is other than English; that such persons are therefore unable to help to fill the critical need for more and better trained personnel in vital occupational categories; and that such persons are unable to make their maximum contribution to the Nation's economy and must, in fact, suffer the hardships of unemployment or underemployment. The Congress further finds that there is a critical shortage of instructors possessing both the job knowledge and skills and the dual language capabilities required for adequate vocational instruction of such language-handicapped persons, and a corresponding shortage of instructional materials and of instructional methods and techniques suitable for such instruction. (20 U.S.C. 1393) Enacted August 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 841 (a) (7), 88 Stat. 607, 608. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSIONER SEC. 192. (a) The Commissioner and the Secretary of Labor together shall (1) develop and disseminate accurate information on the status of bilingual vocational training in all parts of the United States; (2) evaluate the impact of such bilingual vocational training on the shortages of well-trained personnel, the unemployment or underemployment of persons with limited English-speaking ability, and the ability of such persons to contribute fully to the economy of the United States; and (3) report their findings annually to the President and the Congress. (b) The Commissioner shall consult with the Secretary of Labor with respect to the administration of this part. Regulations and guidelines promulgated by the Commissioner to carry out this part shall be consistent with those promulgated by the Secretary of Labor pursu ant to section 301 (b) of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 and shall be approved by the Secretary of Labor before issuance. (20 U.S.C. 1393a) Enacted August 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 841(a)(7), 86 Stat. 608. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 193. There are authorized to be appropriated $17,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, to carry out the provisions of this part. (20 U.S.C. 1393b) Enacted Aug. 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 841(a) (7), 88 Stat. 608. AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS SEC. 194. (a) From the sums made available for grants under this part pursuant to section 193, the Commissioner is authorized to make grants to and enter into contracts with appropriate State agencies, local educational agencies, postsecondary educational institutions, private nonprofit vocational training institutions, and to other nonprofit organizations especially created to serve a group whose language as normally used is other than English in supplying training in recog nized occupations and new and emerging occupations, and to enter into contracts with private for-profit agencies and organizations, to assist them in conducting bilingual vocational training programs for persons of all ages in all communities of the United States which are designed to insure that vocational training programs are available to all individuals who desire and need such bilingual vocational training. (b) The Secretary shall pay to each applicant which has an application approved under this part an amount equal to the total sums expended by the applicant for the purposes set forth in that application. (20 U.S.C. 1393c) Enacted Aug. 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 841 (a) (7), 88 Stat. 608. USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS SEC. 195. Grants and contracts under this part may be used, in accordance with applications approved under section 197, for (1) bilingual vocational training programs for persons who have completed or left elementary or secondary school and who are available for training by a postsecondary educational institution; (2) bilingual vocational training programs for persons who have already entered the labor market and who desire or need training or retraining to achieve year-round employment, adjust to changing manpower needs, expand their range of skills, or advance in employment; and (3) training allowances for participants in bilingual vocational training programs subject to the same conditions and limitations as are set forth in section 111 of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. (20 U.S.C. 1393d) Enacted Aug. 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 841 (a) (7), 88 Stat. 608, 609. APPLICATIONS SEC. 196. (a) A grant or contract for assistance under this part may be made only upon application to the Commissioner at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the Commissioner deems necessary. Each such application shall (1) provide that the activities and services for which assistance under this part is sought will be administered by or under the supervision of the applicant; (2) set forth a program for carrying out the purposes described in section 195; and (3) set forth a program of such size, scope, and design as will make a substantial contribution toward carrying out the purposes of this part. (b) No grant or contract may be made under this part directly to a local educational agency or a postsecondary educational institution or a private vocational training institution or any other eligible agency or organization unless that agency, institution, or organization has submitted the application to the State board established under Part B of this title, or in the case of a State that does not have such a board, the similar State agency, for comment and includes the comment of that board or agency with the application. (20 U.S.C. 1393e) Enacted August 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 841 (a) (7), 88 Stat. 609. APPLICATION APPROVAL BY THE COMMISSIONER SEC. 197. (a) The Commissioner may approve an application for assistance under this part only if (1) the application meets the requirements set forth in subsection (a) of the previous section; (2) in the case of an application submitted for assistance under this part to an agency, institution, or organization other than the State board established under part B of this title, the requirement of subsection (b) of the previous section is met; and (3) in the case of an application submitted for assistance under this part, the Commissioner determines that the program is consistent with criteria established by him, where feasible, after consultation with the State board established under part B of this title, for achieving equitable distribution of assistance under this part within that State. (b) An amendment to an application shall, except as the Secretary may otherwise provide, be subject to approval in the same manner as the original application. (20 U.S.C. 1393f) Enacted August 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 841(a)(7), 88 Stat. 609. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1968 (P.L. 90-576) AN ACT To amend the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Vocational Education Amendments of 1968". TITLE I-AMENDMENTS TO THE VOCATIONAL * EFFECTIVE DATE SEC. 102. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the amendments made by section 101 shall become effective upon enactment. (b) The amendments made by this Act to the Vocational Education Act of 1963 shall not, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, apply with respect to programs which are continuations of programs (including programs under part H) carried on under any State's plan during the preceding fiscal year. Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, title I, sec. 102, 82 Stat. 1091. USE OF FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER THE SMITH-HUGHES ACT SEC. 104. Funds appropriated by the first section of the SmithHughes Act (that is the Act approved February 23, 1917, 39 Stat. 929, as amended (20 U.S.C. 11-15, 16-28)), shall be considered as funds appropriated pursuant to section 102(a) of this Act. Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, title I, sec. 102, 82 Stat. 1091. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1917 (SMITH-HUGHES ACT)1 AN ACT To provide for the promotion of vocational education; to provide for cooperation with the States in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the trades and industries; to provide for cooperation with the States in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects; and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditure Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby annually appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sums provided in sections two, three, and four of this Act, to be paid to the respective States for the purpose of cooperating with the States in paying the salaries of teachers, supervisors, and directors of agricultural subjects, and teachers of trade, home economics, and industrial subjects, and in the preparation of teachers of agricultural, trade, industrial, and home economics subjects; and the sum provided for in section seven for the use of the Federal Board for Vocational Education 2 for the administration of this Act and for the purpose of making studies, investigations, and reports to aid in the organization and conduct of vocational education, which sums shall be expended as hereinafter provided. (20 U.S.C. 11) Enacted Feb. 23, 1917, C. 114, P.L. 347, 64th Cong. sec. 1, 39 Stat. 929. SEC. 2. That for the purpose of cooperating with the States in paying the salaries of teachers, supervisors, or directors of agricultural subjects there is hereby appropriated for the use of the States, subject to the provisions of this Act, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, the sum of $500,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, the sum of $750,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty, the sum of $1,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, the sum of $1,250,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty 1 The Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 (P.L. 90-576) sec. 104 provide that funds for this act shall be transferred automatically to the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. 2 The operational functions of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, to which reference is made throughout this Act, were transferred to the Office of Education in the Department of Interior on June 10, 1933 (Ex. Ord. No. 6166, sec. 15), which in turn was transferred to the Federal Security Agency on July 1, 1939 (1939 Reorg. Plan No. 1, secs. 201, 204, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424) and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on April 11, 1953 (1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, secs. 5, 8, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631). The Federal Board for Vocational Education, which became an advisory body after June 10, 1933, was abolished on July 16, 1946 (1946 Reorg. Plan No. 2, sec. 8, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1196.) two, the sum of $1,500,000; for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, the sum of $1,750,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, the sum of $2,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, the sum of $2,500,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, and annually thereafter, the sum of $3,000,000. Said sums shall be allotted to the States in the proportion which their rural population bears to the total rural population in the United States, not including outlying possessions, according to the last preceding United States census: Provided, That the allotment of funds to any State shall be not less than a minimum of $5,000 for any fiscal year prior to and including the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, nor less than $10,000 for any fiscal year thereafter, and there is hereby appropriated the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the minimum allotment to the States provided for in this section: For the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, the sum of $48,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, the sum of $34,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty, the sum of $24,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, the sum of $18,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, the sum of $14,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, the sum of $11,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, the sum of $9,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, the sum of $34,000; and annually thereafter the sum of $28,500. (20 U.S.C. 12) Enacted Feb. 23, 1917, C. 114, P.L. 347, 64th Cong., sec. 2, 39 Stat. 930; amended July 12, 1960, P.L. 86-624, sec. 14(b) (2), 74 Stat. 414. SEC. 3. That for the purpose of cooperating with the States in paying the salaries of teachers of trade, home economics, and industrial subjects there is hereby appropriated for the use of the States, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, the sum of $500,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, the sum of $750,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty, the sum of $1,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twentyone, the sum of $1,250,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, the sum of $1,500,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, the sum of $1,750.000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, the sum of $2,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, the sum of $2,500,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, the sum of $3.000.000; and annually thereafter the sum of $3,000,000. Said sums shall be allotted to the States in the proportion which their urban population bears to the total urban population in the United States, not including outlying possessions, according to the last preceding United States census: Provided, That the allotment of funds to any State shall be not less than a minimum of $5,000 for any fiscal year prior to and including the fiscal year |