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PUBLIC LAW 90-222-DEC. 23, 1967

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SPECIAL LIMITATIONS

"SEC. 117. (a) The Director shall not use any funds made available to carry out this part for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, in u manner that will increase the residential capacity of Job Corps centers above forty-five thousand enrollees. "(b) The Director shall take necessary action to assure that on or before June 30, 1968, of the total number of Job Corps enrollees receiving training, at least 25 per centum shall be women. The Director shall immediately take steps to achieve an enrollment ratio of 50 per centum women enrollees in training in the Job Corps consistent with (1) efficiency and economy in the operation of the program, (2) sound administrative practice, and (3) the socioeconomic, educational, and training needs of the population to be served. ^ Operating "(^g) The DirectoT shall take necessary action to assure that for any uon.^' ""' ^' fiscal year the direct operating costs of Job Corps centers which have been in operation for more than nine months do not exeed $6,900 per enrollee. Pro'^'ert' of the "^^^ "^^^ DirectoT shall take necessary action to assure that all united^states.* ^ studies, evaluatious, proposals, and data produced or developed with Federal funds in the course of the operation of any conservation or training center shall become the property of the United States. "POLITICAL DISCRIMINATION AND POLITICAL ACTIVITY

"SEC. 118. (a) No officer or employee of the executive branch of the Federal Government shall make any inquiry concerning the political affiliation or beliefs of any enrollee or applicant for enrollment in the Corps. All disclosures concerning such matters shall be ignored, except as to such membership in political parties or organizations as constitutes by law a disqualification for Government employment. No discrimination shall be exercised, threatened, or promised by any person in the executive branch of the Federal Government against or in favor of any enrollee in the Corps, or any applicant for enrollment in the Corps because of his political affiliation or beliefs, except as may be specifically authorized or required by law. "(b) No officer, employee, or enrollee of the Corps shall take any active part in political management or in political campaigns, except as may be provided by or pursuant to statute, and no such officer, employee, or enrollee shall use his official position or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the result thereof. All such persons shall retain the ri^ht to vote as uiey may choose and to express, in their private capacities, their opinions on all political subjects and candidates. Any officer, employee, enrollee, or Federal employee who solicits funds for political purposes from members of the Corps shall be in violation of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 43 Stat. 1070. 2 USC 256

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" (c) Wheucver the United States Civil Service Commission finds that any person has violated the foregoing provisions, it shall, after giving due notice and opportunity for explanation to the officer or employee or enrollee concerned, certify the facts to the Director with specific instructions as to discipline or dismissal or other corrective actions." WORK AND T R A I N I N G PROGRAMS

42?sc 2^3^" et SEC. 102. Part B of title I of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 aeq. Is amended to read as follows:

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