Samoa or the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, as the case may be". (h) (1) Section 11 (h) (2) of the Vocational Rehabilitation "Allotment, Act is amended by striking out "August 31" and inserting in percentage." lieu thereof "September 30", and by striking out ": Provided" and all that follows down through "1957". (2) Section 11 (h) (3) of such Act is repealed. (3) Section 11(h) (4) of such Act is redesignated section 11(h) (3) and is amended by striking out "and subsection (i)". Repeal. tion. (i) Section (11) (j) of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act is State populaamended by adding at the end thereof before the period the 68 Stat. 661. following: "by October 1 of the year preceding the fiscal year for which funds are appropriated pursuant to authorization Ante, pp. 298, 300. provided for in section 1". (j) Section 11 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(1) Except where used in sections 12 and 16, the term 'construction' means the construction of new buildings, the acquisition of existing buildings, initial equipment of such new buildings or newly acquired buildings, and initial staffing thereof (for a period not to exceed four years and three months), and the term 'cost of construction' includes architects' fees and acquisition of land in connection with construction, but does not include the cost of off-site improvements". REHABILITATION FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION AND STAFFING Sec. 11. (a) (1) The center heading of section 12 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act is amended to read as follows: "GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND STAFFING OF REHABILITATION FACILITIES" (2) Section 12 of such Act is amended (A) by striking out "workshop or" and "workshops and" wherever such terms appear, (B) by striking out ", as the case may be" at the end of subsection (b) (1), and (C) by striking out "workshop" where it appears in paragraph (3) of the last subsection and inserting in lieu thereof "rehabilitation facility which is primarily a workshop". "Construction." 29 USC 41a, 42. 79 Stat. 676, 1284. (b) Subsection (i) of section 12 of such Act is amended (1) Appropriation. by inserting after "June 30, 1968" the following: "$10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971", and (2) by striking out "1970" and inserting in lieu thereof "1973". REHABILITATION FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT 29 USC 41b. Sec. 12. (a) The center heading of section 13 of the Vocation- 78 Stat. 1286. al Rehabilitation Act is amended to read "REHABILITATION FACILITY IMPROVEMENT". (b) Subsection (a) of such section is amended by striking out "workshops and" in paragraph (1), and by striking out "workshops or" both times it appears in paragraph (3). 82 Stat. 304. 79 Stat. 1287. 29 USC 41b. 80 Stat. 499. Appropriation. 79 Stat. 676, Ante, p. 303, (c) Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking out "Workshop" where it appears in the center heading and inserting "Rehabilitation Facility", and by amending paragraph (1) thereof to read as follows: "(b) (1) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to public or other nonprofit rehabilitation facilities to pay part of the cost of projects to analyze, improve and increase their professional services to the handicapped, their business management, or any part of their operations affecting their capacity to provide employment and services for the handicapped.' (d) Subsection (c) of such section is amended (1) by striking "Workshops" where it appears in the center heading and inserting "Rehabilitation Facility", (2) by striking out "workshops" in paragraph (1) and inserting "rehabilitation facilities", and (3) by striking out "section 5 of the Administrative Expense Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2)" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 5703 of title 5, United States Code,”. (e) Subsection (d) of such section is amended by inserting after "subsection (a)" in paragraph (2) the following: "for a rehabilitation facility which is a workshop", and by striking out in paragraph (4) "section 5 of the Administrative Expense Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2)" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 5703 of title 5, United States Code". (f) Subsection (e) of such section is amended by striking out "workshop or". (g) Subsection (f) of such section is amended by striking out "and subsection (b)" and inserting in lieu thereof ", subsection (b), and subsection (c)", and by inserting after "June 30, 1968” the following: "$10,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971”. VOCATIONAL EVALUATION AND WORK ADJUSTMENT SEC. 13. The Vocational Rehabilitation Act is amended (1) by striking out sections 15 and 16, (2) by redesignating sections 17, 18, and 19 as sections 16, 17, and 18, respectively, and (3) by inserting after section 14 the following new section: "VOCATIONAL EVALUATION AND WORK ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM "SEC. 15. (a) (1) For each fiscal year each State shall be entitled to an allotment of an amount bearing the same ratio to the amount authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (2) of this subsection for meeting the costs described in paragraph (3) of this subsection, as the product of (A) the population of the State, and (B) its allotment percentage (as defined in section 11(h)) bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all the States. The allotment to any State under the preceding sentence for any fiscal year which is less than $50,000 (or such amount as may be specified as a minimum allotment in the Act appropriating sums for such year) shall be increased to that amount, the total of the increases thereby required being derived by proportionately reducing the allotments to each of the re maining States under the preceding sentence, but with such adjustments as may be necessary to prevent the allotment of any of such remaining States from being thereby reduced to less than that amount. "(2) There is authorized to be appropriated for carrying out Appropriation. this section $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and for each succeed- 82 Stat. 305. ing fiscal year only such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law. payments. "(3) The Secretary shall pay to each State an amount equal Federal to 90 per centum of the cost of evaluation and work adjustment services furnished to disadvantaged persons under a plan of such State approved under subsection (d), including the cost of any evaluation and work adjustment services furnished by the designated State vocational rehabilitation agency or agencies for other agencies providing services to disadvantaged individuals under another evaluation program of the State, except that the total of such payments to such State for such fiscal year may not exceed its allotment under paragraph (1) for such year. The cost of evaluation and work adjustment services shall not include any amounts paid by another public or private agency for the provision of evaluation or work adjust ment services. "(4) 'Evaluation and work adjustment services' include, as appropriate in each case, such services as "(A) a preliminary diagnostic study to determine that (B) a thorough diagnostic study consisting of a com- (C) services to appraise the individual's patterns of work behavior and ability to acquire occupational skills, and to develop work attitudes, work habits, work tolerance, and social and behavior patterns suitable for successful job performance, including the utilization of work, simulated or real, to assess and develop the individual's capacities to perform adequately, in a work environment; "(D) any other goods or services provided to a disadvantaged individual, determined (in accordance with regulations of the Secretary) to be necessary for, and which are provided for the purpose of, ascertaining the nature of the handicap to employment and whether it may reasonably be expected the individual can benefit from vocational 29-113 0-69 -3 "Evaluation and work adjustment services." "Disadvantaged individuals.' 68 Stat. 660. 29 USC 41. Restriction. 82 Stat. 305. 82 Stat. 306. State plan. Ante, p. 300. rehabilitation services or other services available to disadvantaged individual; "(E) outreach, referral, and advocacy; and "(F) the administration of these evaluation and work adjustment services. As used in this section, the term 'disadvantaged individuals' means (i) handicapped individuals as defined in section 11(b) of this Act, (ii) individuals disadvantaged by reason of their youth or advanced age, low educational attainments, ethnic or cultural factors, prison or delinquency records, or other conditions which constitute a barrier to employment, and (iii) other members of their families when the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to family members is necessary for the rehabilitation of an individual described in clause (i) or (ii). "(b) No payment may be made from an allotment under this section with respect to any cost with respect to which any payment is made under any other section of this Act. "(c) The Secretary shall approve a State evaluation and work adjustment plan which: "(1) Designates as the State evaluation and work adjustment agency the same agency designated under section 5(a) of this Act (other than the State blind commission or other agency providing assistance or services to the adult blind). "(2) Provides for financial participation by the State, which may include non-Federal funds donated to the State. "(3) Shows the plan, policies, and methods to be followed in providing services under the State evaluation and work adjustment plan and in its administration and supervision, and, in case evaluation and work adjustment services cannot be provided, all disadvantaged individuals who apply for such services, shows the order to be followed in selecting those to whom evaluation and work adjustment services will be provided. "(4) Provides such methods of administration, other than methods relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards, as are found by the Secretary to be necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the plan. "(5) Contains provisions relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards and the establishment and maintenance of minimum standards governing the facilities and personnel utilized in the provision of evaluation and work adjustment services consistent with the provisions of the State plan for vocational rehabilitation services. "(6) Provides that evaluation and work adjustment services will be provided without regard to whether or not the disadvantaged individual is in financial need, except to the extent provided for under paragraph (3). "(7) Provides that the State agency will make such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Secretary may from time to time reasonably require to carry out his functions under this section, and comply with "(8) Provides for cooperation by the State agency with "(d) The Secretary shall discontinue payments under this section in the same manner and on the same basis as he is required by section 5(c) to discontinue payments under sections 2 and 3, and judicial review of such action shall be had in the same manner as is provided in section 5(d) for similar action taken by him under section 5 (c). "(e) Payments under this section may be made (after necessary adjustments on account of previously made overpayments or underpayments) in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such installment and on such conditions, as the Secretary may determine." PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF THE HANDICAPPED Withholding of 68 Stat. 658. USC 35 payments; appeal. Ante, pp. 298, 299. 82 Stat. 306. SEC. 14. The joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution authorizing an appropriation for the work of the President's Committee on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week", approved July 11, 1949, as amended (63 Stat. 409), is amended (1) by striking out the word "physically" wherever 79 Stat. 1294. it appears, and (2) by striking out "not to exceed the sum of $500,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "not to exceed the sum of $1,000,000". 4. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1968 (Public Law 90-407, Approved July 18, 1968) (NOTE. "In two-and only two agencies of the Federal Government, education is the agency's primary concern. These are the Office of Education . . . and the National Science Foundation . . ." The Federal Government and Education. Presented by Mrs. Green of Oregon. 88th Congress, 1st Session, House Document No. 159. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1963. page 2.) A. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY H.R. 5404, a bill to amend the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, was introduced by Representative Emilio Q. Daddario, of Connecticut, on February 15, 1967. The bill was referred to the Committee on Science and Astronautics. It was reported in the House on March 6, 1967 (H. Rept. 34). It passed the House on April 12, 1967. In the Senate hearings on the "National Science Foundation Act Amendments of 1968" as proposed in H.R. 5404 and in a different bill (S. 2598, introduced by Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachu |