Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965

Pub. L. 89-4, Mar. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 5, as amended by Pub. L. 89-670, § 8(b), (c), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 942, 943; Pub. L. 90-103, title I, §§ 101-114, 116123, Oct. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 257-266; Pub. L. 90-448, title II, § 201(f), Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 502; Pub. L. 91-123, title I, §§ 101-111, Nov. 25, 1969, 83 Stat. 214216; Pub. L. 91-258, title I, § 52(b) (5), May 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 235; Pub. L. 92-65, title II, §§ 202-214, Aug. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 168-173.

ACT REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This Act is referred to in title 23 section 143.

TITLE I.-THE APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION

§ 105. Administrative expenses of the Commission.

(b) To carry out this section there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Commission to be available until expended, not to exceed $1,900,000 for the two-fiscal-year period ending June 30, 1971. To carry out this section there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Commission, to be available until expended, not to exceed $2,700,000 for the twofiscal-year period ending June 30, 1973 (of such amount not to exceed $525,000 shall be available for expenses of the Federal Cochairman, his alternate, and his staff), and not to exceed $3,300,000 for the two-fiscal-year period ending June 30, 1975 (of such amount not to exceed $575,000 shall be available for expenses of the Federal Cochairman, his alternate, and his staff). (As amended Pub. L. 92-65, title II, § 202, Aug. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 168.)

AMENDMENTS

1971-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-65 substituted provisions authorizing the appropriation of $2,700,000 for the twofiscal-year period ending June 30, 1973, of which up to $525,000 is to be available for expenses of the Federal Cochairman and his staff, and of $3,300,000 for the twofiscal-year period ending June 30, 1975, of which up to $575,000 is to be available for expenses of the Federal Cochairman and his staff, for provisions authorizing amount up to $475,000 to be available for the expenses of the Federal Cochairman and his staff.

SHORT TITLE OF 1971 AMENDMENT Section 201 of Pub. L. 92-65 provided that: "This title [which enacted section 208 of this Appendix, amended this section and sections 106, 201, 202, 205, 207, 211, 214, 302, 401 and 405 of this Appendix, and enacted provision set out as note under section 223 of this Appendix] may be cited as the 'Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1971."

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 401 of this Appendix.

§ 106. Administrative powers of Commission.

To carry out its duties under this Act, the Commission is authorized to

(7) enter into and perform such contracts, leases (including, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the lease of office space for any term expiring no later than June 30, 1975), cooperative agreements, or other transactions as may be necessary in carrying out its functions and on such terms as it may deem appropriate, with any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States (which is hereby so authorized to the extent not otherwise prohibited by law) or with any State, or any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or with any person, firm, association, or corporation.

(As amended Pub. L. 92-65, title II, § 203, Aug. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 168.)

AMENDMENTS

1971-Clause (7). Pub. L. 92-65 substituted "June 30, 1975" for "June 30, 1971".

TITLE II.-SPECIAL APPALACHIAN PROGRAMS PART A.-NEW PROGRAMS

§ 201. Appalachian development highway system.

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(g) To carry out this section, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President, to be available until expended, $175,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $175,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; $180,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; $180,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974; $185,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975; $185,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976; $185,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977; and $180,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1978.

(As amended Pub. L. 92-65, title II, § 204, Aug. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 168.)

AMENDMENTS

1971-Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 92-65 substituted provisions authorizing to be appropriated $175,000,000 for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1971, and June 30, 1972, $180,000,000 for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1973, and June 30, 1974, $185,000,000 for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, June 30, 1976, and June 30, 1977, and $180,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1978, for provisions authorizing to be appropriated $175,000,000 for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1970, June 30, 1971, and June 30, 1972 and $170,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 214, 401 of this Appendix.

§ 202. Demonstration health projects.

(c) Grants under this section for operation (including initial operating funds and operating deficits comprising among other items the costs of attract

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ing, training, and retaining qualified personnel) of a demonstration health project, whether or not constructed with funds authorized by this section, may be made for up to 100 per centum of the costs thereof for the two-year period beginning, for each component facility or service assisted under any such operating grant, on the first day that such facility or service is in operation as a part of the project. For the next three years of operations such grants shall not exceed 75 per centum of such costs. The Federal contribution may be provided entirely from funds appropriated to carry out this section or in combination with funds provided under other Federal grant-in-aid programs for the operation of health related facilities and the provision of health and child development services, including title IV, parts A and B, of the Social Security Act. Notwithstanding any provision of the Social Security Act requiring assistance or services on a statewide basis, if a State provides assistance or services under such a program in any area of the region approved by the Commission, such State shall be considered as meeting such requirement. Notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the Federal share in such other programs, funds appropriated to carry out this section may be used to increase Federal grants for operating components of a demonstration health project to the maximum percentage cost thereof authorized by this subsection. No grant for operation of a demonstration health project shall be made unless the facility is publicly owned, or owned by a public or private non-profit organization, and is not operated for profit. No grants for operation of a demonstration health project shall be made after five years following the commencement of the initial grant for operation of the project. No such grants shall be made unless the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is satisfied that the operation of the project will be conducted under efficient management practices designed to obviate operating deficits. Notwithstanding section 104 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 554; 42 U.S.C. 3134), a health-related facility constructed under title I of that Act may be a component of a demonstration health project eligible for operating grant assistance under this section.

(d) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to provide funds to the Commission for the support of its Health Advisory Committee and to make grants for expenses of planning necessary for the development and operation of demonstration health projects for the region. The amount of any such grant shall not exceed 75 per centum of such expenses. The Federal contribution to such expenses of planning may be provided entirely from funds authorized under this section or in combination with funds provided under other Federal or Federal grant-in-aid programs. Notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the Federal share in any such other program, funds appropriated to carry out this section may be used to increase such Federal share to the maximum percentage cost thereof authorized by this subsection.

(As amended Pub. L. 92-65, title II, § 206, Aug. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 169.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Title IV, parts A and B, of the Social Security Act, referred to subsec. (c), is subchapter IV, parts A and B, of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is classified to section 301 et seq. of Title 42.

AMENDMENTS

1971-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 92-65, § 206(a), added provision that Federal funds authorized under Federal grant programs for the provision of child development services, including title IV of the Social Security Act, may be used in combination with funds provided under this Appendix and further provided an exception to the Social Security Act to permit states to utilize funds for programs or projects that would be implemented in the Appalachian states without regard to any provision of law requiring the providing of this type of assistance or service on a statewide basis.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 92-65, § 206(b), added provision that the Federal contribution to the expenses of planning may be provided entirely from funds under this section or in combination with funds provided under other Federal or Federal grant-in-aid programs and that funds appropriated to carry out this section may be used to increase such Federal share to the maximum percentage cost authorized by this subsection.

§ 205. Mining area restoration.

(a) In order to further the economic development of the region by rehabilitating areas presently damaged by deleterious mining practices, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to—

(1) make financial contributions to States in the region to seal and fill voids in abandoned coal mines and abandoned oil and gas wells, and to reclaim and rehabilitate lands affected by the strip and surface mining and processing of coal and other minerals, including lands affected by waste piles, in accordance with provisions of the Act of July 15, 1955 to the extent applicable, without regard to section 2(b) thereof or to any provisions therein limiting assistance to anthracite coal formation, or to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Grants under this paragraph shall be made wholly out of funds specifically appropriated for the purposes of carrying out this Act; and to control or abate mine drainage pollution.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal share of mining area restoration project costs carried out under subsection (a) of this section and conducted on lands other than federally owned lands shall not exceed 75 per centum of the total cost thereof. For the purposes of this section, such project costs may include the reasonable value (including donations) of planning, engineering, real property acquisition (limited to the reasonable value of the real property in its unreclaimed state and costs incidental to its acquisition, as determined by the Commission), and such other materials and services as may be required for such project.

(As amended Pub. L. 92-65, title II, § 207, Aug. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 169.)

AMENDMENTS

1971-Subsec. (a) (1). Pub. L. 92-65, § 207(a), added provisions authorizing contributions to control or abate mine drainage pollution.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-65, § 207(b), deleted fiscal year limitation, and extended the existing 75-25 Federal-State cost sharing ratio for restoration projects, and substituted new formula for the computation of costs.

§ 207. Assistance for planning and other preliminary expenses of proposed low- and moderate-income housing projects.

(a) In order to encourage and facilitate the construction or rehabilitation of housing to meet the needs of low- and moderate-income families and individuals, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to make grants and loans from the Appalachian Housing Fund established by this section, under such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, to nonprofit, limited dividend, or cooperative organizations, or public bodies, for planning and obtaining federally insured mortgage financing for housing construction or rehabilitation projects for low- and moderate-income families and individuals, under section 221, 235, or 236 of the National Housing Act, in any area of the Appalachian region determined by the Commission.

(b) No loan under subsection (a) of this section shall exceed 80 per centum of the cost of planning and obtaining financing for a project, including, but not limited to, preliminary surveys and analyses of market needs, preliminary site engineering and architectural fees, site options, application and mortgage commitment fees, legal fees, and construction loan fees and discounts. Such loans shall be made without interest, except that any loan made to an organization established for profit shall bear interest at the prevailing market rate authorized for an insured or guaranteed loan for such project. The Secretary shall require payments of loans made under this section, under such terms and conditions as he may require, upon completion of the project or sooner, and except in the case of a loan to an organization established for profit, may cancel any part or all of such a loan, if he determines that a permanent loan to finance such project cannot be obtained in an amount adequate for repayment of such loan under this section.

(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, no grant under this section shall exceed 80 per centum of those expenses, incident to planning and obtaining financing for a project, which the Secretary considers not to be recoverable from the proceeds of any permanent loan made to finance such project, and no such grant shall be made to an organization established for profit.

(2) The Secretary is authorized to make grants and commitments for grants, and may advance funds under such terms and conditions as he may require, to nonprofit organizations and public bodies for reasonable site development costs and necessary offsite improvements, such as sewer and water line extensions, whenever such a grant, commitment, or advance is essential to the economic feasibility of any housing construction or rehabilitation project for low- and moderate-income families and individuals which otherwise meets the requirements for assistance under this section, except that no such grant shall exceed 10 per centum of the cost of such project.

(e) The Secretary or the Commission may provide, or contract with public or private organizations to provide, information, advice, and technical assist

ance with respect to the construction, rehabilitation, and operation by nonprofit organizations of housing for low or moderate income families in such areas of the region. (As amended Pub. L. 92-65, title II, § 208, Aug. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 169.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Sections 221, 235, and 236 of the National Housing Act, referred to in subsec. (a), are classified respectively to sections 17157, 1715z and 1715z-1 of Title 12, Banks and Banking.

AMENDMENTS

1971-Pub. L. 92-65, § 208 (a), substituted "low- and moderate-income housing projects" for "housing projects under section 221 and section 236 of the National Housing Act" in the section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-65, § 208(b), substituted provisions authorizing grants and loans for planning and obtaining federally insured mortgage financing for housing construction or rehabilitation projects for low- and moderate-income families and individuals, under section 221, 235, or 236 of the National Housing Act, in any area of the Appalachian region determined by the Commission for provisions authorizing grants and loans for expenses of planning and obtaining insured mortgage for housing construction or rehabilitation projects, under section 221 or 236 of the National Housing Act, in any area of the Appalachian region determined by the Commission to have significant potential for future growth.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-65, § 208(b), redesignated former subsec. (c) as subsec. (b), and in subsec. (b) so redesignated, substituted "application and mortgage commitment fees, legal fees" for "Federal Housing Administration, Government National Mortgage Association and Federal National Mortgage Association fees", deleted references to section 221 or 236 in three places, and modified provisions relating to repayment of loans to permit cancellation of all or any part of the loan if the Secretary determines that a permanent loan cannot be obtained in any case except loans to profitmaking organizations. Former subsec. (b) redesignated as subsec. (c) (1) and amended.

Subsec. (c) (1). Pub. L. 92-65, § 208(b), redesignated former subsec. (b) as subsec. (c) (1), and in subsec. (c) (1) so redesignated, extended the 80 percent limitation to expenses incident to planning and obtaining financing for a housing project and exempted par. (2) from the limitation in par. (1).

Subsec. (c) (2). Pub. L. 92-65, § 208(b) added subsec. (c) (2).

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 92-65, § 208 (c), extended to the Commission the authority to provide technical assistance for construction, rehabilitation, and operation by nonprofit organizations of low or moderate income housing units.

§ 208. Appalachian airport safety improvements.

(a) In order to provide a system of airports in the Appalachian region which can accommodate a greater number of passengers in safety and thereby increase commerce and communication in areas with developmental potential, the Secretary of Transportation (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to make grants to existing airports for the purpose of enhancing the safety of aviation and airport operations.

(b) Such airport safety improvement projects may include (A) approach clearance, the removal, lowering, relocation, and marking and lighting of airport hazards, navigation aids, site preparation for navigaton aids, and the acquisition of adequate safety equipment (including firefighting and rescue equipment), and (B) any acquisition of land or of any interest therein, or of any easement through or other interest in airspace which is necessary for such projects or to remove or mitigate or prevent or limit the establishment of, airport hazards.

(c) Grants under this section shall be made solely from funds specifically made available to the President for the purpose of carrying out this Act in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and shall not be taken into account in the computation of the allotments among the States made pursuant to any other provisions of law.

(d) Except as context otherwise indicates, words and phrases used in this section shall have the same meaning as in the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 and the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended.

(e) Federal assistance to any project under this section shall not exceed 90 per centum of the costs of the project, except for assistance for navigation aids which may be 100 per centum.

(f) The Secretary is authorized to incur obligations to make grants for airport safety improvement projects, in a total amount not to exceed $40,000,000 during the period ending June 30, 1975. There are authorized to be appropriated to the President such sums as may be required for liquidation of the obligations incurred under this section. (Pub. L. 89-4, title II, § 208, as added Pub. L. 92-65, title II, § 205, Aug. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 168.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, referred to in subsec. (d), is classified to section 1701 et seq. of Title 49, Transportation. See short title note under section 1701 of Title 49.

The Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, referred to in subsec. (d), is clasisfied to section 1301 et seq. of Title 49, Transportation. See short title note under section 1301 of Title 49.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 401 of this Appendix.

PART B.-SUPPLEMENTATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS

§ 211. Vocational education facilities and vocational and technical education demonstration projects. (a) In order to provide basic facilities to give the people of the region the training and education they need to obtain employment, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to make grants for construction of the school facilities and for the equipment and operation of such facilities and other school facilities needed for the provision of vocational education in areas of the region in which such education is not now adequately available. Such grants shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Vocational Education Act of 1933 (77 Stat. 403), without regard to any provisions therein relating to appropriation authorization ceilings or to allotments among the States. Grants under this section shall be made solely out of funds specifically appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this Act, and shall not be taken into account in the computation of the allotments among the States made pursuant to any other provision of law.

(b) (1) In order to assist in the expansion and improvement of educational opportunities and services for the people of the region, the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to make grants for planning, construction, equipping, and operating vocational and technical educational projects which will serve to dem

onstrate areawide educational planning, services, and programs. Grants under this section shall be made solely out of funds specifically appropriated for the purposes of this Act and shall not be taken into account in any computation of allotments among the States pursuant to any other law.

(2) No grant for the construction or equipment of any component of a vocational and technical education demonstration project shall exceed 80 per centum of its costs.

(3) Grants under this section for operation of components of vocational and technical education demonstration projects, whether or not constructed by funds authorized by this Act, may be made for up to 100 per centum of the costs thereof for the two-year period beginning on the first day that such component is in operation as a part of the project. For the next three years of operation, such grants shall not exceed 75 percentum of such costs. No grants for operation of vocational and technical education demonstration projects shall be made after five years following the commencement of the initial grant for operation of the project. Notwithstanding section 104 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3134), an educationrelated facility constructed under title I of that Act may be a component of a vocational and technical education demonstration project eligible for operating grant assistance under this section.

(4) No grant for expenses of planning necessary for the development and operation of a vocational and technical education demonstration project shall exceed 75 per centum of such expenses.

(5) No grant for planning, construction, operation, or equipment of a vocational and technical education demonstration project shall be made unless the facility is publicly owned.

(6) Any Federal contribution referred to in this section may be provided entirely from funds appropriated to carry out this section, or in combination with funds available under other Federal grant-inaid programs providing assistance for educationrelated facilities or services. Notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the Federal share in such programs, funds appropriated to carry out this section may be used to increase such Federal share to the maximum percentage cost thereof authorized by the applicable paragraph of this subsection. (As amended Pub. L. 92-65, title II, § 209, Aug. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 170.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 104 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, referred to in subsec. (b) (3), is classified to section 3134 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Title I of that Act, referred to subsec. (b) (3), is classified to subchapter I of chapter 38 of Title 42.

AMENDMENTS

1971-Pub. L. 92-65, § 209 (a), added "and vocational and technical education demonstration projects" in the catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-65, § 209 (b), extended the authority of the Secretary to make grants for the operation of school facilities.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-65, § 209 (c), substituted pars. (1) to (6) for provisions authorizing $26,000,000 for the two-fiscal-year period ending June 30, 1969 out of the total appropriations authorized under section 401 of this Appendix.

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§ 214. Supplements to Federal grant-in-aid programs. (a) In order to enable the people, States, and local communities of the region, including local development districts, to take maximum advantage of Federal grant-in-aid programs (as hereinafter defined) for which they are eligible but for which, because of their economic situation, they cannot supply the required matching share, or for which there are insufficient funds available under the Federal grantin-aid Act authorizing such programs to meet pressing needs of the region, the President is authorized to provide funds to the Federal Cochairman to be used for all or any portion of the basic Federal contribution to projects under such Federal grant-inaid programs authorized by Federal grant-in-aid Acts, and for the purpose of increasing the Federal contribution to projects under such programs, as hereafter defined, above the fixed maximum portion of the cost of such projects otherwise authorized by the applicable law. In the case of any program or project for which all or any portion of the basic Federal contribution to the project under a Federal grant-in-aid program is proposed to be made under this subsection, no such Federal contribution shall be made until the responsible Federal official administering the Federal grant-in-aid Act authorizing such contribution certifies that such program or project meets the applicable requirements of such Federal grant-in-aid Act and could be approved for Federal contribution under such Act if funds were available under such Act for such program or project. Funds may be provided for programs and projects in a State under this subsection only if the Commission determines that the level of Federal and State financial assistance under Acts other than this Act, for the same type of programs or projects in that portion of the State within the region, will not be diminished in order to substitute funds authorized by this subsection. Funds provided pursuant to this Act shall be available without regard to any limitations on areas eligible for assistance or authorizations for appropriation in any other Act. Any findings, report, certification, or documentation required to be submitted to the head of the department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Government responsible for the administration of any Federal grant-in-aid program shall be accepted by the Federal Cochairman with respect to a supplemental grant for any project under such program.

(c) The term "Federal grant-in-aid programs" as used in this section means those Federal grant-inaid programs authorized by this Act for the construction or equipment of facilities, and all other Federal grant-in-aid programs authorized on or before December 31, 1974, by Acts other than this Act for the acquisition of land or the construction or equipment of facilities, including but not limited to grant-in-aid programs authorized by the following Acts: Federal Water Pollution Control Act; Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act; title VI of the Public Health Service Act; Vocational Education Act of 1963; Library Services Act; Federal Airport Act; Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970; part IV of title III of the Communications

Act of 1934; Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963; Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965; National Defense Education Act of 1958. The term shall not include (A) the program for the construction of the development highway system authorized by section 201 of this Act or any other program relating to highway or road construction, or (B) any other program for which loans or other Federal financial assistance, except a grant-in-aid program, is authorized by this or any other Act. For the purpose of this section, any sewage treatment works constructed pursuant to section 8(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act without Federal grant-in-aid assistance under such section shall be regarded as if constructed with such assistance.

(As amended Pub. L. 92-65, title II, § 210, Aug. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 171.)

AMENDMENTS

1971-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-65, § 210(a), extended the authority to make basic grants when funds available under a basic Federal grant-in-aid program are insufficient, provided that the Federal official administering the program certifies that the program or project to be funded meets the requirements of the program, on a finding by the Commission that the level of Federal and state assistance to the Appalachian region under other acts will not be diminished by the substitution of funds authorized by this subsection.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 92-65, § 210(b), substituted "December 31, 1974" for "December 31, 1970".

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, 62 Stat. 1155, formerly classified to chapter 23 (section 1151 et seq.) of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters, was amended, reorganized, and expanded by Pub. L. 92-500, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, and is now classified to chapter 26 (section 1251 et seq.) of title 33.

Section 8 (c) of the original act is now covered by section 1281 et seq. of title 33.

PART C.-GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 223. Program implementation. DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEX PROHIBITED IN PROGRAMS UNDER APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1965 Pub. L. 92-65, title II, § 214, Aug. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 173, provided: "No person in the United States shall, on the ground of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance under the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 [this Appendix]."

TITLE III.—ADMINISTRATION

§ 302. Grants for administrative expenses of local development districts and for research and demonstration projects.

(a) The President is authorized

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(2) to make grants to the Commission for investigation, research, studies, evaluations, and assessments of needs, potentials, or attainments of the people of the region, technical assistance, training programs, demonstrations, and the construction of necessary facilities incident to such activities, which will further the purposes of this Act. Grant funds may be provided entirely from