"(b) Any such loan shall be made only on the basis of an application submitted to the Secretary in such form and containing such information and assurances as he may prescribe. "(c) Each such loan shall bear interest at the rate of 22 per Interest. centum per annum on the unpaid balance thereof and shall be repayable over a period determined by the Secretary to be appropriate, but not exceeding fifty years. (d) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated Appropriation. $3,500,000 to carry out the provisions of this section." MINOR OR TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS 78 Stat. 912. SEC. 12. (a) Section 806 (c)(1) of the Public Health Service Nurse training. Act (42 U.S.C. 296e(c)(1)) is amended by inserting after "from a loan fund established pursuant to section 822" the following: "or from sums paid by the Secretary from the revolving fund created by section 827 (d), or a nursing educational opportunity grant payment made pursuant to section 862". (b) The second sentence of section 312 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 244) is amended by inserting "and officials of other State or local public or private agencies, institutions, or organizations" after "such health authorities". (c) Section 725(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 293e(a)) is amended by striking out "twelve" and inserting in lieu thereof "thirteen". (d) Section 314(f) of such Act is amended by (1) inserting "for" before "the expenses of travel" in paragraph (5); (2) striking out "Service" and inserting in lieu thereof "Department" in paragraphs (6) and (8). 80 Stat. 1234 42 USC 2971. 80 Stat. 1237. 42 USC 298c-1. Health conferences. 60 Stat. 424. membership. Advisory council, 77 Stat. 169. Personnel inter States. change with 42 USC 246. 81 Stat. 542. (e) Section 795(1)(A)(ii) of such Act is amended to read as "Training center for follows: "(ii) of education in optometric technology, dental hygiene, or curriculums as are specified by regulation, and". allied health (f) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective Effective date. as of November 3, 1966. COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY SEC. 14. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Report to Congress. in consultation and cooperation with other officials of the Federal Government and of the States, shall make a comprephensive survey of the incidence and location of serious hunger and malnutrition and health problems incident thereto in the United States and shall report his findings and recommendations for dealing with these conditions to the Congress within six months from the date of enactment of this section. MEANING OF SECRETARY SEC. 15. As used in the amendments made by this Act, the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. 81 Stat. 582. Temple, Tex. 10. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY TO TEMPLE JUNIOR COLLEGE (Public Law 90-197, approved December, 14, 1967) A. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY H.R. 2730 was introduced on January 17, 1967, by Representative W. R. Poage, of Texas. The bill was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. It was reported from that committee on February 7, 1967 (H. Rept. 7). It passed the House on February 20, 1967. It was reported in the Senate, from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, on November 30, 1967 (S. Rept. 822). It passed the Senate on December 1, 1967. The act was approved on December 14, 1967, and became Public Law 90–197. B. DIGEST OF THE ACT The act authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to convey certain land to Temple Junior College, Temple, Tex., for educational purposes. Land conveyance. Conditions. C. TEXT OF THE ACT Following is the text of the law. AN ACT Authorizing the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to convey certain property to Temple Junior College, Temple, Texas Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized to convey, without monetary consideration, to Temple Junior College, Temple, Texas, for educational purposes, all right, title and interest of the United States in and to a tract of seventy-three acres of land, more or less, constituting a portion of the reservation of the Veterans' Administration Center, Temple, Texas. The exact legal description of the tract shall be determined by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, and if a survey is required in order to make such determination, the Temple Junior College shall bear the expense thereof. SEC. 2. Any deed of conveyance made pursuant to this Act shall (a) provide that the land conveyed shall be used for educational purposes and in a manner that will not, in the judgment of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, or his designate, interfere with the care and treatment of patients in the Veterans' Administration Center, Temple, Texas; (b) contain such additional terms, conditions, reservations, easements and restrictions as may be determined by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to be necessary to protect the interest of the United States; (c) provide that if the Temple Junior College violates any provision of the deed of conveyance or alienates or attempts to alienate all or any part of the parcel so con veyed, title thereto shall revert to the United States; (d) provide that in the event of such reversion, all 11. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AMENDMENTS OF 1967 (Public Law 90-222, approved December 23, 1967) A. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY In the House, hearings on Economic Opportunity Act Amendments were held before the Committee on Education and Labor on June 12, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 28, July 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26, 27, 28, 31, and August 1, 1967. In the Senate, hearings on Examination of the War on Poverty were held before the Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower and Poverty, of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, on March 13, 15, 16, 17, April 10, 24, 27, 28, May 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 26, June 1, 2, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28 and July 10, 13, 18, 1967. S. 2388, the Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967 was introduced on September 12, 1967 by Senator Joseph S. Clark, of Pennsylvania. The bill was referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. It was reported in the Senate on September 12, 1967 (S. Rept. 563). It passed the Senate October 5, 1967 and was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor on October 9, 1967. It was reported in the House on October 27, 1967 (H. Rept. 866). It passed the House, amended, on November 15, 1967, and, on the same date, the House asked for a conference. On November 16, 1967, the Senate agreed to a conference. The conference report was filed on December 7, 1967 (H. Rept. 1012). The Senate agreed to the conference report on December 8, 1967. The House agreed to the conference report on December 11, 1967. The act was approved on December 23, 1967, and became Public Law 90-222. B. SOME PRESS COMMENTS In an article headlined "Congress Clears 2-Year Antipoverty Program," the Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report of December 15, 1967, said: Congress Dec. 11 cleared for the President's signature a bill (S. 2388) providing a two-year authorization for the war on poverty. Passage of the bill represented a major legislative triumph for the Administration, which for a time had feared the program might be killed in the House. Final action came when the House Dec. 11 by a 247-149 roll-call vote adopted the conference report (H. Rept. 1012) on the bill. The Senate Dec. 8 adopted the conference report by a 62-16 roll-call vote. * * * As cleared by Congress, S. 2388 authorized $1,980,000,000 for antipoverty programs in fiscal 1968 and $2,180,000,000 for fiscal 1969. The figure for fiscal 1968 was only slightly less than the $2,060,000,000 authorization requested by the Administration. * * * 91-165 0-68-pt. 1-5 An article in the Christian Science Monitor for December 19, 1967. said in part: Ten months ago, nobody here in Washington could say for sure that the antipoverty program would be around today. *** But the program has survived-more than that, it remains one of the few programs this year to receive more money than it got last year. While the final figure of $1.773 billion was below the budget request of $2.06 billion, it was above the last year's level of $1.6 billion. The Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) had insisted that $1.788 billion was the very minimum needed to prevent cutbacks in programs. The final figure fell $15 million short of that. But the House-Senate Appropriations Committee conferees deleted all earmarking of funds so that it is believed that OEO will have the flexibility to make up the $15 million cutback, by borrowing from some programs to boost more important ones or even to start new ones. *** The final victory came following months of hearings by the House and Senate, lengthy floor debates by each house, and a 21-day conference between Senate and House members to work out an acceptable compromise between the two versions of the bill ** *1 An article in the Washington Post for December 24, 1967 stated that: President Johnson yesterday signed into law a two-year extension of the war on poverty, the White House announced. Johnson signed the bill while en route from Camranh Bay to Karachi on his globe-girdling trip. Congress authorized $1.98 billion for the current 1968 fiscal year for the war on poverty, but actually provided only $1.77 billion in spending money. C. DIGEST OF THE ACT Public Law 90-222, as a whole, is very largely concerned with education and training. Following is a summary of the entire act with emphasis upon some of its educational and training provisions. The act authorized $1.980 billion for fiscal 1968 to carry out programs under the Economic Opportunity Act as follows: Title I, $295 million for the Job Corps, $476 million for work and training for youth and adults, and $60 million for special impact programs in urban areas having large concentrations of low-income individuals or rural areas with substantial migration to urban centers; title II, $950 million for community action programs; title III, $47 million for migrant worker programs and loans to rural families; title IV, $10 million for loans, technical assistance and employment incentive programs for small business; title V, $70 million for work experience programs and $25 million for day-care programs; title VI, $16 million for administrative expenses; title VII, Public assistance-extension; and title VIII, $31 million for the VISTA program. Authorizes the appropriation of $2.180 billion for fiscal 1969, without a breakdown of the funds by program. Title I-Job Corps: The Act requires that a finding be made of a reasonable expectation of successful participation in the Job Corps for each applicant prior to enrollment and, for applicants with a history of antisocial behavior, requires the Director to obtain a professional finding that enrollment of such applicant would not be inimical to the interests of the Job Corps. Requires, generally, that Selover, William C. Rescue of antipoverty bill credited to Shriver. Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 19 1967, p. 3. an enrollee be assigned to the center nearest his home. Provides for nonresidential centers and authorizes the establishment of civilian conservation centers to be located primarily in rural areas. Requires that 40 percent of male enrollees be assigned to such conservation centers. Provides for establishing community advisory councils to improve relations between Job Corps centers and the local community. Limits the capacity of residential centers in fiscal 1968 to 45,000 and requires that steps be taken to achieve an enrollment ratio of 50 percent women. Limits per-enrollee costs for the operation of centers to $6,900 a year. Prohibits enrollees from engaging in political activities. The act consolidates work and training programs into one comprehensive program to take effect July 1, 1968. Broadens such program to include rural areas suffering a substantial migration to urban centers. Provides for encouraging employers, through incentives to employ and train unemployed or low-income individuals and encourages new programs to deal with employment of the elderly. The act establishes special impact programs to deal with problems of chronic unemployment, dependency, and community tensions in urban areas with a high degree of low-income individuals and in rural areas suffering substantial migration to urban areas. Title II-Community Action: The act requires community action agencies to be State, city, or country governments or that such government agencies designate a public or private nonprofit agency as the community action agency. Requires that such agencies must have a board composed of one-third public officials, one-third representatives of business, education, labor, and so forth, interests in the community, and one-third representatives of the people to be served. Stipulates that such agencies shall have full opportunity to participate in the development and implementation of poverty programs. Provides that the poor may petition for better representation in such agencies if inadequately represented. The Act requires funding of programs through community action agencies as constituted above unless such public agency fails to act or fails to carry out programs in a satisfactory manner, or in the case of limited purposes projects the community action agency approves of other funding. Limits size of community action agency boards to a maximum of 51 and institutes notice and quorum requirements to assure decision-making by majority. Tightens political activity restrictions both partisan and nonpartisan and extends prohibitions to voter registration drives and voter transportation. The Act requires that the non-Federal share of the cost shall be not less than 20 percent of the total cost (the requirement for fiscal 1967 was 10 percent and that at least one-half of the non-Federal contribution be in cash). Tightens auditing requirements for community action agencies. Adds four new national emphasis programs: (a) A senior opportunities and services program for older Americans; (b) Emergency food and medical services program; (c) "Day care"; and (d) Family planning. Title III-To Combat Poverty in Rural Areas-The act provides for loans to low-income rural families and assistance to migrant workers. Title IV-Employment and Investment Incentives-The act provides that special attention be given in loans to small business, to business concerns located in urban areas with a high degree of une loyment or low-income individuals, or owned by low-inco: viduals. |