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increased, as the case may be, by any sum (not previously adjusted under this section) by which he finds that his estimate of the amount to be paid the State for any prior period under such section was greater or less than the amount which should have been paid to the State for such prior period under such section. Such payments shall be made in such installments as the Commissioner may determine.

ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 205. (a) In carrying out his duties under this title, the Commissioner shall

(1) make studies, investigations, and reports with respect to matters relating to practical nurse training;

(2) cooperate with and render technical assistance to States in matters relating to practical nurse training; and

(3) disseminate information as to the studies, investigations, and reports referred to in paragraph (1) and other matters relating to practical nurse training.

(b) The Commissioner is authorized to make rules and regulations governing the administration of this title and to delegate to any officer or employee of the Office of Education such of his powers and duties, except the making of rules and regulations, as he finds necessary.

ADVISORY COMMITTEES

SEC. 206. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to appoint an advisory committee or committees to advise him on matters of general policy in connection with the administration of this title.

(b) Members of any such committee who are not otherwise in the employ of the United States, while attending meetings or conferences of their committee or otherwise serving at the request of the Commissioner, shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, but not exceeding $50 per diem, including travel time, and while 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 law (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.

EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS

SEC. 207. Nothing in this title shall in any way affect the availability for practical nurse training of amounts paid the States under the Act of February 23, 1917 (39 Stat. 929) as amended and extended, or title I of this Act, as amended and extended.

REPORTS

SEC. 208. The Commissioner shall include in his an- 20 USC hh nual report a full report of the administration of this title.

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 209. There are hereby authorized to be included 20 USC 11 for each fiscal year in the appropriations for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare such sums as are necessary to administer the provisions of this title.

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 210. For purposes of this title

(a) The term "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Education.

(b) The term "practical nurse training" means training of less than college grade which is given in schools or classes (including field or laboratory work incidental thereto) under public supervision and control and is conducted as part of a program designed to fit individuals, engaged in or preparing to engage in employment as practical nurses, for such employment. The term includes also training of a similar nature, which is of less than college grade and is given and conducted as provided above, designed to fit individuals engaged or preparing to engage in other health occupations in hospitals or other health agencies, for such occupations. In addition, the term includes vocational guidance in connection with any such program and the in-service training of teachers, teacher-trainers, supervisors, and directors for any such program, but does not include courses which have only incidental relationship to the specialized training needed by an individual for useful employment as a practical nurse or in such other health occupations.

(c) The term "practical nurse" means a person who is trained to care for subacute, convalescent, and chronic patients under the direction of a licensed physician or under the supervision of a registered nurse, or to assist a registered nurse in the care of acute illness.

(d) The term "local educational agency" means a board of education or other legally constituted local school authority having administrative control and direction of public secondary schools in a county, township, independent, or other school district, or having such control and direction over vocational education in such schools.

(e) The term "State" includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.

(f) The term "State board" means the State board of vocational education, or the State board primarily

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responsible for the supervision of public elementary and secondary schools, as designated in the State plan. (g) The cost of administration of a State plan for practical nurse training may not include any portion of the cost of the purchase, preservation, erection, or repair of any building or buildings or the purchase or rental of any land.

ALLOTMENTS TO STATES

SEC. 302. (a) From the sums appropriated for any fiscal year pursuant to section 301, each State shall be entitled to an allotment of an amount bearing the same ratio to such sums as the total of the amounts apportioned under title I of this Act, the Act of March 18, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 31-33), and section 9 of the Act of August 1, 1956 (20 U.S.C. 34), to such State for such year bears to the total of the amounts so apportioned to all the States for such year.

(b) The amount of any allotment to a State under subsection (a) for any fiscal year which the State certifies to the Commissioner will not be required for carrying out area vocational education programs (under the part of the State plan meeting the requirements of section 305) shall be available for reallotment from time to time, on such dates as the Commissioner may fix, to other States in proportion to the original allotments to such States under subsection (a) for such year. Any amount so reallotted to a State shall be deemed part of its allotment under subsection (a).

ADMINISTRATION ON AGING

(Provisions of the Older Americans Act of 1965)

Index of Titles of the Older Americans Act of 1965

TITLE I-DECLARATION OF OBJECTIVES: DEFINITIONS

Sec. 101. Declaration of Objectives for Older Americans__
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Older Americans Act of 1965

TITLE I-DECLARATION OF OBJECTIVES:

DEFINITIONS

DECLARATION OF OBJECTIVES FOR OLDER AMERICANS

SEC. 101. The Congress hereby finds and declares that, in keeping with the traditional American concept of the inherent dignity of the individual in our democratic society, the older people of our Nation are entitled to, and it is the joint and several duty and responsibility of the governments of the United States and of the several States and their political subdivisions to assist our older people to secure equal opportunity to the full and free enjoyment of the following objectives:

(1) An adequate income in retirement in accordance with the American standard of living.

(2) The best possible physical and mental health which science can make available and without regard to economic status.

(3) Suitable housing, independently selected, designed and located with reference to special needs and available at costs which older citizens can afford. (4) Full restorative services for those who require institutional care.

(5) Opportunity for employment with no discriminatory personnel practices because of age. (6) Retirement in health, honor, dignity-after years of contribution to the economy.

(7) Pursuit of meaningful activity within the widest range of civic, cultural, and recreational opportunities.

(8) Efficient community services which provide social assistance in a coordinated manner and which are readily available when needed.

(9) Immediate benefit from proven research knowledge which can sustain and improve health and happiness.

(10) Freedom, independence, and the free exercise of individual initiative in planning and managing their own lives.

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 102. For the purposes of this Act

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

(2) The term "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging.

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

(4) The term "nonprofit institution or organization" means an institution or organization which is owned and

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