation of the program, (2) sound ad-
ministrative practice, and (3) the socioeconomic, educational, and 
training needs of the population to be served. 
^ Operating 
"(^g) The DirectoT shall take necessary action to assure that for any 
uon.^' ""' ^' 
fiscal year the direct operating costs of Job Corps centers which have 
been in operation for more than nine months do not exeed $6,900 per 
enroUee. 
Pro'^'ert' o
f the 
"^^^ "^^^ DirectoT sliall take necessary action to assure that all 
united^states.* ^ studies, evaluatious, proposals, and data produced or developed with 
Federal funds in the course of the operation of any conservation or 
training center shall become the property of the LTnited States. 
"POLITICAL DISCRIMINATION AND POLITICAL ACTIVITY 
"SEC. 118. (a) No officer or employee of the executive branch of the 
Federal Government shall make any inquiry concerning the political 
affiliation or beliefs of any enroUee or applicant for enrollment in the 
Corps. All disclosures concerning such matters shall be ignored, except 
as to such membership in political parties or organizations as con-
stitutes by law a disqualification for Government employment. No 
discrimination shall be exercised, threatened, or promised by any 
person in the executive branch of the Federal Government against or 
in favor of any enrollee in the Corps, or any applicant for enrollment 
in the Corps because of his political affiliation or beliefs, except as may 
be specifically authorized or required by law. 
"(b) No officer, employee, or enrollee of the Corps shall take any 
active part in political management or in political campaigns, except as 
may be provided by or pursuant to statute, and no sucn officer, em-
ployee, or enrollee shall use his official position or influence for the pur-
pose of interfering with an election or affecting the result thereof. All 
such persons shall retain the ri^ht to vote as uiey may choose and to 
express, in their private capacities, their opinions on all political sub-
jects and candidates. Any officer, employee, enrollee, or Federal em-
ployee who solicits funds for political purposes from members of the 
Corps shall be in violation of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 
43 Stat. 1070. 
1 QOfi 
2 use 256 
i-OjiiO. 
corrective'ac- 
"(c) Wheucver the United States Civil Service Commission finds 
"°"S' 
that any person has violated the foregoing provisions, it shall, after 
giving due notice and opportunity for explanation to the officer or em-
ployee or enrollee concerned, certify the facts to the Director with 
specific instructions as to discipline or dismissal or other corrective 
actions." 
WORK AND T R A I N I N G PROGRAMS 
42 ?sc 2^3^" et 
^EC. 102. Part B of title I of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
aeq. 
Is amended to read as follows: 
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PUBLIC LAW 90-222-DEC. 23, 1967 
683 
"PART B—WORK AND TRAINING FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS 
a STATEMENT or 
PURPOSE 
"SEC. 120. The purpose of this part is to provide useful work and 
training opportunities, together with related services and assistance, 
that will assist low-income youths to continue or resume their educa-
tion, and to help unemployed or low-income persons, both young and 
adult, to obtain and hold regular competitive employment, with maxi-
mum opportunities for local initiative in developing programs which 
respond to local needs and problems, and with empnasis upon a com-
prehensive approach which includes programs using both public and 
private resources to overcome the complex problems of the most 
severely disadvantaged in urban and rural areas having high concen-
trations or proportions of unemployment, underemployment, and low 
income. 
"COMMUNITY PROGRAM AREAS AND COMPREHENSIVE WORK AND 
TRAINING PROGRAMS 
"SEC, 121. (a) The Director shall designate or recognize community 
program areas for the purpose of planning and conducting compre-
hensive community work and training programs. 
"(b) For the purpose of this part, a community may be a city, 
county, multicity, or multicounty unit, an Indian reservation, or a 
neighborhood or other area (irrespective of boundaries or political 
subdivisions) which provides a suitable organizational base and pos-
sesses the commonality of interest needed for a comprehensive work 
and training program. The Director shall consult with the heads of 
other Federal agencies responsible for programs relating to com-
munity action, manpower services, physical and economic develop-
ment, housing, education, health, and other community services to 
encourage the establishment of coterminous or complementary bound-
aries for planning purposes among those programs and comprehen-
sive work and training programs assisted under this part. 
"(c) A comprehensive work and training program must seek to 
provide participants an unbroken sequence of services which will 
enable them to obtain and hold employment. It shall provide a sys-
tematic approach to planning and implementation including the link-
age of relevant component programs authorized by this Act with one 
another and with otner appropriate public and private programs and 
activities. It shall also provide for evaluation. 
"PRIME SPONSORS AND DELEGATE AGENCIES 
"SEC. 122. (a) For each community program area, the Director 
shall recognize a public or private nonprofit agency which shall serve 
as the prime sponsor to receive funds under section 123 (except as 
otherwise provided in section 123(c)). This agency must be capable 
of planning, administering, coordinating, and evaluating a compre-
hensive work and training program. 
" (b) The prime sponsor shall provide for participation of employers 
and labor organizations in the planning and conduct of the compre-
hensive work and training programs. 
"(c) The prime sponsor shall be encouraged to make use of public 
and private organizations as delegate agencies to carry out components 
of the comprehensive work and training program, including without 
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[81 STAT. 
Work and train-
ing programs. 
Concentrated 
employment pro-
gram. 
limitation agencies governed with the participation of the poor and 
other residents of the neighborhoods or rural areas served, educational 
institutions, the public employment service, the public welfare agency, 
other health and welfare agencies, private training institutions, and 
other capable public and private organizations. 
"(d) The prime sponsor and delegate agencies shall provide for 
participation of residents of the area and members of the groups 
served in the planning, conduct, and evaluation of the comprehensive 
work and training program and its components. Such persons shall 
be provided maximum employment opportunity in the conduct of 
component programs, including opportunity for further occupational 
training and career advancement. 
"(e) The Director shall prescribe regulations to assure that pro-
grams under this part have adequate internal administrative controls, 
accounting requirements, personnel standards, evaluation procedures, 
and other policies as may be necessary to promote the effective use of 
funds. 
"ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES 
"SEC. 123. (a) The Director may provide financial assistance in 
urban and rural areas for comprehensive work and training programs 
or components of such programs, including the following: 
"(1) programs to provide part-time employment, on-the-job 
training, and useful work experience for students from low-
income families who are in the ninth through twelfth grades of 
school (or are of an age equivalent to that of students in such 
grades) and who are in need of the earnings to permit them to 
resume or maintain attendance in school; 
" (2) programs to provide unemployed, underemployed, or low-
income persons (aged sixteen and over) with useful work and 
training (which must include sufficient basic education and in-
stitutional or on-the-job training) designed to assist those persons 
to develop their maximum occupational potential and to obtain 
regular competitive employment; 
"(3) special programs which involve work activities directed to 
the needs of those chronically unemployed poor who have poor 
employment prospects and are unable, because of age, lack of 
employment opportunity, or otherwise, to secure appropriate 
employment or training assistance under other programs, and 
which, in addition to other services provided, will enable such 
persons to participate in projects for the betterment or beautifi-
cation of the community or area served by the program, including 
without limitation activities which will contribute to the manage-
ment, conservation, or development of natural resources, recrea-
tional areas. Federal, State, and local government parks, high-
ways, and other lands; 
"(4) special programs w^hich provide unemployed or low-in-
come persons with jobs leading to career opportunities, including 
new types of careers, in programs designed to improve the physi-
cal, social, economic, or cultural condition of the community or 
area served in fields including without limitation health, educa-
tion, welfare, neighborhood redevelopment, and public safety, 
which provide maximum prospects for advancement and contin-
ued employment without Federal assistance, which give promise 
of contributing to the broader adoption of new methods of struc-
turing jobs and new methods of providing job ladder opportuni-
ties, and which provide opportunities for further occupational 
training to facilitate career advancement; 
" (5) special programs which concentrate work and training re-
sources in urban and rural areas having large concentrations or 
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685 
proportions of low-income, unemployed persons, and within those 
rural areas having substantial outmigration to urban areas, which 
are appropriately focused to assure that work and training oppor-
tunities are extended to the most severely disadvantaged persons 
^ 
who can reasonably be expected to benefit from such opportunities, 
and which are supported by specific commitments of cooperation 
from private and public employers; 
" (6) supportive and follow-up services to supplement work and 
training programs under this or other Acts including health serv-
ices, counseling, day care for children, transportation assistance, 
and other special services necessary to assist individuals to achieve 
success in work and training programs and in employment; 
"(7) employment centers and mobile employment service units 
to provide recruitment, counseling, and placement services, con-
veniently located in urban neighborhoods and rural areas and 
easily accessible to the most disadvantaged; 
" (8) programs to provide incentives to private employers, other 
than nonprofit organizations, to train or employ unemployed or 
low-income persons, including arrangements by direct contract, 
reimbursements to employers for a limited period when an em-
ployee might not be fully productive, payment for on-the-job 
counseling and other supportive services, payment of all or part 
of employer costs of sending recruiters into urban and rural areas 
of high concentrations or proportions of unemployed or low-in-
come persons, and payments to permit employers to provide em-
ployees resident in such areas with transportation to and from 
work or to reimburse such employees for such transportation: 
Provided^ That in making such reimbursements to employers the 
M
i
n
i
m
u
m wages. 
Director shall assure that the wages paid any employee shall not 
be less than the minimum wage which would be applicable to em-
ployment under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 if section 
6 of such Act applied to the employee and he was not exempt 
^2 stat. 1062; 
under section 13 thereoi; and 
29 use 206. 
" (9) means of planning, administering, coordinating, and eval- 
75 stat. 71. 
uatmg a comprehensive work and training program. 
" ' 
"(b) Commencing July 1, 1968, all work and training component 
programs conducted in a community under this section shall be con-
solidated into the comprehensive work and training program and 
financial assistance for such components shall be provided to the prime 
sponsor unless the Director determines there is a good cause for pro-
viding an extension of time, except as otherwise provided by subsec-
tion (c), After that date, the work and training components of pro-
grams authorized by section 502 of this Act and by section 261 of part 
^^ stat. 1466. 
E of title I I of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 
so stat. 1475". 
shall to the maximum extent feasible be linked to the comprehensive 
^2 use :!6ioc. 
work and training program, including funding through the prime 
sponsor where appropriate. 
"(c) The Director may provide financial assistance to a public 
agency or private organization other than a prime sponsor to carry 
out one or more component programs described in subsection (a) when 
he determines, after soliciting and considering comments of the prime 
sponsor, if any, that such assistance would enhance program effective-
ness or acceptance on the part of persons served and would serve the 
purposes of this part. In the case of programs under subsection (a) (1) 
of this section, financial assistance may be provided directly to local 
or State educational agencies pursuant to agreements between the Di-
rector and the Secretary of Labor providing for the operation of such 
programs under direct grants or contracts. 
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[81 STAT. 
"SPECIAL 
CONDITIONS 
"SEC. 124. (a) The Director shall not provide financial assistance for 
any program under this part unless he determines, in accordance with 
such regulations as he may prescribe, that— 
"(1) no participant will be employed on projects involving 
political parties, or the construction, operation, or maintenance 
of so much of any facility as is used or to be used for sectarian 
instruction or as a place for religious worship; 
"(2) the program will not result in the displacement of em-
ployed workers or impair existing contracts for services, or result 
in the substitution of Federal for other funds in connection with 
work that would otherwise be performed; 
"(3) the rates of pay for time spent in work-training and educa-
tion, and other conditions of employment, will be appropriate and 
reasonable in the light of such factors as the type of work, geo-
graphical region, and proficiency of the participant; and 
"(4) the program will, to the maximum extent feasible, contrib-
ute to the occupational development or upward mobility of indi-
vidual participants, 
"(b) The Director shall terminate financial assistance for any pro-
gram under this part in any case in which he determines that any 
person charged, in whole or part, with the responsibility for the ad-
ministration of the program is a member of the Communist Party. 
"(c) For programs which provide work and training related to 
physical improvements, preference shall be given to those improve-
ments which will be substantially used by low-income persons and 
families or which will contribute substantially to amenities or facili-
ties in urban or rural areas having high concentrations or proportions 
of low-income persons and families. 
"(d) Programs approved under this part shall, to the maximum 
extent feasible, contribute to the elimination of artificial barriers to 
employment and occupational advancement. 
"(e) Projects under this part shall provide for maximum feasible 
use of resources under other Federal programs for work and training 
and the resources of the private sector. 
Low income. 
Criteria. 
U PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS 
"SEC. 125. (a) Participants in programs under this part must be 
unemployed or low-income persons. The Director, in consultation with 
the Social Security Administrator, shall establish criteria for low in-
come, taking into consideration family size, urban-rural and farm-
nonfarm differences, and other relevant factors. Any individual shall 
be deemed to be from a low-income family if the family receives cash 
welfare payments. 
"(b) Participants must be permanent residents of the United States 
or of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 
Federal employ- 
a/^,\ Participants shall not be deemed Federal employees and shall 
ment laws, non- 
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applicability. 
not be sub]ect to the provisions oi law relating to r ederal employment, 
including those relating to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, 
unemployment compensation, and Federal employment benefits. 
"ELDERLY 
"SEC. 126. The Director shall provide that programs under this part 
shall be designed to deal with the incidence of long-term unemploy-
ment among persons fifty-five years and older. In the conduct of such 
programs, the Director shall encourage the employment of such per-
sons as regular, part-time, and short-term staff in component programs. 
81 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-222-DEC. 23, 1967 
687 
ii PILOT PROJECTS 
"SEC. 127. (a) The Director may provide financial assistance to 
public or private organizations for pilot projects which are designed 
to develop new approaches to further the objectives of this part. Such 
projects may be conducted by public agencies or private organizations. 
"(b) The Director shall undertake pilot projects designed to en-
courage the maximum participation of private employers, other than 
nonprofit organizations, in work and training programs under this 
part. 
"(c) Before the Director may approve a pilot project, he shall solicit 
and consider comments on such project from the prime sponsor, if any, 
in the community where the project will be undertaken. 
"TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
"SEC. 128. The Director may provide (directly or through contracts 
or other appropriate arrangements) technical assistance to assist in the 
initiation or effective, operation of programs under this part. He may 
also make arrangements for the training of instructors and other per-
sonnel needed to carry out work and training programs under this 
part and part D of this title. He shall give special consideration to the 
^°®'' P- ^^^• 
problems of rural areas. 
(( 
ROLE OF T H E STATES 
"SEC. 129. The Director may provide financial assistance to appro-
priate State agencies to— 
"(1) provide technical assistance and training, as authorized by 
section 128, with particular emphasis upon service to rural areas 
and for this purpose preference shall be given to the State agency 
which administers programs assisted by section 231; 
P°^^' P- 7°3. 
"(2) assist in coordinating State activities related to this part; 
"(3) operate work and training programs in communities 
which have not yet established an acceptable prime sponsor; and 
"(4) provide work and training opportunities on State projects 
and in State agencies: Provided, That these opportunities shall be 
made available to participants in community work and training 
programs. 
"EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 130. Of the sums appropriated or allocated for any fiscal year 
for programs authorized under this title, the Director snail reserve 
not to exceed 20 per centum for the purpose of carrying out section 
123(a) (5); but not more than 121/^ per centum of the funds so reserved 
for any fiscal year shall be used within any one State. With respect 
to the remaining funds appropriated or allocated to carry out the 
provisions of section 123, the Director shall establish criteria designed 
to achieve an equitable distribution of assistance among the States. 
In developing those criteria, he shall consider, among other relevant 
factors, the ratios of population, unemployment, and family income 
levels. 
"LIMITATIONS ON FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 131. Federal financial assistance to any program or activity 
carried out pursuant to section 123 of this part shall not exceed 90 
per centum of the cost of such program or activity, including costs of 
administration. The Director may, however, approve assistance in 
excess of that percentage if he determines, pursuant to regulations 
85-622 0-68—46 
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PUBLIC LAW 90-222-DEC. 23, 1967 
[81 STAT. 
establishing objective criteria for such determinations, that this is 
necessary in furtherance of the purposes of this part. Non-Federal 
contributions may be in cash or m kind, fairly evaluated, including 
but not limited to plant, equipment, and services. If in any fiscal year, 
a community provides non-Federal contributions under this part 
exceeding its requirements under this section, such excess may be used 
Post, p. 702. 
to meet its requirements for such contributions under section 225(c). 
78 Stat. 532. 
42 u s e 2948. 
a. 
PROGRAM DATA AND EVALUATION 
"SEC. 132. (a) The Director shall provide for the development and 
implementation of a program data system consistent with similar data 
systems for other relevant Federal programs. Such data shall be 
published periodically. 
"(b) The Director shall provide for the continuing evaluation of the 
programs under this part, including their effectiveness in achieving 
stated goals, their impact on related programs, and their structure and 
mechanisms for the delivery of services, and he shall arrange for ob-
taining the opinions of participants about the strengths and weak-
nesses of the programs. This evaluation shall include comparisons 
with proper control groups composed of persons who have not partici-
pated in such programs, and shall seek to develop comparative data on 
the costs and benefits of work and training programs authorized by 
this Act and by other Acts, including the Manpower Development and 
42 use 2571 
Training Act of 1962. He may, for this purpose, contract for inde-
note. 
pendent evaluations of such programs or individual projects. The re-
sults of such evaluations shall be included in the report required by 
section 608. 
" (c) The Director shall develop and publish standards for evalua-
tion of program effectiveness in achieving the objectives of this part. 
Such standards shall be considered in deciding whether to renew or 
supplement financial assistance provided by sections 123, 128, and 
129." 
SPECIAL IMPACT 
PROGRAMS 
42 use 2^^M' 
SEC. 103. Part D of title I of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
2762. 
is amended to read as follows: 
"PART D—SPECIAL IMPACT PROGRAMS 
a, 
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
"SEC. 150. The purpose of this part is to establish special programs 
which (1) are directed to the solution of the critical problems existing 
in particular communities or neighborhoods (defined without regard 
to political or other subdivisions or boundaries) wdthin those urban 
areas having especially large concentrations of low-income persons, 
and within those rural areas having substantial out-migration to eligi-
ble urban areas, and (2) are of sufficient size and scope to have an 
appreciable impact in such communities and neighborhoods in arrest-
ing tendencies toward dependency, chronic unemployment, and rising 
community tensions. 
u 
ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 151. The Director is authorized to provide financial assistance 
to public agencies or private organizations for the payment of all or 
part of the costs of programs which are designed to carry out the pur-
poses of this part. Such programs shall be restricted in number so that 
each is of sufficient size and scope to have an appreciable impact on the 
area served. Such programs may include— 
81 STAT.J 
P U B L I C LAW 9 0 - 2 2 2 - D E C . 23, 1967 
689 
"(1) economic and business development programs, including 
programs which provide financial and other incentives to business 
to locate in or near the areas served so as to provide employment 
opportunities for residents of those areas, and programs such as 
those described in title IV of this Act for small businesses in or 
^° s*^t. U65. 
owned by residents of such areas; 
42 usc*2 901* et 
" (2) community development activities which create new train- ^eq. 
ing and employment opportunities and which contribute tQ an 
improved living environment; and 
"(3) manpower training programs for unemployed or low-in-
come persons which support and complement economic, business, 
and community development programs, including without limita-
tion activities such as those described in part B of this title. 
'*"'®' P* ^'^^* 
"REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 152 (a) The Director shall not provide financial assistance 
for any program or component project under this part unless he de-
termines that— 
"(1) all projects and related facilities will, to the maximum 
feasible extent, be located in the area served; 
"(2) projects will, where feasible, promote the development of 
entrepreneurial and management skills and the ownership or par-
ticipation in ownership of assisted businesses by residents of the 
area served; 
"(3) projects will be planned and carried out with the maxi-
mum participation of local businessmen by their inclusion on pro-
gram boards of directors, advisory councils, or through other 
appropriate means ; 
"(4) 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 plans 
for physical and human resources of the areas served; 
note 
"(5) the requirements of subsections 122(e) and 124(a) of this 
Act have been met; 
fial"'^' 
^* ^^^' 
" (6) preference will be given to the residents of the areas served 
in filling jobs and training opportunities; and 
"(7) training programs financed under this part shall be de-
signed wherever feasible to provide those persons who successfully 
complete such training with skills which are also in demand in 
communities or neighborhoods other than those for which pro-
grams 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 dimin-
ished in order to substitute funds authorized by this part. 
"(d) Of the sums appropriated or allocated for any fiscal year for 
programs authorized under this title, the Director shall reserve not 
less than 7 per centum for the purpose of carrying out this part. 
80 Stat. 1255. 
42 u s e 3301 
686. 
Limitation. 
U APPLICATION OF OTHER FEDERAL RESOURCES 
"SEC. 153. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall, in consultation with the Director, take all necessary steps under 
the authority granted to him under title I of the Housing Act of 1949 
" stau 414 
to assure that land for business location and expansion purposes is 
" """ ' " 
42 u s e 1451 et 
seq. 
areas. 
690 
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[81 STAT. 
made available as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this 
part, 
efs^"^'^*^"^"'^"* 
"(^) ^reas selected for assistance under this part shall be deemed 
'redevelopment areas' within the meaning of section 401 of the Public 
8o^st^'^^\*/7^7°' 
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and shall qualify for 
42 use 3161. 
assistance under the provisions of title I I of that Act. 
"(c) The Director shall take such steps as may be necessary and ap-
propriate, in coordination and cooperation with the heads of other 
Federal departments and agencies, so that contracts, subcontacts, and 
deposits made by the Federal Government or in connection with pro-
grams aided with Federal funds are placed in such a way as to further 
the purposes of this part. 
"EVALUATION 
"SEC. 154. Each program for which payments are made under section 
151 shall provide for a thorough evaluation of the effectiveness of the 
program m achieving the goals of this part. This evaluation shall be 
conducted by such public or private organizations as the Director may 
designate, and up to 100 per centum of the costs of evaluation may be 
paid from funds appropriated to carry out this part. The results of 
such evaluations or a summary of them, together with the Director's 
findings and recommendations concerning the program, shall be in-
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cluded in the report required by section 608. 
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78 Stat. 516. 
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FEDERAL SHARE OF PROGRAM COSTS 
"SEC. 155. Federal grants to any program carried out pursuant to 
this part shall not exceed 90 per centum of the cost of such program, 
including costs of administration, unless the Director determines, 
pursuant to regulations adopted and promulgated by him establishing 
objective criteria for such determinations, that assistance in excess of 
such percentage is required in furtherance of the purposes of this part. 
Non-Federal contributions may be in cash or in kmd, fairly evaluated, 
including but not limited to plant, equipment, and services: Provided, 
That where capital investment is required under a contract with a 
private organization (other than a nonprofit organization), the Fed-
eral share thereof shall not exceed 90 per centum of such capital 
investment and the non-Federal share shall be as defined above." 
COMMUNITY ACTION AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 104. Title I I of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is 
amended to read as follows: 
"TITLE II—URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITY ACTION 
PROGRAMS 
I' 
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" S T A T E M E N T OF PURPOSE 
"SEC. 201. (a) This title provides for community action agencies 
and programs, prescribes the structure and describes the functions of 
community action agencies and authorizes financial assistance to com-
munity action programs and related projects and activities. Its basic 
purpose is to stimulate a better focusing of all available local. State, 
private, and Federal resources upon the goal of enabling low-income 
families, and low-income individuals of all ages, in rural and urban 
areas, to attain the skills, knowledge, and motivations and secure the 
opportunities needed for them to become fully self-sufficient. Its spe-
cific purposes are to promote, as methods of achieving a better focus-
ing of resources on the goal of individual and family self-sufficiency— 
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691 
"(1) the strengthening of community capabilities for planning 
and coordinating Federal, State, and other assistance related to 
the elimination of poverty, so that this assistance, through the 
efforts of local officials, organizations, and interested and affected 
citizens, can be made more responsive to local needs and 
conditions; 
"(2) the better organization of a range of services related to 
the needs of the poor, so that these services may be made more 
effective and efficient in helping families and individuals to over-
come particular problems in a way that takes account of, and 
supports their progress in overcoming, related problems; 
"(3) the greater use, subject to adequate evaluation, of new-
types of services and innovative approaches in attacking causes 
of poverty, so as to develop increasingly effective methods of 
employing available resources; 
"(4) the development and implementation of all programs and 
projects designed to serve the poor or low-income areas with the 
maximum feasible participation of residents of the areas and 
members of the groups served, so as to best stimulate and take full 
advantage of capabilities for self-advancement and assure that 
those programs and projects are otherwise meaningful to and 
widely utilized by their intended beneficiaries; and 
"(5) the broadening of the resource base of programs directed 
to the elimination of poverty, so as to secure, in addition to the 
services and assistance of public officials, private religious, chari-
table, and neighborhood organizations, and individual citizens, a 
more active role for business, labor, and professional groups able 
to provide employment opportunities or otherwise influence the 
quantity and quality of services of concern to the poor. 
"(b) It is further declared to be the purpose of this title and the „om7i''o "^oftu^ 
policy of the Office of Economic Opportunity to provide for basic edu- nit^.^sta^emint 
cation, health care, vocational training, and employment opportunities °^ policy. 
in rural America to enable the poor living in rural areas to remain in 
such areas and become self-sufficient therein. It shall not be the pur-
pose of this title or the policy of the Office of Economic Oj^portunitj 
to encourage the rural poor to migrate to urban areas, inasmuch as it 
is the finding of Congress that continuation of such migration is fre-
quently not in the best interests of the poor and tends to further con-
gest the already overcrowded slums and ghettos of our Nation's cities. 
"PART A—COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS 
"DESIGNATION or COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES; COMMUNTTY ACTION 
PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 210. (a) A community action agency shall be a State or 
political subdivision of a State (having elected or duly appointed gov-
erning officials), or a combination of such political subdivisions, or a 
public or private nonprofit agency or organization which has been 
designated by a State or such a political subdivision or combination 
of such subdivisions, which— 
"(1) has the power and authority and will perform the func-
tions set forth in section 212, including the power to enter into 
contracts with public and private nonprofit agencies and orga-
nizations to assist in fulfilling the purposes of this title, and 
"(2) is determined to be capable of planning, conducting, ad-
ministering and evaluating a community action program and is 
currently designated as a community action agency by the Di-
rector. 
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[81 STAT. 
Community ac-
tion program. 
Financial 
assistance. 
A community action program is a community based and operated 
program— 
"(1) which includes or is designed to include a sufficient num-
ber of projects or components to provide, in sum, a range of serv-
ices and activities having a measurable and potentially major 
impact on causes of poverty in the community or those areas of 
the community where poverty is a particularly acute problem; 
"(2) which has been developed, and which organizes and com-
bines its component projects and activities, in a manner appro-
priate to carry out all the purposes of this title; and 
"(3) which conforms to such other supplementary criteria as 
the Director may prescribe consistent with the purposes and pro-
visions of this title. 
"(b) Components of a community action program may be admin-
istered hj the community action agency, where consistent with sound 
and efficient management and applicable law, or by other agencies. 
They may be projects eligible for assistance under this title, or projects 
assisted from other public or private sources; and they may be either 
specially designed to meet local needs, or designed pursuant to the eligi-
bility standards of a State or Federal program providing assistance 
to a particular kind of activity which will help in meeting those needs. 
"(c) For the purpose of this title, a community may be a city, 
county, multicity, or multioounty unit, an Indian reservation, or a 
neighborhood or other area (irrespective of boundaries or political 
subdivisions) which provides a suitable organizational base and pos-
sesses the commonality of interest needed for a community action pro-
gram. The Director shall consult with the heads of other Federal 
agencies responsible for programs relating to work and training pro-
grams, physical and economic development, housing, education, 
health, and other community services to encourage the establishment 
of coterminous or complementary boundaries for planning purposes 
among those programs and community action programs assisted under 
this title. 
"(d) The Director may designate and provide financial assistance to 
a public or private nonprofit agency as a community action agency in 
lieu of a community action agency designated under subsection (a) for 
activities of the kind described in this title where he determines (1) 
that the community action agency serving the community has failed, 
after having a reasonable opportunity to do so, to submit a satisfactory 
plan for a community action program which meets the criteria for 
approval set forth in this title, or to carry out such plan in a satis-
factory manner, or (2) that neither the State nor any qualified political 
subdivision or combination of such subdivisions is willing to be desig-
nated as the community action agency for such community or to 
designate a public or private nonprofit agency or organization to be 
so designated by the Director. 
"(e) No political subdivision of a State shall be included in the 
community action program of a community action agency designated 
under section 210(a) if the elected or duly appointed governing of-
ficials of such political subdivision do not wish to be so included. Such 
political subdivision, and any public or private nonprofit organization 
or agency designated by it, shall be eligible for designation as a com-
munity action agency on the same basis as other political subdivisions 
and their designees. 
"(f) For the purposes of this title, a tribal government of an Indian 
reservation shall be deemed to be a political subdivision of a State. 
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693 
"COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES AND BOARDS 
"SEC. 211. (a) Each community action agency which is a State or a 
political subdivision of a State, or a combination of political subdivi- 
'• 
sions, shall administer its program through a community action board 
! 
which shall meet the requirements of subsection (b). Each community 
action agency which is a public or private nonprofit agency or orga-
nization designated by a State or political subdivision of a State, or 
combination of political subdivisions, or is an agency designated by 
the Director under section 210(d), shall have a governing board which 
shall meet the requirements of subsection (b). 
"(b) Each board to which this subsection applies shall consist of not ^^^°^'"^ member-
more than fifty-one members and shall be so constituted that (1) one-
third of the members of the board are public officials, including the 
chief elected official or officials, or their representatives, unless the 
number of such officials reasonably available or willing to serve is less 
than one-third of the membership of the board, (2) at least one-third 
of the members are persons chosen in accordance with democratic se-
lection procedures adequate to assure that they are representative of 
the poor in the area served, and (3) the remainder of the members are 
officials or members of business, industry, labor, religious, welfare, 
education, or other major groups and interests in the community. Each 
member of the board selected to represent a specific geographic area 
Avithin a community must reside in the area he represents. No person 
selected under clause (2) or (3) of this subsection as a member of a 
board shall serve on such board for more than three consecutive years, 
or more than a total of six years. 
"(c) Where a community action agency places responsibility for 
major policy determinations with respect to the character, funding, 
extent, and administration of and budgeting for programs to be car-
ried on in a particular geographic area within the community in a 
subsidiary board, council, or similar agency, such board, council, or 
agency shall be broadly representative of such area, subject to regula-
tions of the director which assure adequate opportunity for member-
ship of elected public officials on such board, council, or agency. Each 
community action agency shall be encouraged to make use of neigh-
borhood-based organizations composed of residents of the area or 
members of the groups served to assist such agency in the planning, 
conduct, and evaluation of components of the community action 
program. 
"(d) (1) The Director shall promulgate such standards or rules re- 
^°®'''^ stand-
lating to the scheduling and notice of meetings, quorums (which shall 
be not less than 50 per centum of the total membership), procedures, 
establishment of committees, and similar matters as he may deem 
necessary to assure that boards which are subject to subsection (b) 
provide a continuing and effective mechanism for securing broad, 
community involvement in programs assisted under this title and that 
all groups or elements represented on those boards have a full and fair 
opportunity to participate in decisions affecting those programs. Such 
standards or rules shall not preclude any such board from appointing 
an executive committee or similar group, which fairly reflects the com-
position of the board, to transact the board's business between its meet-
ings. The quorum requirements for any such committee or group, 
which shall not be less than 60 percent of the membership, shall be es-
tablished by the board. 
ards. 
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[81 STAT. 
Board powers. 
"(2) The Director shall require community action agencies to estab-
lish procedures under which community agencies and representative 
groups of the poor which feel themselves inadequately represented on 
the community action board or governing board may petition for ade-
quate representation. 
"(e) The powers of every community action agency governing board 
shall include the power to appoint persons to senior staff positions, 
to determine major personnel, fiscal, and program policies, to approve 
overall program plans and priorities, and to assure compliance with 
conditions of and approve proposals for financial assistance under this 
title. 
"(f) Each community action board referred to in the first sentence 
of subsection (a) shall— 
"(1) have a full opportunity to participate in the development 
and implementation of all programs and projects designed to 
serve the poor or low-income areas with maximum feasible par-
ticipation of residents of the areas and members of the groups 
served, so as to best stimulate and take full advantage of capabili-
ties for self-advancement and assure that those programs and 
projects are otherwise meaningful to and widely utilized by their 
intended beneficiaries; 
"(2) have at least one-third of its members chosen in accord-
ance with democratic selection procedures adequate to assure that 
they are representative of the poor in the area served; 
" (3) be so established and organized that the poor and residents 
of the area concerned will be enabled to influence the character of 
programs affecting their interests and regularly participate in the 
planning and implementation of those programs; and 
"(4) be a continuing and effective mechanism for securing 
broad community involvement in the programs assisted under 
this title. 
Use of funds. 
Community 
tion agency, 
functions. 
" S P E C I F I C P O W E R S A N D F U N C T I O N S o r COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES 
"SEC. 212. (a) In order to carry out its overall responsibility for plan-
ning, coordinating, evaluating, and administering a community action 
program, a community action agency must have authority under its 
charter or applicable law to receive and administer funds under this 
title, funds and contributions from private or local public sources 
which may be used in support of a community action program, and 
funds under any Federal or State assistance program pursuant to 
which a public or private nonprofit agency (as the case may be) orga-
nized in accordance with this part could act as grantee, contractor, 
or sponsor of projects appropriate for inclusion in a community action 
program. A community action agency must also be empowered to 
transfer funds so received, and to delegate powers to other agencies, 
subject to the powers of its governing board and its overall program 
responsibilities. This power to transfer funds and delegate powers 
must include the power to make transfers and delegations covering 
component projects in all cases where this will contribute to efficiency 
and effectiveness or otherwise further program objectives. 
"(b) In exercising its powers and carrying out its overall respon-
sibility for a community action program, a community action agency 
shall have, subject to the purposes of this title, at least the following 
functions: 
"(1) Planning systematically for and evaluating the program, 
including actions to develop information as to the problems and 
causes of poverty in the community, determine how much and how 
effectively assistance is being provided to deal with those problems 
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695 
and causes, and establish priorities among projects, activities and 
areas as needed for the best and most efficient use of resources. 
" (2) Encouraging agencies engaged in activities related to the 
community action program to plan for, secure and administer 
assistance available under this title or from other sources on a 
common or cooperative basis; providing planning or technical as-
sistance to those agencies; and generally, m cooperation with com-
munity agencies and officials, undertaking actions to improve ex-
isting efforts to attack poverty, such as improving day-to-day 
communication, closing service gaps, focusing resources on the 
most needy, and providmg additional opportunities to low-income 
individuals for regular employment or participation in the pro-
grams or activities for which those community agencies and offi-
cials are responsible. 
"(3) Initiating and sponsoring projects responsive to needs of 
the poor which are not otherwise being met, with particular em-
phasis on providing central or common services that can be drawn 
upon by a variety of related programs, developing new approaches 
or new types of services that can be incorporated into other pro-
grams, and filling gaps pending the expansion or modification of 
those programs. 
"(4) Establishing effective procedures by which the poor and 
area residents concerned will be enabled to influence the character 
of programs affecting their interests, providing for their regular 
participation in the implementation of those programs, and pro-
viding technical and other support needed to enable the poor and 
neighborhood groups to secure on their own behalf available as-
sistance from public and private sources. 
"(5) Joining with and encouraging business, labor, and other 
private groups and organ^'zations to undertake, together with 
public officials and agencies, activities in support of the com-
munity action program which will result in the additional use 
of private resources and capabilities, with a view to such things 
as developing new employment opportunities, stimulating in-
vestment that will have a measurable impact in reducing poverty 
among residents of areas of concentrated poverty, and providing 
methods by which residents of those areas can work with private 
groups, firms, and institutions in seeking solutions to problems 
of common concern. 
"ADMINISTRATIVE STANDARDS 
"SEC. 213. (a) Each community action agency shall observe, and 
ishall (as appropriate) require or encourage other agencies partici-
pating in a community action program to observe, standards of 
organization, management and administration which will assure, so 
far as reasonably possible, that all program activities are conducted 
in a manner consistent with the purposes of this title and the objective 
of providing assistance effectively, efficiently, and free of any taint 
of partisan political bias or personal or family favoritism. Each com-
munity action agency shall establish or adopt rules to carry out this 
section, which shall include rules to assure full staff accountability 
in matters governed by law, regulations, or agency policy. Each com-
munity action agency shall also provide for reasonable public access 
to information, including but not limited to public hearings at the 
request of appropriate community groups and reasonable public access 
to books and records of the agency or other agencies engaged in 
rogram activities or operations involving the use of authority or 
unds for which it is responsible. And each community action agency 
Public access 
to information. 
I 
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[81 STAT. 
shall adopt for itself and other agencies using funds or exercising 
authority for which it is responsible, rules designed to establish 
specific standards governing salaries, salary increases, travel and per 
diem allowances, and other employee benefits; to assure that only 
persons capable of discharging their duties with competence and 
integrity are employed and that employees are promoted or advanced 
under impartial procedures calculated to improve agency performance 
and effectiveness; to guard against personal or financial conflicts of 
interests; and to define employee duties of advocacy on behalf of the 
poor in an appropriate manner which will in any case preclude 
employees from participating, in connection with the performance of 
their duties, in any form of picketing, protest, or other direct action 
which is in violation of law. 
lafw^ andregu. 
"(b) The Dlrector shall prescribe rules or regulations to supple-
ment subsection (a), which shall be binding on all agencies carrying 
on community action program activities with financial assistance 
under this title. He may, where appropriate, establish special or simpli-
fied requirements for smaller agencies or agencies operating in rural 
areas. These special requirements shall not, however, affect the appli-
cability of rules governing conflicts of interest, use of position or 
authority for partisan or nonpartisan political purposes or participa-
tion in direct action, regardless of customary practices or rules among 
agencies in the community. The Director shall consult with the heads 
of other Federal agencies responsible for programs providing assist-
ance to activities which may be included in community action pro-
grams for the purpose of securing maximum consistency between rules 
or regulations prescribed or followed by those agencies and those 
prescribed under this section. 
"HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS 
"SEC. 214. Each community action agency shall encourage the estab-
lishment of housing development and services organizations designed 
to focus on the housing needs of low-income families and individuals. 
Such organizations shall provide the technical, administrative, and 
financial assistance which is required to help low-income families and 
individuals more effectively to utilize existing programs, and which is 
required to enable nonprofit, cooperative, and public sponsors more 
effectively to take advantage of existing Federal, State, and local 
mortgage insurance and housing assistance programs. Where appro-
priate, such organizations may be nonprofit housing development 
corporations. Such corporations may themselves become sponsors of 
housing under existing programs of specialized housing agencies, but 
under no circumstances shall such corporations insure mortgages or 
duplicate the long-term capital financing functions of programs now 
administered by the specialized housing agencies. Housing develop-
ment and service organizations shall coordinate their efforts with other 
community action agency efforts so that any programs undertaken 
under authority of this section shall be closely related to other com-
munity action programs, 
"PART B—FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS 
AND 
RELATED 
ACTIVITIES 
"GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR FINANCIAL 
ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 221. (a) The Director may provide financial assistance to 
community action agencies for the planning, conduct, administration 
and evaluation of community action programs and components. Those 
components may involve, without limitation, other activities and sup-
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697 
porting facilities designed to assist participants including the elderly 
poor— 
' 1) to secure and retain meaningful employment; 
^2) to attain an adequate education; 
" (3) to make better use of available income; 
"(4) 
" 
to provide and maintain adequate housing and a suitable 
living environment; 
"(5) to undertake family planning, consistent with personal 
and family goals, religious and moral convictions; 
"(6) to obtain services for the prevention of narcotics addic-
tion, alcoholism, and the rehabilitation of narcotic addicts and 
alcoholics; 
"(7) to obtain emergency assistance through loans or grants to 
meet immediate and urgent individual and family needs, includ-
ing the need for health services, nutritious food, housing, and 
employment-related assistance; 
"(8) to remove obstacles and solve personal and family prob-
lems which block the achievement of self-sufficiency; 
"(9) to achieve greater participation in the affairs of the com-
munity; and 
"(10) to make more frequent and effective use of other pro-
grams related to the purposes of this title. 
He may also provide financial assistance to other public or private non-
profit agencies to aid them in planning for the establishment of a com-
munity action agency. 
"(b) If the Director determines that a limited purpose project or 
program involving activities otherwise eligible under this section is 
needed to serve needs of low-income families and individuals in a 
community and no community action agency has been designated for 
that community pursuant to section 210, or where a community action 
^"'^' P- 69i. 
agency gives its approval for such a program to be funded directly 
through a public or private nonprofit agency or organization, he may 
extend financial assistance for that project or program to a public or 
private nonprofit agency which he finds is capable of carrying out 
the project in an efficient and effective manner consistent with the 
purpose of this title. 
"(c) The Director shall prescribe necessary rules or regulations 
governing applications for assistance under this section to assure that 
every reasonable effort is made by each applicant to secure the views 
of local public officials and agencies in the community having a direct 
or substantial interest in the application and to resolve all issues of 
cooperation and possible duplication prior to its submission. 
"(d) After July 1,1968, the Director shall require, as a condition of 
Financial 
assistance, that each community action agency has adopted a sys- condit^n.^' 
tematic approach to the achievement of the purposes of this title and 
to the utilization of funds provided under this part. Such systematic 
approach shall encompass a planning and implementation process 
which seeks to identify the problems and causes of poverty in the 
community, seeks to mobilize and coordinate relevant public and 
private resources, establishes program priorities, links program com-
ponents with one another and with other relevant programs, and pro-
vides for evaluation. The Director may, however, extend the time for 
such requirement to take into account the length of time a program 
has been in operation. He shall also take necessary steps to assure the 
participation of other Federal agencies in support of the development 
and implementation of plans under this subsection. 
"(e) In order to promote local responsibility and initiative, the 
Director shall not establish binding national priorities on funds 
authorized by this section, but he shall review each application for 
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[81 STAT. 
financial assistance on its merits. Before extending financial assistance 
to a new community action agency under this section, and in determin-
ing the amount of and conditions on which such assistance shall be 
extended, the Director shall consider the extent and nature of poverty 
in the community and the probable capacity of the agency to carry out 
an effective program. In reviewing or supplementing financial assist-
ance to a previously existing community action agency, he shall con-
sider the progress made in carrying on programs by such agency. 
"SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 222. (a) In order to stimulate actions to meet or deal with par-
ticularly critical needs or problems of the poor which are common to a 
number of communities, the Director may develop and carry on special 
programs under this section. This authority shall be used only where 
the Director determines that the objectives sought could not be effec-
tively achieved through the use of authorities under section 221, in-
cluding assistance to components or projects based on models developed 
and promulgated by him. It shall also be used only with respect to 
programs which (A) involve activities w^hich can be incorporated into 
or be closely coordinated with community action programs, (B) involve 
significant new combinations of resources or new and innovative ap-
proaches, or (C) are structured in a way that will, within the limits of 
the type of assistance or activities contemplated, most fully and effec-
tively promote the purposes of this title. Subject to such conditions as 
may be appropriate to assure effective and efficient administration, 
the Director may provide financial assistance to public or private non-
profit agencies to carry on local projects initiated under such special 
programs; but he shall do so in a manner that will encourage, wher-
ever feasible, the inclusion of the assisted projects in community action 
programs, with a view to minimizing possible duplication and pro-
moting efficiencies in the use of common facilities and services, better 
assisting persons or families having a variety of needs, and otherwise 
securing from the funds committed the greatest possible impact in 
promotmg family and individual self-sufficiency. Programs under this 
section shall include those described in the following paragraphs: 
stl'rt'"^^'^* Head- 
^^{^) A program to be known as 'Project Headstart' focused 
upon children who have not reached the age of compulsory school 
attendance which (A) will provide such comprehensive health, 
nutritional, education, social, and other services as the Director 
, finds will aid the children to attain their full potential, and (B) 
will provide for direct participation of the parents of such chil-
dren in the development, conduct, and overall program direction 
at the local level. 
Thi^ru ^h*" 
" (^) ^ program to be known as 'Follow Through' focused pri-
; marily upon children in kindergarten or elementary school who 
. were previously enrolled in Headstart or similar programs and 
designed to provide comprehensive services and parent participa-
;. 
tion activities as described in paragraph (1), which the Director 
,P finds will aid in the continued development of children to their 
'; full potential. Funds for such program shall be transferred di-
J. rectly from the Director to the Secretary of Health, Education, 
., and Welfare. Financial assistance for such projects shall be pro-
,.4 vided by the Secretary on the basis of agreements reached with 
the Director directly to local educational agencies except as other-
wise provided by such agreements, 
serwcfs^" 
" (^) ^ 'Legal Services' program to further the cause of justice 
among persons living in poverty by mobilizing the assistance of 
lawyers and legal institutions and by providing legal advice, legal 
representation, counseling, education, and other appropriate serv-
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699 
ices. Projects involving legal advice and representation shall be 
carried on in a way that assures maintenance of a lawyer-client 
relationship consistent with the best standards of the legal pro-
fession. The Director shall make arrangements under which the 
State bar association and the principal local bar associations in 
the community to be served by any proposed project authorized 
by this paragraph shall be consulted and afforded an adequate 
opportunity to submit, to the Director, comments and recommen-
dations on the proposed project before such project is approved or 
funded, and to submit, to the Director, comments and recommen-
dations on the operations of such project, if approved and funded. 
No funds or personnel made available for such program (whether 
conducted pursuant to this section or any other section in this 
part) shall be utilized for the defense of any person indicted (or 
proceeded against by information) for the commission of a crime, 
except in extraordinary circumstances where, after consultation 
with the court having jurisdiction, the Director has determined 
that adequate legal assistance will not be available for an indigent 
defendant unless such services are made available. 
"(4) A 'Comprehensive Health Services' progran) which shall 
include— 
•' (A,) programs to aid in developing and carrying out com-
prehensive health services projects focused upon the needs of 
urban and rural areas having high concentrations or propor-
tions of poverty and marked inadequacy of health services 
for the poor. These projects shall be designed— 
"(i) to make possible, with maximum feasible use of 
existing agencies and resources, the provision of compre-
hensive health services, such as preventive medical, diag-
nostic, 
treatment, 
rehabilitation, 
family 
planning, 
narcotic addiction and alcoholism prevention and re-
habilitation, mental health, dental, and followup services, 
together with necessary related facilities and services, 
except in rural areas where the lack of even elemental 
health services and personnel may require simpler, less 
comprehensive services to be established first; and 
"(ii) to assure that these services are made readily 
accessible to low-income residents of such areas, are fur-
nished in a manner most responsive to their needs and 
with their participation and wherever possible are com-
bined with, or included within, arrangements for {provid-
ing employment, education, social, or other assistance 
needed by the families and individuals served: Provided^ 
however^ That such services may be made available on an 
emergency basis or pending a determination of eligi-
bility to all residents of sucli areas. 
Funds for financial assistance under this paragraph shall be 
allotted according to need, and capacity of applicants to make 
rapid and effective use of that assistance, and may be used, as 
necessary, to pay the full costs of projects. Before approving 
any project, the Director shall solicit and consider the com-
ments and recommendations of the local medical associations 
in the area and shall consult with appropriate Federal, State, 
and local health agencies and take such steps as may be re-
quired to assure that the program will be carried on under 
comj)etent professional supervision and that existing agencies 
providing related services are furnished all assistance needed 
to permit them to plan for participation in the program and 
for the necessary continuation of those related services; and 
"Comprehensive 
Health Services." 
Funds, allotment. 
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[81 STAT. 
'Upward Bound." 
79 Stat. 1219. 
20 u s e 1001 
note, 
"Emergency Food 
and Medical 
Services." 
Funds. 
'Family Plan-
"(B) Programs to provide financial assistance to public or 
private agencies for projects designed to develop knowledge 
or enhance skills in the field of health services for the poor. 
Such projects shall encourage both prospective and practicing 
health professionals to direct their talents and energies toward 
providing health services for the poor. In carrying out the 
provisions of this paragraph, the Director is authorized to 
E
rovide or arrange for training and study in the field of 
ealth services for the poor. Pursuant to regulations pre-
scribed by him, the Director may arrange for the payment of 
stipends and allowances (including travel and subsistence 
expenses) for persons undergoing such training and study 
and for their dependents. The Director and the Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare shall achieve effective co-
ordination of programs and projects authorized under this 
section with other related activities. 
"(5) A program to be known as 'Upward Bound' designed to 
generate skills and motivation necessary for success in education 
beyond high school among young people from low-income back-
grounds and inadequate secondary school preparation. Projects 
must include arrangements to assure cooperation among one or 
more institutions of higher education and one or more secondary 
schools. They must include a curriculum designed to develop 
creative thinking, effective expression and attitudes toward learn-
ing needed for post-secondary educational success, necessary 
health services and such recreational and cultural and group 
activities as the Director determines may be appropriate. Financial 
assistance for such projects may be provided directly to institu-
tions of higher learning, but the projects shall be closely coordi-
nated with activities of community action agencies and activities 
carried on under the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
" (6) A program to be known as 'Emergency Food and Medical 
Services' designed to provide on a temporary emergency basis 
such basic foodstuffs and medical services as may be necessary 
to counteract conditions of starvation or malnutrition among the 
poor. The Director shall arrange to carry out his functions through 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare in a manner that will insure the availability 
of such foodstuffs and services through a community action 
agency where feasible, or other agencies or organizations if no 
such agency exists or is able to administer such foodstuffs and 
services to needy individuals. Each community action agency 
shall be encouraged to develop projects, such as the furnishing 
of information on nutrition, which will assist the poor to main-
tain an adequate and nutritious diet. Of the sums appropriated 
or allocated for programs authorized under this title, the Director 
shall reserve and make available not less than $25,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30,1968, and not less than $50,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, for the purpose of carry-
ing out this paragraph. 
'(7) A 'Family Planning' program to provide assistance and 
services to low-income persons in the field of voluntary family 
planning, including the provision of information, medical assist-
ance, and supplies. The Director and the Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare shall coordinate, and assure a full ex-
change of information concerning, family planning projects 
within their respective jurisdictions in order to assure the maxi-
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701 
mum availability of services and in order best to meet the varying 
needs of different communities. The Secretary of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare shall make the services of Public Health 
Service officers available to the Director in carrying out this 
program. 
"(8) A program to be known as 'Senior Opportunities and tunurri°Ind^^°'" 
Services' designed to identify and meet the needs of older, poor services." 
i 
persons above the age of 60 in one or more of the following areas: 
development and provision of new employment and volunteer 
services; effective referral to existing health, welfare, employment, 
housing, legal, consumer, transportation, education, and recrea-
tional and other services; stimulation and creation of additional 
services and programs to remedy gaps and deficiencies in presently 
existing services and programs; modification of existing proce-
dures, eligibility requirements and program structures to facilitate 
the greater use of, and participation in, public services by the 
older poor; development of all-season recreation and service cen-
ters controlled by older persons themselves; and such other activi-
ties and services as the Director may determine are necessary or 
specially appropriate to meet the needs of the older poor and to 
assure them greater self-sufficiency. In administering this pro-
gram the Director shall utilize to the maximum extent feasible 
the services of the Administration of Aging in accordance with 
agreements with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. 
"(b) Consistent with, and subject to, the provisions of sections 230 
and 232 (a), (b), and (c), programs under this section may include 
related training, research, and technical assistance, and funds allocated 
for this purpose may be allotted and used in the manner otherwise pro-
vided under this title with respect to training, research, and technical 
assistance activities. 
" R E S m E N T 
EMPLOYMENT 
"SEC. 223. In the conduct of all component programs under this part, 
residents of the area and members of the groups served shall be pro-
vided maximum employment opportunity, including opportunity for 
further occupational training and career advancement. The Director 
shall encourage the employment of persons fifty-five years and older as 
regular, part-time and short-term staff in component programs. 
(( 
NEIGHBORHOOD 
CENTERS 
"SEC. 224. The Director shall encourage the development of neigh-
borhood centers, designed to promote the effectiveness of needed serv-
ices in such fields as health, education, manpower, consumer 
protection, child and economic development, housing, legal, recreation, 
and social services, and so organized (through a corporate or other 
appropriate framework) as to promote maximum participation of 
neighborhood residents in center planning, policymaking, administra-
tion, and operation. In addition to providing such services as may not 
otherwise be conveniently or readily available, such centers shall be 
responsive to siuch neighborhood needs, such as counseling, referral, 
follow-through, and community development activities, as may be 
necessary or appropriate to best assure a system under which existing 
programs are extended to the most disadvantaged, are linked to one 
another, are responsive and relevant to the range of community, 
family, and individual problems and are fully adapted to neighbor-
hood needs and conditions. 
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[81 STAT. 
Reallotment. 
Special pro-
grams, allot-
ment. 
Non-Federal 
contribution. 
Ante, 
p. 687. 
Restriction. 
"ALLOTMENT OF F U N D S ; LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 225. (a) Of the sums which are appropriated or allocated for 
assistance in the development and implementation of community action 
programs pursuant to section 221, and for special program projects 
referred to in section 222(a), and which are not subject to any other 
provision governing allotment or distribution, the Director shall allot 
not more than 2 per centum among Puerto Eico, Guam, American 
Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin 
Islands, according to their respective needs. He shall also reserve not 
jnore than 20 per centum of those sums for allotment in accordance 
with such criteria and procedures as he may prescribe. The remainder 
shall be allotted among the States, in accordance with the latest avail-
able data, so that equal proportions are distributed on the basis of (1) 
the relative number of public assistance recipients in each State as 
compared to all States, (2) the average number of unemployed per-
sons in each State as compared to all States, and (3) the relative 
number of related children living with families with incomes of less 
than $1,000 in each State as compared to all States. That part of any 
State's allotment which the Director determines will not be needed 
may be reallotted, at such dates during the fiscal year as the Director 
may fix, in proportion to the original allotments, but with appropriate 
adjustments to assure that any amount so made available to any State 
in excess of its needs is similarly reallotted among the other States. 
"(b) The Director may provide for the separate allotment of funds 
for any special program referred to in section 222(a). This allotment 
may be made in accordance with the criteria prescribed in subsection 
(a), or it may be made in accordance with other criteria which he de-
termines will assure an equitable distribution of funds reflecting the 
relative incidence in each State of the needs or problems at which the 
program is directed, except that in no event may more than 121^ per 
centum of the funds for any one program be used in any one State. 
"(c) Unless otherwise provided in this part, financial assistance ex-
tended to a community action agency or other agency pursuant to sec-
tions 221 and 222(a), for the period ending June 30, 1967, shall not 
exceed 90 per centum of the approved cost of the assisted programs or 
activities, and thereafter shall not exceed 80 per centum of such costs. 
The Director may, however, approve assistance in excess of such per-
centages if he determines, in accordance with regulations establishing 
objective criteria, that such action is required m furtherance of the 
purposes of this title, Non-Federal contributions may be in cash or in 
kind, fairly evaluated, including but not limited to ^lant, equipment, 
or services. If in any fiscal year, a community provides non-Federal 
contributions under this title exceeding its requirements under this 
section, such excess may be used to meet its requirements for such con-
tributions under section 131. 
"(d) No program shall be approved for assistance under sections 
221 and 222(a) unless the Director satisfies himself (1) that the 
services to be provided under such program will be in addition to, 
and not in suostitution for, services previously provided without 
Federal assistance, and (2) that funds or other resources devoted to 
programs designed to meet the needs of the poor within the com-
munity will not be diminished in order to provide any contributions 
required under subsection (c). The requirement imposed by the pre-
ceding sentence shall be subject to such regulations as the Director 
may adopt and promulgate establishing objective criteria for determi-
nations covering situations where a strict application of that require-
ment would result in unnecessary hardship or otherwise be incon-
sistent with the purposes sought to be achieved. 
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703 
"PART C—SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES 
a, 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
"SEC. 230. The Director may^ provide, directly or through grants or 
other arrangements, (1) technical assistance to communities in develop-
ing, conducting, and administering programs under this title, and 
(2) training for specialized or other personnel which is needed in 
connection with those programs or which otherwise pertains to the 
purposes of this title. IJpon request of an agency receiving financial 
assistance under this title, the Director may make special assignments 
of personnel to the agency to assist and advise it in the performance 
of functions related to the assisted activity; but no such special assign-
ment shall be for a period of more than two years in the case of any 
agency. 
"STATE AGENCY ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 231. (a) The Director may provide financial assistance to 
State agencies designated in accordance with State law, to enable those 
agencies— 
"(1) to provide technical assistance to communities and local 
agencies in developing and carrying out programs under this 
title; 
"(2) to assist in coordinating State activities related to this 
title; 
"(3) to advise and assist the Director in developing procedures 
and programs to promote the participation of States and State 
agencies in programs under this title; and 
"(4) to advise and assist the Director, the Economic Oppor-
tunity Council established by section 631 of the Act, and the heads 
^°^'' P- 7i8. 
of other Federal agencies, in identifying problems posed by 
Federal statutory or administrative requirements that operate to 
impede State level coordination of programs related to this title, 
and in developing methods or recommendations for overcoming 
those problems. 
"(b) In any grants or contracts with State agencies, the Director 
shall give preference to programs or activities which are administered 
or coordinated by the agencies desi^ated pursuant to subsection (a), 
or which have been developed and will be carried on with the assistance 
of those agencies. 
"(c) In order to promote coordination in the use of funds under this 
Act and funds provided or granted by State agencies, the Director inay 
enter into agreements with States or State agencies pursuant to which 
they will act as agents of the United States for purposes of providing 
financial assistance to community action agencies or other local agencies 
in connection with specific projects or programs involving the com-
mon or joint use of State funds and funds under this title. 
a 
RESEARCH AND PILOT PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 232. (a) The Director may contract or provide 
financial 
assistance for pilot or demonstration projects conducted by public or 
private agencies which are designed to test or assist in the development 
of new approaches or methods mat will aid in overcoming special prob-
lems or otherwise in furthering the purposes of this title. He may also 
contract or provide financial assistance for research pertaining to the 
purposes of this title. 
"(b) The Director shall establish an overall plan to govern the ap-
proval of pilot or demonstration projects and the use of all research 
authority under this title. The plan shall set forth specific objectives to 
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[81 STAT. 
78 Stat. 532. 
42 u s e 2948. 
79 Stat. 552. 
42 u s e 3121 
note. 
be achieved and priorities among such objectives. In formulating tlie 
plan, the Director shall consult with other Federal agencies for the 
purpose of minimizing duplication among similar activities or projects 
and determining whether the findings resulting from any research or 
pilot projects may be incorporated into one or more programs for 
which those agencies are responsible. As part of the annual report 
required by section 608, or in a separate annual report, the Director 
shall submit a description for each fiscal year of the current plan 
required by this section, of activities subject to the plan, and of the 
findings derived from those activities, together with a statement indi-
cating the time and, to the extent feasible, the manner in which the 
benefits of those activities and findings are expected to be realized. 
"(c) Not more than 15 per centum of the sums appropriated or 
allocated in any fiscal year for this title shall be used for the purposes 
of this section. One-third of the sums so appropriated or allocated 
shall be available only for projects authorized under subsection (f) 
of this section. 
"(d) No pilot or demonstration project under this section shall be 
commenced in any city, county, or other major political subdivision, 
unless a plan setting forth such proposed pilot or demonstration proj-
ect has been submitted to the appropriate community action agency, 
or, if there is no such agency, to the local governing officials of the 
political subdivision, and such plan has not been disapproved by the 
community action agency or governing body, as the case may be, 
within thirty days of such submission, or, if so disapproved, has been 
reconsidered by the Director and found by him to be fully consistent 
with the provisions and in furtherance of the purposes of this title. 
"(e) The Director shall develop and carry out pilot projects which 
(1) aid elderly persons to achieve greater self-sufficiency, (2) focus 
upon the problems of rural poverty, (3) are designed to develop new 
techniques and community-based efforts to prevent narcotics addiction 
or to rehabilitate narcotic addictsj or (4) are designed to encourage 
the participation of private organizations, other than nonprofit orga-
nizations, in programs under this title. 
"(f) The Director shall conduct, either directly or through grants 
or other arrangements, research and pilot projects designed to assure a 
more effective use of human and natural resources of rural America 
and to slow the migration from mral areas due to lack of economic 
opportunity, thereby reducing population pressures in urban centers. 
Such projects may be operated jointly or in cooperation with other 
federally assisted programs, particularly programs authorized under 
the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, in the area 
to be served by the project. 
"EVALUATION 
"SEC. 233. (a) The Director shall provide for the continuing evalua-
tion of programs under this title, including their effectiveness in 
achieving stated goals, their impact on related programs, and their 
structure and mechanisms for the delivery of services and including, 
where appropriate, comparisons with proper control groups composed 
of persons who have not participated in such programs. He may, for 
this purpose, contract for independent evaluations of those programs 
or individual projects. He may require community action agencies to 
provide for independent evaluations, and where appropriate, he may 
also require a community action agencj^ to establish an independent 
group or committee to provide evaluation and advisory services on 
either a short-term or continuing basis. He shall consult with other 
Federal agencies, or where appropriate with State agencies, in order 
to provide wherever feasible for jointly sponsored objective evaluation 
studies on a National or State basis. He shall also arrange for obtain-
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705 
ing the opinions of participants about the strengths and weaknesses 
of the programs. The reports of studies undertaken under this section, 
together with the comments of the Director and other agencies, if any, 
shall be public records, and the results shall be summarized in the 
report required by section 608. 
"(b) The Director shall develop and publish standards for evalua-
tion of program effectiveness in achieving the objectives of this title. 
Such standards shall be considered in deciding whether to renew or 
supplemental financial assistance provided by sections 221, 222, 230, 
and 231. 
"(c) The Director shall provide by contract for the conduct of an in-
dependent study and evaluation of the action taken under sections 
210 and 211 of this Act and the effects thereof, with particular refer-
ence to (1) the exercise of their authorities under the provisions of title 
I I of this Act by States and political subdivisions, (2) the participa-
tion of residents of the areas and members of the groups served, public 
officials and others and (3) the administrative and program advantages 
and disadvantages, if any, encountered or foreseen in implementing 
such sections. He shall transmit such study and evaluation to the Con-
gress before April 1, 1969. 
"PART D—GENERAL AND TECHNICAL PROVISIONS 
78 Stat. 532. 
42 u s e 2948. 
Study and eval-
uation. 
Transmittal to 
Congress. 
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS FOR COMMUNITY 
ACTION 
"SEC. 240. The Director shall appoint two assistant directors for the 
purpose of assisting the Director in the administration of the provisions 
of this title. One such assistant director, to be known as the Assistant 
Director for Community Action in Rural Areas, shall be responsible 
for assuring that funds allotted for assistance to programs or projects 
designed to assist the rural poor are so expended. The other assistant 
director, to be known as the Assistant Director for Community Action 
in Urban Areas, shall be responsible for assuring that funds allotted 
for assistance to programs or projects designed to assist the urban 
poor are so expended. Each assistant director shall have such additional 
responsibilities consistent with the foregoing responsibilities as the 
Director may hereafter assign. 
Assistant Di-
rectors, ap-
pointment. 
RURAL AREAS 
"SEC. 241. (a) In exercising authority under this title, the Director 
shall take necessary steps to further the extension of benefits to resi-
dents of rural areas, consistent with the extent and severity of poverty 
among rural residents, and to encourage high levels of managerial and 
technical competence in programs undertaken in rural areas. These 
steps shall include, to the maximum extent practicable, (1) the devel-
opment under section 222(a) of programs particularly responsive to 
special needs of rural areas; (2) the establishment, pursuant to sec-
tion 232, of a program of research and pilot project activities specifi-
cally focused upon the problems of rural poverty; (3) the provision of 
technical assistance so as to afford a priority to agencies in rural com-
munities and to aid those agencies, through such arrangements as 
may be appropriate, in securing assistance under Federal programs 
which are related to this title but which are not generally utilized in 
rural areas; and (4) the development of special or simplified pro-
cedures, forms, guidelines, model components, and model programs for 
use in rural areas. 
"(b) The Director shall establish criteria designed to achieve an 
equitable distribution of assistance under this title within the States 
between urban and rural areas. In developing such criteria, he shall 
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[81 STAT. 
consider the relative number in the States or areas therein of: (1) low-
income families, particularly those with children; (2) unemployed 
persons; (3) persons receiving cash or other assistance on a needs 
basis from public agencies or private organizations; (4) school drop-
outs; (5) adults with less than an eighth-grade education; (6) per-
sons rejected for military service; and (7) poor persons living in 
urban places compared to the number living in rural places as deter-
mined by the latest reports of the Bureau of the Census. 
"(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Director 
is authorized to provide financial assistance in rural areas to public or 
private nonprofit agencies for any project for which assistance to 
community action agencies is authorized, if he determines that it is 
not feasible to establish a community action agency within a reason-
able period of time. The assistance so granted shall be subject to such 
conditions as the Director deems appropriate to promote adherence to 
the purposes of this title and the early establishment of a community 
action agency in the area. 
"(d) The Director shall encourage the development of programs 
for the interchange of personnel, for the undertaking of common or 
related projects, and other methods of cooperation between urban and 
rural communities, with particular emphasis on fostering cooperation 
in situations where it may contribute to new employment opportuni-
ties, and between larger urban communities with concentrations of 
low-income persons and families and rural areas in which substantial 
numbers of those persons and families have recently resided. 
"SUBMISSION OF PLANS TO GOVERNORS 
"SEC. 242. In carrying out the provisions of this title, no contract, 
agreement, grant, loan, or other assistance shall be made with, or pro-
vided to, any State or local public agency or any private institution or 
organization for the purpose of carrying out any program, project, or 
other activity within a State unless a plan setting forth such proposed 
contract, agreement, grant, loan, or other assistance has been submitted 
to the Governor of the State, and such plan has not been disapproved 
by the Governor within thirty days of such submission, or, if so dis-
approved, has been reconsidered by the Director and found by him to 
be fully consistent with the provisions and in furtherance of the pur-
poses of this title. This section shall not, however, apply to contracts, 
agreements, grants, loans, or other assistance to any institution of 
higher education in existence on the date of the approval of this Act. 
a FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND AUDIT 
"SEC. 243. (a) No funds shall be released to any agency receiving 
financial assistance under this title until it has submitted to the Direc-
tor a statement certifying that the assisted agency and its delegate 
agencies (or subcontractors for performance of any major portion of 
the assisted program) have established an accounting system with 
internal controls adequate to safeguard their assets, check the accuracy 
and reliability of the accounting data, promote operating efficiency and 
encourage compliance with prescribed management policies and such 
additional fiscal responsibility and accounting requirements as the 
Director may establish. The statement may be furnished by a certified 
public accountant, a duly licensed public accountant or, in the case of a 
public agency, the appropriate public financial officer who accepts 
responsibility for providing required financial services to that agency. 
"(b) Within three months after the effective date of a grant to or 
contract of assistance with an organization or agency, the Director 
shall make or cause to be made a preliminary audit survey to review 
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707 
and evaluate the adequacy of the accounting system and internal con-
trols established thereunder to meet the standards set forth in the state-
ment referred to in subsection (a). Promptly after the completion of 
the survey, the Director shall determine on the basis of findings and 
conclusions resulting from the survey whether the accounting systems 
and internal controls meet those standards and, if not, whether to 
suspend the grant or contract. In the event of suspension, the assisted 
agency shall be given not more than six months within which to estab-
lish the necessary systems and controls, and, in the event of failure to 
do so within such time period, the assistance shall be terminated by the 
Director. 
" (c) At least once annually the Director shall make or cause to be 
^^^^^^ audits, 
made an audit of each grant or contract of assistance under this title. 
Promptly after the completion of such audit, he shall determine on the 
basis of resulting findings and conclusions whether any of the costs 
of expenditures incurred shall be disallowed. In the event of disal-
lowance, the Director may seek recovery of the sums involved bj'^ ap-
propriate means, including court action or a commensurate increase 
in the required non-Federal share of the costs of any grant or con-
tract with the same agency or organization which is then in effect or 
which is entered into within twelve months after the date of disal-
lowance. 
"(d) The Director shall establish such other requirements and take 
such actions as he may deem necessary and appropriate to carry out 
the provisions of this section and to insure fiscal responsibility and 
accountability, and the effective and efficient handling of funds in con-
nection with programs assisted under this title. These requirements 
and actions shall include (1) necessary action to assure that the rate 
of expenditure of any agency receiving financial assistance does not 
exceed the rate contemplated under its approved program; and (2) 
appropriate requirements to promote the continuity and coordination 
of all projects or components of programs receiving financial as-
sistance under this title, including provision for the periodic repro-
graming and supplementation of assistance previously provided. 
"SPECIAL LIMITATIONS 
"SEC. 244. The following special limitations shall apply, as indicated, 
to programs under this title. 
" (1) Financial assistance under this title may include funds to 
provide a reasonable allowance for attendance at meetings of any 
community action agency governing board, neighborhood council 
or committee, as appropriate to assure and encourage the maxi-
mum feasible participation of members of groups and residents 
of areas served in accordance with the purposes of this title, and 
to provide reimbursement of actual expenses connected with those 
meetings; but those funds (or matching non-Federal funds) may 
not be used to pay allowances in the case of any individual who is 
a Federal, State, or local government employee, or an employee of 
a community action agency, or for payment of an allowance to any 
individual for attendance at more than two meetings a month. 
"(2) The Director shall issue necessary rules or regulations to 
compensation, 
^ ' ^ , 1 , 
-I 
J • 
* ' . 
. 
^ 
•. 
limitation. 
assure that no employee engaged m carrying out community ac-
tion program activities receiving financial assistance under this 
title is compensated from funds so provided at a rate in excess of 
$15,000 per annum, and that any amount paid to such an employee 
at a rate in excess of $15,000 per annum shall not be considered in 
determining whether the non-Federal contributions requirements 
of section 225 (c) have been complied with; the Director may, how-
ever, provide in those rules or regulations for exceptions covering 
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[81 STAT. 
Family planning 
services. 
Financial 
assistance, 
limitation. 
Waiver. 
cases (particulary in large metropolitan areas) where, because of 
the need for specialized or professional skills or prevailing local 
salary levels, application of the foregoing restriction would 
greatly impair program effectiveness or otherwise be inconsistent 
with the purposes sought to be achieved. 
"(3) No officer or employee of the Office of Economic Oppor-
tunity shall serve as member of a board, council, or committee of 
any agency serving as grantee, contractor, or delegate agency in 
connection with a program receiving financial assistance under 
this title; but this shall not prohibit an officer or employee from 
serving on a board, council, or committee which does not have 
any authority or powers in connection with a program assisted 
under this title. 
"(4) In granting financial assistance for projects or activities 
in the field of family planning, the Director shall assure that 
family planning services, including the dissemination of family 
planning information and medical assistance and supplies, are 
made available to all low-income individuals who meet the cri-
teria for eligibility for assistance under this title which have been 
established by the assisted agency and who desire such informa-
tion, assistance, or supplies. The Director shall require, in con-
nection with any such financial assistance, that— 
" (A) no individual will be provided with any information, 
medical supervision, or supplies which that individual indi-
cates are inconsistent with his or her moral, philosophical, or 
religious beliefs; and 
"(B) no individual will be provided Avith any medical 
supervision or supplies unless he or she has voluntarily re-
quested such medical supervision or supplies. 
The use of family planning services assisted under this title 
shall not be a prerequisite to the receipt of services from or par-
ticipation in any other programs under this Act. 
"(5) No financial assistance shall be extended under this title 
to provide general aid to elementary or secondary education in 
any school or school system; but this shall not prohibit the pro-
vision of special, remedial, and o-her noncurricular educational 
assistance. 
"(6) In extending assistance under this title the Director shall 
give special consideration to programs which make maximum use 
of existing schools, community centers, settlement houses, and 
other facilities during times they are not in use for their primary 
purpose. 
" (7) No financial assistance shall be extended under this title in 
any case in which the Director determines that the costs of devel-
oping and administering all of the programs assisted under this 
title carried on by or under the supervision of any community 
action agency exceed 15 per centum of the total costs, including 
non-Federal contributions to such costs, of such programs. The 
Director, after consultation with the Director of the Bureau of 
the Budget, shall establish by regulation, criteria for determining 
(i) the costs of developing and administering such programs, and 
(ii) the total costs of such programs. In any case in which the 
Director determines that the cost of administering such programs 
does not exceed 15 per centum of such total costs but is, in his 
judgment, excessive, he shall forthwith require such community 
action agency to take such steps prescribed by him as will elimi-
nate such excessive administrative cost, including the sharing by 
one or more such community action agencies of a common director 
and other administrative personnel. The Director may waive the 
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709 
limitation prescribed by this paragraph for specific periods of 
time not to exceed six months whenever he determines that such a 
waiver is necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this title. 
"DURATION OF PROGRAM 
"SEC. 245. The Director shall carry out the programs provided for in 
this title during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and the three 
succeeding fiscal years. For each such fiscal year only such sums may 
be appropriated as the Congress may authorize by law." 
AMENDMENTS TO TITLE in—CRURAL AREAS PROGRAMS 
SEC. 105. (a) Title I I I of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is 
42 use 2841-
amended by (1) inserting immediately under the title heading a new 2881. 
part heading to read "PART A—RURAL LOAN PROGRAM", and (2) strik-
ing out the heading immediately before section 302 and inserting in 
lieu thereof a new heading to read "LOANS TO FAMILIES". 
(b) Section 301 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
42 use 2841. 
ii STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
"SEC. 301. It is the purpose of this part to meet some of the special 
needs of low-income rural families by establishing a program of 
loans to assist in raising and maintaining their income and living 
standards." 
(c) Section 302(a) of such Act is amended (1) by inserting the 8o^stat^\'4^54*' 
md 
42 use 2946. 
word "principal" after the word "aggregate", and (2) by inserting 
42 use 2851. 
after "families" the following: ", and, in the case of the elderly, will 
contribute to the improvement of their living or housing conditions". 
(d) Section 606 of such Act is transferred from title VI thereof to 
the end of part A of title III, is redesignated as section 306, and 
amended by striking out "titles I I I of this Act" in subsections (a) and 
(d) and inserting in lieu thereof "this part". 
(e) Part B of title I I I of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"PART B—ASSISTANCE FOR MIGRANT, AND OTHER SEASONALLY 
EMPLOYED, FARMWORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES 
"STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
"SEC. 311. The purpose of this part is to assist migrant and seasonal 
farmworkers and their families to improve their living conditions 
and develop skills necessary for a productive and self-sufficient life 
in an increasingly complex and technological society. 
u 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 312. (a) The Director may provide financial assistance to 
assist State and local agencies, private nonprofit institutions and 
cooperatives in developing and carrying out programs to fulfill the 
purpose of this part. 
"(b) Programs assisted under this part may include projects or 
activities— 
"(1) to meet the immediate needs of migrant and seasonal 
farmworkers and their families, such as day care for children, 
education, health services, improved housing and sanitation (in-
cluding the provision and maintenance of emergency and tem-
porary housing and sanitation facilities), legal advice and repre-
sentation, and consumer training and counseling; 
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[81 STAT. 
"(2) to promote increased community acceptance of migrant 
and seasonal farmworkers and their families; and 
"(3) to equip unskilled migrant and seasonal farmworkers and 
members of their families as appropriate through education and 
training to meet the changing demands in agricultural employ-
ment brought about by technological advancement and to take 
advantage of opportunities available to improve their well-being 
and self-sufficiency by gaining regular or permanent employment 
or by participating in available Government training programs. 
li LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 313. (a) Assistance shall not be extended under this part 
unless the Director determines that the applicant will maintain its 
prior level of effort in similar activities. 
" (b) The Director shall establish necessary procedures or req[uire-
ments to assure that programs under this part are carried on in co-
ordination with other programs or activities providing assistance to 
the persons and groups served. 
"TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, AND EVALUATION 
"SEC. 314. (a) 
The Director may provide directly or through 
grants, contracts, or other arrangements, such technical assistance or 
training of personnel as may be required to implement effectively the 
purposes of this title. 
"(b) The Director shall provide for necessary evaluation of proj-
ects under this title and may, through grants or contracts, secure in-
dependent evaluation for this purpose. The results of such evaluation 
shall be published and shall be summarized in the report required by 
section 608." 
78 Stat. 526. 
42 u s e 2901. 
80 Stat. 1465. 
42 u s e 2902. 
AMENDMENTS TO TITLE IV—EMPLOYMENT AND INVESTMENT 
INCENTIVES 
SEC. 106. (a) Section 401 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
is amended by striking out "enterprises;" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"enterprises, with special attention to small business concerns (1) lo-
cated in urban or rural areas with high proportions of unemployed or 
low-income individuals, or (2) owned by low-income individuals;". 
(b) Section 402(a) of such Act is amended by— 
(1) striking out "employment of the long-term unemployed" 
in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "the preservation 
or establishment of small business concerns located in urban or 
rural areas with high proportions of unemployed or low-income 
individuals or owned by low-income individuals"; 
(2) striking out the period at the end of the next to last sentence 
and inserting, in lieu thereof, a colon; and 
(3) inserting immediately preceding the last sentence, "Pz-o-
vided, however, That any management training program so 
approved must be of sufficient scope and duration to provide rea-
sonable opportunity for the individuals served to develop entre-
preneurial and managerial self-sufficiency." 
(c) Section 402 of such Act is amended— 
(1) by inserting before the period at the end of subsection (a) 
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^ the following: ", and shall seek to stimulate new private lending 
activities to such concerns through the use of the loan guaranties, 
participations in loans, and pooling arrangements authorized by 
this section"; 
(2) by striking out the first subsection (b) ; 
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(3) by adding at the end of the second subsection (b) the follow-
ing : "To insure an equitable distribution between urban and rural 
areas for loans between $3,500 and $25,000 made under this title, 
the Administrator is authorized to use the agencies and agreements 
and delegations developed under title I I I of the Act as he shall 
determine necessary."; and 
(4) adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
" (c) The Administrator shall provide for the continuing evaluation 
of programs under this section, including full information on the loca-
tion, income characteristics, and types of businesses and individuals 
assisted, and on new private lending activity stimulated, and the results 
of such evaluation together with recommendations shall be included 
in the report required by section 608." 
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(1) renumbering section 405 to read "408" and inserting in such 
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section "and the Secretary of Commerce" immediately following 
the word "Administration"; 
(2) striking out section 404; and 
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(3) inserting new sections 404, 405, 406, and 407 to read as 
follows: 
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DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 404. The Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
shall take such steps as may be necessary to insure that, in any fiscal 
year, at least 50 per centum of the amounts loaned or guaranteed pur-
suant to this part are allotted to small business concerns located in 
urban areas identified by the Director, after consideration of any 
recommendations of the Administrator of the Small Business Admin-
istration, as having high concentrations of unemployed or low-income 
individuals or to small business concerns owned by low-income indi-
viduals. The Administrator of the Small Business Administration, 
after consideration of any recommendations of the Director, shall de-
fine the meaning of low income as it applies to owners of small busi-
ness concerns eligible to be assisted under this part, and such definition 
need not correspond to the definition of low income as used elsewhere 
in this Act. 
" L I M I T A T I O N 
O N FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 405. No financial assistance shall be extended pursuant to this 
title where the Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
determines that the assistance will be used in relocating establishments 
from one area to another if such relocation would result in an increase 
in unemployment in the area of original location. 
" T E C H N I C A L ASSISTANCE AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING 
"SEC. 406. (a) The Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration is authorized to provide financial assistance to public or pri-
vate organizations to pay all or part of the costs of projects designed 
to provide technical and management assistance to individuals or 
enterprises eligible for assistance under section 402, with special at- 
"*"'*• P- ^^o* 
tention to small business concerns located in urban areas of high 
concentration of unemployed or low-income individuals or owned by 
low-income individuals. 
"(b) Financial assistance under this section may be provided for 
projects, including without limitation— 
"(1) planning and research, including feasibility studies and 
market research: 
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p. 710. 
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"(2) the identification and development of new business op-
portunities ; 
"(3) the furnishing of centralized services with regard to pub-
lic services and government programs, including programs au-
thorized under section 402; 
"(4) the establishment and strengthening of business service 
agencies, including trade associations and cooperatives; 
"(5) the encouragement of the placement of subcontracts by 
major businesses with small business concerns located in urban 
areas of high concentration of unemployed or low-income indi-
viduals or owned by low-income individuals, including the provi-
sion of incentives and assistance to such major businesses so that 
they will aid in the training and upgrading of potential sub-
contractors or other small business concerns; and 
"(6) the furnishing of business counseling, management train-
ing, and legal and other related services, with special emphasis 
on the development of management training programs using the 
resources of the business community, including the development 
of management training opportunities in existing businesses, and 
with emphasis in all cases upon providing management training 
of sufficient scope and duration to develop entrepreneurial and 
managerial self-sufficiency on the part of the individuals served. 
"(c) The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall 
give preference to projects which promote the ownership, participa-
tion m ownership, or management of small business concerns by resi-
dents of urban areas of high concentration of unemployed or low-
income individuals, and to projects which are planned and carried out 
with the participation of local businessmen. 
"(d) To the extent feasible, services under this section shall be 
provided in a location which is easily accessible to the individuals and 
small business concerns served. 
" (e) The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall, 
in carrying out programs under this section, consult with and take 
into consideration the views of the Secretary of Commerce, with a view 
to coordinating activities and avoiding duplication of effort. 
"(f) The President may, if he determines that it is necessary to 
carry out the purposes of this part, transfer any of the functions under 
this section to the Secretary of Commerce. 
"(g) The Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
shall provide for an independent and continuing evaluation of pro-
grams under this section, including full information on and analysis 
of the character and impact of managerial assistance provided, the 
location, income characteristics and types of businesses and individuals 
assisted, and the extent to which private resources and skills have 
been involved in these programs. Such evaluation together with any 
recommendations as he deems advisable shall be included in the report 
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required by section 608. 
(( 
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS 
"SEC. 407. (a) The Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration shall take such steps as may be necessary and appropriate, in 
coordination and cooperation with ithe heads of other Federal depart-
ments and agencies, so that contracts, subcontracts, and deposits made 
by the Federal Government or in connection with programs aided 
with Federal funds are placed in such a way as to further the purposes 
of this title. 
"(b) The Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
shall provide for the continuing evaluation of programs under this 
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713 
section and the results of such evaluation together with recommenda- 
: 
tions shall be included in the report required by section 608." 
DAY CARE PROJECTS 
SEC. 107. (a) Title V of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
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is amended by adding the following new part at the end thereof: 
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"PART B — D A Y CARE PROJECTS 
"STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
"SEC. 521. The purpose of this part is to provide day care for 
children from families which need such assistance to become or remain 
self-sufficient or otherwise to obtain objectives related to the purposes 
of this Act, with particular emphasis upon enabling the parents or 
relatives of such children to choose to undertake or to continue basic 
education, vocational training, or gainful employment. 
"FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR DAY CARE PROJECTS 
"SEC. 522. (a) The Director is authorized to provide financial assist-
ance to appropriate public agencies and private organizations to pay 
not to exceed 90 per centum of the cost of planning, conducting, admin-
istering, and evaluating projects under which children from low-
income families or from urban and rural areas with large concentra-
tions or proportions of low-income persons may receive day care. Non-
Federal contributions may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, 
including but not limited to plant, equipment and services. Such day 
care projects shall provide health, education, social, and such other 
supportive services as may be needed. Financial assistance under this 
section may be provided to employers, labor unions, or to joint em-
ployer-union organizations, for day care projects established at or 
in association with a place of employment or training where such 
projects are financed in major part through private funds. Project 
costs payable under this part may include costs of renovation and 
alteration of physical facilities. Financial assistance under this section 
may be provided in conjunction with or to supplement day care 
projects under the Social Security Act or other relevant statutes. 
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"(b) The Director may require a family which is not a low-income 
family to make payment, in whole or m part, for the day care services 
provided under this program where the family's financial condition 
is, or becomes through employment or otherwise, such as to make such 
payment appropriate. 
"(c) The Director may provide, directly or through contracts or 
other arrangements, technical assistance and training necessary for 
the initiation or effective operation of programs under this part. 
"(d) The Director and the Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare shall take all necessary steps to coordinate programs under 
their jurisdictions which provide day care, with a view to establishing, 
insofar as possible, a common set of program standards and regula-
tions, and mechanisms for coordination at the State and local levels. 
In approving applications for assistance under this part, the Director 
shall take into consideration (1) the extent to which applicants show 
evidence of coordination and cooperation between their projects and 
other day care programs in the areas which they will serve, and (2) 
the extent to which unemployed or low-income individuals are to be 
employed, including individuals receiving or eligible to receive assist-
ance under the Social Security Act. 
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[81 STAT. 
" (e) Each project to which payments are made hereunder shall pro-
vide for a thorough evaluation. This evaluation shall be conducted by 
such agency or independent public or private organization as the Di-
rector shall designate, with a view to determining, among other things, 
the extent to which the day care provided may have increased the 
employment of parents and relatives of the children served, the extent 
to which such day care may have reduced the costs of aid and services 
to such children, the extent to which such children have received health 
and educational benefits, and the extent to which the project has been 
coordinated with other day care activities in the area served. Up to 
100 per centum of the costs of evaluation may be paid by the Director 
from funds appropriated for the purposes of carrying out this part, 
except that where such evaluation is carried on by the assisted agency 
itself, he mav pay only 90 per centum of such costs. Such evaluations, 
together with a report on the program described in this part, shall be 
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iHcluded iu the report required oy section 608. 
"DURATION OF PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 523. The Director shall carry out the programs provided for 
in this part during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and the two 
succeeding fiscal years." 
(b) The heading of title V of the Economic Opportunity Act of 
80 Stat. 1466. 
] 9^4 jg amended to read as follows: 
"TITLE V—WORK EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, AND 
DAY CARE PROGRAMS" 
(c) Title V of such Act is further amended by inserting after the 
headinjr thereof the following:: 
,42 u s e 2921-
2925. 
"PART A—^WORK EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING PROGRAMS" 
(d) Sections 501, 502, 503, 504, and 505 of such Act are amended by 
striking out "this title" wherever it appears therein and inserting in 
lieu thereof "this part". 
AMENDMENTS TO TITLE VI—ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION 
SEC. 108. (a) Section 601(a) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 
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78 Stat. 528. 
42 u s e 2942. 
serting in lieu thereof "five". 
(b) Section 602(b) of such Act is amended by inserting "(1)" after 
"(b)"; by inserting before "compensate" the following: "except that 
no individual may oe employed under the authority of this subsection 
for more than 100 days in any fiscal year; (2)"; and by striking out 
", and" after "travel time" and inserting in lieu thereof "; and (3)". 
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(^) Sectlou 603(b) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) Programs assisted under this Act shall not be carried on in a 
manner involving the use of program funds, the provision of services, 
or the employment or assignment of personnel in a manner supporting 
or resulting in the identification of such programs with (1) any 
partisan or nonpartisan political activity or anj^ other political activity 
associated with a candidate, or contending faction or group, in an elec-
tion for public or party office, (2) any activity to provide voters or 
prospective voters with transportation to the polls or similar assistance 
in connection with any such election, or (3) any voter registration 
activity. The Director, after consultation with the Civil Service Com-
mission, shall issue rules and regulations to provide for the enforce-
ment of this section, which shall include provisions for summary sus-
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715 
pension of assistance or other action necessary to permit enforcement 
on an emergency basis." 
(d) Section 604 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
H ^^^ ^^^^^ 
"APPEALS, NOTICE AND HEARING 
"SEC. 604. The Director shall prescribe procedures to assure that— 
" (1) special notice of and an opportunity for a timely and expe-
ditious appeal to the Director is provided for an agency or orga-
nization which would like to serve as a delegate agency under title 
I-B or I I and whose application to the prime sponsor or com-
munity action agency has been wholly or substantially rejected or 
has not been acted upon within a period of time deemed reasonable 
by the Director; 
"(2) financial assistance.under titles I-B, II, and I I I - B shall 
not be suspended for failure to comply with applicable terms and 
conditions, except in emergency situations, nor shall an applica-
tion for refunding under sections 123, 221, 222, or 312 be denied, 
unless the recipient agency has been given reasonable notice and 
opportunity to show cause why such action should not be taken; 
and 
"(3) financial assistance under titles I-B, II, and I I I - B shall 
not be terminated for failure to comply with applicable terms and 
conditions unless the recipient agency has been afforded reason-
able notice and opportunity for a full and fair hearing." 
(e) Part A of title VI of such Act is amended by inserting, after 
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section 605, the following new section: 
li ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESEARCH OR DEMONSTRATION CONTRACTS 
"SEC. 606. (a) The Director or the head of any other Federal agency 
administering a program under this Act shall make a public announce-
ment concernmg: 
"(1) The title, purpose, intended completion date, identity of 
the contractor, and proposed cost of any contract with a private 
or non-Federal public agency or organization for any demonstra-
tion or research project; and 
"(2) The results, findings, data, or recommendations made or 
reported as a result of such activities. 
"(b) The public announcements required by subsection (a) shall be 
made within thirty days of entering into such contracts and thereafter 
within thirty days of the receipt of such results. 
"(c) It shall be the duty of the Comptroller General to assure that 
the reqi^irements of this section are met, and he shall at once re-
port to the Congress concerning any failure to comply with these 
requirements." 
(f) Section 609 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
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a 
DEFINITIONS 
"SEC. 609. As used in this Act— 
"(1) the term 'State' means a State, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, 
or the Virgin Islands, and for purposes of title I and title I I the 
meaning of 'State' shall also include the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands; except that when used in section 225 of this Act 
this term means only a State or the District of Columbia. The 
term 'United States' when used in a geographical sense includes 
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[81 STAT. 
66 Stat. 189, 
188. 
8 u s e 1184, 
1182. 
79 Stat. 912. 
8 u s e 1153. 
79 Stat. 978; 
80 Stat. 1468. 
42 u s e 2950. 
Duties of 
Director. 
78 Stat. 532. 
42 u s e 2948. 
80 Stat. 1470. 
42 u s e 2951. 
78 Stat. 532; 
80 Stat. 1470. 
42 u s e 2961. 
all those places named in the previous sentence, and all other 
places continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the 
United States; 
"(2) the term 'financial assistance' when used in titles I, II, 
III-B, IV, and V-B includes assistance advanced by grant, agree-
ment, or contract, but does not include the procurement of plant 
or equipment, or goods or services; 
"(3) the term "permanent resident of the United States' when 
used in titles I-A and I-B shall include any native and citizen 
of Cuba who arrived in the United States from Cuba as a non-
immigrant or as a parolee subsequent to January 1,1959, under the 
provisions of section 214(a) or 212(d) (5), respectively, or any 
person admitted as a conditional entrant under section 203(a) (7), 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and 
"(4) the term 'Director' means the Director of the Office of 
Economic Opportunity." 
(g) Section 610 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
a 
42 u s e 2962. 
PROGRAMS FOR T H E ELDERLY POOR 
"SEC. 610. It is the intention of Congress that whenever feasible 
the special problems of the elderly poor shall be considered in the 
development, conduct, and administration of programs under this 
Act. The Director shall (1) carry out such investigations and studies, 
including consultations with appropriate agencies and organizations, 
as may be necessary to develop and carry out a plan for the participa-
tion of the elderly poor in programs under this Act, including 
programs providing employment opportunities, public service oppor-
tunities, education and other services and activities which assist the 
elderly poor to achieve self-sufficiency; (2) maintain a constant review 
of all programs under this Act to assure that the needs of the elderly 
poor are given adequate consideration; (3) initiate and maintain inter-
agency liaison with all other appropriate Federal agencies to achieve 
a coordinated national approach to the needs of the elderly poor; 
and (4) determine and recommend to the President and the Congress 
such programs requiring additional authority and the necessary legis-
lation to provide such authority. In exercising his responsibilities 
under this section, the Director shall cooperate with the Commissioner 
on Aging. The Director shall describe the ways in which this section 
has been implemented in the annual report required by section 608." 
(h) Section 610-1 (a) of such Act is amended (1) by striking out 
"part A of title I I " and inserting in lieu thereof "title II", and (2) 
by inserting the words "a substantial number of the" immediately 
before the word "persons" the second and third time that word 
appears. 
(i) Section 611 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"LIMITATION ON BENEFITS FOR THOSE VOLTINTARILT POOR 
"SEC. 611. The Director shall take such action as may be necessary 
to assure that, in determining a person's eligibility for benefits under 
this Act on account of his poverty, such person will not be deemed 
to meet the poverty criteria if his lack of income results from his 
refusal, without good cause, to seek or accept employment commen-
surate with his health, age, education, and ability." 
(j) Section 612 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
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717 
ii J O I N T 
FUNDING 
"SEC. 612. Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the President, 
where funds are advanced for a single project by more than one 
Federal agency to a community action agency or other agency assisted 
under this Act, any one Federal agency may be designated to act for 
all in administering the funds advanced. In such cases, a single local 
share requirement may be established according to the proportion of 
funds advanced by each agency, and any such agency may waive any 
technical ^rant or contract requirement (as defined by such regula-
tions) which is inconsistent with the similar requirements of the 
administering agency or which the administering agency does not 
impose." 
(k) Section 613 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
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a U M I T A T I O N W I T H RESPECT TO CERTAIN UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES 
"SEC. 613. No individual employed or assigned by any community 
action agency or other agency assisted under this Act shall, pursuant 
to or during the performance of services rendered in connection with 
any program or activity conducted or assisted under this Act by such 
community action agency or such other agency, plan, initiate, partici-
pate in, or otherwise aid or assist in the conduct of any unlawful 
demonstration, rioting, or civil disturbance." 
(1) Section 616 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
^9 stat. 978; 
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80 Stat. 1471. 
42 u s e 2966. 
a, 
TRANSFER OF FUNDS 
"SEC. 616. Notwithstanding any limitation on appropriations for 
any program or activity under this Act or any Act authorizing appro-
priations for such program or activity, not to exceed 10 per centum 
of the amount appropriated or allocated from any appropriation for 
the purpose of enabling the Director to carry out any such program or 
activity under the Act may be transferred and used by the Director for 
the purpose of carrying out any other such program or activity under 
the Act; but no such transfer shall result m increasing the amounts 
otherwise available for any program or activity by more than 10 per 
centum." 
(m) Title VI of such Act is amended by— 
(1) adding the following new section after section 620: 
^^ stat. 1472. 
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RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOLLOW THROUGH PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 621. Pursuant to section 602(d), the Director shall delegate his 5oltar\'468*' 
functions under section 222(a) (2) to the Secretary of Health, Ediica- 
42*usc 2942. 
tion, and Welfare, and such functions shall be carried out through the 
^"'e. ?• ^^s. 
Office of Education of the Department of Health, Education, and 
Welfare."; 
(2) striking out the heading "PART B—COORDINATION OF ANTI-
POVERTY PROGRAMS" and 
(3) inserting at the end of such title a new part B to read as 
follows: 
"PART B—COORDINATION 
"STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
"SEC. 630. This part establishes an Economic Opportunity Council, 
provides for an information center, and prescribes certain duties and 
responsibilities. Its purpose is to promote better coordination among 
all programs related to this Act, with a view to making those pro-
grams more effective in reaching and serving the poor, assisting State 
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[81 STAT. 
Duties. 
Executive 
Secretary. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
and local agencies to adapt diverse Federal programs to varying local 
problems and conditions, stimulating new and more imaginative ways 
of combining complementary Federal resources in the solution of spe-
cific problems, and generally improving cooperation and communica-
tion among all levels of government, agencies, and institutions in 
matters related to the purposes of this Act. 
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ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL 
"SEC. 631. (a) There is established, in the Executive Office of the 
President, the Economic Opportunity Council (hereinafter referred 
to as the 'Council'), which shall be composed of the Director and the 
heads of such Federal departments and agencies, such Presidential 
assistants and such other officials of the Federal Government as the 
President may from time to time designate. The President shall desig-
nate one of the members of the Council to serve as chairman. Each 
member shall designate an alternate to sit in his stead in the event 
of his unavoidable absence. 
"(b) It shall be the responsibility of the Council to assist the 
President in— 
"(1) providing for the coordination of Federal programs and 
activities related to this Act; 
"(2) developing basic policies and setting priorities with re-
spect to such programs and activities; 
"(3) resolving differences arising among Federal departments 
and agencies with respect to such programs and activities; and 
"(4) initiating and arranging for the carrying out of specific 
actions or projects designed to achieve the objectives of this Act. 
"(c) The President shall appoint an Executive Secretary of the 
Council. The Executive Secretary is authorized to appoint and fix the 
compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to assist him in 
the performance of his duties. Employees of other Federal depart-
ments and agencies may be detailed to the Council from time to time 
to provide temporary assistance. 
(d) To the extent appropriate, a report of the activities of the 
Council shall be included in the annual report of the Director to the 
President and to the Congress, or in a separate report to the Congress. 
"(e) From the sums authorized and appropriated to carry out the 
provisions of this title, the President shall reserve such amounts as 
may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. 
Ante, p. 703. 
"RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR 
"SEC. 632. In addition to his other powers under this Act, and to 
assist the President in coordinating the antipoverty efforts of all Fed-
eral agencies, the Director shall— 
" (1) undertake special studies of specific coordination problems 
at the request of the President or the Council, or on his own 
initiative; 
" (2) carry on a continuing evaluation of all activities under this 
Act, and consult with interested agencies and groups, including 
State agencies described in section 231 of this Act and the National 
Advisory Council, with a view to identifying coordination prob-
lems that may warrant consideration by tne Council or the Presi-
dent and, to the extent feasible or appropriate, initiate action for 
overcoming those problems, either through the Office of Economic 
Opportunity or in conjunction with other Federal, State, or local 
agencies; and 
"(3) prepare a five-year national poverty action plan showing 
'^^ ' estimates of Federal and other governmental expenditures, and. 
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where feasible, the contributions of the private sector, needed to 
eliminate poverty in this countrj within alternative periods of 
time. Such plan shall include estimates of the funds necessary to 
finance all relevant programs authorized by this and other Acts, 
and any new programs which may be necessary to eliminate pov-
erty in this country, and it shall include recommendations for 
such new programs. The plan shall be presented to the Congress 
and updated on an annual basis. 
"COOPERATION OF FEDERAL AGENCIES 
"SEC. 633. (a) Federal agencies administering programs related to 
this Act shall— 
" (1) cooperate with the Director and with the Council in carry-
ing out their duties and responsibilities; and 
"(2) carry out their programs and exercise their functions so 
as to assist in carrying out the provisions and purposes of this 
Act, to the fullest extent permitted by other applicable law. 
"(b) The Council and the Director may call upon Federal agencies 
to supply statistical data, program reports, and other materials as 
they deem necessary to discharge their responsibilities under this Act. 
"(c) The President may direct that particular programs and func-
tions, including the expenditure of funds, of Federal agencies shall be 
carried out, to the extent not inconsistent with other applicable law, 
in conjunction with or in support of programs authorized under this 
Act. 
"COMBINATIONS AMONG PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 634. In order to encourage efficiencies, close unnecessary serv-
ice gaps, and generally promote more effective administration, the Di-
rector shall require, to the fullest extent feasible, that projects or 
programs assisted under this Act be carried on so as to supplement one 
another, or where appropriate other related programs or projects, 
and be included within or otherwise carried on in combination with 
community action programs. In the case of other programs related to 
this Act, the heads of the Federal agencies responsible for those pro-
grams shall, to the extent permitted by law, similarly provide assist-
ance for projects and activities in a manner which encourages com-
binations with other related projects and activities where appropriate, 
and with community action programs. The Economic Opportunity 
Council shall, in carrying out its responsibilities under this part, make 
a continuing review of the operation of this section with a view to 
(1) determining particular groups of programs which, because of their 
objectives, or similarities in target groups or areas, are especially ap-
propriate for combined or closely coordinated operation at the State 
or local level, and making recommendations accordingly to the Presi-
dent or appropriate Federal officials; (2) evaluating Federal agency 
procedures for carrying out this section, and developing or recom-
mending additional or common procedures, as appropriate; and (3) 
determining whether, and to what extent, consolidations of Federal 
programs may be justified and making recommendations respecting 
such consolidations to the Director and the President. 
"INFORMATION CENTER 
"SEC. 635. (a) The Director shall establish and operate an informa-
tion center for the purpose of insuring that maximum use is made of 
Federal programs related to this Act and that information concerning 
those programs and other relevant information is readily available to 
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[81 STAT. 
public officials and other interested persons. The Director shall collect, 
prepare, analyze, correlate, and distribute information as described 
above, either free of charge or by sale at cost (any funds so received to 
be deposited to the Director's account as an offset of that cost), and may 
make arrangements and pay for any printing and binding without 
regard to the provisions of any other law or regulations. In connection 
with operation of the center, the Director may carry on research or 
studies concerning the improvement of information systems in support 
of the purposes of this Act, the adequacy of existing data, ways in 
which data generated on the State and local level may be incorporated 
into Federal information systems, and methods by which data may be 
made more readily available to State and local officials or used to 
further coordination objectives. 
"(b) The Director shall publish and maintain on a current basis, a 
catalog of Federal programs relating to individual and community 
improvement. He may also make grants, from funds appropriated to 
carry out title II of this Act, to States and communities to establish 
information service centers for the collection, correlation, and distribu-
tion of information required to further the purposes of this Act. 
"(c) In order to assure that all appropriate officials are kept fully 
informed of programs related to this Act, and that maximum use is 
made of those programs, the Director shall establish procedures to 
assure prompt distribution to State and local agencies of all current 
information, including administrative rules, regulations, and guide-
lines, required by those agencies for the effective performance of their 
responsibilities. 
"pROHIBITIOlSr 
"SEC. 636. In order to assure that existing Federal agencies are 
used to the fullest extent possible in carrying out the purposes of this 
Act, no funds appropriated to carry out this Act shall be used to estab-
lish any new department or office when the intended function is being 
performed by an existing department or office. 
"SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES: TRAINING PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 637. (a) It shall be the responsibility of the Director, the Sec-
retary of Labor, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and 
the heads of all other departments and agencies concerned, acting 
through such procedures or mechanisms as the President may pre-
scribe, to provide for, and take such steps as may be necessary and ap-
propriate to implement, the effective coordination of all programs and 
activities within the executive branch of the Government relating to 
the training of individuals for the purpose of improving or restoring 
employability. 
"(b) The Secretary of Labor, pursuant to such agreements as may 
be necessary or appropriate (which may include arrangements for re-
imbursement) shall— 
" (1) be responsible for assuring that the Federal-State employ-
ment service provides and develops its capacity for providing 
maximum support for the programs described in subsection (a); 
and 
"(2) obtain from the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare, the Director of the Office of Eco-
nomic Opportunity, and the head of any other Federal agency 
administering a training program, such employment informa-
tion as will facilitate the placement of individuals being trained. 
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721 
"DEFINITIONS 
"SEC. 638. As used in this part, 'programs related to this xict' and 
'coordination' shall include the programs and actions described in this 
section: 
"(1) 'Programs related to this Act' include programs under 
this Act and all Federal or federally assisted programs which have 
objectives which are, in whole or substantial part, complementary 
to the purposes of this Act, or which provide resources which may 
be used in combination with resources under this Act to assist in 
achieving any of the purposes of this Act. 
"(2) 'Coordination' includes, but is not limited to— 
"(A) actions to improve the common effectiveness of pro-
grams in reaching and serving the poor, such as actions: to 
extend services to new areas, provide them in a common 
place, or structure them so that they are more readily ac-
cepted or widely utilized; to eliminate procedures or require-
ments that may be inappropriate for or result in unnecessary 
hardship to disadvantaged persons with limited education 
or other special handicaps; to establish common eligibility 
standards among programs serving substantially similar 
groups or operating in the same areas; or to develop methods 
of operation or administration that will provide new employ-
ment incentives or opportunities for the poor ; 
"(B) actions to promote better use at the State or local 
level of Federal assistance available under diverse programs, 
such as actions to establish procedures for cooperation among 
State or local agencies seeking assistance from different Fed-
eral sources with a view to eliminating unnecessary duplica-
tion and service gaps and promoting common or complemen-
tary priorities; or to modify or improve technical or 
administrative requirements imposed by different Federal 
agencies that may operate to increase unnecessarily the bur-
dens of State or local agencies, minimize their opportunities 
for the imaginative use of Federal assistance, or discourage 
their cooperation with one 'another; 
"(C) actions to promote simplification and efficiencies 
through the joint or combined use of Federal resources, such 
as actions to develop new methods of processing requests for 
assistance or granting assistance that will enable Federal 
agencies more generally to use resources jointly in support of 
common objectives; to establish common priorities for pur-
poses of program planning, research and demonstration 
activities; and to effect combinations among or redirect Fed-
eral programs or activities for the purpose of eliminating 
unnecessary duplication; 
"(D) actions to improve communication and general co-
operation, such as actions to strengthen ties among regional 
offices of different Federal agencies and among such offices 
and other regional agencies or organizations; to develop and 
improve procedures by which Federal agencies may act to-
gether in promulgating or making available items of informa-
tion, including information as to the availability and alloca-
tion of funds, which are closely related to one another for 
purposes of State or local planning and budgeting; or to 
develop procedures by which State and local agencies may 
be afforded new opportunities to participate in Federal 
policy decisions, including decisions on recommended legis-
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[81 STAT. 
lation, affecting their capacity to operate efficiently and 
effectively." 
AMENDMENT TO TITLE VH 
Public assist 
ance 
SEC. 109. Section 701(b) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
78 Stat. 534. 
is amended (1) by striking out "July 1, 1965" and inserting in lieu 
42 use 2981. 
thereof "July 1, 1968", and (2) by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing : "With respect to any period after June 30,1969, subsection (a) 
shall not apply." 
VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS 
!o ^'^*'ooJ^ 
SEC. 110. Title V m of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is 
4z use ^""1 et 
111 
1 
i» Ti 
seq. 
amended to read as follows: 
"TITLE VIII—DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE 
PROGRAMS 
"VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA 
"STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
"SEC. 801. This title provides for a program of full-time volunteer 
service, for programs of part-time or short-term community volunteer 
service, and for special volunteer programs, together with other powers 
and responsibilities designed to assist in the development and coordina-
tion of volunteer programs. Its purpose is to strengthen and supple-
ment efforts to eliminate poverty by encouraging and enabling persons 
from all walks of life and all age groups, includm^ elderly and retired 
Americans, to perform meaningful and constructive service as volun-
teers in part-time or short-term programs in their home or nearby 
communities, and as full-time volunteers serving in rural areas and 
urban communities, on Indian reservations, among migrant workers, in 
Job Corps centers, and in other agencies, institutions, and situations 
where the application of human talent and dedication may help the 
poor to overcome the handicaps of poverty and to secure and exploit 
opportunities for self-advancement. 
"PART A—FULL-TIME VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS 
"AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH FULL-TIME PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 810. (a) The Director may recruit, select, and train persons to 
serve in full-time volunteer programs, and upon request of Federal, 
State, or local agencies, or private nonprofit organizations, may assign 
such volunteers to work— 
"(1) in meeting the health, education, welfare, or related needs 
of Indians living on reservations, of migratory workers and their 
families, or of residents of the District of Columbia, the Common-
• wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin 
Islands, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; 
" (2) in the care and rehabilitation of the mentally ill or men-
tally retarded under treatment at nonprofit mental health or 
mental retardation facilities; and 
"(3) in connection with programs or activities authorized, sup-
ported, or of a character eligible for assistance under this Act. 
"(b) The assignment of volunteers under this section shall be on 
such terms and conditions (including restrictions on political activities 
Bl STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-2122-DEC. 23, 1967 
723 
that appropriately recognize the special status of volunteers living 
among the persons or groups served by programs to which they have 
been assigned) as the Director may determine, including work assign-
ments in their own or nearby communities; but volunteers under this 
part shall not be assigned to duties or work in any State without the 
consent of the Governor. The assignment of such a volunteer in any 
State shall be terminated by the Director when so requested by the 
Governor of such State not later than thirty days or at a time there-
after agreed upon by the Governor and Director after such request has 
been made by the Governor to the Director. 
ii, 
TERMS OF SERVICE 
"SEC. 811. (a) Volunteers under this part shall be required to make 
a full-time personal commitment to combating poverty. To the extent 
practicable, this shall include a commitment to live among and at the 
economic level of the people served, and to remain available for serv-
ice without regard to regular working hours, at all times during their 
term of service, except for authorized periods of leave. 
"(b) Volunteers under this part shall be enrolled for one-year 
periods of service, excluding time devoted to training. The Director 
may, however, allow persons who are unable to make a full one-year 
commitment to enroll as volunteer associates for periods of service 
of not less than two months where he determines that this more limited 
service will effectively promote the purposes of this title. 
"(c) All volunteers under this part shall take and subscribe to an 
oath or affirmation in the form prescribed by section 106 of this Act, 
^"'®' P- ''^'* 
and the provisions of section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, 
" ^'^*- '"*^-
shall be applicable with respect to that oath or affirmation. 
"SUPPORT OF FULL-TIME VOLUNTEERS 
"SEC. 812. (a) The Director may provide a stipend to volunteers 
under this part while they are in training and on assignment, but 
the stipend shall not exceed $50 per month during the volunteer's 
first year of service. He may provide a stipend not to exceed $75 per 
month in the case of persons who have served for at least one year and 
who, in accordance with standards prescribed by him, have been 
designated volunteer leaders on the basis of experience and special 
skills. The Director may also provide volunteers such living, travel 
(including travel to and from the place of training), and leave allow-
ances, and such housing, supplies, equipment, subsistence, clothing, 
health and dental care, or such other support, as he may deem neces-
sary or appropriate for their needs. 
"(b) Stipends shall be payable only upon completion of a term of 
service; except that in extraordinary circumstances the Director may 
from time to time advance accrued stipend, or any portion thereof, 
to or on behalf of a volunteer. In the event of the death of a volunteer 
during service, the amount of any unpaid stipend shall be paid in 
accordance with the provisions of section 5582 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
^ 
. 
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"(c) The Director may provide or arrange for educational and 
vocational counseling of volunteers and recent volunteers to encourage 
them to use the skills and experience which they have derived from 
their training and service in thie national interest, and particularly 
in combating poverty as members of the helping professions. 
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[81 STAT. 
"PART B—AUXILIARY AND SPECIAL VOLUNTEJ^R PROGRAMS 
"COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 820. (a) The Director shall develop programs designed to 
expand opportunities for persons to participate in a direct and per-
sonal way, on a part-time basis or for shorter periods of service than 
are required for enrollment under section 810, and in their home or 
nearby communities, in volunteer activities contributing to the elimi-
nation of poverty. Pursuant to appropriate plans, agreements, or 
arrangements the Director may provide financial, technical, or other 
assistance needed to carry on projects that are undertaken in connec-
tion with these programs. These projects may include, without limita-
tion, activities designed (1) to encourage greater numbers of persons 
to participate, as volunteers, in local programs and projects assisted 
under this Act, with particular emphasis upon programs designed to 
aid youth or promote child development; (2) to encourage persons 
with needed managerial, professional, or technical skills to contribute 
those skills to programs for the development or betterment of urban 
and rural neighborhoods or areas having especially lar^e concentra-
tions or proportions of the poor, with particular emphasis upon help-
ing residents of those neighborhoods or areas to develop the com-
petence necessary to take advantage of public and private resources 
which would not otherwise be available or used for those programs; 
and (3) to assist existing national and local agencies relying upon or 
in need of volunteers to obtain volunteer services more readily, or to 
provide specialized short-term training, with particular emphasis on 
agencies serving the most seriously disadvantaged, operating in areas 
of the most concentrated poverty, or having similar critical needs. 
"(b) Persons serving as volunteers under this section shall receive 
no livmg allowance or stipend and only such other support or allow-
ances as the Director determines, pursuant to regulations, are required 
because of unusual or special circumstances affecting the project. 
"(c) The services of any person, if otherwise allowable as a non-
Federal contribution toward the cost of any program or project 
assisted under this or any other Federal Act, shall not be disallowed 
merely by reason of actions of the Director under this section in pro-
viding for or assisting in the recruitment, referral, or preservice train-
ing of such person. 
(( 
SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 821. The Director is authorized to conduct, or provide by 
grant or contract for, special volunteer programs designed to stimulate 
and initiate improved methods of providing volunteer services and to 
encourage wider volunteer participation, in furtherance of the pur-
poses of this title. Not to exceed 10 per centum of the sums appro-
priated or allocated from any appropriation to carry out this title for 
any fiscal year may be used for programs under this section. 
a DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO H E L P YOUNG ADULT CRIMINAL OFFENDERS 
"SEC. 822. (a) The Director is authorized to conduct, or to make 
grants, contracts, or other arrangements for the conduct of demonstra-
tion projects in not more than four areas during the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1968, and in not more than six areas during each of the two 
succeeding fiscal years, under which— 
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PUBLIC LAW 90-222-DEC. 23, 1967 
725 
"(1) volunteers under part A, and members of the Teacher Ante, p. 67 2. 
Corps furnished pursuant to this section, provide criminal offend-
ers aged sixteen through twenty-five with intensive education, 
training, and counseling for at least a six-month period prior to 
their release from confinement and for at least a six-month period 
thereafter; 
"(2) not more than one hundred such volunteers are employed 
pursuant to this section during the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1968, and not more than one hundred and fifty such volunteers 
are so employed during each of the two succeeding fiscal years; 
" (3) the Commissioner of Education furnishes, on a reimbursa-
ble basis, for the purpose of this section, members of the Teacher 
Corps who have been recruited and trained by one or more institu-
tions of higher education; and 
" (4) not more than forty such members are furnished pursuant 
to this section during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and 
not more than sixty such members are so furnished during each 
of the two succeeding fiscal years. 
"(b) Members of the Teacher Corps enrolled for purposes of this 
section, who are not experienced teachers, shall be compensated at the 
rate of $75 per week plus $15 per week for each dependent. Such mem-
bers who are experienced teachers shall be compensated at a rate to 
be fixed by the Commissioner of Education. Assignment of members 
of the Teacher Corps pursuant to this section shall be without regard 
to the provisions of section 513(c) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965. 
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"PART C—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
ii COORDINATION W I T H OTHER PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 831. The Director shall take necessary steps to coordinate 
volunteer programs authorized under this title with one another, with 
community action programs, and with other related Federal, State, 
local, and national programs. These steps shall include, to the extent 
feasible, actions to promote service by volunteers or former volunteers 
in the full-time programs authorized under part A in providing neces-
sary suppjort to programs under part B, and actions to encourage per-
sons serving as part-time or short-term volunteers to make commit-
ments under part A as regular or associate full-time volunteers. The 
Director shall also consult with the heads of other Federal, State, local, 
and national agencies responsible for programs related to the purpose 
of this Act with a view to encouraging greater use of volunteer services 
in those programs and establishing in connection with them systematic 
procedures for the recruitment, referral, or necessary preservice orien-
tation or training of part-time volunteers serving pursuant to this part. 
u 
PARTICIPATION OF OLDER 
PERSONS 
"SEC. 832. In carrying out this title, the Director shall take necessary 
steps, including the development of special projects where appropriate, 
to encourage the fullest participation of older persons and older per-
sons membership groups as volunteers and participant agencies in the 
various programs and activities authorized under this title and, be-
cause of the high proportion of older persons within the poverty group, 
shall encourage the development of a variety of volunteer services to 
older persons, including special projects, to assure that they are served 
in proportion to their need. 
726 
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[81 STAT. 
"APPLICATION 
OF FEDERAL 
LAW 
me^^'ia'wi''n''^°^" 
"SEC. 833. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), volunteers 
applicability. 
uuder this title shall not be deemed Federal employees and shall not 
be subject to the provisions of laws relating to Feaeral employment. 
"(b) Individuals who receive either a living allowance or a stipend 
under part A shall, with respect to such services or training, (1) be 
deemed, for the purposes of subchapter III of chaj^ter 73 of title 5 of 
5°us*c**73"f- 
^^^ United States Code, persons employed in the executive branch of 
7327. 
" 
the Federal Government, and (2) be deemed Federal employees to the 
same extent as enroUees of the Job Corps under section 116(a) (1), 
(2), and (3) of this Act, except that for purposes of the computation 
described in 116(a)(2)(B) the monthly pay of a volunteer shall be 
deemed to be that received under the entrance salary for GS-7 under 
section 5332 of title 5, United States Code. 
a 
42 u s e 2751-
2756. 
SPECIAL LIMITATIONS 
"SEC. 834. (a) The Director shall prescribe regulations to assure 
that service under this title is limited to activities which would not 
otherwise be performed and which will not result in the displacement 
of employed workers or impair existing contracts for service. 
"(b) All support, including transportation provided to volunteers 
under this title, shall be furnished at the lowest possible cost consist-
ent with the effective operations of volunteer programs. 
"(c) No agency or organization to which volunteers are assigned 
hereunder, or which operates or supervises any volunteer program 
hereunder shall request or receive any compensation for services of 
volunteers supervised by such agency or organization. 
"(d) No funds authorized to be appropriated herein shall be di-
rectly or indirectly utilized to finance labor or anti-labor organization 
or related activity. 
"(e) Persons serving as volunteers under this title shall i)rovide 
such information concerning their qualifications, including their abil-
ity to perform their assigned tasks and their integrity, as the Director 
shall prescribe and shall be subject to such procedures, for selection 
and approval as the Director may require. The Director may fix such 
special procedures for the selection and approval of low-income resi-
dents of the area to be served by a program who wish to become volun-
teers as he determines will contribute to carrying out the purposes of 
this title. 
(( 
DURATION OF PROGRAM 
"SEC. 835. The Director shall carry out the programs provided for 
in this title during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and the three 
succeeding fiscal years. For each such fiscal year only such sums may be 
appropriated as the Congress may authorize by law." 
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 111. (a) Sections 121, 122,123, 124, and 125 of the Economic 
Opportunity Act of 1964 (and all references to such sections) are re-
designated as 141, 142, 143, 144, and 145, respectively. 
42 use 2771. 
^]j^ Section 141 of such Act (and all references to such section) is 
redesignated as 161. 
3 Vsc'ios^^' 
(^) Section 105 of title 3, United States Code, is amended by insert-
ing after "Executive Secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Council," the following: "of the Executive Secretary of the Economic 
Opportunity Council,". 
81 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-^22-DEC. 23, 1967 
727 
TITLE II—INVESTIGATION AND EVALUATION BY THE 
COMPTROLLER 
GENERAL 
INVESTIGATION 
SEC. 201. The Comptroller General of the United States (herein-
after in this title referred to as the Comptroller General) is author-
ized and directed to make an investigation in sufficient depth of 
programs and activities financed in vs^hole or in part by funds author-
ized under section 2 of this Act, in order to determine— 
(1) the efficiency of the administration of such programs and 
activities by the Office of Economic Opportunity and by local pub-
lic and private agencies carrying out such programs and ac-
tivities* and 
(2) tne extent to which such programs and activities achieve 
the objectives set forth in the relevant part or title of the Eco-
nomic Opportunity Act of 1964 authorizing such programs or 
]^ ^^^' ^°^^ 
activities. 
note. 
REPORTS 
SEC. 202. The Comptroller General shall make such interim reports 
as he deems advisable and shall transmit his final report to the Con-
gress not later than December 1,1968. Such final report shall contain 
a detailed statement of his findings and conclusions together with such 
recommendations, including recommendations for additional legisla-
tion as he deems advisable. 
POWERS OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL 
SEC. 203. (a) The Comptroller General or, on the authorization of 
the Comptroller General, any officer of the General Accounting Office, 
may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title, hold 
such hearings, take such testimony, and sit and act at such times and 
places as he deems advisable. Any officer designated by the Comp-
troller General may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses ap-
pearing before the Comptroller General or such designated officer. 
(b) Each department, agency, and instrumentality ofthe executive 
branch of the Government, including independent agencies, is au-
thorized and directed to furnish to the Comptroller General, upon 
request made by him, such information as he deems necessary to 
carry out his functions under this title. 
(c) The Comptroller General is authorized— 
(1) to appoint and fix the compensation of such staff personnel 
as he deems necessary without regard to the provisions of title 5, 
United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive 
service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and 
subchapter I I I of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification 
and General Schedule pay rates, and 
ssas.' 
(2) to procure temporary and intermittent services to the same 
extent as is authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
^° ^'^*' ^'^^ 
Code, but at rates not to exceed $100 a day for individuals. 
(d) The Comptroller General is authorized to enter into contracts 
with Federal or State agencies, private firms, institutions, and in-
dividuals for the conduct of research or surveys, the preparation of 
reports, and other activities necessary to the discharge of his duties 
under this title. 
5 u s e 5101-
5115, S331-. 
728 
PUBLIC LAW 90-225-DEC. 26, 1967 
[81 STAT. 
AUTHORIZATION 
Penalties. 
78 Stat. 508. 
42 u s e 2701 
note. 
78 Stat. 516; 
80 Stat. 1456. 
42 u s e 2782. 
Ante, pp 691, 
693. 
SEC. 204. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. 
as may 
TITLE III—CRIMINAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. (a) Whoever, being an officer, director, agent, or employee 
of, or connected in any capacity with, any agency receiving financial 
assistance under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 embezzles, 
willfully misapplies, steals, or obtains by fraud any of the moneys, 
funds, assets, or property which are the subject of a grant or contract 
of assistance pursuant to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, shall 
be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than two 
years, or both; but if the amount so embezzled, misapplied, stolen, or 
obtained by fraud does not exceed $100, he shall be fined not more than 
$1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. 
(b) Whoever, by threat of procuring dismissal of any person from 
employment or of refusal to employ or refusal to renew a contract of 
employment in connection with a grant or contract of assistance under 
the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 induces any person to give up 
any money or thing of any value to any person (including such grantee 
agency), shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more 
than one year, or both. 
T I T L E IV—EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 401. The amendments made by this Act shall be in effect imme-
diately upon its enactment, except as provided in this section. Until 
June 30,1968, the provision's of section 202 of the Economic Opportu-
nity Act of 1964 as in effect immediately prior to the enactment of this 
Act shall apply to community action agencies in existence and funded 
prior to the enactment of this Act, except that in any grant or funding 
agreement made with such an agency prior to June 30,1968, adequate 
provision shall be made for transfer of fuiictions, obligations, records, 
authority, and funds to any community action agency designated pur-
suant to sections 210 or 211 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
as amended by this Act: Provided, hoiaever, That nothing in this Act 
shall rec^uire the termination before February 1, 1969 or an existing 
community action agency or any program assisted under the Eco-
nomic Opportunity Act of 1964 prior to the designation of, and pro-
vision of financial assistance to, a community action agency or other 
agency established under sections 210 and 211 of the Economic Oppor-
tunity Act as amended by this Act. 
Approved December 23, 1967, 10:25 a.m., Cam Ranh Bay, So. 
Viet Nam. 
December 26, 1967 
[H. R. 8715] 
D.C. Alcoholic 
Beverage Con-
trol Act, amend-
ment. 
50 Stat. 803. 
Public Law 90-223 
AN ACT 
To amend the District of Columlua Alcoholic Beverage Control Act to limit 
the amount of wines, spirits, and beer that may be brought into the District 
of Columbia. 
Be it enacted hy the SeTiate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (b) 
of section 39 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control 
Act (D.C. Code, sec. 25-137) are amended by striking out "one gallon 
at any one time" and inserting in lieu thereof "one quart in any one 
calendar month". 
Approved December 26, 1967.