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Loan authorization. Ante, p. 857.

PUBLIC LAW 89-792-NOV. 7, 1966

[80 STAT.

by this subsection shall include any amounts made available pursuant to the amendment made by subsection (b) of this section. (b) Subsection (b) of the first section of the Act approved June (5, 1058 (D.C. (>ode, sec. i)-2'20(b)), is amended— (1) by striking out $250,000,000" in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof $290,000,000", and (2) by inserting immediately before the period at the end of the first sentence the following: "and (3) $40,000,000 of the principal amcmnt of loans authorized to be advanced pursuant to this subsection shall be utilized to carry out the purposes of titles 1 and II of the District of Columbia Public Education Act". Approved November 7, 1966.

Public Law 89-792 November 7, 1966 [ H. R. 16715]

Manpower Development and Training Amendments of 1966. 79 Stat. 76. 42 USC 2572b. 42 USC 2572c.

76 Stat. 25; 77 Stat. 422. 42 USC 2582.

Referral for training.

AN ACT To amend the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Manpower Development and Training Amendments of 1966". SEC. 2. (a) Section 104(a) of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") is amended by striking out "1967" and inserting in lieu thereof "1968". (b) Section 105 of the Act is amended by striking out "1967" where it appears in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "1968", and by amending the last sentence thereof to read as follows: "Of the funds appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out this Act, not more than $300,000 may be used for purposes of this section." SEC. 3. (a) Section 202 of the Act is amended by redesignating subsection, (c) through (h), and all cross references thereto, as (d) through (i), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: "(c) The Secretary of Labor shall provide, where appropriate, a special program of testing, counseling, selection, and referral of persons foirty-five years of age or older for occupational training and further schooling designed to meet the special problems faced by such persons in the labor market." (b) Section 202 of the Act is further amended by striking out the last subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsections: " ( ]) Whenever appropriate, the Secretary of Labor may also refer, fqr the attainment of basic education and communications and employment skills, those eligible persons who indicate their intention to and will, thereby be able to pursue, subsequently or concurrently, courses of occupational training of a type for which there appears to be a reasonable expectation of employment, or who have completed or do not need occupational training but do require such other preparation to render them employable. Such referrals shall be considered a referral for training within the meaning of this Act. " (k) The Secretary of Labor may enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for the purpose of furthering the objectives of this Act by facilitating the provision of appropriate physical examinations, medical treatment, and prostheses for persons selected or otherwise eligible to be selected for training under this Act. The agreement may provide that where any such person cannot reasonably be expected to pay the cost of the services

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