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 PUBLIC LAW 89-333-NOV. 8, 1965

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Ante, p. 1 282. Effective date.

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the extent permitted by the State's allotment under this section, such payments with respect to any project shall be equal to 90 per centum of the cost of such project for the first three years and 75 per centum of the cost of such project for the next two years, except that, at the request of the State, such payments may be less than such percentage of the cost of such project. "(c) No payment may be made from an allotment under this section with respect to any cost with respect to which any payment is made under section 2." (b) The amendment made by this section shall be in effect for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1965, except that payments may be made from a State's allotment under section 3 of the Vocational Rehabilita;tion Act for any project approved under such section before the enactment of this Act. Such payments may be made for the period for which such project was approved and at the rate provided for in such section at the time of such approval. CONSTRUCTION OF R E H A B I L I T A T I O N F A C I L I T I E S; W O R K S H O P IMPROVEMENT; REMOVAL OF A R C H I T E C T U R A L BARRIERS

Ante, p. 676; 68 Stat. 662. 29 USC 31 note.

SEC. 3. The Vocational Rehabilitation Act is further amended by redesignating sections 12 and 13 as sections 16 and 17, and by inserting after section 11 the following new sections: " G R A N T S FOR C O N S T R U C T I O N O F REHABILITATION FACILITIES AND WORKSHOPS

"SEC. 12. (a) Effective for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1965, the Secretary is authorized to make grants to assist in meeting the costs of construction of public or other nonprofit workshops and rehabilitation facilities. Such grants may be made only for projects for which applications are approved by the Secretary under this section. Applications, rea / | j \ np^ ij^^ approved, au application for a grant for a construction quirements for ap-

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project under this section must— "(1) contain or be supported by reasonable assurances that (A) for a period of not less than twenty years after completion of construction of the project it wdll be used as a public or other nonprofit workshop or rehabilitation facility, (B) sufficient funds will be available to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of construction of the project, and (C) sufficient funds will be available, when construction of the project is completed, for its effective use as a workshop or rehabilitation facility, as the case may be; "(2) be accompanied or supplemented by plans and specifications which comply with regulations of the Secretary relating to minimum standards of construction and ec[uipment, and with regulations of the Secretary of Labor relating to safety standards for workshops and rehabilitation facilities; "(3) be approved, in accordance with regulations of the Secretary, by the appropriate State agency designated as provided in section 5(a)(1); "(4) contain or be supported by reasonable assurance that any laborer or mechanic employed by any contractor or subcontractor in the performance of work on any construction aided by payments pursuant to any grant under this section will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 TJ.S.C. 276a—• 276a-5); and the Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this paragraph, the authority and

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