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(c) Subsection (d) of such section (as so designated prior to the redesignation provided for in subsection (b)) is amended by inserting after "training" in the first sentence thereof the following: "(other than for training under subsection_(i))".

(d) Such section is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

(i) Whenever appropriate, the Secretary of Labor may also refer for the attainment of basic education skills those eligible persons who indicate their intention to, and will thereby be able to, pursue courses of occupational training of a type for which there appears to be reasonable expectation of employment. Such referrals shall be considered a referral for training within the meaning of this Act, and such persons shall be eligible for training allowances for not to exceed an additional twenty weeks."

SEC. 3. (a) Subsection (a) of section 203 of the Act is amended

(1) by inserting in the second sentence of the first paragraph after "fiftytwo weeks" the following: “(except where authorized for individuals referred for training under section 202(i))",

(2) by inserting in such sentence after "not exceed" the following: "$10 more than",

(3) by inserting in the first sentence of the second paragraph after "less than" the following: "$10 more than",

(4) by inserting in the second sentence of the second paragraph after "compensation and" the following: "$10 more than", and

(5) by adding at the end of such subsection the following new paragraph: "The training allowance of a person engaged in full-time training under section 231 shall not be reduced on account of his part-time employment which does not exceed twenty hours per week, but shall be reduced in an amount equal to his full earnings for hours worked in excess of twenty hours per week." (b) Subsection (c) of such section is amended to read as follows: "(e) The Secretary of Labor shall pay training allowances only to unemployed persons who have had not less than two years of experience in gainful employment and who are either heads of families or heads of households as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, or who are members of a household in which the head of the household or the head of the family is unemployed: Provided, That not more than one person in any one household may be receiving training allowances under this Act at any particular time. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Secretary may pay training allowances at a rate not in excess of $20 a week to youths seventeen years of age or older who require such training allowance in order to undertake training, who are referred for training in accordance with section 202(b), and who are not entitled to allowances under the preceding sentence, except that no such training allowance shall be paid to any such youth who has not graduated from high school, unless the Secretary has satisfied himself that such youth has continuously failed to attend school for a period of not less than one year and that the local authorities after pursuing all appropriate procedures, including guidance and counseling, have concluded, after Considering any assistance available under section 13 of the Vocational Education Act of 1963, that further school attendance by such youth in any regular academic or vocational program is no longer practicable under the circumstances. Not more than 25 per centum of the persons who are receiving training allowances (or who would be entitled thereto but for receipt of unemployment compensation) may be youths under the age of twenty-two."

(c) Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:

"(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, any amount paid in a State for training allowances under this section, or as reimbursement for unemployment compensation under subsection (h), shall be paid on condition that such State shall bear 33% per centum of the amount of such payments, and for each fiscal year thereafter such amounts shall be paid on condition that such State shall bear 50 per centum of the amount of such payments."

(d) Paragraph (2) of subsection (h) of such section is amended by striking out “July 1, 1964, and for 50 per centum of the amount of such benefits paid on or after that date" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “July 1, 1965, for 6625 per centum of the amount of such benefits paid during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and 50 per centum of the amount of such benefits paid thereafter". SEC. 4. (a) The center heading of section 205 of the Act is amended to read as follows: "ADVISORY COMMITTEES".

(b) Subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows:

"(b) For the purpose of making expert assistance available to persons formulating and carrying on programs under this title, the Secretary shall, where appropriate, require the organization on a community, State, and/or regional basis of labor-management-public advisory committees."

(c) Subsection (d) and (e) of such section are amended by inserting "National Advisory" immediately before "Committee" each place it appears.

SEC. 5. Part A of title II of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:

"LABOR MOBILITY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

"SEC. 208. During the period ending June 30, 1965, the Secretary of Labor shall develop and carry out, in a limited number of geographical areas, pilot projects designed to assess or demonstrate the effectiveness in reducing unemployment of programs to increase the mobility of unemployed workers by providing assistance to meet their relocation expenses. In carrying out such projects the Secretary may provide such assistance, in the form of grants or loans, or both, only to involuntarily unemployed individuals who cannot reasonably be expected to secure full-time employment in the community in which they reside, have bona fide offers of employment (other than temporary or seasonal employment), and are deemed qualified to perform the work for which they are being employed. Where such assistance is provided in the form of grants, such grants may not exceed 50 per centum of the expenses incurred reasonably necessary to the transportation of the person who is relocating, and his family, and their household effects. Where such assistance is provided in the form of loans, or a combination of loans and grants, the total amount thereof may not exceed 100 per centum of such expenses and shall be made subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. Of the funds appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out this title, not more than 2 per centum thereof, or $4,000,000, whichever is the lesser, may be used for the purposes of this section." SEC. 6. (a) The first sentence of section 231 of the Act is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: ", except that with respect to education to be provided pursuant to referrals under subsection (b) or (i) of section 202, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may make arrangements for the provision of the education to be provided under such subsection through other appropriate education agencies".

(b) The second sentence of section 231 of such Act is amended by striking out", if facilities or services of such agencies or institutions are not adequate for the purpose," and by inserting before the period at the end of such sentence the following: "where such institutions can provide substantially equivalent training with reduced Federal expenditures".

(c) The third sentence of section 231 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "The State agency shall be paid 50 per centum of the cost to the State of carrying out the agreement, except that for the period ending June 30, 1965, the State agency shall be paid 100 per centum of the cost to the State of carrying out the agreement with respect to unemployed persons, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, the State agency shall be paid 66% per centum of such cost."

SEC. 7. (a) Subsection (a) of section 304 of the Act is amended by striking out "and a like amount for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "and each of the two succeeding fiscal years".

(b) Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking out $161,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and a like amount for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "$161,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, $407,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and $281,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966".

(c) Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking out "and a like amount for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "and each of the two succeeding fiscal years".

SEC. 8. Section 305 of the Act is amended by striking out "vocational". SEC. 9. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 309 of the Act are each amended by striking out "March 1, 1964" and inserting in lieu thereof "April 1, 1964, April 1, 1965, and April 1, 1966".

SEC. 10. Section 310 of the Act is amended by striking out "1965" both times it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "1966”.

I. THE LIBRARY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION ACT

(Public Law 88–269, approved Feb. 11, 1964)

In his message to Congress on education on January 29, 1963, President Kennedy said that the public library is an important resource for continuing education, but that 18 million people in this Nation in 1963 had no access to any local public library service, and over 110 million more had only inadequate service. He said that advanced age, lack of space, and lack of modern equipment characterized American public library buildings in 1963, and that the public library building is usually one of the oldest governmental structures in use in any community.

The President recommended enactment of legislation to amend the Library Services Act of 1956 by authorizing a 3-year program of grants for urban as well as rural libraries and for construction as well as operation of libraries.48

President Kennedy's proposals for Federal assistance for public libraries were incorporated in title VI, part C, of the National Education Improvement Act of 1963, which was introduced on January 29, 1963, in the Senate by Chairman Wayne Morse, of the Subcommittee on Education (for himself and other Senators), as S. 580; and in the House by Chairman Adam C. Powell, of the Committee on Education and Labor, as H.R. 3000. The bill was also introduced in the House on January 29, 1963, as H.R. 3001 by Representatives Carl D. Perkins; as H.R. 3002 by Representative Edith Green; as H.R. 3003 by Representative James Roosevelt; as H.R. 3004 by Representative Carlton R. Sickles; and on January 31, 1963, as H.R. 3183 by Representative Thomas P. Gill.

Information concerning the hearings and other action on the National Education Improvement Act of 1963 has already been given in this report.

1. Action on House and Senate Bills

H.R. 4879, a bill incorporating the language of H.R. 3000, title VI, part C, to amend the Library Services Act to increase Federal assistance for the improvement of public libraries, was introduced by Representative John H. Dent, of Pennsylvania, on March 14, 1963. The bill was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. It was reported from that committee on August 5, 1963 (Rept. 635). The bill was laid on the table on January 21, 1964, when S. 2265 was passed in lieu.

S. 2265, a bill to amend the Library Services Act in order to increase the amount of assistance under such act and to extend such assistance to nonrural areas, was introduced by Senator Wayne Morse, of Oregon, on October 29 (legislative day, October 22), 1963, and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. It was reported from that committee on October 29, 1963 (Rept. 562). The reported bill contained essentially the language of title VI-C of the National Education Improvement Act of 1963. S. 2265 passed the Senate by record vote on November 26, 1963. It passed the House, amended,

88th Cong., 1st sess., H. Doc. 54, p. 13.

Congressional Record (daily edition). Nov. 26, 1963, p. 2162.

on January 21, 1964.50 The Senate agreed to the House amendments on January 29, 1964. The bill was approved on February 11, 1964, and became Public Law 88-269, the Library Services and Construction Act.

In signing the act President Johnson said in part:

This act importantly expands a program which helps make library services available to 30 million Americans in rural areas-38 million. It authorizes efforts to strengthen inadequate urban libraries. This act authorizes for the first time grants for the construction and renovation of library buildings. * * *

The library is the best training ground for enlightenment that rational man has ever conceived, and I am so happy that the enlightened Members of Congress and others who supported their activities can participate in this ceremony this morning which they and their children and their children's children will always be proud of.

2. Principal Provisions of the Act

Public Law 88-269 amends the Library Service Act of 1956 by: (1) increasing Federal financial assistance to promote the development of public library service to all areas without public library services or with inadequate services; and (2) adding a new provision for Federal assistance for the construction of public library buildings in areas lacking the facilities necessary for the development of library services.

The act provides that the State library administrative agency in each State prepare State plans and submit these to the U.S. Commissioner of Education for approval. The determination of the best uses of the funds provided is reserved to the States and their local subdivisions.

The act provides for the Federal funds to be allotted to the States in proportion to their population and to be matched by the States in proportion to their per capita income with 66 percent as the maximum Federal share and 33 percent as the minimum Federal share. Any portion of a State's allotment for either title which will not be required to carry out the State plan for any year is made available for reallotment to other States having a need for additional funds for that purpose.

Title I-Services.-Funds may be used for salaries, books and other library materials, library equipment and other operating expenses, including costs of administering the State plan for construction. The act authorizes $25 million for fiscal 1964 and such sums as Congress may determine for fiscal years 1965 and 1966.

Title I is effective July 1, 1964, for both urban and rural areas.

To remain eligible for a Federal grant, a State must maintain its expenditures for all public library service at least at the same level as in fiscal 1963; and State and local expenditures for public library service must not fall below the 1963 level.

Title II-Construction.-Construction is defined as meaning the construction of new public library buildings and the expansion, remodeling, and alteration of existing buildings for public libraries and initial equipment of such buildings. The act authorizes $20 million for fiscal 1964 and such sums as the Congress may determine for fiscal years 1965 and 1966.

Title II became effective in fiscal 1964 for both urban and rural areas. The basic allotment is $80,000 for each of the States, Puerto Rico, and

50 Ibid., Jan. 21, 1964, p. 735.

the District of Columbia, and $20,000 each for American Samoa, Guam and the Virgin Islands but payments of lesser amounts may be made.

3. Text of the Act

Following is the text of Public Law 88-269:

PUBLIC LAW 88–269, 88TH CONGRESS, S. 2265, FEBRUARY 11, 1964

AN ACT To amend the Library Services Act in order to increase the amount of assistance under such Act and to extend such assistance to nonrural areas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

EXTENSION OF ACT TO NONRURAL AREAS

SECTION 1. (a) (1) Section 2 of the Library Services Act is amended by striking out "rural".

(2) Section 3 of such Act is amended by striking out "rural".

(b) Section 4 of such Act is amended by striking out "rural" wherever it appears therein.

(e) (1) So much of section 5(a) of such Act as precedes paragraph (1) is amended by striking out "to rural areas".

(2) Paragraph (3) of such section is amended by striking out "rural". (d) Section 8(b) of such Act is amended by striking out “in rural areas". (e) Section 9 of such Act is amended by striking out paragraph (e) and by striking out"; and" at the end of paragraph (d) and inserting in lieu thereof a period.

(f) The amendment made by subsection (a) (2) shall apply in the case of appropriations for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1964. The amendments made by subsection (b) shall apply in the case of allotments from appropriations for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1964. The amendments made by subsection (c) shall apply in the case of expenditures under State plans for periods after June 30, 1964. The amendment made by subsection (e) shall become effective July 1, 1964.

EXTENSION AND INCREASE OF AUTHORIZATION

SEC. 2. Section 3 of the Library Services Act is amended by striking out "is hereby" and inserting in lieu thereof "are"; by striking out "nine succeeding fiscal years" and inserting in lieu thereof “next six fiscal years"; and by inserting ", for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, the sum of $25,000,000, and for each of the next two fiscal years such sums as the Congress may determine," after "$7,500,000".

INCREASE IN MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS: AVAILABILITY OF ALLOTMENTS

SEC. 3. (a) Effective in the case of allotments from appropriations for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1963, section 4 of the Library Services Act is amended by striking out "$10,000" and inserting in lieu thereof “$25,000”, and by striking out "$40,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$100,000".

(b) Such section is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The allotment to any State under this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, shall be available for payments to such State with respect to expenditures under its approved State plan during such year and the next fiscal year."

DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARY SERVICES FOR ALL STUDENTS

SEC. 4. Effective July 1, 1963, section 5(a)(3) of the Library Services Act is amended by striking the word "rural”.

INCREASE IN MINIMUM STATE EXPENDITURES REQUIRED

SEC. 5. Effective in the case of payments from allotments for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1963, subsection (a) of section 6 of the Library Services Act is amended by striking out "$10,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$25,000", by striking out "$40,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$100,000", and by striking

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