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 PUBLIC LAW 103-252—MAY 18, 1994 108 STAT. 629 (d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.— Section 640(h) (42 U.S.C. 9835(h)) is amended by striking "Each Head Start program may" and inserting "Financial assistance provided under this subchapter may be used by each Head Start program to". (e) COMPENSATION.— Section 640 (42 U.S.C. 9835) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(j) Any agency that receives financial assistance under this subchapter to improve the compensation of staff who provide services under this Act shall use the financial assistance to improve the compensation of such staff, regardless of whether the agency has the ability to improve the compensation of staff employed by the agency who do not provide Head Start services. "(k)(l) The Secretary shall allow center-based Head Start programs the flexibility to satisfy the total number of hours of service required by the regulations in effect on the date of enactment of the Human Services Amendments of 1994, to be provided to children in Head Start programs so long as such agencies do not— "(A) provide less than 3 hours of service per day; "(B) reduce the number of days of service per week; or "(C) reduce the number of days of service per year. "(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to restrict the authority of the Secretary to fund alternative program variations authorized under section 1306.35 of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations in effect on the date of enactment of the Human Services Amendments of 1994. "(1) With funds made available under section 640(a)(2) to migrant Head Start programs, the Secretary shall give priority to migrant Head Start programs that serve eligible children of migrant families whose work requires them to relocate most frequently.". SEC. 106. REPORT. Section 640A (42 U.S.C. 9835a) is repealed. SEC. 107. DESIGNATION. (a) INDIAN RESERVATIONS.— Section 641(b) (42 U.S.C. 9836(b)) is amended by inserting after "Indian reservation" the following: "(including Indians in £my area designated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as near-reservation)". (b) DESIGNATION OF AGENCIES.—Section 641(c) (42 U.S.C. 9836(c)) is amended— (1) by striking paragraphs (2) through (4); (2) in the first sentence— (A) by inserting "(subject to paragraph (2))" before ", the Secretary shall give priority"; and (B) by striking "unless" and all that follows through the end of subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: "unless the Secretary makes a finding that the agency involved fails to meet program, financial management, and other requirements established by the Secretary."; (3) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as paragraph (2); (4) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— (A) by striking "except that, if and inserting "If; and (B) by striking "subparagraph (A)" and inserting "paragraph (m (5) by striking "Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph" and inserting the following:

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