homes for dependent and neglected children, or other establishments providing care for children with special needs.

(b) Payments under this part pursuant to a grant or contract may be made (after necessary adjustment, in the case of grants, on account of previously made overpayments or underpayments) in advance or by way of reimbursement, in such installments and on such conditions, as the Secretary may determine.

CONDITIONS OF GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Sec. 612. (a) (1) In administering this part the Secretary shall

(A) assure that the new participants in any project are older persons of low income who are no longer in the regular work force;

(B) award a grant or contract only if he determines that the project will not result in the displacement of employed workers or impair existing contracts for services.

(2) The Secretary shall not award a grant or contract under this part which involves a project proposed to be carried out throughout the State or over an area more comprehensive than one community unless

(A) the State agency (established or designated under section 303 (a) (1)) is the applicant for such grant or contract or, if not, such agency has been afforded a reasonable opportunity to apply for and receive such award and to administer or supervise the administration of the project; and

(B) in cases in which such agency is not the grantee or contractor (including cases to which subparagraph (A) applies but in which such agency has not availed itself of the opportunity to apply for and receive such award), the application contains or is supported by satisfactory assurance that the project has been developed, and will to the extent appropriate be conducted in consultation with, or with the participation of, such agency.

the title VI of the Older Americans Act of 1965, added thereto by this Act, shall be deemed to be payments made to or on behalf of such person under title I of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964." Section 701 of the Economic Opportunity Act at one time required that certain amounts of funds received from programs operated under that Act be disregarded for purposes of determining eligibility for and the amounts of public assistance. However, a provision in the Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967 terminated that prohibition effective July 1, 1969. Thus, income from the Foster Grandparent Program could only be disregarded under the terms of sec. 11 of 1969 Amendments if the disregard requirement of sec. 701 of the Economic Opportunity Act should be revived.

(3) The Secretary shall not award a grant or contract under this title which involves a project proposed to be undertaken entirely in a community served by a community action agency unless

(A) such agency is the applicant for such grant or contract or, if not, such agency has been afforded a reasonable opportunity to apply for and receive such award and to administer or supervise the administration of the project; and

(B) in cases in which such agency is not the grantee or contractor (including cases to which subparagraph (A) applies but in which such agency has not availed itself of the opportunity to apply for and receive such award), the application contains or is supported by satisfactory assurance that the project has been developed, and will to the extent appropriate be conducted in consultation with, or with the participation of, such agency; and

(C) if such State has a State agency established or designated pursuant to section 303 (a) (1), such agency has had not less than 45 days in which to review the project application and make recommendations thereon.

(b) The term "community action agency" as used in this section, means a community action agency established under title II of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.

INTERAGENCY COOPERATION

Sec. 613. In administering this part, the Secretary shall consult with the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Department of Labor, and any other Federal agencies administering relevant programs with a view to achieving optimal coordination with such other programs and shall promote the coordination of projects under this part with other public or private programs or projects carried out at State and local levels. Such Federal agencies shall cooperate with the Secretary in disseminating information about the availability of assistance under this part and in promoting the identification and interest of low-income older persons whose services may be utilized in projects under this part.

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 614. There are authorized to be appropriated for grants or contracts under this part, $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972.

PROCUREMENT AND PROPERTY DISPOSAL POWERS; DETERMINATION OF

SMALL-BUSINESS CONCERNS

(b) It shall also be the duty of the administration and it is empowered, whenever it determines such action is necessary

(1) To provide technical and managerial aids to small-business concerns, by advising and counseling on matters in connection with Government procurement and property disposal and on policies, principles, and practices of good management, including but not limited to cost accounting, methods of financing, business insurance, accident control, wage incentives, and methods engineering, by cooperating and advising with voluntary business, professional, educational, and other nonprofit organizations, associations, and institutions and with other Federal and State agencies, by maintaining a clearinghouse for information concerning the managing, financing, and operation of small-business enterprises, by disseminating such information, and by such other activities as are deemed appropriate by the administration;

(2) To make a complete inventory of all productive facilities of smallbusiness concerns or to arrange for such inventory to be made by any other governmental agency which has the facilities. In making any such inventory, the appropriate agencies in the several States may be requested to furnish an inventory of the productive facilities of small-business concerns in each respective State if such an inventory is available or in prospect; (3) To coordinate and to ascertain the means by which the productive capacity of small-business concerns can be most effectively utilized;

(4) To consult and cooperate with officers of the Government having procurement or property disposal powers, in order to utilize the potential productive capacity of plants operated by small-business concerns;

(5) To obtain information as to methods and practices which Government prime contractors utilize in letting subcontracts and to take action to encourage the letting of subcontracts by prime contractors to small-business concerns at prices and on conditions and terms which are fair and equitable; (6) To determine within any industry the concerns, firms, persons, corporations, partnerships, cooperatives, or other business enterprises which are to be designated "small-business concerns" for the purpose of effectuating the provisions of this chapter. To carry out this purpose the Administrator, when requested to do so, shall issue in response to each such request an appropriate certifying an individual concern as a "small-business concern" in accordance with the criteria expressed in this chapter. Any such certificate shall be subject to revocation when the concern covered thereby ceases to be a "small-business concern." Offices of the Government having procurement or lending powers, or engaging in the disposal of Federal property or allocating materials or supplies, or promulgating regulations affecting the distribution of materials or supplies, shall accept as conclusive the administration's determination as to which enterprises are to be designated "smallbusiness concerns", as authorized and directed under this paragraph;

(7) To certify to Government procurement officers, and officers engaged in the sale and disposal of Federal property, with respect to the competency, as to capacity and credit, of any small-business concern or group of such concerns to perform a specific Government contract. In any case in which a small-business concern or group of such concerns has been certified by or under the authority of the administration to be a competent Government contractor with respect to capacity and credit as to a specific Government contract, the officers of the Government having procurement or property disposal powers are directed to accept such certification as conclusive, and are authorized to let such Government contract to such concern or group of concerns without requiring it to meet any other requirement with respect to capacity and credit;

(8) To obtain from any Federal department, establishment, or agency engaged in procurement or in the financing of procurement or production such reports concerning the letting of contracts and subcontracts and the making of loans to business concerns as it may deem pertinent in carrying out its functions under this chapter;

(9) To obtain from any Federal department, establishment, or agency engaged in the disposal of Federal property, such reports concerning the solici

tation of bids, time of sale, or otherwise as it may deem pertinent in carrying out its functions under this chapter;

(10) To obtain from suppliers of materials information pertaining to the method of filling orders and the bases for allocating their supply, whenever it appears that any small business is unable to obtain materials from its normal sources;

(11) To make studies and recommendations to the appropriate Federal agencies to insure that a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts for property and services for the Government be placed with small-business enterprises, to insure that a fair proportion of Government contracts for research and development be placed with small-business concerns, to insure that a fair proportion of the total sales of Government property be made to small-business concerns, and to insure a fair and equitable share of materials, supplies, and equipment to small-business concerns;

(12) To consult and cooperate with all Government agencies for the purpose of insuring that small-business concerns shall receive fair and reasonable treatment from such agencies; and

(13) To establish such small business advisory boards and committees truly representative of small business as may be necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter.

AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

(Excerpt from Small Business Act) 15 U.S.C. 649

Section 20. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary and appropriate for the carrying out of the provisions and purposes of this act other than those for which appropriations to the revolving fund are authorized by section 4 (c).

Mr. FLOOD. Now that the President has signed the Economic Opportunity Act, would the only legislative authority which is lacking be that contained in the Older Americans Act?

Mr. BLATCHFORD. That is correct, Mr. Chairman.

ANNUAL COST PER VOLUNTEER

Mr. FLOOD. Suppose you give us the total annual cost per volunteer for each program.

Mr. BLATCHFORD. For Vista the figures remain consistent in 1971 and 1972 and will go down slightly in fiscal year 1973 to a cost of $7,352 per Vista volunteer.

The university year for ACTION volunteers operated through the universities we operated at a cost of $6,300 per volunteer.

The foster grandparents is $2,300 per volunteer per year, and that is a 4-hours-a-day, 5-days-a-week foster grandparents work. RSVP are part-time volunteers and it is about $200 per year, only 1 or 2 days a week, and getting transportation costs.

The Score volunteers only receive transportation costs, and that is very, very minimal.

EFFECT OF NOT RECEIVING 1972 SUPPLEMENTAL

Mr. FLOOD. You are requesting $98,425,000 to fund the domestic program for ACTION in fiscal year 1973. That is an increase of $18 million over the comparable 1972 level?

Mr. BLATCHFORD. That is correct.

Mr. FLOOD. Your original budget request in January assumed a $16 million supplemental appropriation for fiscal year 1972 but it

never materialized. What effect did this have on your program and your budget plan for 1973 ?

Mr. BLATCHFORD. The effect was we simply had to delay beginning or expanding programs that we had on the drawing boards until the authorization was passed and we could get the appropriation. In other words, it put us off from our original plan by about a year. At the time of the merger and the consolidation we deferred a number of programs we hoped to do, and in August the President sent up a $20 million request for new ACTION legislation. That still has not been acted upon. In lieu of that, the Senate and the House put $16 million in an OEO bill that was subsequently vetoed. You know the history of that.

We never got it and we simply couldn't go ahead with the plans, and the fiscal year lapsed without the money coming to us. Now our plans are to carry out the 1973 program described in the budget document before you.

PERMANENT POSITIONS

Mr. FLOOD. According to your justification you are requesting no new positions in 1973. How many are you currently authorized? How many have you actually filled?

Mr. BLATCHFORD. For the domestic programs, Mr. Chairman, we have 589 positions in total.

Mr. FLOOD. How many have you authorized and filled? How many slots have you filled?

Mr. BLATCHFORD. Mr. Mould?

Mr. MOULD. As far as the domestic operations, 386 permanent positions. Of that, I would want to check, but I guess about 320 on board.

Mr. FLOOD. Also provide a table for the record at the same time, showing the allocation of the 386 requested positions among the various programs such as VISTA, Foster Grandparents, and so forth.

Mr. BLATCHFORD. Yes, sir.

Generally speaking, those positions are out in the regions where there are program officers and staff responsible for all the programs. It is hard to divide a man's time between what he spends on VISTA, Foster Grandparents, and the like. However, we will, to the degree we can, identify a man exclusively working on SCORE or VISTA. (The information follows:)