SO Stat. 318. DEFINITIONS SEC. 504. For the purposes of this Act (a) The term "State" means a State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 15 or the Virgin Islands; (b) The term "State library administrative agency" means the official State agency charged by State law with the extension and development of public library services throughout the State; (c) The term "public library" means a library that serves free all residents of a community, district, or region, and receives its financial support in whole or in part from public funds; (d) The term "construction" includes construction of new buildings and expansion, remodeling, and alteration of existing buildings, and initial equipment of any such buildings; includ ing architects' fees and the cost of the acquisition of land; (e) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Legislative History LIBRARY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION ACT, AS AMENDED THROUGH THE 89TH CONGRESS H. Rept. 2259 (Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs). June 18: Considered and passed House. July 23: Considered and passed Senate, amended. July 25: House concurred in Senate amendments. 86th Congress-P.L. 86-679 S. 2830 (H.R. 12125) : S. Rept. 1412 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). H. Rept. 1622, to accompany H.R. 12125 (Committee on Education and Congressional Record, vol. 106 (1960) : May 26: Considered and passed Senate. Aug. 23: Considered and passed House. 15 See footnote 1. 87th Congress-P.L. 87-688 H.R. 10062: H. Repts. 1536 (Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs) and 2264 (Committee of conference). S. Rept. 1478 (Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs). Congressional Record, vol. 108 (1962): April 2: Considered and passed House. May 17: Considered and passed Senate, amended. Aug. 28: Senate agreed to conference report. Aug. 30: House agreed to conference report. 88th Congress-P.L. 88-269 S. 2265 (H.R. 4879): S. Rept. 592 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). H. Rept. 635, accompanying H.R. 4879 (Committee on Education and Labor). Congressional Record, vol. 109 (1963): Nov. 22: Considered in Senate. Nov. 26: Considered and passed Senate. Congressional Record, vol. 110 (1964): Jan. 21: Considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 4879. 89th Congress-P.L. 89-511 H.R. 14050: H. Rept. 1474 (Committee on Education and Labor). S. Rept. 1291 (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare). Congressional Record, vol. 112 (1966) : June 2: Considered and passed House. June 22: Considered and passed Senate, amended. June 28: House concurred in Senate amendments. 20 U.S.C. 331. 79 Stat. 44. 20 U.S.C. 331a. 79 Stat. 44. 20 USC 821 note. 20 USC 331 note. COOPERATIVE RESEARCH ACT Enacted on July 26, 1954, as P.L. 531, 83d Congress (62 Stat. 533). Amended on April 11, 1965, by P.L. 89-10 (79 Stat. 27), and on November 3, 1966, by P.L. 89-750 (80 Stat. 1191) AN ACT To authorize cooperative research in education Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. PURPOSE SEC. 1. The purpose of this Act is to enable the Office of Education more effectively to accomplish the purposes and to perform the duties for which it was originally established. EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING SEC. 2. (a) (1) The Commissioner of Education (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Commissioner") is authorized to make grants to universities and colleges and other public or private agencies, institutions, and organizations and to individuals for research, surveys, and demonstrations in the field of education (including programs described in section 503 (a) (4) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), and for the dissemination of information derived from educational NOTES. Section 111(f) of Public Law 89-750 provides for coordination of the programs of Acts amended by Public Law 89-750 as follows: "In administering the provisions of this Act and any Act amended by this Act, the Commissioner shall consult with other Federal departments and agencies administering programs which may be effectively coordinated with programs carried out pursuant to such Acts, and to the extent practicable for the purposes of such Acts shall (1) coordinate such programs on the Federal level with the programs being administered by such other departments and agencies and (2) require that effective procedures be adopted by State and local authorities to coordinate the development and operation of programs and projects carried out under such Acts with other public and private programs having the same or similar purposes, including community action programs under title II of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964." ** Section 182 of Public Law 89-750 provides for compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as follows: "The Commissioner of Education shall not defer action or order action deferred on any application by a local educational agency for funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act, by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. by the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress), by the Act of September 23, 1950 (Public Law 815, Eighty-first Congress), or by the Cooperative Research Act, on the basis of alleged noncompliance with the provisions of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for more than sixty days after notice is given to such local agency of such deferral unless such local agency is given the opportunity for a hearing as provided in section 602 of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, such hearing to be held within sixty days of such notice. unless the time for such hearing is extended by mutual consent of such local agency and the Commissioner, and such deferral shall not continue for more than thirty days after the close of any such hearing unless there has been an express finding on the record of such hearing that such local educational agency has failed to comply with the provisions of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." ****By section 191 of Public Law 89-750, amendments to this Act made by P.L. 89-750, as indicated hereinafter by citation in the margins to 80 Stat. 1202 through 1203, shall be effective with respect to fiscal years beginning after June 30. 1966. 80 Stat. 1202. 20 USC 863. research (including but not limited to information concerning promising educational practices developed under programs carried out under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) and, without regard to sections 3648 and 3709 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529; 41 U.S.C. 5), to provide by contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements with them for the conduct of such activities; except that no such grant may be made to a private agency, organization, or institution other than a nonprofit one. (2) No grant shall be made or contract or jointly financed cooperative arrangement entered into under this subsection until the Commissioner has obtained the advice and recommendations of a panel of specialists who are not employees of the Federal Government and who are competent to evaluate the proposals as to the soundness of their design, the possibilities of securing productive results, the adequacy of resources to conduct the proposed research, surveys, or demonstrations, and their relationship to other similar educational research or dissemination programs already completed or in progress. (b) (1) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to universities and colleges and other public or private agencies, institutions, and organizations to assist them in providing training in research in the field of education (including such research described in section 503. (a) (4) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), including the development and strengthening of training staff and curricular capability for such training, and without regard to sections 3648 and 3709 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.Č. 529; 41 U.S.C. 5) to provide by contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements with them for the conduct of such activities; except that no such grant may be made to a private agency, organization, or institution other than a nonprofit one. (2) Funds available to the Commissioner for grants or contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements under this subsection may, when so authorized by the Commissioner, also be used by the recipient (A) in establishing and maintaining research traineeships, internships, personnel exchanges, and pre- and post-doctoral fellowships, and for stipends and allowances (including traveling and subsistence expenses) for fellows and others undergoing training and their dependents not in excess of such maximum amounts as may be prescribed by the Commissioner, or (B) where the recipient is a State educational agency, in providing for such traineeships, internships, personnel exchanges, and fellowships either directly or through arrangements with public or other nonprofit institutions or organizations. (3) No grant shall be made or contract or jointly financed cooperative arrangement entered into under this subsection for training in sectarian instruction, or for work to be done in an institution, or a department or branch of an institution, whose program is specifically for the education of students to prepare them to become ministers of religion or to enter upon some other religious vocation or to prepare them to teach theological subjects. |