(3) assist in development or improvement of technical or supervisory services by the State educational agency relating to adult basic education programs.

STATE PLANS

SEC. 214. (a) The Director shall approve for purposes of this part the plan of a State which

(1) provides for administration thereof by the State educational agency; (2) provides that such agency will maks such reports to the Director, in such form and containing such information, as may reasonably be necessary to enable the Director to perform his duties under this part and will keep such records and afford such access thereto as the Director finds necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports:

(3) provides such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for Federal funds paid to the State under this part (including such funds paid by the State to local educational agencies);

(4) provides for cooperative arrangements between the State educational agency and the State health authority looking toward provision of such health information and services for individuals described in section 212 as may be available from such agencies and as may reasonably be necessary to enable them to benefit from the instruction provided under programs conducted pursuant to grants under this part; and

(5) sets forth a program for use, in accordance with section 213 (b), of grants under this part which affords assurance of substantial progress, within a reasonable period and with respect to all segments of the population and all areas of the State, toward elimination of the inability of adults to read and write English and toward substantially raising the level of education of individuals described in section 212.

(b) The Director shall not finally disapprove any State plan submitted under this part, or any modification thereof, without first affording the State educational agency reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing.

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TITLE VI-ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION

PART A-ADMINISTRATION

VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA

SEC. 603. (a) The Director is authorized to recruit, select, train, and— (1) upon request of State or local agencies or private nonprofit organizations, refer volunteers to perform duties in furtherance of programs combating poverty at a State or local level; and

(2) in cooperation with other Federal, State, or local agencies involved, assign volunteers to work (A) in meeting the health, education, welfare, or related needs of Indians living on reservations, of migratory workers and their families, or of residents of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; (B) in the care and rehabilitation of the mentally ill or mentally retarded under treatment at nonprofit mental health or mental retardation facilities assisted in their construction or operation by Federal funds; and (C) in furtherance of programs or activities authorized or supported under title I or II of this Act.

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PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL CONTROL

SEC. 614. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution or school system.

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M. GRADUATE PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING AMENDMENTS OF 1964

(Public Law 88-497, approved Aug. 27, 1964)
1. Background

The Second National Conference on Public Health Training, called by the Surgeon General in August 1963, made recommendations for continuing Federal promotion of training in public health. These recommendations became the basis of legislation (S. 2530, H.R. 11083) introduced in Congress in 1964.

In his health message to Congress on February 10, 1964, President Johnson recommended that the public health traineeship program and the project grant program for graduate training in public health be expanded and extended until 1969.

2. Legislative History

On February 20, 1964, Senator Lister Hill, of Alabama, introduced S. 2530, a bill to extend the authorization for assistance in providing graduate or specialized public health training, and for other purposes. The bill was referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. A companion bill, H.R. 11083, was introduced by Representative Kenneth A. Roberts, of Alabama, on April 29, 1964. This bill was referred to the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. It was reported from that committee on July 9, 1964 (Rept. 1553).60 It was considered and passed by the House, under suspension of the rules, on July 21, 1964.61

In the Senate, on August 6, 1964, the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare held hearings on this bill and on H.R. 11241 (the Nurse Training Act of 1964). The record of the hearings was printed in a volume of 86 pages. H.R. 11083 was reported from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare on August 12, 1964 (Rept. 1379).62 The bill was considered and passed by the Senate on the same day. It was approved on August 27, 1964, and became Public Law 88-497.

3. Summary of the Act

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The act extends the authorization for assistance in providing graduate or specialized public health training. It permits grants to public or nonprofit private institutions providing training in public health.

4. Text of the Act

Following is the text of Public Law 88-497:

PUBLIC LAW 88-497, 88TH CONGRESS, H.R. 11083, AUGUST 27, 1964

AN ACT To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization for assistance in the provision of graduate or specialized public health training, 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 "Graduate Public Health Training Amendments of 1964".

60 Ibid., July 9, 1964, p. 15705.

Ibid., July 21, 1964, pp. 15895-15898.

62 Ibid., Aug. 12. 1964, p. 18475.

63 Ibid., pp. 18541-18542.

SEC. 2. (a) Subsection (a) of section 306 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242d), relating to traineeships for professional public health personnel, is amended by striking out "seven" and inserting in lieu thereof "twelve" and by inserting immediately after "Congress may determine," the following: "but not to exceed $4,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, $7,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, $8,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and $10,000,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and the succeeding fiscal year.”.

(b) Subsection (e) of such section is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The Surgeon General shall, between June 30, 1957, and December 1, 1967, call a similar conference, and shall submit to the Congress, on or before January 1, 1968, a report of such conference, including any recommendations by it relating to the limitation, extension, or modification of this section."

SEC. 3. (a) Subsection (a) of section 309 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242g), relating to project grants to schools for graduate public health training, is amended by striking out “June 30, 1965" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1964, $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, $7,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and $9,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969”.

(b) Effective in the case of grants from appropriations for any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1964, such subsection (a) is amended by striking out "and to those schools of nursing or engineering which provide graduate or specialized training in public health for nurses or engineers, for the purpose of strengthening or expanding graduate public health training in such schools" and inserting in lieu thereof "and to other public or nonprofit private institutions providing graduate or specialized training in public health, for the purpose of strengthening or expanding graduate or specialized public health training in such institutions".

(c) Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking out "schools" wherever it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "institutions".

N. NATIONAL ARTS AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1964

(Public Law 88-579, approved Sept. 3, 1964)

1. Background

In his state of the Union message of January 6, 1955, President Eisenhower proposed establishment of a Federal Advisory Commission on the Arts within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. In his message on education dated February 6, 1962 64 President Kennedy urged approval of a measure (already reported in the House) to establish a Federal Advisory Council on the Arts. Executive Order 11112 of June 12, 1963, established the President's Advisory Council on the Arts.

2. Action in 1963

S. 165, a bill to establish a U.S. National Arts Foundation, was introduced by Senator Jacob K. Javits, of New York (for himself and Senators Joseph S. Clark, of Pennsylvania; Hubert H. Humphrey, of Minnesota; and Claiborne Pell, of Rhode Island), on January 14, 1963. The bill was referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.

S. 1316, a bill to provide for the establishment of a National Council on the Arts and a National Arts Foundation to assist in the growth

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and development of arts in the United States, was introduced on April 11, 1963, by Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, of Minnesota (for himself and Senators Joseph S. Clark, of Pennsylvania; John Sherman Cooper, of Kentucky; Jacob K. Javits, of New York; Edward V. Long, of Missouri; Lee Metcalf, of Montana; Claiborne Pell, of Rhode Island; Jennings Randolph, of West Virginia; Abraham A. Ribicoff, of Connecticut; and Hugh Scott, of Pennsylvania). This bill was referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.

On October 28, 29, 30, 31, and November 1, 1963, the Special Subcommittee on the Arts of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare held hearings on S. 165, and S. 1316. The record of the hearings was printed in a volume of 459 pages.

S. 2379, the National Arts and Cultural Development Act of 1963, a bill to provide for the establishment of a National Council on the Arts and a National Arts Foundation to assist in the growth and development of the arts in the United States, was introduced on December 12, 1963, by Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, of Minnesota. (for himself and Senators Joseph S. Clark, of Pennsylvania; John Sherman Cooper, of Kentucky; Jacob K. Javits, of New York; Edward V. Long, of Missouri; Lee Metcalf, of Montana; Claiborne Pell, of Rhode Island; Jennings Randolph, of West Virginia; Abraham A. Ribicoff, of Connecticut; Hugh Scott, of Pennsylvania; and Edward M. Kennedy, of Massachusetts). This bill was referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.

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S. 2379 was reported in the Senate on December 16, 1963 (S. Rept. 780). It passed the Senate on December 20, 1963,66 and was referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor on December 23, 1963.67

3. Action in 1964

The National Arts and Cultural Development Act was introduced, as H.R. 9586, on January 8, 1964, by Representative Frank Thompson, Jr., of New Jersey, and referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. The bill was reported from that committee, with amendments, on June 11, 1964 (Rept. 1476).68 It was debated and passed by the House, amended, on August 20, 1964.69 It was considered and passed by the Senate on August 21, 1964.70

The act was approved on September 3, 1964, and became Public Law 88-579.

4. Digest of the Act

Following is a digest of the National Arts and Cultural Development Act.

Sets forth congressional policy with respect to encouragement and support of the arts. Provides asurance against Federal interference in the arts.

Title I-National Council on the Arts Act: Provides for a National Council on the Arts consisting of a chairman and 24 members ap

65 Congressional Record (daily edition), Dec. 16, 1963, p. 23456.

66 Ibid., Dec. 20, 1963, p. 24083.

7 Ibid., Dec. 23, 1963, p. 24303.

68 Ibid., June 11, 1964, p. 18390.

Ibid., Aug. 20, 1964, pp. 20006-20023.

70 Ibid., Aug. 21, 1964, pp. 20393, 20473.

pointed by the President. Provides for the Council to recommend ways to maintain and increase the cultural resources of the United States, propose methods to encourage private initiative in the arts, advise and consult with other agencies on methods to foster and use art, and conduct studies on methods to encourage art.

Title II-National Arts Foundation Act: Establishes the National Arts Foundation as an independent agency headed by a 21-member Board of Trustees appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Foundation to conduct a program of grantin-aid to States or organizations engaged in the arts. Sets forth requirements for such grants. Authorizes $5 million for fiscal 1964 and $10 million annually thereafter for such aid.

5. Text of the Act

Following is the text of Public Law 88-579:

PUBLIC LAW 88-579, 88TH CONGRESS, H.R. 9586, SEPTEMBER 3, 1964 AN ACT To provide for the establishment of a National Council on the Arts to assist in the growth and development of the arts in the United States.

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

SHORT TITLE

SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "National Arts and Cultural Development Act of 1964".

DECLARATION OF POLICY

SEC. 2. The Congress hereby finds and declares

(1) that the growth and flourishing of the arts depend upon freedom, imagination, and individual initiative;

(2) that the encouragement and support of the arts, while primarily a matter for private and local initiative, is also an appropriate matter of concern to the Federal Government;

(3) that the Nation's prestige and general welfare will be promoted by providing recognition that the arts and the creative spirit which motivates them and which they personify are a valued and essential part of the Nation's resources;

(4) that it is in the best interests of the United States to maintain, develop, and disseminate the Nation's artistic and cultural resources; and

(5) that, in order to implement these findings, it is desirable to establish a National Council on the Arts to provide such recognition and assistance as will encourage and promote the Nation's artistic and cultural progress.

ASSURANCE AGAINST FEDERAL INTERFERENCE IN THE ARTS

SEC. 3. In the administration of this Act no department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States shall exercise any direction, supervision, or control, over the policy or program determination of any group, State, or State agency involved in the arts.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COUNCIL

SEC. 4. There is hereby established in the Executive Office of the President a National Council on the Arts (hereinafter referred to as the "Council”).

MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL

SEC. 5. (a) The Council shall be composed of the Chairman provided for in section 6 of this Act, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, ex officio, and twenty-four members appointed by the President. Such members shall be selected