22 1 the same appropriation Act or otherwise)' of appropriations 2 for each of two consecutive fiscal years. 4 SEC. 15. All laborers and mechanics employed by con5 tractors and subcontractors in any construction which is 6 assisted under this Act shall be paid wages at rates not 7 less than those prevailing on similar construction in the 8 locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276a-276a-5). 10 The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to such 11 labor standards, the authority and functions set forth in 12 Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 13 64 Stat. 1267) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 276c). 9 14 15 16 ANNUAL REPORT SEC. 16. The Secretary shall make an annual report to 17 the President and the Congress pertaining to the effective 18 ness of assistance under this Act in meeting the educational 19 needs of children and adults. 20 21 222 RECORDS, AUDITS, AND REPORTS SEC. 17. In order to assure that revenues shared under 22 this Act are used in accordance with its provisions, each 23 State shall 24 (1) use such fiscal, audit, and accounting proce dures as may be necessary to assure (A) proper ac 23 counting for payments received by it, and (B) proper disbursement of such payments; (2) provide to the Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States access to, and the right to examine, any books, documents, papers, or records as he requires; and (3) make such reports to the Secretary or the Comptroller General of the United States as he requires. 5 6 7 8 9 10 SEC. 18. In the event that agreements between States INTERSTATE AGREEMENTS 11 are necessary in order to realize the full benefit of provisions 12 of this Act, the consent of Congress is hereby given to such 16 (1) The term "adult education" means services or in17 struction below the college level for individuals (A) who 18 have attained the age of sixteen, (B) who do not have a 19 certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary 20 education and who have not achieved an equivalent level of 21 education, and (C) who are not currently required to be 22 enrolled in schools. 23 (2) The term "average per pupil expenditure" in the 24 United States, or in any State, means the aggregate current 25 expenditures of all local educational agencies in the United 24 1 States, or in such State, as the case may be, for any fiscal 2 year, plus any direct current expenditures by the States, or 3 such State, as the case may be, in which such agencies are 4 located for the operation of such agencies during such year 5 (without regard to the sources of funds from which either 6 of such expenditures is made), divided by the aggregate 7 number of children in average daily attendance to whom such 8 agencies provided public education during such year. 9 (3) The term "construction" means the erection, ac10 quisition, alteration, remodeling, or improvement of facili11 ties, including the acquisition of land necessary therefor, 12 and the cost of construction includes the cost of architect's 13 fees. 14 (4) The term "current expenditures" means expendi15 tures for public education, but not including expenditures 16 for community services, capital outlay, and debt services, or any expenditures made from funds allotted under this 18 Act. 17 19 (5) The term "educationally deprived children" means 20 children who suffer from educational deprivation, as deter21 mined in accordance with such criteria as the Secretary may 22 prescribe. 23 (6) The term "elementary school" means a day or 24 residential school which provides elementary education, as 25 determined under State law. 1 25 (7) The term "expenditure index" for any State means 2 the higher of (A) .35 multiplied by the average per pupil 3 expenditure for such State, and (B) .35 multiplied by two4 thirds of the average per pupil expenditure in the United 5 States. 6 (8) The term "family with an income below the 7 poverty level" means a family with poverty status, as de8 termined by the Secretary on the basis of criteria prescribed or approved by him. 9 10 17 (9) The term "Federal property" means real property 11 which is owned by the United States or is leased by the 12 United States, and which is not subject to taxation by any 13 State or any political subdivision of a State or by the Dis14 trict of Columbia. Such term includes (A) real property 15 held in trust by the United States for individual Indians 16 or Indian tribes, and real property held by individual Indians. or tribes which is subject to restrictions on alienation imposed 18 by the United States, (B) for one year beyond the end of 19 the fiscal year in which occurred the sale or transfer thereof 20 by the United States, any property considered prior to such 21 sale or transfer to be Federal property for the purposes of this Act, and (C) any school which is providing flight train23 ing to members of the Air Force under contractual arrange24 ments with the Department of the Air Force at an airport 25 which is owned by a State or political subdivision of a State. 22 26 1 Such term also includes any interest in Federal property (as 2 defined in the foregoing provisions of this paragraph) under 3 an easement, lease, license, permit, or other arrangement, as 4 well as any improvements of any nature (other than pipe5 lines or utility lines) on such property even though such 6 interests or improvements are subject to taxation by a State 7 or political subdivision of a State or by the District of Co8 lumbia. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this 9 paragraph, such term does not include (D) any real property 10 used for a labor supply center, labor home, or labor camp for migratory farmworkers, (E) any real property under the 12 jurisdiction of the United States Postal Service and used 11 13 primarily for the provision of postal services, or (F) any low14 rent housing project held under title II of the National Indus15 trial Recovery Act, the Emergency Relief Appropriation 16 Act of 1935, the United States Housing Act of 1937, the 17 Act of June 28, 1940 (Public Law 871 of the Seventy-sixth 18 Congress), or any law amendatory of or supplementary to 19 any of such Acts. 20 (10) The term "handicapped children" means mentally 21 retarded, hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, visually 22 handicapped, seriously emotionally disturbed, crippled, or 23 other health impaired children who by reason thereof require 24 special educational services. 25 (11) The term "local educational agency" means a |