[PUBLIC LAW 698-81ST CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 720-2D SESSION] [H. R. 6104] AN ACT To authorize the establishment of an educational agency for surplus property within the government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby established in the municipal government of the District of Columbia the District of Columbia Educational Agency for Surplus Property, hereinafter referred to as the "Agency", which shall under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia carry out in the District of Columbia the State functions contemplated by sections 203 (j) and 203 (k) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, approved June 30, 1949 (Public Law 152, Eightyfirst Congress), and such other duties relating to the distribution of surplus property, or other functions, as the Commissioners may in their discretion assign to such Agency, and for the purposes of section 203 (j) of such Act, the District of Columbia shall be deemed to be a State. The Commissioners are authorized to appoint a director for such Agency and such other personnel as may be necessary with compensation to be fixed in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. The Commissioners are also authorized to appoint an advisory board for such Agency to be composed of not more than ten members: Provided, That the membership of such board shall include representatives of the tax-supported, tax-exempt, and nonprofit educational institutions in the District of Columbia: And provided further, That the members of such advisory board shall serve without compensation and at the pleasure of the Commissioners. Such advisory board may submit reports and recommendations to the Commissioners as well as to the Agency. SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from any money in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia not exceeding $15,000 as a working capital fund for the operation of the Agency, which fund shall be used as a permanent revolving fund for all necessary expenses of such Agency. There shall be deposited to the credit of such fund such amounts as may be appropriated pursuant to this Act, together with such amounts as the respective branches of the government of the District of Columbia and the private educational institutions authorized by law to participate in the distribution of surplus property shall pay as fees for services rendered by the Agency. The Commissioners are authorized to promulgate rules and regulations governing the manner in which the Agency shall carry out its duties, including the fixing of reasonable fees to be charged for its services. SEC. 3. The authority of the Agency and of the Advisory Board shall terminate upon direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and in any event no later than the repeal of sections 203 (j) and 203 (k) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. Upon such termination, the assets of the Agency shall be disposed of as the Commissioners may direct. Approved August 16, 1950. [PUBLIC LAW 739-81ST CONGRESS] [H. R. 133] AN ACT To amend section 2 of the Act approved June 20, 1936, entitled "An Act to extend the benefits of the Adams Act, the Purnell Act, and the Capper-Ketcham Act to the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes". Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Act approved June 20, 1936, entitled "An Act to extend the benefits of the Adams Act, the Purnell Act, and the Capper-Ketcham Act to the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes" (49 Stat. 1553), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. To carry into effect the above provisions for extending to the Territory of Alaska the benefits of the said Adams Act and the said Purnell Act, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and each year thereafter a sum equal to that provided for each State and Territory under the said Adams Act and the said Purnell Act." Approved August 29, 1950. [PUBLIC LAW 815-81ST CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 995-2D SESSION] [S. 2317] AN ACT Relating to the construction of school facilities in areas affected by Federal activities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I-SURVEYS AND STATE PLANS FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION SEC. 101. In order to assist the several States to inventory existing school facilities, to survey the need for the construction of additional facilities in relation to the distribution of school population, to develop State plans for school construction programs, and to study the adequacy of State and local resources available to meet school facilities requirements, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $3,000,000, to remain available until expended. The sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall be used for making payments to States whose applications for funds for carrying out such purposes have been approved: Provided, That the making of grants under this title shall not in any way commit the Congress to authorize or appropriate funds to undertake the construction of any public works so planned. STATE APPLICATIONS SEC. 102. The Commissioner of Education shall approve any application for funds for carrying out the purposes of section 101 if such application (1) designates the State educational agency (as defined in paragraph (13) of section 210) as the sole agency for carrying out such purposes; (2) provides for making an inventory and survey in accordance with section 101 containing information requested by the Commissioner, and for developing a State program in accordance with such section; and (3) provides that the State educational agency will make such reports, in such form, and containing such information as the Commissioner may from time to time reasonably require, and, to assure verification of such reports, give the Commissioner, upon request, access to the records upon which such information is based. ALLOTMENTS AND PAYMENTS TO STATES SEC. 103. (a) Of the sums appropriated pursuant to section 101, $150,000 shall be allotted by the Commissioner to the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands according to their respective needs and upon the basis of agreements made with their respective State educational agencies, and the remainder shall be allotted to the other States in the same proportions as their respective school-age populations bear to the total school-age population of such other States; except that no such allotment to any State (other than the District of Columbia, Alaska. Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) shall be less than $10,000. Within its allotment each State shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to 50 per centum of its expenditures in carrying out the purposes of section 101 in accordance with its application. (b) The Commissioner shall from time to time estimate the sum to which each State will be entitled under this section during such ensuing period as he may determine, and shall thereupon certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount so estimated, reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any sum by which the Commissioner finds that his estimate for any prior period was greater or less than the amount to which the State was entitled for such period. The Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon, prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, pay to the State, at the time or times fixed by the Commissioner, the amount so certified. WITHHOLDING OF CERTIFICATION SEC. 104. (a) Whenever the Commissioner, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to a State educational agency, finds (1) that such State educational agency is not complying substantially with the provisions of this title or the terms and conditions of its application approved under this title, or (2) that any funds paid to such State educational agency under this title have been diverted from the purposes for which they had been allotted or paid, the Commissioner may forthwith notify the Secretary of the Treasury and such State educational agency that no further certification will be made under this title with respect to such agency until there is no longer any failure to comply or the diversion has been corrected. or, if compliance or correction is impossible, until such State educational agency repays or arranges for the repayment of Federal moneys which have been diverted or improperly expended. (b) The final refusal of the Commissioner to approve any application made under this title, and the Commissioner's final action under subsection (a) of this section, shall be subject to judicial review on the record, in the United States Court of Appeals for the circuit in which the State is located, in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. ADMINISTRATION SEC. 105. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to delegate to any officer or employee of the Office of Education any of his functions under this title except the making of regulations. (b) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for Federal administrative expenses such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. TITLE II-SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION IN FEDERALLLY AFFECTED AREAS DECLARATION OF POLICY SECTION 201. In recognition of the impact which certain Federal activities have had on the school construction needs in the areas in which such Federal activities have been or are being carried on, the Congress hereby declares it to be the policy of the United States to bear the cost of constructing school facilities in such areas in the manner and to the extent provided in this title. PAYMENTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES SEC. 202. (a) A local educational agency shall be eligible under this subsection for payment with respect to children who reside on Federal property with a parent employed on Federal property, if the estimated number of such children who will be in average daily attendance at the schools of such agency during the current fiscal year (as defined in paragraph (6) of section 210) is at least fifteen and is at least 5 per centum of the estimated number of all children who will be in average daily attendance at the schools of such agency during the current fiscal year. Each such local educational agency shall be entitled to receive an amount not to exceed such estimated number of children with respect to whom it is eligible for payment under this subsection, multiplied by 95 per centum of the average per pupil cost of constructing complete school facilities in the State in which the school district of such agency is situated. (b) A local educational agency of a State shall be eligible under this subsection for payment with respect to children who reside on Federal property, or who reside with a parent employed on Federal property part or all of which is situated in such State, if the estimated number of such children who will be in average daily attendance at the schools of such agency during the current fiscal year is at least fifteen and is at least 5 per centum of the estimated number of all children who will be in average daily attendance at the schools of such agency during the current fiscal year. Each such local educational agency shall be entitled to receive an amount not to exceed such estimated number of children with respect to whom it is eligible for payment under this subsection, multiplied by 70 per centum of the average per pupil cost of constructing complete school facilities in the State in which the school district of such agency is situated. (c) A local educational agency shall be eligible under this subsection for payment with respect to children whose attendance results from activities of the United States (carried on either directly or through a contractor) if, in the judgment of the Commissioner of Education (1) the estimated number of such children who will be in average daily attendance at the schools of such agency during the current fiscal year is at least twenty and is at least 10 per centum of the estimated number of all children who will be in average daily attendance at the schools of such agency during the current fiscal year; and |