"Public Health Service-Continued Vital statistics.--. Mental health activities. Control programs. Hospital improvement projects.. Research and training.. Professional and technical assistance... Community mental health centers... Mental retardation: Planning for comprehensive action.... Mental retardation facilities.. Centers for research.. University-affiliated facilities.. Community facilities.. Hospital and medical facilities. Research and demonstrations.... Indian health facilities and services. Health research facilities construction_ Health professions education. Construction grants for teaching facilities.... Public health personnel. Public health traineeships. Schools of public health. Graduate training in public health.. Nurse training and nursing research. Nursing research and fellowships. Health-related training grants.. Fellowship allowances, Public Health Service.. Medical and biological sciences: Research and research support. - Vocational Rehabilitation Administration: Vocational rehabilitation__ Basic support.. Extension and improvement of rehabilitation services- Training and traineeships--- Research and training centers. Welfare Administration: Public assistance.. Combined plans for adult assistance programs.. Medical assistance for the aged.. Aid to the blind.... Aid to the permanently and totally disabled.. Aid and services to needy families with children.. Preventive and rehabilitative services; training of welfare per sonnel___ Administration and other costs___ Demonstration or research projects. Repatriated citizens.. Training of public welfare personnel Child-welfare services.- Child-welfare services generally. 99 Day-care services____ 100 Office of the Secretary: Teaching materials for the blind (American Printing House for the Page Blind). Surplus property transfers or donations 1 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 105 105 Bureau of Outdoor Recreation: Outdoor recreation: Technical assistance. Geological Survey: Topographic mapping, geologic surveys, and water resources investigations.. 105 105 106 106 106 106 106 107 107 Bureau of Mines: Fire control in inactive coal mines.. Grants and loans for small projects.- Office of Saline Water: Saline water research and development.. 109 109 109 110 110 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of Manpower, Automation, and Training: Manpower development and training. Unemployment compensation: Transfers, advances, and reimburse- 113 Transfers to State unemployment accounts.. 113 Advances to State unemployment accounts.. 113 Reimbursements for benefits paid to Federal employees and ex- Reimbursements for trade readjustment allowances DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs: Refugee assistance.. 113 114 114 1 The statement on this topic is limited to a cross-reference to another program statement in this catalog. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Office of Emergency Planning: Disaster relief and repairs.. Comprehensive law... Special programs. Emergency repair of highways 1. Urban renewal assistance. State and local preparedness planning---- FEDERAL AVIATION AGENCY Airport planning and development_---- FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION Page 116 116 116 116 116 116 117 117 Real property for educational and public health uses.. 119 119 120 Personal property for educational activities of special interest to 120 Loans of national industrial reserve properties for vocational 120 Property for public airports. 121 Real property for parks, recreational areas, and historic monu- Office of the Administrator: Low-income housing demonstration programs_ 1 The statement on this topic is limited to a cross-reference to another program statement in this catalog. VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION Department of Medicine and Surgery: Veterans' homes.... GENERAL AUTHORIZATIONS Secretary of department or head of agency or independent establishment charged with providing fire protection for U.S. property in affected areas: 130 Fire protection: Reciprocal agreements for mutual aid__ 130 Secretary of department or head of agency authorized to contract for basic scientific research: Scientific research grants.. 131 Senator RIBICOFF. Have you given any thought to transferring to the new Department functions of other departments and agencies that have to do with urban affairs? Let me give you an example. Let us say we have a water pollution problem. Now, a community needs a waste treatment plant and can receive Federal aid from HEW. But if it is not coordinated with the HHFA program for sewerage lines the grant would be lost. Frankly, my feeling is that this Government of ours, this Federal Government, is way behind the times. Not just in this urban area but in others, also. We have a conglomeration; we have functions in one Department that belong in another. We are operating basically with a type of governmental structure that goes back to 1933. If we are going to reorganize and do a job in urban affairs should we not try to do it right? In other words, as my eye glances over many of these 115 programs, some could fit into the proposed Department of Housing and Urban Development. Take the Department of Commerce for instance. It includes the Area Redevelopment Administration, which has programs for Planning, Urban Renewal, Public Facilities, Grants and Loans, similar to programs in HHFA. Mr. GORDON. They are in HHFA, Mr. Chairman. The ones you just read, except for area redevelopment, are in the Housing and Home Finance Agency. Senator RIBICOFF. Granted, but it seems that the responsibilities now assigned to Commerce can have a significant impact on the programs of HHFA. Mr. GORDON. Correct. (The material referred to follows:) EXHIBIT 9 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLIC WORKS ACCELERATION To provide employment and assist economic development in areas where heavy unemployment has persisted, the Public Works Acceleration Act of 1962 authorized the President to initiate and accelerate public works projects. Eligible areas are those designated by the Secretary of Labor as "areas of substantial unemployment" for at least 9 of the preceding 12 months, and areas designated by the Secretary of Commerce as "redevelopment areas" for purposes of the Area Redevelopment Act. Projects eligible for the program include those of State and local governments for which Federal financial assistance is authorized under other provisions of law. The aid is intended for projects that would otherwise be delayed or would not be undertaken. The program is coordinated by the Secretary of Commerce, with the assistance of the Area Redevelopment Administration. Federal appropriations for the acceleration program are allocated in part among Federal departments and agencies responsible for administering laws authorizing Federal financial assistance to public works projects of State and local governments. The acceleration grants may be combined with other Federal grants for the same projects, bringing the total of all Federal contributions for any project up to 50 percent of the cost, notwithstanding any lower limits established by other laws. If the State or local government does not have economic and financial capacity to provide half of the project costs, the total of Federal contribution may be as much as 75 percent. Acceleration program grants are available only for public works which can be initiated or accelerated within a reasonable period, will meet an essential public need, can be completed in substantial part within 12 months, will contribute sig |