(4) Prior to January 31, 1968, the Commissioner shall make a complete report to the Congress with respect to contracts and other arrangements made pursuant to this subsection with private organizations, including benefits received from such contracts and arrangements, and the Commissioner's recommendations with respect to the continuation of the authority to make such contracts and arrangements with private organizations. (c) In addition to the authority granted by section 603 (b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, funds available to the Commissioner for grants or contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements under this section shall, with the approval of the Secretary, be available for transfer to any other Federal agency for use (in accordance with an interagency agreement) by such agency (alone or in combination with funds of that agency) for purposes for which such transferred funds could be otherwise expended by the Commissioner under the foregoing provisions of this section, and the Commissioner is likewise authorized to accept and expend funds of any other Federal agency for use under this section. (d) The Commissioner shall transmit to the Congress annually a report concerning the research, surveys, and demonstrations, the information disseminating activities and the training in research initiated under this Act, the recommendations made by research specialists pursuant to subsection (a)(2), and any action taken with respect to such recommendations. SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated an- 20 USC 332. nually to the Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, such sums as the Congress determines to be necessary to carry out the purposes of section 2. CONSTRUCTION OF REGIONAL FACILITIES FOR RESEARCH AND 79 Stat. 46. 79 Stat. 46. SEC. 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated an- 20 USC 332a. nually five fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, $100,000,000 in the aggregate, to enable the Commissioner to carry out the purposes of this section. Sums so appropriated shall remain available until expended for payments with respect to projects for which applications have been filed under this section before July 1, 1970, and approved by the Commissioner before July 1, 1971. (b) Whenever the Commissioner finds that the purposes of this Act can best be achieved through the construction of a facility for research, or for research and related purposes (as defined in this section), and that such facility would be of particular value to the Nation or a region thereof as a national or regional resource for research or related purposes, he may make a grant for part or all of the cost of constructing such facility to a university, college, or other appropriate public or nonprofit private agency or institution competent to engage in the types of activity for which the facility is to be constructed, or to a combination of such agencies or institutions, or may construct 20 U.S.C. 332b. 9 Stat. 47. or make arrangements for constructing such facility through contracts for paying part or all of the cost of construction or otherwise. The Commissioner may, where he deems such action appropriate, make arrangements, by contract or otherwise, for the operation of such facilities or may make contributions toward the cost of such operation of facilities of this nature whether or not constructed pursuant to, or with the aid provided under, this section. Title to any facility constructed under this section, if vested in the United States, may be transferred by the Commissioner on behalf of the United States to any such college or university or other public or nonprofit private agency or institution, but such transfer shall be made subject to the conditions that the facility will be operated for the purposes for which it was constructed and to such other conditions as the Commissioner deems necessary to carry out the objectives of this title and to protect the interests of the United States. (c) All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of work on construction of any project under this section shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a-276a-5). The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this clause, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 5 U.S.C. 133z-15), and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276c). (d) Payments under this section shall be made in advance or by way of reimbursement, in such installments consistent with construction progress, and on such conditions as the Commissioner may determine. (e) As used in this section, the term "research and related purposes" means research, research training, surveys, or demonstrations in the field of education, or the dissemination of information derived therefrom, or all of such activities, including (but without limitation) experimental schools, except that such term does not include research, research training, surveys, or demonstrations in the field of sectarian instruction or the dissemination of information derived therefrom. DEFINITIONS SEC. 5. As used in this Act (1) The term "State" includes in addition to the several States of the Union, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands. (2) The term "State educational agency" means the State board of education or other agency or officer primarily responsible for the State supervision of public elementary and secondary schools, or, if there is no such officer or agency, an officer or agency designated by the Governor or by State law. (3) The term "nonprofit" as applied to any agency, organization, or institution means an agency, organization, or institution owned and operated by one or more nonprofit corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. (4) The terms "construction" and "cost of construction" in- 80 Stat. 1203. clude (A) the construction of new buildings, and the acquisition, expansion, remodeling, replacement, and alteration of existing buildings, including architects' fees, but not including the cost of acquisition of land (except in the case of acquisition of an existing building) or off-site improvements, and (B) equipping new buildings and existing buildings, whether or not acquired, expanded, remodeled, or altered. SHORT TITLE 79 Stat. 47. SEC. 6. This Act may be cited as the "Cooperative Research 20 U.S.C. 331 note. Act". Legislative History COOPERATIVE RESEARCH ACT 83rd Congress-P.L. 83-531 H.R. 9040: H. Rept. 1565, p. 6311, May 10, 1954; passed House, p. 6481, May 12, 1954. S. Rept. 1596: Amends H.R. 9040, p. 8117, June 14, 1954. Passed Senate p. 8455, June 17, 1954. Conference report (H. Rept. 2287); House agreed to, p. 11293, July 21, 1954; Senate agrees to conference report, p. 10881, July 19, 1954. Approved July 26, 1954. 89th Congress-P.L. 89-10 H. Rept. 143 (Committee on Education and Labor). S. Rept. 146 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, vol. 111 (1965): Mar. 24-25: Considered in House. Mar. 26: Considered and passed House. Apr. 6-8: Considered in Senate. Apr. 9: Considered and passed Senate. 89th Congress-P.L. 89-750 H. Rept. 1814, 1814 pt. II (Committee on Education and Labor) and 2309 (com- S. Rept. 1674 accompanying S. 3046 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Oct. 5: Considered in House. Oct. 6: Considered and passed House. Oct. 5, 6: S. 3046 considered and passed Senate. Oct. 7: Considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 3046. Oct. 19: Senate agreed to conference report. Oct. 20: House agreed to conference report. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1964 Enacted on August 20, 1964, as P.L. 88-452 (78 Stat. 508), 42 U.S.C. 2751. AN ACT To mobilize the human and financial resources of the Nation to combat poverty in the United States Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Economic Opportunity Act of 1964". TITLE I-YOUTH PROGRAMS PART C-WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS STATEMENT OF PURPOSE SEC. 121. The purpose of this part is to stimulate and pro- 42 USC 2751. mote the part-time employment of students, particularly students from low-income families, in institutions of higher education who are in need of the earnings from such employment to pursue courses of study at such institutions. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES SEC. 122. (a) From the sums appropriated to carry out this 42 USC 2752. title for a fiscal year, the Commissioner of Education (hereinafter in this part referred to as the "Commissioner") shall reserve the amount needed for making grants under section 123. Not to exceed 2 per centum of the amount so reserved shall be allotted by the Commissioner among Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands according to their respective needs for assistance under this part. The remainder of the sums so reserved shall be allotted among the States as provided in subsection (b). (b) of the sums being allotted under this subsection— (1) one-third shall be allotted by the Commissioner among the States so that the allotment to each State under this clause will be an amount which bears the same ratio to such one-third as the number of persons enrolled on a fulltime basis in institutions of higher education in such State. bears to the total number of persons enrolled on a full-time basis in institutions of higher education in all the States, |