An Act to amend the Library Services and Construction Act, and for other purposes
PL 91-600 (S.3318), enacted 12/30/1970

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Public Law 91-600 
December 30, 1970 
AN ACT 
[s- 3318] 
To amend the Library Services and Construction Act, and for other purposes. 
Library Services 
and Construction 
Amendments of 
1970. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Library Services and Construction Amendments of 
1970". 
70 Stat. 293; 
78 Stat. 16. 
20 u s e 351 
note. 
PURPOSE; AMENDMENT TO T H E LIBRARY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION ACT 
SEC. 2. (a) It is the purpose of this Act to improve the administra-
tion, implementation, and purposes of the programs authorized by the 
Library Services and Construction Act, by lessening the administra-
tive burden upon the States through a reduction in the number of 
State plans which must be submitted and approved annually under 
such Act and to afford the States greater discretion in the allocation 
of funds under such Act to meet specific State needs and, by provid-
ing for special programs to meet the needs of disadvantaged persons, 
in both urban and rural areas, for library services and for strengthen-
ing the capacity of State library administrative agencies for meeting 
the needs of all the people of the States. 
(b) The Library Services and Construction Act (20 U.S.C. 351 et 
seq.), is amended by striking out all that follows the first section and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"DECLARATION OF POLICY 
"SEC. 2. (a) It is the purpose of this Act to assist the States in the 
extension and improvement of public library services in areas of 
the States which are without such services or in which such services 
are inadequate, and with public library construction, and in the 
improvement of such other State library services as library services for 
physically handicapped, institutionalized, and disadvantaged persons, 
in strengthening State library administrative agencies, and in pro-
moting interlibrary cooperation among all types of libraries. 
"(b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to interfere with State 
and local initiative and responsibility in the conduct of library serv-
ices. The administration of libraries, the selection of personnel and 
library books and materials, and, insofar as consistent with the pur-
poses of this Act, the determination of the best uses of the funds pro-
vided under this Act shall be reserved to the States and their local 
subdivisions. 
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DEFINITIONS 
"SEC. 3. The following definitions shall apply to this Act: 
" (1) 'Commissioner' means the Commissioner of Education. 
"(2) 'Construction' includes construction of new buildings and 
acquisition, expansion, remodeling, and alteration of existing build-
ings, and initial equipment of any such buildings, or any combination 
of such activities (including architects' fees and the cost of acquisition 
of land). For the purposes of this paragraph, the term 'equipment' 
includes machinery, utilities, and built-in equipment and any neces-
sary enclosures or structures to house them; and such term includes all 
other items necessary for the functioning of a particular facility as a 
facility for the provision of library services. 
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"(3) 'Library service' means the performance of all activities of a 
library relating to the collection and organization of library materials 
and to making the materials and information of a library available to 
a clientele. 
"(4) 'Library services for the physically handicapped' means the 
providing of library services, through public or other nonprofit librar-
ies, agencies, or oi"ganizations, to physically handicapped persons 
(including the blind and other visually handicapped) certified by com-
petent authority as unable to read or to use conventional printed 
materials as a result of physical limitations. 
"(5) 'Public library' means a library that serves free of charge all 
i-esidents of a community, district, or region, and receives its financial 
support in whole or in part from public funds. 
"(6) 'Public library services' means library services furnished by 
a public library free of charge. 
"(7) 'State' means a State, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, 
or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 
" (8) 'State Advisory Council on Libraries' means an advisory coun-
cil for the purposes of clause (3) of section 6(a) of this Act which 
shall— 
"(A) be broadly representative of the public, school, academic, 
special, and institutional libraries, and libraries serving the handi-
capped, in the State and of persons using such libraries, including 
disadvantaged persons within the State; 
"(B) advise the State library administrative agency on the 
development of, and policy matters arising in the administration 
of, the State plan; and 
"(C) assist the State librai'y administrative agency in the eval-
uation of activities assisted under this Act; 
"(9) 'State institutional library services' means the providing of 
books and other library materials, and of librarj^ services, to (A) 
inmates, patients, or residents of penal institutions, reformatories, resi-
dential training schools, orphanages, or general or special institutions 
or hospitals operated or substantially supported by the State, or (B) 
students in residential schools for the physically handicapped (includ-
ing mentally retarded, hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, visually 
handicapped, seriously emotionally disturbed, crippled, or other health 
impaired persons who by reason thereof require special education) 
operated or substantially supported by the State. 
"(10) 'State library administrative agency' means the official 
agency of a State charged by law of that State with the extension 
and development of public library services throughout the State, 
which has adequate authority under law of the State to administer 
State plans in accordance w^ith the provisions of this Act. 
"(11) 'Basic State plan' means the document which gives assur-
ances that the officially designated State library administrative agency 
lias the fiscal and legal authority and capability to administer all 
aspects of this Act; provides assurances for establishing the State's 
policies, priorities, criteria, and procedures necessary to the implemen-
tation of all programs under provisions of this Act; and submits 
copies for appi'oval as required by regulations promulgated by the 
Commissioner. 
"(12) 'Long-range program' means the comprehensive five-year 
program which identifies a State's libi'ary needs and sets forth the 
activities to be taken toward meeting the identified needs supported 
with the assistance of Federal funds made available under this Act. 
Such long-range programs shall be developed by the State library 
administrative agency and shall specify the State's policies, criteria, 
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priorities, and procedures consistent with the Act as required by the 
regulations promulgated by the Commissioner and shall be updated 
as library progress requires. 
"(13) 'Annual program' means the projects which are developed 
and submitted to describe the specific activities to be carried out annu-
ally toward achieving fulfillment of the long-range program. These 
annual programs shall be submitted in such detail as required by 
regulations promulgated by the Commissioner. 
"AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
"SEC. 4. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this 
Act the following sums are authorized to be appropriated: 
" (1) For the purpose of making grants to States for library 
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services as provided in title I, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $112,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, 
$117,600,000 for the fiscal year ending June '30,1973, $123,500,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1974, $129,675,000 for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1075, and $137,150,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1976. 
"(2) For the purpose of making grants to States for public 
library construction, as provided in title II, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1972. $84,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, 
$88,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $92,500,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $97,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30,1976. 
" (3) For the purpose of making grants to States to enable them 
to carry out interlibrary cooperation programs authorized by title 
III, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, $15,750,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, $16,500,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1974, $17,300,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1975, and $18,200,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1976. 
"(b) Xotwithstanding any other provision of law, unless enacted 
in express limitation of the provisions of this subsection, any sums 
appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) shall (1). in the case of sums 
appropriated pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (3) thereof, be avail-
able for obligation and expenditure for the period of time specified in 
the Act making such appropriation, and (2), in the case of sums 
appropriated pursuant to paragraph (2) thereof, subject to regulations 
of the Commissioner promulgated in carrying out the provisions of 
section 5(b), be availaole for obligation and expenditure for the year 
specified in the Appropriation Act and for the next succeeding year. 
"ALLOTMENTS TO STATES 
"SEC. 5. (a)(1) From the sums appropriated pursuant to paragraph 
(1), (2), or (3) of section 4(a) for any fiscal year, the Commissioner 
shall allot the minimum allotment, as determined under paragraph 
(3) of this subsection, to each State. Any sums remaining after 
minimum allotments have been made shall be allotted in the manner 
set forth in paragraph (2) of this subsection. 
"(2) From the remainder of any sums appropriated pursuant to 
paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 4(a) for any fiscal year, the 
Commissioner shall allot to each State such part of such remainder 
as the population of the State bears to the population of all the 
States. 
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"(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the 'minimum allotment' 
shall be— 
"(A) with respect to appropriations for the purposes of title 
I, $200,000 for each State, except that it shall be $40,000 in the 
case of Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; 
"(B) with respect to appropriations for the purposes of title 
II, $100,000 for each State, except that it shall be $20,000 in the 
case of Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust 
Territory of the Pacific Islands; and 
"(C) with respect to appropriations for the purposes of title 
III, $40,000 for each State, except that it shall be $10,000 in the 
case of Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 
If the sums appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) 
of section 4(a) for any fiscal year are insufficient to fully satisfy the 
aggregate of the minimum allotments for that purpose, each of such 
minimum allotments shall be reduced ratably. 
"(4) The population of each State and of all the States shall be 
determined by the Commissioner on the basis of the most recent satis-
factory data available to him. 
"(5) There is hereby authorized for the purpose of evaluation 
(directly or by grants or contracts) of programs authorized by this 
Act, such 'sums as Congress may deem necessary for any fiscal year. 
"(b) The amount of any State's allotment under subsection (a) for 
any fiscal year from any appropriation made pursuant to paragraph 
(1), (2), or (3) of section 4(a) which the Commissioner deems will 
not be required for the period and the purpose for which such allot-
ment is available for carrying out the State's annual program shall be 
available for reallotment from time to time on such dates during such 
year as the Commissioner shall fix. Such amount shall be available 
for reallotment to other States in proportion to the original allotments 
for such year to such States under subsection (a) but with such pro-
portionate amount for any of such other State being reduced to the 
extent that it exceeds the amount which the Commissioner estimates 
the State needs and will be able to use for such period of time for 
which the original allotments were made and the total of such reduc-
tions shall be similarly reallotted among the States not suffering such 
a reduction. Any amount reallotted to a State under this subsection 
for any fiscal year shall be deemed to be a part of its allotment for such 
year pursuant to subsection (a). 
"STATE 
PLANS 
AND 
PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 6. (a) Any State desiring to receive its allotment for any 
purpose under this Act for any fiscal year shall (1) have in effect for 
such fiscal year a basic State plan as defined in section 3(11) and meet-
ing the requirements set fortn in subsection (b), (2) submit an annual 
program as defined in section 3(13) for the purposes for which allot-
ments are desired, meeting the appropriate requirements set forth in 
titles I, II, and III, and shall submit (no later than July 1, 1972) a 
long-range program as defined in section 3(12) for carrying out the 
purposes of this Act as specified in subsection (d), and (3) establish 
a State Advisory Council on Libraries which meets the requirements 
of section 3(8). 
"(b) A basic State plan under this Act shall— 
"(1) provide for the administration, or supervision of the 
administration, of the programs authorized by this Act by the 
State library administrative agency; 
"Minimum 
allotment." 
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"(2) provide that any funds paid to the State in accordance 
with a long-range program and an annual program shall be 
expended solely for the purposes for which funds have been 
authorized and appropriated and that such fiscal control and fund 
accounting procedures have been adopted as may be necessary to 
assure proper disbursement of, and account for, Federal funds 
paid to the State (including any such funds paid by the State to 
any other agency) under this Act; 
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(3) provide satisfactory assurance that the State agency 
administering the plan (A) will make such reports, in such form 
and containing such information, as the Commissioner may rea-
sonably require to carry out his functions under this Act and to 
determine the extent to which funds provided under this Act have 
been effective in carrying out its purposes, including reports of 
evaluations made under the State plans, and (B) will keep such 
records and afford such access thereto as the Commissioner may 
find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such 
reports; and 
"(4) set forth the criteria to be used in determining the 
adequacy of public library services in geographical areas and for 
groups of persons in the State, including criteria designed to 
assure that priority will be given to programs or projects which 
serve urban and rural areas with high concentrations of 
low-income families. 
"(c) (1) The Commissioner shall not approve any basic State plan 
pursuant to this Act for any fiscal year unless— 
"(A) the plan fulfills the conditions specified in section 3(11) 
and subsection (b) of this section and the appropriate titles of 
this Act; 
"(B) he has made specific findings as to the compliance of such 
plan with requirements of this Act and he is satisfied that adequate 
procedures are subscribed to therein insure that any assurances 
and provisions of such plan will be carried out. 
"(2) The State plan shall be made public as finally approved. 
Notice; hearing 
"(3) xhe Commissiouer shall not finally disapprove any basic 
oppor uni y. 
State plau submitted pursuant to subsection (a)(1), or any modifi-
cation thereof, without first affording the State reasonable notice 
and opportunity for hearing. 
"(d) The long-range program of any State for carrying out the 
purposes of this Act shall be developed in consultation with the Com-
missioner and shall^— 
"(1) set forth a program under which the funds received by 
the State under the programs authorized by this Act will be used 
to carry out a long-range program of library services and con-
struction covering a period of not less than three nor more than 
five years; 
"(2) be annually reviewed and revised in accordance with 
changing needs for assistance under this Act and the results of 
the evaluation and surveys of the State library administrative 
agency; 
"(3) set forth policies and procedures (A) for the periodic 
evaluation of the effectiveness of programs and projects sup-
ported under this Act, and (B) for appropriate dissemination 
of the results of such evaluations and other information pertain-
ing to such programs or projects; and 
Petition for 
review. 
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"(4) set forth effective policies and procedures for the coordi-
nation of programs and projects supported under this Act with 
library programs and projects operated by institutions of higher 
education or local elementary or secondary schools and with other 
public or private library services programs. 
Such program shall be developed with advice of the State advisory 
council and in consultation with the Commissioner and shall be made 
public as it is finally adopted. 
"(e) Whenever the Commissioner, after reasonable notice and opportunity!^""^ 
opportunity for hearing to the State agency administering a pro-
gram submitted under this Act, finds— 
"(1) that the program has been so changed that it no longer 
complies with the provisions of this Act, or 
"(2) that in the administration of the program there is a 
failure to comply substantially with any such provisions or with 
any assurance or other provision contained in the basic State plan, 
then, until he is satisfied that there is no longer any such failure to 
comply, after appropriate notice to such State agency, he shall make no 
further payments to the State under this Act or shall limit payments to 
programs or projects under, or parts of, the programs not affected by 
the failure, or shall require that payments by such State agency under 
this Act shall be limited to local or other public library agencies not 
affected by the failure. 
"(f) (1) If any State is dissatisfied with the Commissioner's final 
action with respect to the approval of a plan submitted under this 
Act or with his final action under subsection (e) such State may, within 
sixty days after notice of such action, file with the United States court 
of appeals for the circuit in which such State is located a petition for 
review of that action. A copy of the petition shall be forthwith trans-
mitted by the clerk of the court to the Commissioner. The Commis-
sioner thereupon shall file in the court the record of the proceedings on 
which he based his action as provided in section 2112 of title 28, United 
otates Code. 
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"(2) The findnigs of fact by the Commissioner, if supported by 
substantial evidence, shall be conclusive; but the court, for good cause 
shown, may remand the case to the Commissioner to take further evi-
dence, and the Commissioner may thereupon take new or modified 
findings of fact and may modify his previous action, and shall certify 
to the court the record of further proceedings. 
"(3) The court shall have jurisdiction to affirm the action of the 
Jurisdiction. 
Commissioner or to set it aside, in whole or in part. The judgment of 
the court shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court of the 
United States upon certiorari or certification as provided in section 
1254 of title 28, United States Code. 
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"PAYMENTS TO STATES 
"SEC. 7. (a) From the allotments available therefor under section 
5 from appropriations j>ursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of 
sections -1(a), the Commissioner shall pay to each State whidh has a 
basic"State plan approved under section 6(a) (1), an annual program 
and a long-range program as defined in sections 3 (12) and (13) an 
amount equal to the Federal share of the total sums expended by the 
State and its political subdivisions in carrying out such plan, except 
that no payments shall be made from appropriations pursuant to such 
])aragraph (1) for the purj>oses of title I to any State (other than the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) for any fiscal year unless the 
Commissioner determines that— 
"Federal 
share." 
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"(1) there will be available for expenditure under the programs 
from State and local sources during the fiscal year for wthich the 
allotment is made— 
"(A) sums sufficient to enable the State to receive for the 
purpose of carrying out the programs payments in an amount 
not less than the minimum allotment for that State for the 
purpose, and 
"(B) not less than the total amount actually expended, in 
the areas covered by the programs for such year, for the pur-
poses of such programs from such sources in the second 
preceding fiscal year; and 
"(2) there will be available for expenditure for the purposes 
of the programs from State sources during the fiscal year for 
which the allotment is made not less than the total amount actually 
expended for such purposes from such sources in the second 
preceding fiscal year. 
"(b) (1) For the purpose of this section, the 'Federal share' for any 
State shall be, except as is provided otherwise in title III, 100 per 
centum less the State percentage, and the State percentage shall be 
that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50 per centum as the per 
capita income of such State bears to the per capita income of all the 
States (excluding Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin 
Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands), except tha,t 
(A) the Federal share shall in no case be more than 66 per centum, or 
less than 33 per centum, and (B) the Federal share for Puerto Rico, 
Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands shall be 66 per centum, 
and (C) the Federal share for the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
Islands shall be 100 per centum. 
"(2) The 'Federal share' for each State shall be promulgated by the 
Commissioner within sixty days after the beginning of the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1971, and of every second fiscal year thereafter, on the 
basis of the average per capita incomes of each of the States and of 
all the States (excluding Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the 
Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands), for 
the three most recent consecutive years for which satisfactory data are 
available to him from the Department of Commerce. Such promulga-
tion shall be conclusive for each of the two fiscal years beginning after 
the promulgation. 
"TITLE I—LIBRARY SERVICES 
"GRANTS FOR STATES FOR LIBRARY SERVICES 
"SEC. 101. The Commissioner shall carry out a program of making 
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grauts from sums appropriated pursuant to section 4(a) (1) to States 
which have had approved basic State plans under section 6 and have 
submitted annual programs under section 103 for the extension of pub-
lic library services to areas without such services and the improvement 
of such services in areas in which such services are inadequate, for 
making library services more accessible to persons who, by reason of 
distance, residence, or physical handicap, or other disadvantage, are 
unable to receive the benefits of public library services regularly made 
available to the public, for adapting public library services to meet 
particular needs of persons within the States, and for improving and 
strengthening library administrative agencies. 
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"USES OF FEDERAL FUNDS 
"SEC. 102. (a) Funds appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) 
of section 4(a) shall be available for grants to States from allotments 
under section 5(a) for the purpose of paying the Federal share of the 
cost of carrying out State plans submitted and approved under section 
6 and section 103. Except as is provided in subsection (b), grants to 
States under this title may be used solely— 
"(1) for planning for, and taking other steps leading to the 
development of, programs and projects designed to extend and 
improve library services, as provided in clause (2) ; and 
"(2) for (A) extending public library services to geographical 
areas and groups of persons without such services and improving 
such services in such areas and for such groups as may have inade-
quate public library services; and (B) establishing, expanding, and 
operating programs and projects to provide (i) State institutional 
horary services, (ii) library services to the physically handi-
capped, and (iii) library services for the disadvantaged in urban 
and rural areas; and (C) strengthening metropolitan public 
libraries which serve as national or regional resource centers. 
*'{b) Subject to such limitations and criteria as the Commissioner 
shall establish by regulation, grants to States under this title may be 
used (1) to pay the cost of administering the State plans submitted 
;ind approved under this Act (including obtaining the services of 
consultants), statewide planning for and evaluation of library services, 
dissemination of information concerning library services, and the 
activities of such advisory groups and panels as may be necessary to 
assist the State library administrative agency in carrying out its func-
tions under this title, and (2) for strengthening the capacity of State 
library administrative agencies for meeting the needs of the people 
of the States. 
"STATE ANNUAL PROGRAM FOR LIBRARY SERVICES 
"SEC. 103. Any State desiring to receive a grant from its allotment 
for the purposes of this title for any fiscal year shall, in addition to 
having submitted, and having had approved, a basic State plan under 
section 6, submit for that fiscal year an annual program for library 
services. Such program shall be submitted at such time, in such form, 
and contain such information as the Commissioner may require by 
regulation, and shall— 
" (1) set forth a program for the year submitted under which 
funds paid to the State from appropriations pursuant to para-
graph (1) of section 4(a) for that year will be used, consistent 
with its long-range program, solely tor the purposes set forth in 
section 102; 
"(2) set forth the criteria used in allocating such funds among 
such purposes, which criteria shall insure that the State will 
expend from Federal, State, and local sources an amount not less 
than the amount expended by the State from such sources for 
State institutional library services, and library services to the 
physically handicapped during the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1971; 
"(3) include such information, policies, and procedures as will 
assure that the activities to be carried out during that year are 
consistent with the long-range program; and 
"(4) include an extension of the long-range program, taking 
into consideration the results of evaluations. 
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"TITLE il—PUBLIC LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION^ 
"GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION 
"SEC. 201. The Commissioner shall carry out a program of making 
grants to States which have had approved a basic State plan under sec-
tion 6 and have submitted a long-range program and submit annually 
appropriately updated programs under section 203 for the construc-
tion of public libraries. 
"USES OF FEDERAL FUNDS 
"SEC. 202. Funds appropriated pursuant to paragraph (2) of section 
4(a) shall be available for grants to States from allotments under 
section 5(a) for the purpose of paying the Federal share of the cost 
of construction projects carried under State plans. Such grants shall 
be used solely for the construction of public libraries under approved 
State plans. 
"STATE ANNUAL PROGRAM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 
PUBLIC LIBRARIES 
"SEC. 203. Any State desiring to receive a grant from its allotment 
for the purpose of this title for any fiscal year shall, in addition to 
having submitted, and having had approved, a basic State plan under 
section 6, submit such projects as the State may approve and are con-
sistent with its long-range program. 
"Such projects shall be submitted at such time and contain such 
information as the Commissioner may require by regulation and 
shall— 
" (1) for the year submitted under which funds are paid to the 
State from appropriations pursuant to paragraph (2) of section 
4(a) for that year, be used, consistent with the State's long-range 
program, for the construction of public libraries in areas of the 
State which are without the library facilities necessary to provide 
adequate library services; 
"(2) follow the criteria, policies, and procedures for the 
approval of applications for the construction of public library 
facilities under the long-range program; 
" (3) follow policies and procedures which will insure that every 
local or other public agency whose application for funds under 
the plan with respect to a project for construction of public library 
facilities is denied will be given an opportunity for a hearing 
before the State library administrative agency; 
"(4) include an extension of the long-range program taking 
into consideration the results of evaluations. 
"TITLE III—INTERLIBRARY COOPERATION 
"GRANTS T O STATES FOR INTERLIBRARY COOPERATION PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 301. The Commissioner shall carry out a program of making 
grants to States which have an approved basic State plan under section 
6 and have submitted a long-range program and an annual program 
under section 303 for interlibrary cooperation programs. 
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"USES OF FEDERAL FUNDS 
"SEC. 302. (a) Funds appropriated pursuant to paragraph (3) of 
section 4(a) shall be available for grants to States from allotments 
under paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 5(a) for the purpose of 
carrying out the Federal share of the cost of carrying out State plans 
submitted and approved under section 303. Such grants shall be used 
(1) for planning for, and taking other steps leading to the develop-
ment of, cooperative library networks; and (2) for establishing, 
expanding, and operating local, regional, and interstate cooperative 
networks of libraries, which provide for the systematic and effective 
coordination of the resources of school, public, academic, and special 
libraries and information centers for improved supplementary serv-
ices for the special clientele served by each type of library or center. 
"(b) For the purposes of this title, the Federal share shall be 100 
per centum of the cost of carrying out the State plan. 
"STAl'B A N N U A L PROGRAM FOR INTERLIBR^VRY COOPERATION 
"SEC. 303. Any State desiring to receive a grant from its allotment 
for the purposes of this title for any fiscal year shall, in addition to 
having submitted, and having had approved, a basic State plan under 
section 6, submit for that fiscal year an annual program for inter-
library cooperation. Such program shall be submitted at such time, 
in such form, and contain such information as the Commissioner may 
require by regulation and shall— 
"(1) set forth a program for the year submitted under which 
funds paid to the State from appropriations pursuant to para-
graph (3) of section 4(a) will be used, consistent with its long-
range program for the purposes set forth in section 302, 
"(2) include an extension of the long-range program taking 
into consideration the results of evaluations." 
(c) (1) The amendment made by subsection (b) shall be effective 
Effective date. 
after June 30,1971. 
(2) In the case of funds appropriated to carry out programs under 
the Library Services and Construction Act for the fiscal year ending 
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June 30,1971, each State is authorized, in accordance with regulations 
of the Commissioner of Education, to use a portion of its allotment 
for the development of such plans as may be required by such Act, 
as amended by subsection (b). 
A M E N D M E N T S TO T H E ADULT EDUCATION ACT 
SEC. 3. (a) Effective on and after July 1, 1969, section 305(a) of the 
Effective date. 
Adult Education Act is amended— 
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(1) by striking out in the first sentence "any fiscal year" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, 
and for any succeeding fiscal year"; and 
(2) by inserting at the end thereof the following new sentence: 
"From the sums available for purposes of section 304(b) for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and the succeeding fiscal year, 
the Commissioner shall make allotments in accordance with sec-
tion 305(a) of the Adult Education Act of 1966 as in effect on ,,^t^'^^' ^^^^' 
June 30,1969." 
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(b) Section 312 (b) of the Adult Education Act is amended by insert-
ing at the end thereof the following new sentence: "For the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1970, and the succeeding fiscal year, nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the use of any amounts 
appropriated pursuant to this Act to pay such costs, subject to such 
limitations as the Commissioner may prescribe." 
Approved December 30, 1970. 
Ante, 
p. 164.