82 Stat. 447. Veterans. Part-time trainee. 79 Stat. 576. Hearings on H.R. 14954 and other bills were held before the Subcommittee on Education of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on April 30 and May 1, 1968. The record of the hearings was printed in a volume of 45 pages. H.R. 14954 was reported in the House on May 4, 1968 (H. Rept. 1376). It passed the House, under suspension of the rules, on May 20, 1968. In the Senate, hearings on H.R. 14954 and its companion bill, S. 2911, and other bills were held before the Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare on July 1, 1968. The record of the hearings was printed in a volume of 178 pages. H.R. 14954 was reported in the Senate, from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, on July 11, 1968 (S. Rept. 1391). It passed the Senate on July 15, 1968. The act was approved on July 26, 1968 and became Public Law 90-431. B. DIGEST OF THE ACT The act extends subsistence allowances to service-connected disabled veterans being trained on a part-time basis (such allowances being previously available only to such veterans receiving full-time training). C. TEXT OF THE LAW Following is the text of Public Law 90-431. AN ACT To amend title 38 of the United States Code to improve vocational rehabilitation training for service-connected veterans by authorizing pursuit of such training on a part-time basis. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1504 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by (1) deleting in subsection (b) the table contained therein in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following: and (2) inserting in the first sentence following the table immediately before the word "trainee" the following: "full-time": and (3) by inserting at the end of such section immediately after subsection (c) the following new subsection: "(d) The Administrator shall define full-time and part-time training in the case of all eligible veterans pursuing a course of vocational rehabilitation training under this chapter." 6. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AND (Largely Involving Education and Training, and Educational Institutions) (Public Law 90-445, Approved July 31, 1968) A. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY In the House, hearings on the "Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act of 1967," H.R. 7642, were held before the General Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Education and Labor on 7 days in May, 1967. The record of the hearings was published in a volume of 671 pages. No further action was taken on H.R. 7642. A new bill, H.R. 12120, initially cited as the "Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control Act of 1967," was introduced on August 7, 1967, by Representative Roman C. Pucinski, of Illinois, for himself and 23 other Members of the House. The bill was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. On September 19, 1967, this bill was reported in the House, with amendment (H. Rept. 647). The bill passed the House on September 26, 1967. In the Senate, on September 21, 26, 28 and October 19, 20, 25 and 26, 1967 hearings on H.R. 12120 and S. 1248 (a similar bill that had been introduced on March 10, 1967 by Senator Thomas J. Dodd, of Connecticut, and others) were held before the Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower and Poverty of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. The record of the hearings was printed in a volume of 311 pages. H.R. 12120 was reported in the Senate, from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, on June 28, 1968 (S. Rept. 1332). It passed the Senate, amended, on July 8, 1968. On July 10, 1968, the House asked for, and the Senate agreed to, a conference. The conference report was filed on July 16, 1968 (H. Rept. 1724). The conference report was agreed to by the Senate on July 17, 1968, and by the House on July 18, 1968. The act was approved by the President on July 31, 1968, and became Public Law 90-445. B. DIGEST OF THE ACT The principal purposes of this act are: (1) to assist the courts, correctional systems, community agencies, and primary and secondary public school systems to prevent, treat and control juvenile delinquency; and (2) to support research and training efforts in the prevention, treatment, and control of juvenile delinquency. TITLE I PLANNING AND PREVENTION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES Part A: State and Local Planning and State Assistance to Localities.-Authorizes the Secretary of HEW to make grants to State and local public agencies to assist them in preparing or revising comprehensive plans based on a thorough evaluation of problems of juvenile delinquency and youths in danger of becoming delinquent. Limits grants to 90 percent of the cost of the planning. Authorizes similar grants to public and private nonprofit agencies to assist them in meeting the cost of planning any project or program for which a grant might be made under other provisions of this title. Part B: Rehabilitative Services.-Authorizes direct block grants to States not to exceed 60 percent of costs of programs for the prevention of delinquency, including diagnosing, treating, and rehabilitating youths in danger of becoming delinquent. Requires assurances that the applicants for such grants will provide, to the extent feasible, for coordinating their operations with the operation of public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations furnishing related services in the community for youths. Requires assurances that, in the case of construction grants, financial resources will be available for the nonFederal share of the cost of the construction and for continued operation of the facility when construction is completed, and that public and private agencies and organizations providing services related to the rehabilitation of youths will be consulted in the formulation of the project or program. Enumerates other assurances which must be given by the applicants. Part C: Preventive Services.-Authorizes grants to meet 75 percent of the cost of programs and projects designed to provide preventive services for youths in danger of becoming delinquent. Requires applicants to provide satisfactory assurances that: (1) a program of services will be provided within a reasonable period of time; (2) the applicant will make special efforts to make services available to youths with serious behavioral problems; (3) the applicant will coordinate its operations with other agencies and organizations providing services for youths in the community; (4) the applicant will make reasonable efforts to secure or provide services which are necessary for diag nosing, treating, and rehabilitating youths, including educational delinquency prevention programs, which are not provided in the community or which if being provided are inadequate to meet its needs; (5) maximum use will be made of other Federal, State, and local resources available for provision of such services; and (6) public and private agencies will be consulted in setting up programs. Part D: General Provisions.-Requires any State which desires to receive a grant under Part B or C of this title in order to make program or project grants within such State to submit to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare a comprehensive juvenile delinquency plan. Sets forth the requirements for approval of such plan. Provides for direct, interim grants to public agencies and nonprofit private agencies and organizations until a State has submitted such a plan and the Secretary has approved it. Authorizes the following uses of funds to agencies and organizations under Parts B and C: (1) meeting the cost of securing or providing services designed to carry out the purposes of such part, to the extent and for the period reasonably necessary for the community to provide such services; and (2) in the case of part B, meeting not to exceed one-half the cost of construction of community-based, unusual, and special purpose or innovative types of facilities, including (a) combination detention and diagnostic facilities, (b) halfway houses, (c) small, special-purpose, residential, community-based facilities for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of youths, (d) training schools for youths in the custody of public agencies. Provides that not more than 25 percent of the funds appropriated for any fiscal year under this act may be used to meet such costs of construction. Requires a copy of the application to be submitted to the Governor of the State, and requires the Governor to submit to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare an evaluation of the contemplated program, before the Secretary may approve an application for a Part A or direct interim grant. Requires also submission of the application to and an evaluation of the program by the governing bodies of the political units principally affected, before approval of a Part A or direct interim grant. Sets forth factors to be considered by the Secretary in deciding whether or not to approve applications, including: (1) relative costs and effectiveness of the program; (2) incidence and rate of increase of juvenile delinquency; (3) school dropout rates; (4) adequacy of existing facilities and services; (5) the extent of comprehensive planning in the community; (6) youth unemployment rates; (7) the extent to which the proposed program incorporates innovative techniques; and (8) the extent to which the proposed program incorporates programs for the parents of delinquent or potentially delinquent youths, as well as for other adults who offer guidance or supervision to such youths. TITLE II: TRAINING Authorizes the Secretary of HEW, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Labor, to make grants or contracts for projects for the training of personnel employed in or preparing for employment in fields related to the diagnosis, treatment, or rehabilitation of youths who are delinquent or in danger of becoming delinquent, or for the counseling or instruction of parents of such youths. TITLE III: IMPROVED TECHNIQUES AND SERVICES Authorizes the Secretary of HEW to develop improved techniques and practices which, in his judgment, hold promise of making a substantial contribution toward prevention of delinquency and treatment of delinquent or potentially delinquent youths, or toward improvement in rehabilitative services. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with State, local, and other public agencies and private nonprofit agencies and organizations for such purposes. Limits the funds to be used to carry out these provisions to 10 percent of the funds appropriated for any fiscal under this act, or $2 million, whichever is less. Authorizes the Secretary to render technical assistance to public and nonprofit agencies and organizations in matters relating to prevention of delinquency or to rehabilitative services. Authorizes grants to State agencies of up to 90 percent of the cost of providing technical assistance to local agencies engaged in or preparing to engage in activities for which aid may be provided under this act. Directs the Secretary to collect, evaluate, publish, and disseminate information and materials relating to research, program, and projects under this act and other matters relating to prevention of delinquency and rehabilitative services. 29-113 0-691 Juvenile TITLE IV: ADMINISTRATION Authorizes appropriations of $25 million for fiscal 1969, $50 million for fiscal 1970, and $75 million for fiscal 1971. Limits the amounts available for each State in any fiscal year under title I to 15 percent of the total of the funds available for title I grants in such fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to provide for the continuing evaluation of the programs, projects, and other activities under this act. Directs the Secretary to submit an annual report to the President for transmittal to Congress of all Federal activities in the fields of juvenile delinquency, youth development, and related fields. Authorizes him to appoint advisory committees to advise him with respect to both general policy and technical matters under this act. Delinquency 82 Stat. 462. 82 Stat. 463. C. TEXT OF THE LAW Following is the text of Public Law 90-445. AN ACT To assist the courts, correctional systems, community agencies, and primary and secondary public school systems to prevent, treat, and control juvenile delinquency; to support research and training efforts in the prevention, treatment, and control of juvenile delinquency, 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 "Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control Act of 1968”. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE SEC. 2. The Congress finds that delinquency among youths constitutes a national problem which can be met by assisting and coordinating the efforts of public and private agencies engaged in combating the problem, and by increasing the number and extent of the services available for preventing and combating juvenile delinquency. It is, therefore, the purpose of this Act to help State and local communities strengthen their juvenile justice and juvenile aid systems, including courts, correctional systems, police agencies, and law enforcement and other agencies which deal with juveniles, and to assist communities in providing diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitative, and preventive services to youths who are delinquent or in danger of becoming delinquent, to encourage the development of community-based rehabilitation and prevention programs to provide assistance in the training of personnel employed or preparing for employment in occupations involving the provision of such services, to provide support for comprehensive planning, development of improved techniques, and information services in the field of juvenile delinquency, and to provide technical assistance in such field. |