All 70 Stat. 972. vide during a fiscal year free public education for a certain number of children to whom subsection (a) or (b) applies; "(2) such preparations were in his judgment reasonable in the light of the information available to such agency at the time such preparations were made; and "(3) such number has been substantially reduced by reason of a decrease in or cessation of Federal activities or by reason of a failure of any of such activities to occur, the amount to which such agency is otherwise entitled under this section for such year shall be increased to the amount to which, in the judgment of the Commissioner, such agency would have been entitled but for such decrease in or cessation of Federal activities or the failure of such activities to occur, minus any reduction in current expenditures for such year which the Commissioner determines that such agency has effected, or reasonably should have effected, by reason of such decrease in or cessation of Federal activities or the failure of such activities to occur." SEC. 207. Subsection (a) of section 4 of such Act is amended (1) 20 USC 239. by striking out "1957" both times it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "1958", and (2) by striking out "section 2 of”. SEC. 208. Subsection (c) of section of such Act is amended to read as follows: "COUNTING OF CERTAIN CHILDREN "(c) In determining under subsection (a) whether there has been an increase in attendance in any fiscal year directly resulting from activities of the United States and the number of children with respect to whom payment is to be made for any fiscal year, the Commissioner shall not count-- "(A) children with respect to whom a local educational agency is, or upon application would be, entitled to receive any payment under section 3 for such fiscal year, and "(B) children whose attendance is attributable to activities of the United States carried on in connection with real property which has been excluded from the definition of Federal property by the last sentence of paragraph (1) of section 9." SEC. 209. Subsection (c) of section 5 of such Act is amended by 20 USC 240. striking out "subsection (c) (2)" and inserting in lieu thereof "sub section (c) (4)”. SEC. 210. Subsection (d) of section 8 of such Act is amended by 20 USC 243. striking out "1957" and inserting in lieu thereof "1958". SEC. 211. The third sentence of paragraph (1) of section 9 of such 20 USC 244. Act is amended by inserting "(A)" after "such term includes" and by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof a comma and the following: "(B) for one year beyond the end of the fiscal year in which occurred the sale or transfer thereof by the United States, any housing property considered prior to such sale or transfer to be Federal property for the purposes of this Act, and (C) any school which is providing flight training to members of the Air Force under contractual arrangements with the Department of the Air Force at an airport which is owned by a State' or a political subdivision of a State". SEC. 212. Subsection (a) of section 10 of such Act is amended by 20 USC 245. striking out "either of the two" and inserting in lieu thereof "any of the three". All 70 Stat. 972. Effective date. SEC. 213. The amendments made by this title shall become effective July 1, 1956. Approved August 3, 1956. Public Law 85-198 85th Congress, S. 1971 August 28, 1957 AN ACT To amend sections 4 (a) and 7 (a) of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second sen- Vocational retence of section 4 (a) of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 U. S. C. habilitation. 34 (a)) is amended by adding the following immediately before the 70 Stat. 956. period: ", except that, in the case of a course of study in physical 71 Stat. 473. medicine and rehabilitation, such period may not be in excess of 71 Stat. 474. three years". SEC. 2. Clause (3) of section 7 (a) of such Act (29 U. S. C. 37 (a)) 68 Stat. 658. is amended by striking out "for any one course of study for a period in excess of two years" and inserting in lieu thereof "for any one course of study, other than a course of study in physical medicine and rehabilitation, for a period in excess of two years, or for a course of study in physical medicine and rehabilitation for a period in excess of three years". SEC. 3. The amendments made by this Act shall become effective Effective July 1, 1957. Approved August 28, 1957. (321) date. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That clause (2) of section 4 (a) of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended (68 Stat. 655), is hereby amended, effective June 30, 1957, to read as follows: "(2) for planning, preparing for, and initiating, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and the focal years ending June 30, 1956, and June 30, 1957, a substantial nationwide expansion of vocational rehabilitation programs in the States, and for continuing during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, projects which are being carried on under this clause on June 30, 1957." Approved August 28, 1957 (322) To provide a one-year extension of the programs of financial assistance in the construction of schools in areas affected by Federal activities under the provisions of Public Law 815, Eighty-first Congress, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in ('ongress assembled, That section 209 School facilities (e) of the Act of September 23, 1950 (Public Law 815, Eighty-first in areas affected Congress), as amended, is amended by striking out "1959" and insert- by Federal activiing in lieu thereof “1960”. ties. SEC. 2. Section 301 of such Act is amended by striking out "five" 64 Stat. 975. and inserting in lieu thereof "six”. 20 USC 279. SEC. 3. The first sentence of section 303 of such Act is amended by 20 usc 293. striking out "1958" and inserting in lieu thereof “1959". SEC. 4. The first sentence of section 304 (a) of such Act is amended 20 USC 294. by striking out "regular school year 1957-1958” and inserting in lieu thereof "increase period". SEC. 5. (a) Section 305 of such Act is amended (1) by striking out 20 USC 295. "regular school year 1955-1956" each time it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "base year", and (2) by striking out "regular school year 1957-1958" each time it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "increased period". (b) The last sentence of subsection (d) of such section is amended by striking out "school years 1955-1956 and 1957-1958" and inserting in lieu thereof "base year and the increase period". (c) Such section is further amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(f) If "(1) the first year of the increase period for an application made by a local educational agency constitutes the second year of the increase period for a previous application made by such agency, and "(2) any payment has been or may be made to such agency on the basis of such previous application, then, in determining under this section the total of the payments which may be made to such agency on the basis of the later application, the total number of children counted for purposes of paragraph (1), (2), or (3), as the case may be, of subsection (a) may not exceed "(3) the number of children whose membership at the close of the increase period for the later application is compared with membership in the base year for purposes of such paragraph, minus "(4) the number of such children whose membership at the close of the increase period for the previous application was compared with membership in the base year for purposes of such paragraph." SEC. 6. Section 310 of such Act is amended by inserting ", or June 30, 1959" after "June 30, 1958". SEC. 7. Title III of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "BASE YEAR AND INCREASE PERIOD "SEC. 312. For purposes of this title "(a) In the case of an application filed after June 30, 1956, and before July 1, 1957, (1) the term 'base year' means the regular school year 1955-1956, and (2) the term 'increase period' means the period consisting of the regular school years 1956-1957 and 1957-1958; 20 usc 300. 67 Stat. 522. 20 USC 291 et seq. |