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1 neering approaches to such problems. The problems re

2 ferred to in the preceding sentence include, but are not lim

3 ited to, problems in the area of education, unemployment,

4 welfare, crime, juvenile delinquency, air pollution, housing,

5 transportation, and waste disposal.

6 Sec. 3. The Secretary of Labor (hereinafter referred

7 to as the "Secretary") shall carry out the purposes of this

8 Act by—

9 (1) making appropriate grants to States, and

10 (2) by entering into appropriate arrangements

11 (whether through grants or contracts, or through other

12 agreements) with universities or other public or private

13 institutions or organizations,

1* for the purpose of causing the systems analysis and systems

15 engineering approaches to be applied to national or local

16 problems of types which the Secretary, by regulations, desig

17 nates as being within the purview of this Act.

18 Sec. 4. (a) Any grant made under section 3 to a State

19 shall be used only for the purpose for which the grant was

20 made, and may be used by the State for such purpose di

21 rectly, or through the State's entering into appropriate

22 arrangements for the carrying out of such purpose (whether

23 through grants or contracts, or through other agreements)

24 with universities or other public or private institutions or

25 organizations.

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1 (b) No grant under this Act shall be made to a State

2 unless the Secretary finds that—

3 (1) the knowledge and experience expected to be

4 gained from the employment of such grant would have

5 substantial relevance to problems within the purview of

6 this Act which exist in other States;

7 (2) the State has presented a plan setting forth in

8 detail the purposes for and manner in which such grant

9 is to be used, together with the objectives expected to 10 be achieved from the use of such grant;

H (3) the State has designated an officer or agency

12 of the State who has responsibility and authority for

13 the administration of the program in which such grant 1* is to be employed; and

1** (4) the State agrees fully to make available to the

*® Federal Government and to other States (and political

- subdivisions thereof) data and information regarding the

employment of such grant and the findings and results

stemming therefrom.

(c) There shall not be granted to any State under this Act amounts the aggregate of which exceed 20 per centum of the aggregate of the amounts which have been appropriated to carry out this Act at the time amounts are granted to such State hereunder. 5 (d) Two or more States may combine to apply for one 4

1 or more grants jointly to carry out the purposes of the Act

2 with respect to one or more of the problems which they

3 have in common and which are within the purview of this

4 Act, and in any such case, the provisions of subsection (1))

5 shall be deemed to require the submission of a joint plan

6 for the utilization of the grant and the designation of one

7 or more officers or agencies having responsibility and au

8 thority to carry out the joint plan. Each State participating

9 in such a joint plan shall be deemed, for purposes of subsec

10 tion (c), to have received an amount equal to the amount

11 produced by dividing the amount of the grant received to

12 carry out such plan by the number of States participating

13 in such plan.

14 Sec. 5. The Secretary, in awarding grants to States

15 and in entering into arrangements with universities or other

16 public or private institutions or organizations, shall follow

17 procedures established by him for the purpose of assuring

18 that the grants or other expenditures made to carry out the

19 purposes of this Act will be equitably distributed among the

20 various major geographic regions of the Nation.

21 Sec. 6. For the purpose of making the grants and

22 entering into the other arrangements provided under section

23 3 of this Act, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated,

24 without fiscal year limitation, not more than $125,000,000.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 18 (legislative day, January 12), 1967

Mr. Scott (for himself, Mr. Allott, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Case, Mr. Dominick, Mr. Fannin, Mr. Fono, Mr. Griffin, Mr. Javits, Mr. Jordan of Idaho, Mr. Kuchel, Mr. Morton, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Prouty, and Mr. Tower) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

A BILL

To provide for a study with respect to the utilization of systems analysis and management techniques in dealing with problems relating to unemployment, public welfare, education, and similar problems.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa

2" tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 CREATION OF COMMISSION

4 Section 1. In order to study and recommend the man

5 ner in which modern systems analysis and management

6 techniques may be utilized to resolve problems relating to

7 unemployment, public welfare, education, and similar na

8 tional and community problems in the nondefense sector, 2

1 there is hereby established a National Commission on Public

2 Management (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Com

3 mission"), under the general supervision and direction of the

4 Secretary of Labor.

5 MEMBERSHIP OP THE COMMISSION

6 Sec. 2. The Commission shall be composed of a Chair

7 man, a Vice Chairman, and eleven other members to be

8 appointed by the President, by and with the advice and con

9 sent of the Senate. Members of the Commission shall be 10 individuals concerned with the subject matter to be studied H by the Commission, including individuals with experience

12 derived from Government, business, the labor movement, or

13 from teaching and research.

14 Duties Of The Chairman And Vice Chairman

15 Sec. 3. (a) The Chairman shall be responsible for call

16 ing regular quarterly meetings of the Commission and other

17 special meetings as he deems necessary. The Chairman shall

18 determine the time, place, and agenda for each regular or

19 special meeting.

20 (b) The Vice Chairman shall act in the Chairman's

21 absence.

22 QUORUM

23 Sec. 4. Seven members of the Commission shall consti

24 tute a quorum.