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have previously received a grant under this part and are eligible for such a grant for the year for which sums are being appropriated under this sentence."

SEC. 3. Title IV of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new section:

"RECORDS AND AUDIT

"SEC. 408. (a) Each recipient of assistance under this Act shall keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such assistance is given or used, and the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit.

"(b) The Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of the recipients that are pertinent to the assistance received under this Act."

77 Stat. 296.

42 USC 2691

et seq.

SEC. 4. Subsection (a) of section 302 of the Mental Retardation Research proFacilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act jects.

of 1963 (Public Law 88-164) is amended by striking out "There is 20 USC 618. authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and each of the next two fiscal years the sum of $2,000,000"

and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "There is authorized to

be appropriated $6,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966; 79 STAT. 429. $9,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1967; $12,000,000 for fiscal 79 STAT. 430. year ending June 30, 1968; and $14,000,000 for fiscal year ending

June 30, 1969".

SEC. 5. Section 302,of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963 (Public Law 88-164) is further amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new subsections as follow:

"(f) For the purposes of this section the Commissioner of Educa- Facilities, contion may make grants to institutions of higher education for the con- struction, eto. struction, equipping, and operation of a facility for research, or for

research and related purposes (as defined in this section).

"(g) All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or sub- Laborers, wages. contractors in the performance of work on construction of any project under this section shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act,

as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a-276a-5). The Secretary of Labor shall 49 Stat. 1011; have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this clause, the 78 Stat. 238. authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered

14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 5 U.S.C. 133z-15), and section 2 of the Act 64 Stat. 1267. of June 13, 1934, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276c).

63 Stat. 108.

"(h) As used in this section the terms 'construction' and 'cost of "Construction." construction' include (A) the construction of new buildings and the expansion, remodeling, and alteration of existing buildings, including architects' fees, but not including the cost of acquisition of land or off-site improvements, and (B) equipping new buildings and existing buildings, whether or not expanded, remodeled, or altered.

79 STAT. 430.

"Research and re

"(i) As used in this section, the term 'research and related purlated purposes." poses' means research, research training, surveys, or demonstrations in the field of education of handicapped children, or the dissemination of information derived therefrom, or all of such activities, including (but without limitation) experimental schools."

Special account.

Reports.

72 Stat. 1777. 20 USC 615.

"State."

77 Stat. 294.

SEC. 6. There is hereby established on the books of the Treasury an account or accounts without fiscal year limitation. There shall be deposited in such account, to the extent provided by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or his designee, all or part of any grant awarded by the Secretary or any other officer or employee of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Payments of any such grant shall from time to time be made to the grantee from such account or accounts, subject to such limitations relating to fund accumulation as the Secretary may prescribe, to the extent needed to carry out the purposes of any such grant. Such reports as the Secretary or other officer awarding the grant may find necessary to assure expenditure of funds for the purpose of and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grant shall be made to the Secretary or such officer by any such grantee.

SEC. 7. Section 5 of the Act of September 6, 1958 (Public Law 85– 926), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:

"(c) The term 'State' includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the District of Columbia, Guam, and American Samoa."

SEC. 8. Section 7 of the Act of September 6, 1958 (Public Law 85-926) as amended (20 U.S.C. 617), is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 7. There are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out this Act $19,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966; $29,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967; $34,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968; and $37,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969."

Approved August 4, 1965.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 248 (Comm. on Interstate & Foreign Commerce)

and No. 678 (Comm. of Conference).

SENATE REPORT No. 366 (Comm. on Labor & Public Welfare).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 111 (1965):

May 4: Considered and passed House.

June 28: Considered and passed Senate, amended.
July 26: Senate agreed to conference report.
July 27: House agreed to oonference report.

89th Congress, H. R. 2263
September 10, 1965

An Act

79 STAT. 676

To provide for an objective, thorough, and nationwide analysis and reevaluation of the extent and means of resolving the critical shortage of qualified manpower in the field of correctional rehabilitation.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Correctional Rehabilitation Study Act of 1965”. SEC. 2. Section 12 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. ch. 4) is amended to read as follows:

"GRANTS FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS IN CORRECTIONAL REHABILITATION

"SEC. 12. (a) (1) The Secretary is authorized, with the advice of the National Advisory Council on Correctional Manpower and Training, established by subsection (b) of this section, to make grants to pay part of the cost of carrying out a program of research and study of the personnel practices and current and projected personnel needs in the field of correctional rehabilitation and of the availability and adequacy of the educational and training resources for persons in, or preparing to enter such field, including but not limited to the availability of educational opportunities for persons in, or preparing to enter, such field, the adequacy of the existing curriculum and teaching methods and practices involved in the preparation of persons to work in such field, the effectiveness of present methods of recruiting personnel for such field and the extent to which personnel in the field are utilized in the manner which makes the best use of their qualifications. Such a program of research and study is to be on a scale commensurate with the problem.

“(2) Such grants may be made to one or more organizations, but only on condition that the organization will undertake and conduct, or if more than one organization is to receive such grants, only on condition that such organizations have agreed among themselves to undertake and conduct, a coordinated program of research into and study of all aspects of the resources, needs, and practices referred to in paragraph (1).

"(3) As used in paragraph (2), the term 'organization' means a nongovernmental agency, organization, or commission, composed of representatives of leading professional associations, organizations, or agencies active in the field of corrections.

"(b) (1) There is hereby established in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a National Advisory Council on Correctional Manpower and Training, consisting of the Secretary, or his designee, who shall be Chairman, and twelve members, not otherwise in the regular full-time employ of the United States, appointed without regard to the civil service laws by the Secretary after consultation with the Attorney General of the United States. The twelve appointed members shall be selected from among leaders in fields concerned with correctional rehabilitation or in public affairs, four of whom shall be selected from among State or local correctional services. In selecting persons for appointment to the Council, consideration shall be given to such factors, among others, as (1) familiarity with correctional manpower problems, and (2) particular concern with the training of persons in or preparing to enter the field of correctional rehabilitation.

"(2) The Council shall consider all applications for grants under this section and shall make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to approval of applications for and the amounts of grants under this section.

Correctional

Rehabilitation

Study Act of

1965.

68 Stat. 662. 29 USC 42.

"Organization."

National Ad

visory Council on Correctional Manpower

and Training.

Establishment.

79 STAT. 677

Council members, compensation.

60 Stat. 808; 75 Stat. 339, 340.

Appropriation.

Report to President and Congress, etc.

"(3) Appointed members of the Council, while attending meetings or conferences thereof or otherwise serving on business of the Council, shall be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding $100 per day, including travel time, and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.

(c) For carrying out the purposes of this section there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, the sum of $500,000 to be used for a grant or grants to help initiate the research and study provided for in this section; and the sum of $800,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years for the making of such grants as may be necessary to carry the research and study to completion. The terms of any such grant shall provide that the research and study shall be completed not later than three years from the date it is inaugurated; that the grantee shall file annual reports with the Secretary, the Congress, the Governors of the several States and the President, among others the grantee may select; and that the final report shall be similarly filed.

"(d) Any grantee agency, organization, or commission is authorized to accept additional financial support from private or other public sources to assist in carrying on the project authorized by this section." Approved September 10, 1965.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORT No. 381 (Comm. on Education & Labor).
SENATE REPORT No. 543 (Comm. on Labor & Public Welfare).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 111 (1965):

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89th Congress, S. 2232
October 19, 1965

An Act

79 STAT. 983

To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for a loan service of captioned films for the deaf", approved September 2, 1958, as amended, in order to further provide for a loan service of educational media for the deaf, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled Educational "An Act to provide in the Department of Health, Education, and media for the Welfare for a loan service of captioned films for the deaf", approved deaf, addiSeptember 2, 1958, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2491 et seq.), is hereby tional loan amended to read as follows:

"That the objectives of this Act are

"(a) to promote the general welfare of deaf persons by (1) bringing to such persons understanding and appreciation of those films which play such an important part in the general and cultural advancement of hearing persons, (2) providing through these films, enriched educational and cultural experiences through which deaf persons can be brought into better touch with the realities of their environment, and (3) providing a wholesome and rewarding experience which deaf persons may share together; and

"(b) to promote the educational advancement of deaf persons by (1) carrying on research in the use of educational media for the deaf, (2) producing and distributing educational media for the deaf and for parents of deaf children and other persons who are directly involved in work for the advancement of the deaf or who are actual or potential employers of the deaf, and (3) training persons in the use of educational media for the instruction of the deaf.

"SEC. 2. As used in this Act

"(1) The term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

"(2) The term 'United States' means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

"(3) The term 'deaf person' includes a person whose hearing is severely impaired.

"SEC. 3. (a) In order to carry out the objectives of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a loan service of captioned films and educational media for the purpose of making such materials available in the United States for nonprofit purposes to deaf persons, parents of deaf persons, and other persons directly involved in activities for the advancement of the deaf in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary.

service.

72 Stat. 1742;

76 Stat. 654.

Definitions.

"(b) In carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Secretary Administrative shall have authority to

"(1) acquire films (or rights thereto) and other educational media by purchase, lease, or gift;

"(2) acquire by lease or purchase equipment necessary to the administration of this Act;

"(3) provide for the captioning of films;

"(4) provide for the distribution of captioned films and other educational media and equipment through State schools for the deaf and such other agencies as the Secretary may deem appropriate to serve as local or regional centers for such distribution;

"(5) provide for the conduct of research in the use of educa tional and training films and other educational media for the deaf, for the production and distribution of educational and train

authority.

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