Public Law 92-531 An Act Relating to compensation of members of the National Commission on the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 140 (b) of the Education Amendments of 1972 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 86 STAT. 1051 National Commission on the Financing of Postsecondary Education. Members, compensation. "(4) Members of the Commission shall be entitled to receive the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS-18 under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (including traveltime) during which they are engaged in the actual Ante, p. 282, performance of duties vested in the Commission, except that members of the Commission who are full-time officers or employees of the United States or Members of Congress shall receive no additional pay on account of their services on the Commission. While away from their Travel expenhomes or regular places of business in the performance of services for eses. the Commission, all members of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 (b) of title 5, United States Code. 80 Stat. 499. Approved October 23, 1972. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 118 (1972): (222) 92nd Congress, S. 2454 An Act To amend the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-878, 84 Stat. 794) to expand the Youth Conservation Corps pilot program and for other purposes. 86 STAT. 1319 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of Youth Conser August 13, 1970 (84 Stat. 794) is amended to read as follows: "POLICY AND PURPOSE vation Corps Act of 1970, amendments. 42 USC preo. "SECTION 1. The Congress finds that the gainful employment during 2711 note. the summer months of American youth, representing all segments of society, in the healthful outdoor atmosphere afforded in the national park system, the national forest system, the national wildlife refuge system, and other public land and water areas of the United States creates an opportunity for understanding and appreciation of the Nation's natural environment and heritage. Accordingly, it is the purpose of this Act to further the development and maintenance of the natural resources of the United States by the youth, upon whom will fall the ultimate responsibility for maintaining and managing these resources for the American people. "YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS "SEC. 2. (a) To carry out the purposes of this Act, there is established in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture a Youth Conservation Corps (hereinafter referred to as the 'Corps'). The Corps shall consist of young men and women who are Participants. permanent residents of the United States, its territories, possessions, or trust territories, who have attained age fifteen but have not attained age nineteen, and whom the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may employ during the summer months, without regard Summer to the civil service or classification laws, rules, or regulations, for the employment. purpose of developing, preserving, or maintaining the lands and waters of the United States under his jurisdiction. "(b) The Corps shall be open to youth of both sexes and youth of Equal opportuall social, economic, and racial classifications, with no person being nity and employemployed as a member of the Corps for a term in excess of ninety days during any single year. "SECRETARIAL DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS "SEC. 3. (a) In carrying out this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall ment; term. "(1) determine, with other Federal agencies, the areas under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretaries which are appropriate for carrying out programs using members of the Corps, and determine and select appropriate work and education programs and projects for participation by members of the Corps; "(2) determine the rates of pay, hours, and other conditions of employment in the Corps, except that members of the Corps shall not be deemed to be Federal employees other than for the purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, and chapter 81 of 62 Stat. 982; title 5, United States Code; 80 Stat. 306. "(3) provide for such transportation, lodging, subsistence, and 28 USC 2671. other services and equipment as they may deem necessary or 80 Stat. 531; appropriate for the needs of members of the Corps in their duties; 82 Stat. 98. 5 USC 8101. 86 STAT. 1320 Regulations. Facilities, availability to educational institutions. Cost responsibility. Unoccupied Federal facilities and surplus equipment, use. Contract authority. "States." Application requirements. Approval. "(4) promulgate regulations to insure the safety, health, and welfare of the Corps members; and "(5) provide, to the extent possible, that permanent or semipermanent facilities used as Corps camps be made available to local schools, school districts, State junior colleges and universities, and other educational institutions for use as environmental/ ecological education camps during periods of nonuse by the Corps program. Costs for operations, maintenance, and staffing of Corps camp facilities during periods of use by non-Corps programs as well as any liability for personal injury or property damage stemming from such use shall be the responsibility of the entity or organization using the facility and shall not be a responsibility of the Secretaries or the Corps. "(b) Whenever economically feasible, existing but unoccupied Federal facilities and surplus or unused equipment (or both), of all types, including military facilities and equipment, shall be utilized for the purposes of the Corps, where appropriate and with the approval of the Federal agency involved. To minimize transportation costs, Corps members shall be employed on conservation projects as near to their places of residence as is feasible. "(c) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may contract with any public agency or organization or any private nonprofit agency or organization which has been in existence for at least five years for the operation of any Youth Conservation Corps project. "PILOT GRANT PROGRAM FOR STATE PROJECTS "SEC. 4. (a) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly establish a pilot grant program under which grants shall be made to States to assist them in meeting the cost of projects for the employment of young men and women to develop, preserve, and maintain non-Federal public lands and waters within the States. For purposes of this section, the term 'States' includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and American Samoa. "(b) (1) No grant may be made under this section unless an application therefor has been submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture. Such application shall be in such form, and submitted in such manner, as the Secretaries shall jointly by regulation prescribe, and shall contain "(A) assurances satisfactory to the Secretaries that individuals employed under the project for which the application is submitted shall (i) have attained the age of fifteen but not attained the age of nineteen, (ii) be permanent residents of the United States or its territories, possessions, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, (iii) be employed without regard to the personnel laws, rules, and regulations applicable to full-time employees of the applicant, (iv) be employed for a period of not more than ninety days in any calendar year, and (v) be employed without regard to their sex or social, economic, or racial classification; and "(B) such other information as the Secretaries may jointly by regulation prescribe. "(2) The Secretaries may approve applications which they determine (A) meet the requirements of paragraph (1), and (B) are for projects which will further the development, preservation, or mainte 86 STAT. 1321 nance of non-Federal public lands or waters within the jurisdiction of the applicant. "(c) (1) The amount of any grant under this section shall be deter- Limitation. mined jointly by the Secretaries, except that no grant for any project may exceed 80 per centum of the cost (as determined by the Secre taries) of such project. "(2) Payments under grants under this section may be made in Payments. advance or by way of reimbursement and at such intervals and on such conditions as the Secretaries find necessary. "(d) Thirty per centum of the sums appropriated under section 6 Appropriation for any fiscal year shall be used for making grants under this section percentage. for such fiscal year. "SECRETARIAL REPORTS "SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture Joint report shall annually prepare a joint report detailing the activities carried to President out under this Act and providing recommendations. Each report for a and Congress. fiscal year shall be submitted concurrently to the President and the Congress not later than one hundred and eighty days following the close of that fiscal year. "AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS "SEC. 6. There are authorized to be appropriated amounts not to exceed $30,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and Effective dates. $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, to be made available to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the purposes of this Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated for any fiscal year to carry out this Act shall remain available for obligation and expenditure until the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which appropriated." Approved October 27, 1972. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 92-1460 accompanying H. R. 16563 (Comm. on Education and Labor). SENATE REPORT No. 92-196 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). May 23, considered and passed Senate. Oct. 11, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 16563. Oct. 12, Senate concurred in House amendment. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 8, No. 44: Public Law 93-13 March 30, 1973 An Act To amend the National School Lunch Act to assure that Federal financial assistance to the child nutrition programs is maintained at the level budgeted for fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS Child nutrition programs. Federal assist ance, fiscal SECTION 1. The Congress finds that the volume and variety of 1973. Federal food donations to the school lunch and child nutrition programs are significantly below the amounts programed and budgeted for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and that schools participating in these programs are confronted with serious financial problems in 87 STAT. 9 obtaining sufficient supplies of the foods required to meet the nutri- 87 STAT. 10 tional standards established by law for these programs. It is, therefore, the purpose of this Act to provide an effective and immediate solution to this nutritional crisis. SCHOOL PURCHASES OF FOOD SUPPLIES 84 Stat. 209. 42 USC 1755. SEC. 2. Section 6 of the National School Lunch Act is amended 60 Stat. 231; by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections and by redesignating the existing portions of said section as subsection (a): "(b) As of March 15, 1973, the Secretary shall make an estimate of the value of agricultural commodities and other foods that will be delivered during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, to States for school food service programs under the provisions of this section, section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, and section 32 of the Act 68 Stat. 458. of August 24, 1935. If such estimated value is less than 90 per centum 7 USC 1431. of the value of such deliveries initially programed for the fiscal year 49 Stat. 774. ending June 30, 1973, the Secretary shall pay to State educational 7 USC 612. agencies, by not later than April 15, 1973, an amount of funds that is equal to the difference between the value of such deliveries initially programed for such fiscal year and the estimated value as of March 15, 1973, of the commodities and other foods to be delivered in such fiscal year. The share of such funds to be paid to each State educational agency shall bear the same ratio to the total of such payment to all such agencies as the number of meals served under the provisions of section 9(a) of this Act and section 4(e) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 60 Stat. 233; during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, bears to the total of all 86 Stat. 726. such meals served in all the States during such fiscal year: Provided, 42 USC 1758. That in any State in which the Secretary directly administers school 86 Stat. 725. food service programs in the nonprofit private schools of such State, Nonprofit prithe Secretary shall withhold from the funds to be paid to any such vate schools. State under the provisions of this subsection an amount that bears the same ratio to the total of such payment as the number of meals served in nonprofit private schools under the provisions of section 9 (a) of this Act and section 4(e) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, bears to the total of such meals served in all the schools in such State in such fiscal year. Each State educational agency, and the Secretary in the case of nonprofit private schools in which he directly administers school food service programs, shall promptly and equitably disburse such funds to schools participating in the lunch and breakfast programs under this Act and the Child 42 USC 1773. Nutrition Act of 1966 and such disbursements shall be used by such 80 Stat. 885. schools to obtain agricultural commodities and other foods for their 42 USC 1771 note. |