An Act to provide assistance in the development of new or improved programs to help older persons through grants to the States for community planning and services and for training, through research, development, or training project grants, and to establish within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an operating agency to be designated as the ""Administration on Aging.""
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Definitions. 
Entrance and 
user fees, 
16 u s e 460Z-5. 
Short title. 
any such project for the enhancement of anadromous fisheries, shrimp, 
or for the conservation of migratory birds protected by treaty, wheli 
each of the other functions of such a project has, of itself, a favorable 
benefit-cost ratio. 
SEC. 10. As u s ^ in this Act: 
(a) The term "project" shall mean a project or any appropriate unit 
thereof. 
(b) The term "separable costs," as applied to any project purpose, 
means the difference between the capital cost of the entire multiple-
purpose project and the capital cost of the project with the purpose 
omitted. 
(c) The term "joint costs" means the difference between the capital 
cost of the entire multiple-purpose project and the sum of the sepa-
rable costs for all project purposes. 
(d) The term "feasibility report" shall mean any report of the scope 
required by the Congress when formally considering authorization of 
the project of which the report treats. 
(e) The term "capital cost" includes interest during construction, 
wherever appropriate. 
SEC. 11. Section 2, subsection (a) of the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897) is hereby amended by striking 
out the words "notwithstanding any provision of law that such pro-
ceeds shall be credited to miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury:" and. 
inserting in lieu thereof the words "notwithstanding any other 
provision of law:" and by striking out the words "or any provision 
of law that provides that any fees or charges collected at particular 
Federal areas shall be used for or credited to specific purposes or spe-
cial funds as authorized by that provision of law" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "or affect any contract heretofore entered into b j the 
United Statas that provides that such revenues collected at particular 
Federal areas shall oe credited to specific purposes". 
SEC. 12. This Act may be cited as the "Federal Water Project Rec-
reation Act". 
Approved July 9, 1965. 
July 14, 1965 
[H. R. 3708] 
Public Law 89-73 
AN ACT 
To provide assistance in the development of new or improved programs to help 
older persons through grants to the States for community planning and serv-
ices and for training, through research, development, or training project grants, 
and to establish within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an 
operating agency to be designated as the "Administration on Aging". 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
°^'^r,^^=f'^^°°"^ United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Older Americans Act of 1965". 
Act of 1965. 
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TITLE I—DECLARATION OF OBJECTIVES: DEFINITIONS 
DECLARATION OP OBJECTIVES FOR OLDER AMERICANS 
SEC. 101. The Congress hereby finds and declares that, in keeping 
with the traditional American concept of the inherent dignity of the 
individual in our democratic society, the older people of our Nation 
are entitled to, and it is the joint and several duty and responsibility 
of the governments of the United States and of the several States and 
their political subdivisions to assist our older people to secure equal 
opportunity to the full and free enjoyment of the following objectives: 
(1) An adequate income in retirement in accordance with the 
American standard of living. 
(2) The best possible physical and mental health which science 
can make available and without regard to economic status. 
(3) Suitable housing, independently selected, designed and 
located with reference to special needs and available at costs which 
older citizens can afford. 
(4) Full restorative services for those who require institutional 
care. 
(5) Opportunity for employment with no discriminatory per-
sonnel practices because of age. 
(6) Retirement in health, honor, dignity—after years of con-
tribution to the economy. 
(7) Pursuit of meaningful activity within the widest range of 
civic, cultural, and recreational opportunities. 
(8) Efficient community services which provide social assist-
ance in a coordinated manner and which are readily available when 
needed. 
(9) Immediate benefit from proven research knowledge which 
can sustain and improve health and happiness. 
(10) Freedom, independence, and me free exercise of individ-
ual initiative in planning and managing their own lives. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 102. For the purposes of this Act— 
(1) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Educa-
ion, and Welfare; 
(2) The term "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the 
A.dministration on Agin^. 
(3) The term "State" mcludes the District of Columbia, the Virgin 
Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and American Samoa. 
(4) The term "nonprofit institution or organization" means an 
institution or organization which is owned and operated by one or 
more corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of 
which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private share-
holder or individual. 
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TITLE II—ADMINISTEATION ON AGING 
ESTABLISHMENT OF ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 201. (a) There is hereby established within the Department of 
Health, Education, and Welfare an Administration to be known as 
the Administration on Aging (hereinafter referred to as the "Admin-
istration"). 
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(b) The Administration shall be under the direction of a Commis-
Appointment by sioncr ou Agiug to be appointed by the President by and with the 
President. 
udvice and consent of the Senate. 
FUNCTIONS OF OFFICE 
SEC. 202. It shall be the duty and function of the Administration 
to— 
(1) serve as a clearinghouse for information related to prob-
lems of the aged and aging; 
(2) assist the Secretary in all matters pertaining to problems 
of the aged and aging; 
(3) administer the grants provided by this Act; 
(4) develop plans, conduct and arrange for research and dem-
onstration programs in the field of aging; 
(5) provide technical assistance and consultation to States and 
political subdivisions thereof with respect to programs for the 
aged and aging; 
(6) prepare, publish, and disseminate educational materials 
dealing with the welfare of older persons; 
(7) gather statistics in the field of aging which other Federal 
agencies are not collecting; and 
(8) stimulate more effective use of existing resources and avail-
able services for the aged and aging. 
TITLE III—GEANTS FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING, 
SERVICES, AND TRAINING 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 301. The Secretary shall carry out during the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1966, and each of the four succeeding fiscal years, a pro-
gram of grants to States in accordance with this title. There are 
authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1966, and $8,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1967, 
and for the fiscal year ending June 30,1968, and each of the two suc-
ceeding fiscal years, such sums may be appropriated as the Congress 
may hereafter authorize by law, for— 
(1) community planning and coordination of programs for 
carrying out the purposes of this Act; 
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(2) demonstrations of programs or activities which are par-
ticularly valuable in carrying out such purposes; 
(3) training of special personnel needed to carry out such pro-
grams and activities; and 
(4) establishment of new or expansion of existing programs to 
carry out such purposes, including establishment of new or expan-
sion of existing centers providing recreational and other leisure 
time activities, and informational, health, welfare, counseling, 
and referral services for older persons and assisting such persons 
in providing volunteer community or civic services; except that 
no costs of construction, other than for minor alterations and 
repairs, shall be included in such establishment or expansion. 
ALLOTMENTS 
SEC. 302. (a) (1) From the sum appropriated for a fiscal year under 
section 301 (A) the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa shall 
be allotted an amount equal to one-half of 1 per centum of such sum 
and (B) each other State shall be allotted an amount equal to 1 per 
centum of such sum. 
(2) From the remainder of the sum so appropriated for a fiscal 
year each State shall be allotted an additional amount which bears 
the same ratio to such remainder as the population aged sixty-five or 
over in such State bears to the population aged sixty-five or 
over in all of the States, as determined by the Secretary on the basis 
of the most recent information available to him, including any relevant 
data furnished to him by the Department of Commerce. 
(3) A State's allotment for a fiscal year under this title shall be 
equal to the sum of the amounts allotted to it under paragraphs (1) 
and (2). 
(b) The amount of any allotment to a State under subsection (a) 
for any fiscal year which the State notifies the Secretary will not be 
required for carrying out the State plan (if any) approved under this 
title shall be available for reallotment from time to time, on such dates 
as the Secretary may fix, to other States which the Secretary deter-
mines (1) have need in carrying out their State plans so approved 
for sums m excess of those previously allotted to them under suDsection 
(a) and (2) will be able to use such excess amounts for projects ap-
proved by the State during the period for which the original allotment 
was available. Such reallotments shall be made on the basis of the 
State plans so approved, after taking into consideration the popula-
tion aged sixty-five or over. Any amount so reallotted to a State 
shall be deemed part of its allotment under subsection (a). 
(c) The allotment of any State under subsection (a) for any fiscal 
year shall be available for grants to pay part of the cost of projects gr^nt 
in such State described in section 301 and approved by such State (in 
accordance with its State plan approved under section 303) prior to 
the end of such year or, in the case of allotments for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1966, prior to July 1, 1967. To the extent permitted 
by the State's allotment under this section such payments with respect 
to any project shall equal 75 per centum of the cost of such project for 
the first year of the duration of such project, 60 per centum of such 
cost for the second year of such project, and 50 per centum of such 
Reallotments. 
Allotments 
available for 
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limitation. 
cost for the third year of such project; except that (1) at the request of 
the State, such payments shall be less (to the extent requested) than 
such percentage of the cost of such project, and (2) grants may not 
be made under this title for any such project for more than three years 
or for any period after June 30,1972. 
State agency. 
Administration 
of plan. 
Development of 
programs and ac-
tivities. 
Personnel. 
Priority of 
projects. 
Project ap-
proval. 
Maintenance of 
records. 
STATE PLANS 
SEC. 303. (a) The Secretary shall approve a State plan for purposes 
of this title which— 
(1) establishes or designates a single State agency as the sole 
agency for administering or supervising the administration of the 
plan, which agency shall be the agency primarily responsible for 
coordination of State programs and activities related to the pur-
poses of this Act; 
(2) provides for such financial participation by the State or 
communities with respect to activities and projects under the 
plan as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe in order to 
assure continuation of desirable activities and projects after ter-
mination of Federal financial support under this title; 
(3) provides for development of programs and activities for 
carrying out the purposes of this Act, including the furnishing of 
consultative, technical, or information services to public or non-
profit private agencies and organizations engaged in activities 
relating to the special problems or welfare of older persons, and 
for coordinating the activities of such agencies and organizations 
to the extent feasible; 
(4) provides for consultation with and utilization, pursuant to 
agreement with the head thereof, of the services and facilities of 
appropriate State or local public or nonprofit private agencies and 
organizations in the administration of the plan and in the develop-
ment of such programs and activities; 
(5) provides such methods of administration (including meth-
ods relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel 
standards on a merit basis, except that the Secretary shall exercise 
no authority with respect to the selection, tenure of office, and 
compensation of any individual employed in accordance with 
such methods) as are necessary for the proper and efficient opera-
tion of the plan; 
(6) sets forth principles for determining the priority of proj-
ects in the State, and provides for approval of such projects in the 
order determined by application of such principles; 
(7) provides for approval of projects of only public or non-
profit private agencies or organizations and for an opportunity 
for a hearing before the State agency for any applicant whose 
application for approval of a project is denied; and 
(8) provides that the State agency will make such reports to 
the Secretary, in such form and containing such information, as 
may reasonably be necessary to enable him to perform his func-
tions under this title and will keep such records and afford such 
access thereto as the Secretary may find necessary to assure the 
correctness and verification of such reports. 
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The Secretai-y shall not finally disapprove any State plan, or any 
modification thereof submitted under this section without first afford-
i]ig the State reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing. 
(b) Whenever the Secretary, after reasonable notice and oppor- 
cancellation"' 
tunity for hearing to the State agency administering or supervising paymentsT 
the administration of a State plan approved under subsection (a), 
finds that— 
(1) the State plan has been so changed that it no longer com-
plies with the provisions of subsection (a), or 
(2) in the administration of the plan there is a failure to 
comply substantially with any such provision, 
the Secretary shall notify such State agency that no further payments 
will be made to the State under this title (or, in his discretion, that 
further payments to the State will be limited to projects under or por-
tions of the State plan not affected by such failure), until he is satis-
fied that there will no longer be any failure to comply. Until he is 
so satisfied, no further payments shall be made to such State under 
this title (or payments shall be limited to projects under or portions 
of the State plan not affected by such failure). 
(c) A State which is dissatisfied with a final action of the Secretary 
Appeal. 
under subsection (a) or (b) may appeal to the United States court of 
appeals for the circuit in which the State is located, by filing a petition 
with such court within sixty days after such final action. A copy of 
the petition shall be forthwith transmitted by the clerk of the court to 
the Secretary, or any officer designated by him for that purpose. The 
Secretary thereupon shall file in the court the record of the proceed-
ings on which he based his action, as provided in section 2112 of title 
28, United States Code. Upon the filing of such petition, the court 
shall have jurisdiction to affirm the action of the Secretary or to set it 
aside, in whole or in part, temporarily or permanently, but until the 
filing of the record, the Secretary may modify or set aside his order. 
The findings of the Secretary as to the facts, if supported by substan-
tial evidence, shall be conclusive, but the court, for good cause shown, 
may remand the case to the Secretary to take further evidence, and the 
Secretary may thereupon make new or modified findings of fact and 
may modify his previous action, and shall file in the court the record 
of the further proceedings. Such new or modified findings of fact 
shall likewise be conclusive if supported by substantial evidence. The 
judgment of the court affirming or setting aside, in whole or in part, 
any action of the Secretary shall be final, 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. The com- 
62 stat. 928. 
mencement of proceedings under this subsection shall not, unless so 
specifically ordered by the court, operate as a stay of the Secretary's 
action. 
COSTS OF STATE PLAN ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 304. From a State's allotment under section 302 for a fiscal 
year, not more than 10 per centum or $15,000, whichever is the larger, 
shall be available for paying one-half (or such smaller portion as the 
State may reque^) of the costs of the State agency (established or 
designated as provided in section 303(a)(1)) m administering the 
State plan approved under section 303, including the costs of carrying 
on the functions referred to in subsection (a) (3) thereof. 
72 Stat. 941. 
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PAYMENTS 
SEC. 305. Payments under this title may be made (after necessary 
adjustment on account of previously made overpayments or under-
payments) in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such in-
stallments, as the Secretary may determine. 
TITI.E IV—RESEAKCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 
Multipurpose ac-
tivity centers. 
Community serv-
ices, coordina-
tion. 
PROJECT GRANTS 
SEC. 401. The Secretary is authorized to carry out the purposes of 
this Act through grants to any public or nonprofit private agency, 
organization, or institution and contracts with any such agency, orga-
nization, or institution or with any individual— 
(a) to study current patterns and conditions of living of older 
persons and identify factors which are beneficial or detrimental 
to the wholesome and meaningful living of such persons; 
(b) to develop or demonstrate new approaches, technic^ues, and 
methods (including multipurpose activity centers) which hold 
promise of substantial contribution toward wholesome and mean-
ingful living for older persons; 
(c) to develop or demonstrate approaches, methods, and tech-
niques for achieving or improving coordination of community 
services for older persons; or 
(d) to evaluate these approaches, techniques, and methods, as 
well as others which may assist older persons to enjoy wholesome 
and meaningful living and to continue to contribute to the strength 
and welfare of our Nation. 
Contribution by 
recipients. 
Conditions. 
PAYMENTS OF GRANTS 
SEC. 402. (a) To the extent he deems it appropriate, the Secretary 
shall require the recipient of any grant or contract under this title 
to contribute money, facilities, or services for carrying out the project 
for which such grant or contract was made. 
(b) Payments under this title pursuant to a grant or contract may 
be made (after necessary adjustment, in the case of grants, on account 
of previously made overpayments or underpayments) in advance or 
by way of reimbursement, and in such installments and on such condi-
tions, as the Secretary may determine. 
(c) The Secretary shall make no grant or contract under this title 
in any State which has established or designated a State agency for 
purposes of section 303(a) (1) unless the Secretary has consulted with 
such State agency regarding such grant or contract. 
TITLE V—TRAINING PROJECTS 
PROJECT GRANTS 
SEC. 501. The Secretary is authorized to make grants to or contracts 
with any public or nonprofit private agency, organization, or institu-
tion for the specialized training of persons employed or preparing for 
employment in carrying out programs related to the purposes oi this 
Act. 
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PAYMENT OF GRANTS 
SEC. 502. (a) To the extent he deems it appropriate, the Secretary 
shall require the recipient of any grant or contract under this title to 
contribute money, facilities, or services for carrying out the project 
for which such grant or contract was made. 
(b) Payments under this title pursuant to a grant or contract may 
be made (after necessary adjustment, in the case of grants, on account 
of previousljr made overpayments or underpayments) in advance or 
by way of reimbursement, and in such installments and on such con-
ditions, as the Secretary may determine. 
(c) The Secretary shall make no grant or contract under this title 
in any State which has established or designated a State agency for 
purposes of section 303(a) (1) unless the Secretary has consulted with 
such State agency regarding such grant or contract. 
TITLE VI—GENERAL 
Contribution by 
recipients ; 
Conditions. 
ADVISORY COMMITTEES 
SEC. 601. (a) (1) For the purpose of advising the Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare on matters bearing on his responsi-
bilities under this Act and related activities of his Department, there 
is hereby established in the Department of Health, Education, and 
Welfare an Advisory Committee on Older Americans, consisting of 
ih-Q Commissioner, who shall be Chairman, and fifteen persons not 
otherwise in the employ of the United States, appointed by the Sec-
retary without regard to the civil service laws. Members shall be 
selected from among persons who are experienced in or have demon-
strated particular interest in special problems of the aging. 
(2) Each member of the Committee shall hold office for a term of 
three years, except that (A) any member appointed to fill a vacancy 
occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor 
was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and 
(B) the terms of office of the members first taking office shall expire, 
as designated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare at 
the time of appointment, five at the end of the first year, five at the end 
of the second year, and five at the end of the third year after the date 
of appointment. 
(b) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized 
to appoint, without regard to the civil service laws, such technical 
advisory committees as he deems appropriate for advising him in 
carrying out his functions under this Act. 
(c) Members of the Advisory Committee or of any technical 
advisory committee appointed under this section, who are not regular 
full-time employees of the United Sta-tes, shall, while attending meet-
ings or conferences of such committee or otherwise engaged on busi-
ness of such committee, be entitled to receive compensation at a rate 
fixed by the Secretary who appointed them, but not exceeding $75 per 
diem, including travel time, and, while so serving away from their 
homes or regular places of business, they may be allowed travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by 
section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) 
for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. 
Advisory Com-
mittee on Older 
Americans. 
Membership, 
Term of office. 
Compensation, 
travel expenses. 
60 Stat. 808; 75 
Stat. 339, 340. 
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Publication of 
informational ma-
terial, etc. 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 602. (a) In carrying out the purposes of this Act, the Secre-
tary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to provide con-
sultative services and technical assistance to public or nonprofit private 
agencies, organizations, and institutions; to provide short-term train-
ing and technical instruction; to conduct research and demonstrations; 
and to collect, prepare, publish, and disseminate special educational or 
informational materials, including reports of the projects for whicli 
funds are provided under this Act. 
(b) In administering their respective functions under this Act, the 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to utilize 
the services and facilities of any agency of the Federal Government 
and of any other public or nonprofit private agency or institution, in 
accordance with agreements between the Secretary concerned and the 
head thereof, and to pay therefor, in advance or by way of reimburse-
ment, as may be provided in the agreement. 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 603. The Secretary shall carry out titles IV and V of this 
Act during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and each of the four 
succeeding fiscal years. There are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and 
$3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and for the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1968, and each of the two succeeding fiscal years, 
such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter author-
ize by law. 
Approved July 14, 1965. 
July 15, 1965 
t H. R. 2] 
Drug Abuse 
Control Amend-
ments of 1965. 
Public Law 89-74 
AN ACT 
To protect the public health and safety by amending the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act to establish special controls for depressant and stimulant 
drugs and counterfeit drugs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate aTid House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Drug Abuse Control Amendments of 1965". 
FINDINGS AND DECI.ARAT10N 
SEC. 2. The Congress hereby finds and declares that there is a wide-
spread illicit traiSc in depressant and stimulant drugs moving in or 
otherwise affecting interstate commerce; that the use of such drugs, 
when not under the supervision of a licensed practitioner, often endan-