B. DIGEST OF THE ACT The act contains several provisions concerning research, demonstration and training related to other provisions of the act. Following is a summary of the entire act. Public Law 90-42 increases the appropriations for State grants under the Older Americans Act from $8 million to $10,550,000 for fiscal year 1968, and $16 million for fiscal year 1969, and provides appropriations for such grants for the 3 succeeding fiscal years. It extends the time limit on grants made under this act from June 30, 1972, to June 30, 1974. The act changes the formula for determining the amount of a State's allotment which can be used to pay one-half of the State agencies' administrative costs. The new figure is 10 percent of the allotment or $25,000, whichever is larger. The act increases the appropriations for research, development and training projects for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, from $3 million to $6,400,000 and for fiscal year 1969 to $10 million, and provides appropriations for such projects for the 3 succeeding fiscal years. It authorizes direct financial support, through grants and contracts, to private and public nonprofit organizations for demonstration and research projects in the field. It authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to undertake a study and evaluation of the existing and foreseeable need for trained personnel in various programs and services related to the objectives of the Older Americans Act, and to present a report to the President and to the Congress on or before March 31, 1968. It provides that members of the Advisory Committee on Older Americans in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare shall not consist of regular full-time employees of the United States (former restriction was to any employee of the United States). It increases the per diem compensation limit for such members from $75 to $100. C. TEXT OF THE LAW Following is the text of Public Law 90-42: AN ACT To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 so as to extend its provisions 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 "Older Americans Act Amendments of 1967". Older Americans of 1967. Act Amendments COMMUNITY PLANNING, SERVICES, AND TRAINING SEC. 2. (a) (1) The first sentence of section 301 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3021) is amended by striking 79 Stat. 220. out "four" and inserting in lieu thereof "six". (2) The second sentence of such section is amended (1) by Appropriation. striking out "and" before "$8,000,000” and (2) by striking "and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and each of the two succeeding years, such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law," and inserting in lieu 81 Stat. 106. 81 Stat. 107. Grants, time extension. 42 USC 3022. 42 USC 3024. Appropriation. Definitions. 79 Stat. 224. Advisory committees, compensation. thereof "$10,550,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and the two succeeding fiscal years, such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law". (b) Section 302(c) is amended by striking out "June 30, 1972" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1974". COST OF STATE PLAN ADMINISTRATION SEC. 3. Section 304 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3023) is amended by striking out "10 per centum or $15,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "10 per centum or $25,000". RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND TRAINING PROJECTS SEC. 4. Section 603 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3053) is amended (1) in the first sentence by striking out "four" and inserting in lieu thereof "six", and (2) in the second sentence by striking out "and" before "$3,000,000" and by striking out "and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and each of the two succeeding fiscal years, such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law" and inserting in lieu thereof "$6,400,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and the two succeeding fiscal years, such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law". TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS SEC. 5. (a)(1) Paragraph (2) of section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002) is amended by inserting", unless the context otherwise requires," after "means". (2) Paragraph (4) of such section 102 is amended by striking out "The term 'nonprofit institution or organization' means an institution or organization which is owned and operated by" and inserting in lieu thereof "The term 'nonprofit' as applied to any agency, institution, or organization means an agency institution, or organization which is, or is owned and operated by,". (b) Clause (b) of section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3031) is amended by striking out "activity". (c) Section 601 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3051) is amended (1) by inserting "regular full-time" before "employ" in subsection (a)(1); (2) by striking out "who appointed them" in subsection (c); and (3) by striking out "$75" in such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof "$100". (d) Section 601 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3051) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(d) The Commissioner is authorized to furnish to the Advisory Committee such technical assistance, and to make available to it such secretarial, clerical, and other assistance and such pertinent data available to him, as the Committee may require to carry out its functions." (e) Section 602 (a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3052) is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: "and to provide staff and other technical assistance to the President's Council on Aging." 81 Stat. 107. (f) Section 602 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3052) is amended by 81 Stat. 108. striking out "Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare" in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary"; by striking out "Secretary concerned" in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary", and by stiking out "their respective functions" in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof "his functions". (g) The first sentence of section 302 (b) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3022(b)) is amended by striking out "shall be available for reallotment" and inserting in lieu thereof "shall be reallotted". STUDY OF NEED FOR TRAINED PERSONNEL SEC. 6. Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C., ch. 35, subch. V) is amended by adding at the end thereof the 42 USC 3041, 3042. following new section: "STUDY OF NEED FOR TRAINED PERSONNEL "SEC. 503. (a) The Secretary is authorized to undertake, directly or by grant or contract, a study and evaluation of the immediate and foreseeable need for trained personnel to carry out programs related to the objectives of this Act, and of the availability and adequacy of the educational and training resources for persons preparing to work in such programs. On or Report to President before March 31, 1968, he shall make a report to the President and to the Congress, of his findings and recommendations resulting from such study, including whatever specific proposals, including legislative proposals, he deems will assist in insuring that the need for such trained specialists will be met. "(b) In carrying out this section the Secretary shall consult with the Advisory Committee on Older Americans, the President's Council on Aging, appropriate Federal agencies, State and local officials, and such other public or nonprofit private agencies, organizations, or institutions as he deems appropriate to insure that his proposals under subsection (a) reflect national requirements.' 5. AMENDMENT OF THE COLLEGE WORK-STUDY PROGRAM (Public Law 90-82, approved September 6, 1967) A. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY and Congress. In the House, hearings on "Economic Opportunity Act amendments of 1967" were held before the Committee on Education and Labor on 81 Stat. 194. June 12, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, July 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26, 27, 28, 31, and August 1, 1967. In the Senate, hearings on "Examination of the War on Poverty" were held before the Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower and Poverty, of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, on March 13, 15, 16, 17, April 10, 24, 27, 28, May 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 26, June 1, 2, 8, 9, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, and July 10, 13, 18, 1967. H.R. 11945 was introduced by Representative Edith Green, of Oregon, and others, on July 31, 1967. The bill was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. It was reported from that committee on August 7, 1967 (H. Rept. 543). It passed the House on August 10, 1967. It was reported in the Senate, from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, on August 25, 1967 (S. Rept. 539). It passed the Senate on August 25, 1967. It was approved by the President on September 6, 1967, and became Public Law 90-82. B. DIGEST OF THE ACT The act establishes the maximum number of hours per week a college student is allowed to work while participating in the work-study program under the Economic Opportunity Act, and increases the Federal share of payments under the program from 75 percent to 85 percent during 1968 and 80 percent during 1969. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 2754.) College work-study program. 42 USC 2754. 79 Stat. 974. C. TEXT OF THE ACT Following is the text of Public Law 90-82. AN ACT To amend the college work-study program with respect to institutional matching and permissible hours of work Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 124(d) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is amended to read as follows: "(d) provide that the average hours of employment of a student 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 Act" the following: ", 85 per centum during the fourth year after such date, 80 per centum during the fifth year after such date,". 6. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AMENDMENTS OF 1967 (Public Law 90-99, approved October 3, 1967) A. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY H.R. 12257, the Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments of 1967 was introduced on August 10, 1967, by Representative Dominick V Daniels, of New Jersey, and others. The bill was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. Hearings on amendments to the Vocational Rehabilitation Act were held before the Select Committee on Education, of the Committee on Education and Labor, on July 18, 19, 20, and 27, 1967. Hearings on Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments of 1967 were held before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare on August 14, 1967. H.R. 12257 was reported from the Committee on Education and Labor on August 17, 1967 (H. Rept. 563). It passed the House, under suspension of the rules, on August 21, 1967. It was reported in the Senate, from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, on September 18, 1967 (S. Rept. 565). It passed the Senate on September 20, 1967. It was approved by the President on October 3, 1967, and became Public Law 90-99. B. DIGEST OF THE ACT Following is a summary of the act, which generally involves education and training: The act extends the authorization of funds for State grants for vocational rehabilitation services through fiscal 1970, and authorizes an appropriation of $0.5 billion for fiscal year 1969 and $0.6 billion for fiscal year 1970. It extends through fiscal year 1969 State grants for development of comprehensive programs of vocational rehabilitation. It authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into contracts with public or nonprofit private agencies or organizations whereby the Federal Government will pay all or part of the cost of establishing and maintaining national centers for deafblind youths and adults designed: (1) to assist these handicapped persons with problems of vocational rehabilitation, (2) to conduct research in this area, and (3) to help foster community understanding of the problems of the handicapped. The act requires, under such agreement, that the local agency involved make an annual report to the Secretary on the administration of its program and the allocation of funds received, which report shall in turn be submitted to the Congress with the Secretary's recommendations. It authorizes the Secretary to assume up to 90 percent of the cost of pilot projects designed to help rehabilitate handicapped migratory agricultural workers. The act removes, as of July 1, 1969, the requirement whereby a handicapped individual must be a resident of the State in which he wishes to receive services under the act, and requires, instead, only that he be physically present therein. |