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PUBLIC LAW 91-177-DEC. 30, 1969
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"SPECIAL CONDITIONS
"SEC. 164. (a) The Director shall not provide financial assistance for any program under this part unless he determines, in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe, that— "(1) no participant will be employed on projects involving political parties, or the construction, operation, or maintenance of so much of any facility as is used or to be used for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious worship; "(2) the program will not result in the displacement of employed workers or impair existing contracts for services, or result in the substitution of Federal for other funds in connection with work that would otherwise be performed; "(3) the rates of jyiij for time spent in work-training and education, and other conditions of employment, will be appropriate and reasonable in the light of such factors as the type of work, geographical region, and proficiency of the participant; and "(4) the program will, to the maximum extent feasible, contribute to the occupational development and upward mobility of individual participants. "(b) For programs which provide work and training related to physical improvements, jireference shall be given to those improvements which will be substantially used by low-income persons and families or which will contribute substantially to amenities or facilities in urban or rural areas having high concentrations or proportions of lowincome persons and families. "(c) Programs approved under this part shall, to the maximum extent feasible, contribute to the elimination of artificial barriers to employment and occupational advancement. " (d) Projects under this part shall provide for maximum feasible use of resources under other Federal programs for work and training and the resources of the private sector. "PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
"SEC. 165. (a) Participants in programs under this part must be ^°^ income unemployed or low-income persons. The Director, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Security, shall establish criteria for low income, taking into consideration family size, urban-rural and farmnonfarm differences, and other relevant factors. Any individual shall be deemed to be from a low-income family if the family receives cash Avelfare payments. "(b) Participants must be permanent residents of the United States or of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. " (c) Participants shall not be deemed Federal employees and shall Federal empioynot be subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal employment, ^p^pucabilityr""" including those relating to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, imemployment compensation, and Federal employment benefits. " E Q U I T A B L E niSTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE
"SEC. 166. The Director shall establish criteria designed to achieve an equitable distribution of assistance among the States. In developing those criteria, he shall consider, among other relevant factors, the ratios of population, unemployment, and family income levels. Of the sums appropriated or allocated for any fiscal year for programs authorized under this part not more than 12i/^ per centum shall be used within any one State.
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