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[78 STAT. 309]
PUBLIC LAW 88-000—MMMM. DD, 1964
[78 STAT. 309]

78 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 88-368-JULY 9, 1964

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Public Law 88-368 AN ACT To amend the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act of 1961 by extending its provisions for two additional years and providing for a special project and study.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembha, That section 3(a) of the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act of 1961 is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: ", and including techniques for the establishment of high ethical and community responsibility standards". SEC. 2. Section 6 of the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act of 1961 is amended to read as follows:

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"AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

"SEC. 6. For the purpose of carrying out the programs provided for in the preceding sections of this Act during the period ending June 30, 1966, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and each of the three succeeding fiscal years, the sum of $10,000,000; and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, only such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law." SEC. 3. The Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act of 1961 is further amended by adding at the end thereof the n^te.^*^*' ^^'^^ following new sections: "SPECIAL STUDY OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND CHILD LABOR LAWS

"SEC. 8. The Secretary shall make a special study of the compulsory school attendance laws and of the laws and regulations affecting the employment of minors with a view to determining the effects of such laws and regulations on juvenile delinquency and youth offenses. The Secretary shall transmit an interim report on the results of such study to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate on or before June 30, 1965, and shall make a final report on the results of such study, together with recommendations for executive or legislative action, to the President and to the Congress as soon as practicable but in any event by January 31, 1966.

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"NATIONAL JUVENILE DELINQUENCY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT

"SEC. 9. (a) The Secretary shall formulate and carry out a special Dejnonstration project in the Washington metropolitan area for the purpose of demonstrating to the Nation the effectiveness of a large-scale, wellrounded program for the prevention and control of juvenile delinquency and youth offenses. I n carrying out such project, the Secretary may utilize the services and facilities of public and private organizations and agencies engaged in combating juvenile delinquency and youth offenses. Such project shall include among other things the provision of guidance and counseling services to supplement (without any reduction in personnel) those provided by the