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PUBLIC LAW 90-222-DEC. 23, 1967

pension of assistance or other action necessary to permit enforcement on an emergency basis." (d) Section 604 of such Act is amended to read as follows:

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"APPEALS, NOTICE AND HEARING

"SEC. 604. The Director shall prescribe procedures to assure that— " (1) special notice of and an opportunity for a timely and expeditious appeal to the Director is provided for an agency or organization which would like to serve as a delegate agency under title I - B or II and whose application to the prime sponsor or community action agency has been wholly or substantially rejected or has not been acted upon within a period of time deemed reasonable by the Director; "(2) financial assistance.under titles I - B, II, and III - B shall not be suspended for failure to comply with applicable terms and conditions, except in emergency situations, nor shall an application for refunding under sections 123, 221, 222, or 312 be denied, unless the recipient agency has been given reasonable notice and opportunity to show cause why such action should not be taken; and "(3) financial assistance under titles I - B, II, and III - B shall not be terminated for failure to comply with applicable terms and conditions unless the recipient agency has been afforded reasonable notice and opportunity for a full and fair hearing." (e) Part A of title VI of such Act is amended by inserting, after '^^ use 2941. section 605, the following new section: li A N N O U N C E M E N T

O F RESEARCH OR DEMONSTRATION CONTRACTS

"SEC. 606. (a) The Director or the head of any other Federal agency administering a program under this Act shall make a public announcement concerning: "(1) The title, purpose, intended completion date, identity of the contractor, and proposed cost of any contract with a private or non-Federal public agency or organization for any demonstration or research project; and "(2) The results, findings, data, or recommendations made or reported as a result of such activities. " (b) The public announcements required by subsection (a) shall be made within thirty days of entering into such contracts and thereafter within thirty days of the receipt of such results. "(c) I t shall be the duty of the Comptroller General to assure that the reqi^irements of this section are met, and he shall at once report to the Congress concerning any failure to comply with these requirements." (f) Section 609 of such Act is amended to read as follows: a DEFINITIONS

"SEC. 609. As used in this Act— "(1) the term 'State' means a State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, and for purposes of title I and title II the meaning of 'State' shall also include the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; except that when used in section 225 of this Act this term means only a State or the District of Columbia. The term 'United States' when used in a geographical sense includes

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