Federal Programs for the Retarded: A Review and Evaluation : the Agency Reports, Page 94U.S. President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 1972 - People with mental disabilities - 269 pages |
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Page 18 - It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress, as a measure of national security, to safeguard the health and well-being of the Nation's children and to encourage the domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural commodities and other food...
Page 79 - These are the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke.
Page 3 - That there shall be at the seat of Government a Department of Labor, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with labor, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and especially upon its relation to capital, the hours of labor, the earnings of laboring men and women, and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity.
Page 169 - ... natural beauty of the countryside, public parks and recreation lands, wildlife and waterfowl refuges, and historic sites.
Page 166 - To encourage cooperation of Federal, State and local governments, carriers, labor, and other interested parties toward the achievement of national transportation objectives...
Page 97 - Schools for the mentally retarded are eligible to acquire surplus real and personal property. In the case of personal property, such a school must be operated primarily to provide specialized instruction to students of limited mental capacity. It must be tax-supported or nonprofit and exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
Page 95 - If the parents are dead, a relative who has demonstrated a continuing interest in the beneficiary's welfare, a welfare agency, or a legal guardian may be chosen as representative payee to handle the benefit funds and plan for using them in behalf of the beneficiary. A representative payee receives social...
Page 166 - ... to develop and recommend to the President and the Congress for approval national transportation policies and programs to accomplish these objectives with full and appropriate consideration of the needs of the public, users, carriers, industry, labor, and the national defense.
Page 3 - Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 166 - Transportation is necessary in the public interest and to assure the coordinated, effective administration of the transportation programs of the Federal Government; to facilitate the development and improvement of coordinated transportation service, to be provided by private enterprise to the maximum extent feasible...