Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Each endowment is under the direction of a National Council of its own.

The National Endowment for the Arts will make matching grants to nonprofit organizations, States, and other public organizations, and to individuals engaged in the creative and performing arts.

The National Endowment for the Humanities is authorized to provide nonmatching grants and loans for research, publication of scholarly works in the humanities, and promotion of public understanding and appreciation of the humanities, and to award fellowships and grants to institutions or individuals for training and workshops in the humanities.

B. Public Law 89-125, Amendment to the National Arts and Cultural Development Act of 1964 (H.R. 4714)

This act amends the 1964 act to authorize $140,000 a year for meeting the expenses of the National Council on the Arts.

This account of the committee's activities and achievements is in no way inclusive. It should, however, reflect the committee's continued commitment to meeting the Nation's wide variety of educational needs and to keeping this country strong, prosperous, and free.

COMMITTEE PRINTS

1. Education Goals for 1965; January 1965.

2. Activities and Accomplishments of the Committee on Education and Labor During the 88th Congress; January 1965.

3. Federal Agency Programs and the 2-Year Institution of Higher Education; June 1965.

4. Legislation Concerning Education and Training; July 1965. 5. A Compendium of Statutes Administered by, Delegating Authority to, or Under Which Authority Has Been Delegated to the U.S. Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; July 1965.

6. A Schoolman's Guide to Federal Aid; October 1965.

7. Urban Affairs and Adult Education; October 1965.

8. Restoring Disabled People to Jobs and Useful Living; October 1965. 9. Legislation Concerning Education and Training; December 1965.

EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS

GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

During the 1st session of the 89th Congress, the General Subcommittee on Education conducted 42 sessions dealing specifically with the following legislative subjects:

1. Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

2. Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act

extension.

3. Disaster school assistance legislation.

4. Elimination of inequities in provisions of Public Laws 874 and 815.

5. Fellowship program for elementary and secondary school teachers.

6. Establishment of a National Teacher Corps to encourage highly trained and qualified teachers to serve in schools serving high concentrations of low-income children.

7. The Elementary and Secondary School Construction Act of 1965.

8. The development of formulas for the distribution of Federal funds for elementary and secondary schools.

9. Legislation to provide for child development specialists in elementary schools and preschool programs.

10. Legislation to provide a full 12-month compensation for elementary and secondary school teachers by paying 3 months of such teachers' salaries from Federal grants.

The subcommittee ordered reported to the full committee the following legislation which in turn was reported favorably by the full committee:

H.R. 2362, House Report 143; H.R. $131, House Report 363; H.R. 9022, House Report 587; H.R. 9627, House Report 953.

H.R. 2362, H.R. 8131, and H.R. 9022 having passed both Houses of the Congress and having been signed by the President are Public Laws Nos. 89-10, 89-69, and 89-313, respectively. The provisions establishing an elementary and secondary teacher fellowship program were adopted almost verbatim as a substitute to similar Senate language contained in H.R. 9567 in conference action. Provisions in H.R. 9567 for a National Teacher Corps were similar to Teacher Corps provisions of H.R. 9627. H.R. 9567, approved by the President on November 8, 1965, is now Public Law 89-329.

SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

The Special Subcommittee on Education considered three different subjects of legislation during the 1st session of the 89th Congress. It reported out three bills, all of which passed the House and were signed into law.

The major piece of legislation considered by the subcommittee was the Higher Education Act of 1965, H.R. 3220, a bill to strengthen the educational resources of our colleges and universities and to provide financial assistance for students in postsecondary and higher education. The subcommittee conducted 13 days of public hearings on H.R. 3220 in Washington and 2 days of public hearings in Chicago. Representatives Edith Green, Carlton Sickles, Sam Gibbons, James Roosevelt, and Robert Griffin attended the hearings in Chicago on Arpil 30 and May 1. Also a series of informal meetings was conducted by the subcommittee members with representatives from the U.S. Office of Education, colleges and universities, the banking industry, and private loan associations in connection with the student assistance provisions of the bill. The subcommittee ordered reported to the full committee H.R. 3220 with amendments on May 20. On July 8 the full committee ordered reported a clean bill, H.R. 9567. House Report 621 was filed on July 14. A rule was granted on August 17 and H.R. 9567 was considered by the House of Representatives on August 26, 1965. The bill was approved on a rollcall vote with 367 Members voting for passage and 22 Members voting against passage. H.R. 9567 with amendments was passed by the Senate on September 2. A conference was required and the conference report was agreed to by both the House and the Senate on October 20. The bill was signed into law by the President on November 8, becoming Public Law 89-329.

The subcommittee conducted 3 days of public hearings in Washington and 1 day of public hearings in Chicago (April 30) on the Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1965, H.R. 6476 and similar bills. The legislation was designed to amend the Vocational Rehabilitation Act to assist in providing more flexibility in the financing and administration of State rehabilitation programs, and to assist in the expansion and improvement of services and facilities provided under such programs, particularly for the mentally retarded and other groups presenting special vocational rehabilitation problems, and for other purposes. The subcommittee amended H.R. 6476 and ordered a clean bill reported to the full committee on May 5. The clean bill, H.R. 8132, was considered by the full committee and amended. On May 21 the full committee ordered reported a clean bill, H.R. 8310. The legislation was reported to the House on May 28, House Report 432. A rule was granted on July 21 and H. R. 8310 passed the House on July 29 by a voice vote. A substitute version was passed by the Senate on October 1. A conference was requested and the conference report was agreed to by both Houses on October 22. The bill was signed by the President on November 8, becoming Public Law 89-333.

The third bill considered by the special subcommittee was the Correctional Rehabilitation Study Act of 1965, a bill providing 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. The subcommittee conducted one day of public hearings, April 7. H.R. 2263 was reported unamended to the full committee on April 22. It was ordered reported by the full committee on May 13 and House Report 381 was filed on May 27, 1965. H.R. 2263 passed the House on June 21 under suspension of the rules. The Senate amended H.R. 2263 and the House accepted the amendments on August 26. It was signed by the President on September 10, becoming Public Law 89-178.

SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

During the 1st session of the 89th Congress, the Select Subcommittee on Education considered the following legislation:

Older Americans Act

H.R. 3708, introduced by Mr. Fogarty, to create an Administration on Aging within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, was reported to the full Committee on Education and Labor, February 4, 1965, at a pro forma executive session of this subcommittee. The legislation was subsequently reported to the House, passed, and became Public Law 89-73.

Amendments to Public Law 81-815

H.R. 2859, introduced by Congressman Dent, to amend Public Law 81-815, for relief of Federal school facilities in Puerto Rico, Wake Island, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. Hearings were held on this legislation February 19 and 20, 1965, at Ramey Air Force Base and Fort Buchanan, P.R. The bill was considered in executive session by the subcommittee on February 24, 1965, and was favorably reported to the full committee. A clean bill (H.R. 5874, introduced by Mrs. Mink) was reported to the House on March 11, 1965, and

was signed into law by the President on July 21, 1965. The bill is now Public Law 89-77.

National Vocational Student Loan Insurance Act

H.R. 6468, introduced by Congressman Dent, to establish a system of loan insurance and a supplementary system of direct loans to assist students to attend postsecondary business, trade, technical, and other vocational schools. Hearings by the Select Subcommittee on Education were held on this measure on April 5, 6, and 7, 1965, and executive sessions were held on April 13 and 14. The measure was favorably reported to the full Committee on Education and Labor, where a "clean" bill was drafted (H.R. 7743) and reported to the House. The National Vocational Student Loan Insurance Act was signed into law by President Johnson on October 22, 1965, and became Public Law 89-287.

Federal sabbatical leave program

H.R. 5047, introduced by Mrs. Mink to establish a Federal sabbatical leave program for elementary and secondary school teachers. Hearings were held on July 13 and 14, 1965, and the bill was favorably reported to the full committee on July 20. A clean bill (H.R. 10622) was reported by the Committee on Education and Labor and is awaiting a rule.

Noxious and obscene matters and materials

H.R. 7465, introduced by Congressman Daniels to create a commission on noxious and obscene matters and materials. Hearings were held on September 1, 2, 8, and 14, 1965, and the subcommittee met in executive session on October 20. No action was taken.

AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WAR ON POVERTY

On September 9, 1964, Chairman Powell directed that the staff maintain continual surveillance of the administration of the Economic Opportunity Act because of its novelty and complexity. Pursuant to that surveillance several abuses were found to exist in the administration of the act and were brought to the attention of the committee by Chairman Powell on April 12, the day hearings were initiated on the amendments to the act. Among these were the failure of the poor to gain a sufficient role in policymaking; the excessive salaries of persons administering the act on the local level which thus increased the cost of administration of a program essentially for the poor; the inability of independent groups to be funded where there exists a communitywide structure, giving rise to a monopoly by the "umbrellatype" community action program.

Hearings were held on April 12, 13, 14, 15, 29, and 30. The Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity presented extensive testimony during these hearings, as did the directors of many of the community action programs throughout the country, and other persons who were affected by the act. The subcommittee met in executive session on May 13 and 20. On the latter date both the subcommittee and the full committee approved H.R. 8283, which was introduced by Representative Gibbons. On May 27, H.R. 8283 was reported to the House (H. Rept. 428) and a rule was granted on June 22. The bill passed the House amended on July

22, 1965. On August 19, 1965, the bill passed the Senate and on the same date the Senate requested a conference and appointed conferees. On August 31, 1965, the House appointed conferees. On September 14, 1965, the conference report was filed (H. Rept. 1001). On September 15, 1965, the bill was recommitted to House and Senate conferees. On September 22, 1965, a conference report was filed (H. Rept. 1061). On September 23, 1965 the House adopted the conference report. On September 24, the Senate adopted the conference report. On October 9, 1965, the bill became Public Law 89-253.

Because of the necessity of the House forming its independent judgment on administration of the complex and novel piece of legislation the ad hoc subcommittee for the War on Poverty was authorized by House Resolution 537 to investigate the administration of that act pursuant to this action by the House. In addition, Chairman Powell directed that a letter be written to every Member of the House requesting to be informed by the Members of any disparities in carrying out the programs under the act which might come to their attention. Furthermore, he ordered that the subcommittee be kept informed on congressional notices and articles appearing in prominent publications which relate to the antipoverty programs.

The subcommittee had made an on-site study and evaluation of 28 places throughout the Nation by October 18, 1965.

On October 19 the committee was provided with further funds to pursue this investigation by House Resolution 609 in the amount of $200,000. The subcommittee is continuing its investigation of the administration of this act.