(2) the term "eligible individual" means an individual who is fifty-five years old or over, who has a low income, and who has or would have difficulty in securing employment, except that, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary, any such individual who is sixty years old or over shall have priority for the work opportunities provided for under this title;

(3) the term "community service" means social, health, welfare, and educational services, legal and other counseling services and assistance, including tax counseling and assistance and financial counseling, and library, recreationa and other similar services; conservation, maintenance, or restoration of natural resources; community betterment or beautification; antipollution and environmental quality efforts; economic development; and such other services essential and necessary to the community as the Secretary, by regulation, may prescribe; and

(4) the term "program" means the older American community service employment program established under this title.

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 908. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, $37,500,000 for the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, $150,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and $200,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978..

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1964,

AS AMENDED

AN ACT To mobilize the human and financial resources of the Nation to combat poverty in the United States.

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 "Economic Opportunity Act of 1964".

FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE

SEC. 2. Although the economic well-being and prosperity of the United States have progressed to a level surpassing any achieved in world history, and although these benefits are widely shared throughout the Nation, poverty continues to be the lot of a substantial number of our people. The United States can achieve its full economic and social potential as a nation only if every individual has the opportunity to contribute to the full extent of his capabilities and to participate in the workings of our society. It is therefore, the policy of the United States to eliminate the paradox of poverty in the midst of plenty in this Nation by opening to everyone the opportunity for education and training, the opportunity to work, and the opportunity to live in decency and dignity. It is the purpose of this Act to strengthen, supplement, and coordinate efforts in furtherance of that policy.

It is the sense of the Congress that it is highly desirable to employ the resources of the private sector of the economy of the United States in all such efforts to further the policy of this Act.

SHORT TITLE

SEC. 3. Titles I through IX of this Act may be cited as the "Community Services Act of 1974".

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 4. As used in this Act

(1) the term "State" means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; (2) the term "United States" when used in a geographical sense includes all those places named in paragraph (1) of this section and all other places, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;

(3) the term "financial assistance" when used in title II, part B of title III, and title VIII includes assistance advanced by grant, agreement, or contract, but does not include the procurement of plant or equipment, or goods or services;

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(4) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare;

(5) the term "Administration" means the Community Services Administration; and

(6) the term "Director" means the Director of the Community Services Administration.

TITLE I—RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATIONS

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

SEC. 101. The purpose of the title is to stimulate a better focusing of all available local, State, private, and Federal resources upon the goal of enabling low-income families, and low-income individuals of all ages, including persons of limited English-speaking ability, in rural and urban areas to attain the skills, knowledge, and motivations and secure the opportunities needed for them to become fully self-sufficient.

RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATION, AND PILOT PROJECTS

SEC. 102. (a) The Director may provide financial assistance through grants or contracts for research, demonstration, or pilot projects conducted by public or private agencies which are designed to test or assist in the development of new approaches or methods that will aid in overcoming special problems or otherwise furthering the purposes of this title.

(b) The Director shall establish an overall plan to govern the approval of research, demonstration, and pilot projects and the use of all research authority under this title. Such plan shall set forth specific objectives to be achieved and priorities among such objectives. In formulating the plan, the Director shall consult with other Federal agencies for the purpose of minimizing duplication among similar activities or projects and determining whether the findings resulting from any such projects may be incorporated into one or more programs for which those agencies are responsible.

(c) No project shall be commenced under this section unless a plan setting forth such proposed project has been submitted to the chief executive officer of the State in which the project is to be located and such plan has not been disapproved by him within thirty days of such submission, or, if so disapproved, has been reconsidered by the Director and found by him to be fully consistent with the provisions and in furtherance of the purposes of this title.

(d) In making grants or contracts under this title, the Director shall give due consideration to requests for funds by applicants receiving financial assistance under section 221 or 235 of this Act.

CONSULTATION

SEC. 103. In carrying out projects under this title, the Director shall, whenever feasible, arrange to obtain the opinions of program participants about the strengths and weaknesses of programs.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATION, AND PILOT PROJECTS

SEC. 104. (a) The Director shall make a public announcement concerning

(1) the title, purpose, intended completion date, identity of the grantee or contractor, and proposed cost of any grant or contract with a private or non-Federal public agency or organization for any research, demonstration, or project under this title; and

(2) the results, findings, data, or recommendations made or reported as a result of such research, demonstration, or pilot project.

(b) The public announcements required by subsection (a) of this section shall be made within thirty days of making any such grant or contract, and the public announcements required by subsection (b) of this section shall be made within thirty days of the receipt of such results, findings, data, or recommendations.

(c) The Director shall take necessary action to assure that all studies, proposals, and data produced or developed with Federal funds employed under this title shall become the property of the United States.

(d) The Director shall publish summaries of the results of activities carried out pursuant to this title not later than ninety days after the completion thereof. The Director shall submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress copies of all such summaries.

PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL CONTROL

SEC. 105. Nothing contained in this title shall be construed to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution or school system.

TITLE II-URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

SEC. 201. (a) This title provides for community action agencies and programs, prescribes the structure and describes the functions of community action agencies and authorizes financial assistance to community action programs and related projects and activities. Its basic purpose is to stimulate a better focusing of all available local, State, private, and Federal resources upon the goal of enabling low-income families, and low-income individuals of all ages, in rural and urban areas to attain the skills, knowledge, and motivations and secure the opportunities needed for them to become fully self-sufficient. Its specific purposes are to promote, as methods of achieving a better focusing of resources on the goal of individual and family selfsufficiency

(1) the strengthening of community capabilities for planning and coordinating Federal, State, and other assistance related to

the elimination of poverty, so that this assistance, through the efforts of local officials, organizations, and interested and affected citizens, can be made more responsive to local needs and conditions:

(2) the better organization of a range of services related to the needs of the poor, so that these services may be made more effective and efficient in helping families and individuals to overcome particular problems in a way that takes account of and, supports their progress in overcoming, related problems;

(3) the greater use, subject to adequate evaluation, of new types of services and innovative approaches in attacking causes of poverty, so as to develop increasingly effective methods of employing available resources;

(4) the development and implementation of all programs and projects designed to serve the poor or low-income areas with the maximum feasible participation of residents of the areas and members of the groups served, so as the best stimulate and take full advantage of capabilities for self-advancement and assure that those programs and projects are otherwise meaningful to and widely utilized by their intended beneficiaries; and

(5) the broadening of the resource base of programs directed to the elimination of poverty, so as to secure, in addition to the services and assistance of public officials, private religious, charitable, and neighborhood organizations, and individual citizens, a more active role for business, labor, and professional groups able to provide employment opportunities or otherwise influence the quantity and quality of services of concern to the poor. (b) It is further declared to be the purpose of this title and the policy of Community Services Administration to provide for basic education, health care, vocational training, and employment opportunities in rural America to enable the poor living in rural areas to remain in such areas and become self-sufficient therein. It shall not be the purpose of this title or the policy of Community Services Administration to encourage the rural poor to migrate to urban areas, inasmuch as it is the finding of Congress that continuation of such migration is frequently not in the best interests of the poor and tends to further congest the already overcrowded slums and ghettos of our Nation's cities.

PART A-COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS

DESIGNATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES: COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS

SEC. 210. (a) A community action agency shall be a State or political subdivision of a State (having elected or duly appointed governing officials), or a combination of such political subdivisions, or a public or private nonprofit agency or organization which has been designated by a State or such a political subdivision or combination of such subdivisions, or an Indian tribal government, which—

(1) has the power and authority and will perform the functions set forth in section 212, including the power to enter into contracts with public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations to assist in fulfilling the purposes of this title, and