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be applied, directly or indirectly, to the purchase or erection of any building or buildings, or for the purchase of any land.

(20 U.S.C. 355) Enacted June 19, 1956, P.L. 597, 84th Cong., sec. 6, 70 Stat. 295; amended Aug. 1, 1956, P.L. 896, 84th Cong., sec. 25 (b), (c), 70 Stat. 911; amended Aug. 31, 1960, P.L. 86-679, secs. 3, 4, 74 Stat. 571; amended Sept. 25, 1962, P.L. 87-688, sec. 5(a) (2), (3), 76 Stat. 587; redesignated as Title I, sec. 104, and amended Feb. 11, 1964, P.L. 88-269, secs. 5, 6, 7(a), (c)-(e), 78 Stat. 12-14; amended July 19, 1966, P.L. 89-511, secs. 5, 8, 12(a), 80 Stat. 313, 318. TITLE II-PUBLIC LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 201. There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, $40,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $50,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, $60,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $70,000,000; and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $80,000,000, which shall be used for making payments to States, which have submitted and had approved by the Commissioner, State plans for the construction of public libraries.

(20 U.S.C. 355a) Enacted Feb. 11, 1964, P.L. 88-269, sec. 7(a), 78 Stat. 13; amended July 19, 1966, P.L. 89-511, sec. 6, 80 Stat. 313.

ALLOTMENTS

SEC. 202. From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 201 for each fiscal year, the Commissioner shall allot $20,000 each to Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands, and $80,000 to each of the other States, and shall allot to each State such part of the remainder of such sums as the population of the State bears to the population of the United States, according to the most recent decennial census. A State's allotment under this subsection for any fiscal year shall be available for payments with respect to the administration, during such year and the next fiscal year, of its State plan approved under section 203, and for payments with respect to construction projects approved under such State plan during such year or the next fiscal year.

(20 U.S.C. 355b) Enacted Feb. 11, 1964, P.L. 88-269, sec. 7(a), 78 Stat. 13; amended July 19, 1966, P.L. 89-511, secs. 7, 12(a), 80 Stat. 313, 318.

STATE PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION

SEC. 203. (a) To be approved for purposes of this title a State plan for construction of public libraries must

(1) meet the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5) of section 103 (a);

(2) set forth criteria and procedures for approval of projects for construction of public library facilities which are designed to insure that facilities will be constructed only to serve areas, as determined by the State library administrative agency, which are without library facilities necessary to develop library services;

(3) provide assurance that every local or other public agency whose application for funds under the plan with respect to a proj

eet for construction of public library facilities is denied will be given an opportunity for a fair hearing before the State library administrative agency; and

(4) provide assurance that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on all construction projects assisted under this Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the DavisBacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C 276a-276a-5), and shall receive overtime compensation in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Contract Work Hours Standards Act (Public Law 87-581); and the Secretary of Labor shall have with respect to the labor standards specified in this paragraph the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 5 U.S.C. 133z-15) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276c).

(b) The Commissioner shall approve any plan which fulfills the conditions specified in subsection (a) of this section.

(20 U.S.C. 355c) Enacted Feb. 11, 1964, P.L. 88-269, sec. 7(a), 78 Stat. 13.

PAYMENTS TO STATES

SEC. 204. (a) From its allotment available therefor under section. 202 each State shall be entitled to receive (1) an amount equal to the Federal share (as determined under section 104) of projects approved under its State plan (as approved by the Commissioner pursuant to section 203) during the period for which such allotment is available, and (2) an amount equal to the Federal share of the total of the sums expended by the State and its political subdivisions for the administration of such State plan during the period for which such allotment is available.

(b) The Commissioner shall from time to time estimate the amount to which a State is entitled under subsection (a), and such amount shall be paid to the State, in advance or by way of reimbursement, at such time or times and in such installments as the Commissioner may determine, after necessary adjustment on account of any previously made overpayment or underpayment.

(20 U.S.C. 355d) Enacted Feb. 11, 1964, P.L. 88-269, sec. 7(a), 78 Stat. 14; amended July 19, 1966, P.L. 89-511, secs. 5(b), 8, 80 Stat. 313.

TITLE III-INTERLIBRARY COOPERATION

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 301. There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, the sum of $5,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $7,500,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, $10,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $12,500,000; and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $15,000,000; which shall be used for making payments to States which have submitted and had approved by the Commissioner State plans for establishing and maintaining local, regional, State, or interstate cooperative networks of libraries.

(20 U.S.C. 355e) Enacted July 19, 1966, P.L. 89-511, sec. 9, 80 Stat. 314.

ALLOTMENTS

SEC. 302. From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 301 for each fiscal year the Commissioner shall allot $10,000 each to Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands, and $40,000 to each of the other States, and shall allot to each State such part of the remainder of such sums as the population of the State bears to the population of the United States according to the most recent decennial census.

(20 U.S.C. 355e-1) Enacted and amended July 19, 1966, P.L. 89-511, secs. 9, 12(a), 80 Stat. 314, 318.

PAYMENTS TO STATES

SEC. 303. From the allotments available therefor under section 302, the Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time pay to each State which has a plan approved under section 304 an amount equal to the Federal share which for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, shall be 100 per centum of the total sums expended under such plan (including costs of administering such plan), and for any fiscal year thereafter shall be 50 per centum of such sums, except that the Federal share for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall be 100 per

centum.

(20 U.S.C. 355e-2) Enacted July 19, 1966, P.L. 89-511, sec. 9, 80 Stat. 314; amended Nov. 24, 1967, P.L. 90-154, sec. 1, 81 Stat. 509.

STATE PLANS FOR INTERLIBRARY COOPERATION

SEC. 304. (a) To be approved for purposes of this title a State plan

must

(1) meet the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5) of section 103 (a);

(2) provide policies and objectives for the systematic and effective coordination of the resources of school, public, academic, and special libraries and special information centers for improved services of a supplementary nature to the special clientele served by each type of library or center;

(3) provide appropriate allocation by participating agencies of the total costs of the system;

(4) provide assurance that every local or other public agency in the State is accorded an opportunity to participate in the system;

(5) provide criteria which the State agency shall use in evaluating applications for funds under this title and in assigning priority to project proposals; and

(6) establish a statewide council which is broadly representative of professional library interests and of library users which shall act in an advisory capacity to the State agency.

(b) The Commissioner shall approve any State plan which meets the conditions specified in subsection (a) of this section.

(20 U.S.C. 355e-3) Enacted July 19, 1966, P.L. 89-511, sec. 9, 80 Stat. 314.

TITLE IV-SPECIALIZED STATE LIBRARY SERVICES

PART A-STATE INSTITUTIONAL LIBRARY SERVICES

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 401. There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, the sum of $5,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $7,500,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, $10,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970 $12,500,000; and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $15,000,000; which shall be used for making payments to States which have submitted and had approved by the Commissioner State plans for establishing and improving State institutional library services. For the purposes of this part of the term "State institutional library services" means the providing of books, and other library material, and of library services to (A) inmates, patients, or residents of penal institutions, reformatories, residential training schools, orphanages, or general or special institutions or hospitals operated or substantially supported by the State, and (B) students in residential schools for the handicapped (including mentally retarded, hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, visually handicapped, seriously emotionally disturbed, crippled, or other health impaired persons who by reason thereof require special education) operated or substantially supported by the State.

(20 U.S.C. 355f) Enacted July 19, 1966, P.L. 89-511, sec. 9, 80 Stat. 315.

ALLOTMENTS

SEC. 402. From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 401 for each fiscal year the Commissioner shall allot $10,000 each to Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands, and $40,000 to each of the other States, and shall allot to each State such part of the remainder of such sums as the population of the State bears to the population of the United States according to the most recent decennial census.

(20 U.S.C. 355f-1) Enacted and amended July 19, 1966, P.L. 89-511, secs. 9, 12(a), 80 Stat. 315, 318.

PAYMENTS TO STATES

SEC. 403. From the allotments available therefor under section 402, the Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time pay to each State which has a plan approved under section 404 an amount equal to the Federal share (as determined under section 104, except that the Federal share for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, shall be 100 per centum) of the total sums expended by the State under such plan (including costs of administering such plan).

(20 U.S.C. 355f-2) Enacted July 19, 1966, P.L. 89-511, sec. 9, 80 Stat. 315; amended Nov. 24, 1967, P.L. 90-154, sec. 2, 81 Stat. 509.

STATE PLANS FOR STATE INSTITUTIONAL LIBRARY SERVICES

SEC. 404. (a) To be approved for purposes of this part a State plan

must

(1) meet the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5) of section 103 (a);

(2) provide policies and objectives for the establishment or improvement of State institutional library services;

(3) provide assurance that all eligible State institutions will be accorded an opportunity to participate in the program pursuant to this part;

(4) provide criteria which the State agency shall use in evaluating applications for funds under this part and in assigning priority to project proposals;

(5) provide assurances satisfactory to the Commissioner that expenditures made by such State in any fiscal year for State institutional library services will not be less than such expenditures in the second preceding fiscal year; and

(6) establish a council which is broadly representative of State institutions eligible for assistance under this part which shall act in an advisory capacity to the State agency.

(b) The Commissioner shall approve any State plan which meets the conditions specified in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) No portion of any money paid to a State under this part shall be applied, directly or indirectly, to the purchase or erection of any building or buildings, or the purchase of any land.

(20 U.S.C. 355f-3) Enacted July 19, 1966, P.L. 89-511, sec. 9, 80 Stat. 316; amended Nov. 24, 1967, P.L. 90-154, Sec. 3, 81 Stat. 509.

PART B-LIBRARY SERVICES TO THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 411. There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, the sum of $3,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $4,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, $5,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $6,000,000; and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $7,000,000; which shall be used for making payments to States which have submitted and had approved by the Commissioner State plans for establishing and improving library services to the physically handicapped. For the purposes of this part the term "library services to the physically handicapped" means the providing of library service, through public or other nonprofit libraries, agencies, or organizations, to physically handicapped persons (including the blind and visually handicapped) certified by competent authority as unable to read or to use conventional printed materials as a result of physical limitations.

(20 U.S.C. 355f-4) Enacted July 19, 1966, P.L. 89-511, sec. 9, 80 Stat. 316.

ALLOTMENTS

SEC. 412. From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 411 for each fiscal year, the Commissioner shall allot $5,000 each to Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands, and $25,000 to each of the other States, and shall allot to each State such part of the remainder of such sums as the population

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