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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1977

91 STAT. 1412

PUBLIC LAW 95-193—NOV. 18, 1977

Public Law 95-193 95th Congress An Act Nov. 18, 1977 [H.R. 8777]

Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, amendments. 40 USC app. 202. Child development programs, funding extension. Study. 40 USC app. 202 note.

Report to Congress.

To amend the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to permit an extension of the period of assistance for child development programs while a study is conducted on methods of phasing out Federal assistance to these programs.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 202(c) of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 is amended by striking out the period at the end of the seventh sentence and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "except that transitional funding not to exceed 75 per centum of annual operating costs may be approved for not more than two additional years of operations for child development demonstrations if the Commission finds that no Federal, State, or local funds are available to continue such demonstrations.". SEC. 2. (a) The Appalachian Regional Commission and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare shall make a full and complete investigation and study of the child development programs being assisted under the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to determine the source and nature of any problems in the phasing out of such Federal assistance to such programs and to recommend solutions to these problems, including procedures by which sponsorship of these programs can be turned over to State or private agencies, or both. (b) The Appalachian Regional Commission and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare shall make a report to the Congress of their findings and recommendations under subsection (a) not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved November 18, 1977.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 95-738, pt. I (Comm. on Public Works and Transportation). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 123 (1977): Nov. 1, considered and passed House. Nov. 3, considered and passed Senate., ,.;