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HEAD START STUDY

82 STAT. 1098

SEC. 309. The President shall make a special study of whether the responsibility for administering the Head Start program established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 should continue to be 81 Stat. 698. vested in the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, should 42 USC 2908. be transferred to another agency of the Government, or should be delegated to another such agency pursuant to the provisions of section 602(d) of the aforementioned Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, and shall submit the findings of this study to the Congress not later than March 1, 1969.

Approved October 16, 1968.

78 Stat. 529; 80 Stat. 1468.

42 USC 2942. Report to Congress.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 1647 (Comm. on Education & Labor) and No. 1938

(Comm. of Conference).

SENATE REPORT No. 1386 accompanying S. 3770 (Comm. on Labor &
Public Welfare).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 114 (1968):

July 15: Considered and passed House.

July 15, 17: Considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu
of S. 3770.

Oct. 1, 2: Senate considered and agreed to conference report.
Oct. 3: House agreed to conference report.

Public Law 91-6
91st Congress, H. R. 8438
March 28, 1969

An Act

To extend the time for filing final reports under the Correctional Rehabilitation
Study Act of 1965 until July 31, 1969.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the date by which the research and study initiated and the final report required by section 16 (c) of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (as in effect prior to July 7, 1968) must be completed shall be July 31, 1969. Approved March 28, 1969.

83 STAT6

Final report.
Extention.

79 Stat. 677,

1284.

29 USC 42a.

LEG IS LATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORT: No. 91-77 (Comm. on Education and Labor).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 115 (1969):

Mar. 18: Considered and passed House.
Mar. 24: Considered and passed Senate.

(864)

Public Law 91-37

91st Congress, H. R. 4600

June 30, 1969

An Act

To amend the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the National Education
Association of the United States", approved June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. 804).

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the National Education Association of the United States", approved June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. 804), as amended, is amended to read as follows:

National Education Association incorporating

act, amend

ments.

Powers.

"SEC. 3. That the said corporation shall further have power to have and to use a common seal, and to alter and change the same at its pleasure; to sue or to be sued in any court of the United States, or other court of competent jurisdiction; to make bylaws not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or of the Constitution of the United States; to take or receive, whether by gift, grant, devise, bequest, or purchase, any real or personal estate, and to hold, grant, transfer, sell, convey, hire, or lease the same for the purpose of its incorporation; to accept and administer any trust of real or personal estate for any educational purpose within the objects of the corporation; and to borrow money 83 STAT. 42 for its corporate purposes, issue bonds therefor, and secure the same 83 STAT. 43 by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, or otherwise."

(b) Section 6(a) of such Act, as amended, is amended by deleting "a Board of Trustees,".

50 Stat. 257.

Permanent

(c) Section 7 of such Act, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 7. (a) The invested fund now known as the 'Permanent Fund Fund. of the National Education Association,' shall be held in such corporation as a Permanent Fund and shall be in charge of the Executive Committee, which shall provide for the safekeeping and investment of such fund, and of all other funds which the corporation may receive by donation, bequest, or devise. No part of the principal of such Perma- Transfer nent Fund or its accretions shall be expended or transferred to the limitation. General Fund, except by a two-thirds vote of the Representative Assembly, after the proposed expenditure or transfer has been approved by the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors, and after printed notice of the proposed expenditure or transfer has been printed in the Journal of the National Education Association at least two months prior to the meeting of the Representative Assembly.

"(b) The income of the Permanent Fund shall be used only to meet Income,use. the cost of maintaining the organization of the Association and of publishing its annual volume of Proceedings, unless the terms of the donation, bequest, or devise shall otherwise specify or the bylaws of the corporation shall otherwise provide.

"(c) The Executive Committee shall elect the secretary of the Asso- Executive ciation, who shall be secretary of the Executive Committee, and shall Committee fix the compensation and the term of his office for a period not to exceed secretary, four years.

election.

. (865)

83 STAT. 43 Termination.

50 Stat. 257.

SEC. 2. Upon the adoption by the Representative Assembly of the National Education Association of amended bylaws to provide for the administration of the property of the corporation and for the selection of the secretary of the Association, section 7 of the Act June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. 804), shall be of no further force and effect. Approved June 30, 1969.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORT No. 91-54 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
SENATE REPORT No. 91-242 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 115 (1969):

Apr. 21: Considered and passed House.
June 19: Considered and passed Senate.

91st Congress, S. 1611

August 20, 1969

An Act

To amend Public Law 85-905 to provide for a National Center on Educational
Media and Materials for the Handicapped, 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 of Sep- National Center tember 2, 1958 (Public Law 85-905) is amended

on Educational

(1) in section 3, by adding at the end thereof the following new Media and Matesubsection:

rials for the

"(c) (1) The Secretary is authorized to enter into an agreement with Handicapped. an institution of higher education for the establishment and operation Establishment. (including construction) of a National Center on Educational Media 79 Stat. 983. and Materials for the Handicapped, which will provide a comprehen- 42 USC 2491-2495. sive program of activities to facilitate the use of new educational technology in education programs for handicapped persons, including designing and developing, and adapting instructional materials, and such other activities consistent with the purposes of this Act as the Secretary may prescribe in the agreement. Such agreement shall— "(A) provide that Federal funds paid to the Center will be used solely for such purposes as are set forth in the agreement;

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(B) authorize the Center, subject to the Secretary's prior approval, to contract with public and private agencies and organizations for demonstration projects;

"(C) provide for an annual report on the activities of the Report to Center which will be transmitted to the Congress;

"(D) provide that any laborer or mechanic employed by any contractor or subcontractor in performance of work on any construction aided by Federal funds under this subsection 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

Congress.

accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276a-276a-5); 49 Stat. 1011; and the Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor 78 Stat. 238. standards specified in this clause, the 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 of June 13, 1934 64 Stat. 1267. (40 U.S.C. 276c).

"(2) In considering proposals from institutions of higher education to enter into an agreement under this subsection, the Secretary shall give preference to institutions

"(A) which have demonstrated the capabilities necessary for the development and evaluation of educational media for the handicapped; and

"(B) which can serve the educational technology needs of the Model High School for the Deaf (established under Public Law 89-694).

63 Stat. 108.

83 STAT. 102 83 STAT. 103

80 Stat. 1027.

"(3) If within twenty years after the completion of any construction D.C. Code 31-1051 (except minor remodeling or alteration) for which such funds have note. been paid

Termination of

"(A) the facility ceases to be used for the purposes for which it agreement. was constructed or the agreement is terminated, unless the Secretary determines that there is good cause for releasing the institution from its obligation, or

"(B) the institution ceases to be the owner of the facility, the United States shall be entitled to recover from the applicant or other owner of the facility an amount which bears to the then value of the facility the same ratio as the amount of such Federal funds bore to the cost of the facility financed with the aid of such funds. Such value shall be determined by agreement of the parties or by

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