20 U.S.C. 613. 20 U.S.C. 614. 20 U.S.C. 615. public or other nonprofit institutions of higher learning, fellowships or traineeships for training personnel engaged or preparing to engage in employment as teachers of handicapped children or as supervisors of such teachers. Such grants shall also be available to assist such institutions in meeting the costs of training such personnel. PAYMENT OF GRANTS SEC. 3. Payments of grants pursuant to this chapter may be made by the Commissioner of Education from time to time, in advance or by way of reimbursement, on such conditions as the Commissioner may determine. REPORT TO COMMISSIONER SEC. 4. Each State educational agency and each public or other nonprofit institution of higher education which receives a grant under this chapter during a fiscal year shall after the end of such fiscal year submit a report to the Commissioner of Education. Such report shall contain a detailed financial statement showing the purposes for which the funds granted under this chapter were expended. DEFINITIONS SEC. 5. For purposes of this chapter (a) The term "nonprofit institution" means an institution owned and operated by one or more corporations or associa tions no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual (b) The term "State educational agency" means the State board of education or other agency or officer primarily responsible for State supervision of public elementary and secondary schools in the State. (c) The term "State" includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the District of Columbia, Guam, and American Samoa. 20 U.S.C. 616. 20 U.S.C. 617. 81 Stat. 530. DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS SEC. 6. The Commissioner of Education is authorized to delegate any of his functions under this chapter, except the making of regulations, to any officer or employee of the Office of Education. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION SEC. 7. There are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out this chapter $19,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1966; $29,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967; $34,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968; $37,500.000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and $55,000,000 for for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970. Legislative History GRANTS FOR TEACHING IN THE EDUCATION OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, AS AMENDED THROUGH THE 90TH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION 85th Congress-P.L. 85-926 H.R. 13840: H. Rept. No. 2644 (Commission on Education and Labor) Congressional Record, vol. 104 (1958): Aug. 22: Considered and passed House. Aug. 23: Considered and passed Senate. 86th Congress-P.L. 86-158 H.R. 6769: H. Repts. No. 309 (Commission on Appropriations) and No. 734 (Commission of conference). Senate Report No. 425 (Commission on Appropriations). Apr. 30: Considered and passed House. July 30: House and Senate agreed to conference report. 88th Congress-P.L. 88-164 S. 1576: S. Rept. No. 180 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). H. Repts. No. 694 (Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce) and No. 862 (comm. of conference). Congressional Record, vol. 109 (1963): May 27: Considered and passed Senate. Sept. 10: Considered and passed House. Oct. 21: Senate and House agreed to conference report. 89th Congress-P.L. 89-105 H.R. 2985 H. Repts. No. 248 (Commission on Interstate and Foreign Commerce) and No. 678 (committee of conference). S. Rept. No. 366 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, vol. 111 (1965): May 4: Considered and passed House. June 28: Considered and passed Senate, amended. July 26: Senate agreed to conference report. July 27: House agreed to conference report. 90th Congress-P.L. 90-170 H.R. 6430 H. Repts. No. 562 (Commission on Interstate and Foreign Commerce) and No. 954 (committee of conference). S. Rept. No. 725 (Commission on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, vol. 113 (1967): Sept. 20: Considered and passed House. Nov. 6: Considered and passed Senate, amended. Nov. 21: House and Senate agreed to conference report. 13. TRAINING OF TEACHERS OF MENTALLY RETARDED Enacted on October 31, 1963, as P.L. 88-164 (77 Stat. 282), 20 U.S.C. 618. Amended on August 4, 1965 by P.L. 89-105 (79 Stat. 429, 430); on December 4, 1967 by P.L. 90–170 (81 Stat. 530); and on January 2, 1968 by P.L. 90-247 (81 Stat. 805). AN ACT To provide assistance in combating mental retardation through grants for construction of research centers and grants for facilities for the mentally retarded and assistance in improving mental health through grants for construction of community mental health centers, and for other purposes. 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 "Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963". TITLE III-TRAINING OF TEACHERS OF MENTALLY SEC. 301. Section 301 amended provisions of P.L. 85-926, Grants for Teaching in the Education of Handicapped Children, 20 U.S.C. 611 et seq. RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS IN EDUCATION OF SEC. 302. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated 20 U.S.c. 618. $6,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966; $9,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1967; $12,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1968; $14,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and $18,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, 81 Stat. 805. to enable the Commissioner of Education to make grants to States, State or local educational agencies, public and nonprofit private institutions of higher learning, and other public or nonprofit private educational or research agencies and organizations for research or demonstration projects, and to make contracts 81 Stat. 805. with States, State or local educational agencies, public and private institutions of higher learning, and other public or private educational or research agencies and organizations, for research and related purposes (as defined in this section) and to conduct research, surveys, or demonstrations, relating to education for mentally retarded, hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, visually handicapped, seriously emotionally disturbed, crippled, or other health impaired children who by reason thereof require special education (hereinafter in this section referred to as "handicapped children"). Payments pursuant to grants or contracts under this section may be made in installments, in advance or by way of reimbursement, and on such conditions as the Commissioner of Education may determine. (b) The Commissioner of Education is authorized to appoint such special or technical advisory committees as he may deem necessary to advise him on matters of general policy relating to particular fields of education of handicapped children or relating to special services necessary thereto or special problems involved therein. (c) The Commissioner of Education shall also from time to time appoint panels of experts who are competent to evaluate various types of research or demonstration projects under this section, and shall secure the advice and recommendations of such a panel before making any such grant in the field in which such experts are competent. (d) Members of any committee or panel appointed under this section who are not regular full-time employees of the United States shall, while serving on the business of such committee or panel, be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, but not exceeding $75 per day, including travel time; and, while so serving away from their homes or regular place of business, they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5 for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. (e) The Commissioner of Education is authorized to delegate any of his functions under this section, except the promulgation of regulations, to any officer or employee of the Office of Education. (f) For the purposes of this section the Commissioner of Education may make grants to institutions of higher education for the construction, equipping, and operation of a facility for research, or for research and related purposes (as defined in this section). (g) All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of work on construction of any project under this section shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended. The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this clause, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 and section 276c of title 40. (h) As used in this section the terms "construction" and "cost of construction" include (A) the construction of new buildings and the expansion, remodeling and alteration of existing buildings, including architects' fees, but not including the cost of acquisition of land or off-site improvements, and |