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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) in order Educational reto enable the Office of Education more effectively to accomplish the search.

purposes and to perform the duties for which it was originally estab- Cooperative arlished, the Commissioner of Education is authorized to enter into con- rangements, etc. tracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements with universities

and colleges and State educational agencies for the conduct of

research, surveys, and demonstrations in the field of education.

(b) No contract or jointly financed cooperative arrangement shall Advice of be entered into under this section until the Commissioner of Education specialists. has obtained the advice and recommendations of educational research specialists who are competent to evaluate the proposals as to the soundness of their design, the possibilities of securing productive results, the adequacy of resources to conduct the proposed research, surveys, or demonstrations, and their relationship to other similar educational research already completed or in process.

(c) The Commissioner of Education shall transmit to the Congress Report to annually a report concerning the research, surveys, and demonstra- Congress tions initiated under this Act, the recommendations made by research specialists pursuant to subsection (b), and any action taken with

respect to such recommendations.

SEC. 2. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually to Appropriation. 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 this Act.

Approved July 26, 1954.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to National Advissecure for the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (herein- ory Committee after referred to in this Act as the "Secretary") the advice of a group on Education. of representative citizens on the initiation and conduct of studies of problems of national concern in the field of education and on appropriate action as a result thereof, there is hereby established in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a National Advisory Committee on Education (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee").

SEC. 2. The Committee shall be composed of nine members Members. appointed without regard to civil-service laws by the Secretary from among individuals who are not otherwise in office under or in the employ of the Federal Government, a majority of whom shall be other than professional educators, one of whom shall be designated by

the Secretary as Chairman. Each member shall hold office for a term 68 Stat. 533. of three years, except that (1) any member appointed to fill a vacancy 68 Stat. 534. occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed, shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and (2) the terms of the members first taking office shall expire as follows: three shall expire with the close of the first calendar year which begins after the enactment of this Act, three shall expire with the close of the second such calendar year, and three shall expire with the close of the third such calendar year, as designated by the Secretary at the time of appointment. The Commissioner of Education shall be, ex Commissioner officio, a nonvoting member of the Committee.

of Education.

SEC. 3. The Committee shall meet at the call of the Secretary, but Meetings. not less often than three times each calendar year.

SEC. 4. The Committee shall, from time to time, recommend to the Recommendations. Secretary the initiation of studies of national concern in the field of

education. Consultants may be appointed without regard to civil- Consultants. service laws to assist in the conduct of such studies. The Committee shall propose to the Secretary appropriate action indicated by such studies and shall also, from time to time, advise the Secretary on the progress being made in carrying out its recommendations. The Report to Secretary shall transmit to the Congress annually a report concerning Congress. the studies initiated under this Act, the recommendations made by the Committee, and any action taken with respect to such recommendations.

SEC. 5. Members of the Committee shall receive no compensation Per diem payfor their services, but while traveling to or from or attending meetings ments.

of the Committee shall be paid travel expenses, including per diem in

lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 73b-2) for persons 60 Stat. 808. in the Government service employed intermittently.

Approved July 26, 1954.

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To amend the Act of June 29, 1935 (the Bankhead-Jones Act), as amended, to strengthen the conduct of research of the Department of Agriculture.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of June 68 Stat. 574. 29, 1935 (the Bankhead-Jones Act), as amended (7 U. S. C. 427–427]), 68 Stat. 575. is amended by adding at the end of section 10 thereof the following:

60 Stat. 1085.

"(e) Appropriations for research work in the Department of Agri- 7 USC 4271. culture shall be available for accomplishing such purposes by contract through the means provided in subsection (a) hereof."

Approved July 28, 1954.

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To amend the Vocational Rehabilitation Act so as to promote and assist in the extension and improvement of vocational rehabilitation services, provide for a more effective use of available Federal funds, and otherwise improve the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be Vocational Recited as the "Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments of 1954".

AMENDMENTS TO THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION ACT

habilitation Amendments of 1954.

SEC. 2. The Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 U. S. C. ch. 4) is 41 Stat. 735. amended to read as follows:

"AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR GRANTS; PURPOSES FOR WHICH

AVAILABLE

"SECTION 1. For the purpose of assisting the States in rehabilitating physically handicapped individuals so that they may prepare for and engage in remunerative employment to the extent of their capabilities, thereby increasing not only their social and economic well-being but also the productive capacity of the Nation, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, the sum of $30,000,000, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, the sum of $45,000,000, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, the sum of $55,000,000, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, the sum of $65,000,000, and for each fiscal year thereafter such sums as Congress may determine, for grants to carry out the purposes of this Act. The Types of grants. sums so appropriated for any fiscal year shall be available for—

"(1) grants to States under section 2 to assist them in meeting

the costs of vocational rehabilitation services;

"(2) grants to States under section 3 to assist them in initiating projects for the extension and improvement of their vocational rehabilitation services; and

"(3) grants to States and to public and other nonprofit organizations and agencies under section 4 to assist in meeting the costs of projects for research, demonstrations, training, and traineeships, and special projects, which hold promise of making a substantial contribution to the solution of vocational rehabilitation problems common to a number of States, including temporary assistance in initiating a substantial nationwide expansion of Vocational rehabilitation programs in the States.

The portion of such sums which shall be available for each of such Availability. three types of grants shall be specified in the Act appropriating such sums, except that the first $23,000,000 of the aggregate sums so appropriated for any fiscal year shall be available for grants to States under section 2 to assist them in meeting the costs of vocational rehabilitation services.

"GRANTS TO STATES FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES

"SEC. 2. (a) (1) From the sums available for any fiscal year for grants to States to assist them in meeting the costs of vocational rehabilitation services, each State shall be entitled to an allotment of an amount which bears the same ratio to such sums as the product of (A) the population of the State and (B) the square of its allotment percentage (as defined in section 11 (h)) bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all the States.

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All 68 Stat. 653.

Base allotment.

Adjusted Federal share.

"(2) The allotment to any State for any fiscal year, as computed under the provisions of paragraph (1), which is less than such State's base allotment, shall, notwithstanding such provisions, be increased to the amount of such base allotment.

"(3) For the purposes of this section, a State's base allotment is an amount equal to the amount allotted to such State for expenditures, under its State plan approved under this Act, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954 (which, in the case of the District of Columbia, shall be the amount appropriated to the Secretary for such fiscal year for providing rehabilitation services in the District of Columbia), increased by a uniform percentage which, if applied to the amounts so allotted to all the States, would increase the total of such allotments to $23,000,000.

"(4) The allotment to any State, as computed under the provisions of paragraph (1) for any fiscal year, which is greater than such State's base allotment by a percentage in excess of one and one-half times the percentage by which the sums available for allotments under this section for such year exceed $23,000,000, shall be reduced by the amount of such excess.

"(5) Sums equal to the reductions effected under paragraph (4) for any fiscal year shall be added to the allotments of other States as computed under paragraph (1) for such year as follows:

"(A) The allotment of any State as so computed which is less than such State's base allotment, shall be increased to the amount of such base allotment.

"(B) The remainder of such sums shall be used to increase by a uniform percentage the allotment of each of the States whose allotments were not subject to reduction under paragraph (4), but with such adjustments as may be necessary to prevent the allotment of any of such States from being so increased as to require reduction under paragraph (4).

"(b) (1) From each State's allotment under this section for any fiscal year ending after June 30, 1962, the Secretary shall pay to such State an amount equal to the Federal share (determined as provided in section 11 (i)) of the cost of vocational rehabilitation services under the plan for such State approved under section 5, including expenditures for the administration of the State plan.

"(2) From each State's allotment under this section for any fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1962, the Secretary shall make payments to such State, with respect to the cost of vocational rehabilitation services under the plan of such State approved under section 5, including expenditures for the administration of the State plan, determined as follows:

"(A) A portion of such allotment equal to the State's base allotment shall be available for payment to such State of its adjusted Federal share of such cost of vocational rehabilitation services.

"(B) After such portion has been paid in full, any remaining portions of a State's allotment shall be available for payment to such State of an amount equal to its Federal share (determined as provided in section 11 (i)) of such cost for which payments have not been made under subparagraph (A).

"(3) For the purposes of this subsection

"(A) a State's adjusted Federal share for any fiscal year

means

"(i) in the case of any fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1959, the 1954 Federal share for such State; and

"(ii) in the case of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, June 30, 1961, or June 30, 1962, the Federal share for such

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