81 STAT, 94 EFFECTIVE DATES SEC. 9. (a) The amendments to title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965 made by the foregoing sections of this Act shall be effective with respect to fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1968, except that the following amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act: (1) The redesignation of section numbers made by section 2 of this Act. (2) The repeal (by section 2(c) of this Act) of section 501 of title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (which provides for an Advisory Council on Quality Teacher Preparation) and the enactment, in lieu thereof, of section 501 (Statement of Purpose) and section 502 (National Advisory Council on Education Professions Development) of such title; and the conforming amendment to section 523 (1) of such title V made by section 5(d)(1) of this Act. (3) The enactment (by section 2(c) of this Act) of section 507 of title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (relating to experts and consultants), and the concomitant repeal (by section 5(e) of this Act) of subsection (c) of section 524 of such title V. (4) The amendments made by sections 3, 7, and 8 of this Act. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude advance planning and dissemination of information by the Commissioner of Education with respect to amendments the effective date of which is deferred by this section. Approved June 29, 1967. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 373 (Comm. on Education & Labor). SENATE REPORT No. 363 accompanying S. 2028 (Comm. on Labor & Public CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 113 (1967): June 26: Considered in House. June 27: Considered and passed House. June 28: Considered and passed Senate, in lieu of S. 2028. Public Law 90-82 An Act To amend the college work-study program with respect to institutional matching and permissible hours of work. 81 STAT. 194 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 124 (d) College workof the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is amended to read as study program. follows: 78 Stat. 515. "(d) provide that the average hours of employment of a stu- 42 USC 2754. dent under such work-study program, shall not exceed fifteen per week over a semester, or other term used by the institution in awarding credits, during which the student is enrolled in classes." SEC. 2. Section 124(f) of such Act is amended by inserting after "this 79 Stat. 974. Act" the following: ", 85 per centum during the fourth year after such date, 80 per centum during the fifth year after such date,". Approved September 6, 1967. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 543 (Comm. on Education & Labor). Aug. 10: Considered and passed House. Aug. 25: Considered and passed Senate. (700) 90th Congress, H. R. 12257 An Act To amend the Vocational Rehabilitation Act to extend and expand the authorization of grants to States for rehabilitation services, to authorize assistance in establishment and operation of a National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults, and to provide assistance for migrants. 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 cited as the "Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments of 1967” GRANTS TO STATES FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES Rehabilitation Amendments of 1967. SEC. 2. Effective with respect to appropriations for fiscal years ending after June 30, 1968, section 1(b)(1) of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 31(b) (1)) is amended by striking out "and", 79 Stat. 1282. and by inserting before the period at the end thereof ", for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, the sum of $500,000,000, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, the sum of $600,000,000”. GRANTS TO STATES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS 81 STAT. 250 81 STAT. 251, SEC. 3. Section 4 (a) (2) (B) of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 34 (a) (2) (B)) is amended by striking out "June 30, 1967" each 79 Stat. 1290. time it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1968" and by striking out "June 30, 1968" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1969". CENTERS FOR DEAF-BLIND YOUTHS AND ADULTS SEC. 4. The Vocational Rehabilitation Act is further amended by redesignating section 17 as section 19 and by inserting after section 16 the following new section: "NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEAF-BLIND YOUTHS AND ADULTS "SEC. 17. (a) In order "(1) to demonstrate methods of (A) providing the specialized, intensive services, as well as other services, needed to rehabilitate handicapped individuals who are both deaf and blind, and (B) training the professional and allied personnel needed adequately to staff facilities specially designed to provide such services and training such personnel who have been or will be working with the deaf-blind; "(2) to conduct research in the problems of, and ways of meeting the problems of rehabilitating, the deaf-blind; and '(3) to aid in the conduct of related activities which will expand or improve the services for or help improve public understanding of the problems of the deaf-blind;" the Secretary is authorized to enter into an agreement with any public cr nonprofit private agency or organization for payment by the United States of all or part of the costs of the establishment and operation, including construction and equipment, of a center for vocational rehabilitation of handicapped individuals who are both deaf and blind which shall be known as the National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. "(b) Any agency or organization desiring to enter into such an agreement shall submit a proposal therefor at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as may be prescribed by the Secretary. In considering such proposals, the Secretary shall give preference to those proposals which (1) give promise of maximum effectiveness in the organization and operation of the National Center for Deaf 68 Stat. 662; Report to 81 STAT. 251 81 STAT. 252 49 Stat. 1011; 78 Stat. 238. 64 Stat. 1267. 63 Stat. 108. "Construction." 29 USC 31 note. Blind Youths and Adults, and (2) give promise of offering the most substantial skill, experience, and capability in providing a broad program of service, research, training, and related activities in the field of rehabilitation of the deaf-blind. "(c) The agreement shall "(1) provide that Federal funds paid to the agency or organization for the Center will be used only for the purposes for which paid and in accordance with the applicable provisions of this section and the agreement made pursuant thereto; "(2) provide that the agency or organization making the agreement will make an annual report to the Secretary, which the Secretary in turn shall transmit to the Congress with such comments and recommendations as he may deem appropriate; "(3) provide that any laborer or mechanic employed by any contractor or subcontractor in the performance of work on any construction aided by Federal funds under this section will 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); with the Secretary of Labor having, with respect to the labor standards specified in this paragraph, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276c); and "(4) include such other conditions as the Secretary deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. "(d) If within twenty years after the completion of any construction (except minor remodeling or alteration) for which funds have been paid pursuant to an agreement under this section the facility constructed ceases to be used for the purposes for which it was constructed or the agreement is terminated, the United States, unless the Secretary determines that there is good cause for releasing the recipient of the funds from its obligation, shall be entitled to recover from the applicant or other owner of the facility an amount which bears the same ratio to the then value of the facility as the amount of such Federal funds bore to the cost of the portion of the facility financed with such funds. Such value shall be determined by agreement of the parties or by action brought in the United States district court for the district in which the facility is situated. "(e) For purposes of this section "(1) the term 'construction' means construction of new buildings, acquisition of existing buildings, and expansion, remodeling, alteration, and renovation of existing buildings, and initial equipment of such new, newly acquired, expanded, remodeled, altered, or renovated buildings; and includes the cost of architects' fees and acquisition of land in connection with any of the foregoing, but does not include the cost of off-site improvements; "(2) the determination of who are both deaf and blind shall be made in accordance with regulations of the Secretary." SERVICES FOR MIGRATORY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS SEC. 5. The Vocational Rehabilitation Act is further amended by inserting after section 17 (added by section 4 of this Act) the following new section: "PROJECT GRANTS FOR SERVICES FOR MIGRATORY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS "SEC. 18. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to any State agency designated pursuant to a State plan approved under section 5, or to any local agency participating in the administration of 68 Stat. 656. such a plan, for not to exceed 90 per centum of the cost of pilot or dem- 29 USC 35. onstration projects for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals who, as determined in accordance with rules prescribed by the Secretary of Labor, are migratory agricultural workers, and to members of their families (whether or not handicapped) who are with them, including maintenance and transportation of such individuals and members of their families where necessary to the rehabilitation of that individual. Maintenance payments under this section shall be consistent with any maintenance payments made to other handicapped individuals in the State under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. Such grants shall be conditioned upon satisfactory assurance that in the provision of such services there will be appropriate cooperation between the grantee and other public and private nonprofit agencies having special skills and experience in the provision of services to migratory agricultural workers or their families. This section shall be administered in coordination with other provisions of law 81 STAT. 252 dealing specifically with migrant agricultural workers, including title 81 STAT. 253 I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, section 311 79 Stat. 27. of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, and the Farm Labor Con- 20 USC 24la tractor Registration Act of 1963." RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT SEC. 6. Section 5(a) of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. sec. 35 (a)) is amended by striking out "and" after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (10), by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (11) and inserting in lieu thereof "; and", and by inserting after paragraph (11) the following new paragraph: "12) effective July 1, 1969, provide that no residence requirement will be imposed which excludes from services under the plan any individual who is present in the State." MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SEC. 7. Effective July 1, 1968, section 11 (h) (1) (B) of the Vocational note. 79 Stat. 977. 42 USC 2861. 78 Stat. 920. 7 USC 2041 note. 68 Stat. 656. Rehabilitation Act is amended by inserting "the District of Columbia," 68 Stat. 661. after "the allotment percentage for". Approved October 3, 1967. 29 USC 41. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 563 (Comm. on Education & Labor). Aug. 21: Considered and passed House. |