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PUBLIC LAW 91-517-OCT. 30, 1970

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carrying out the purposes of this part. Funds so apportioned to State agencies may be combined with other State or Federal funds authorized to be spent for other purposes, provided the purposes of this part will receive proportionate benefit from the combination. "(c) Whenever the State plan approved in accordance with section 134 provides for cooperative or joint effort between States or between or among agencies, public or private, in more than one State, portions of funds a,llotted to one or more such cooperating States may be combined in accordance with the agreements between the agencies involved. " (d) The amount of an allotment to a State for a fiscal year which the Secretary determines will not be required by the State during the period for which it is available for the purpose for which allotted shall be available for reallotment by the Secretary from time to time, on such date or dates as he may fix, to other States with respect to which such a determination has not been made, in proportion to the original allotments of such States for such fiscal year, but with such proportionate amount for any of such other States being reduced to the extent it exceeds the sum the Secretary estimates such State needs and will be able to use during such period; and the total of such reductions shall be similarly reallotted among the States whose proportionate amounts were not so reduced. Any amount so reallotted to a State for a fiscal year shall be deemed to be a, part of its allotment under subsection (a) for such fiscal year. "(e) Of the sums appropriated pursuant to section 131, such amount as the Secretary may determine, but not more than 10 per centum thereof, shall be available for grants by the Secretary to public or nonprofit private agencies to pay up to 90 per centum of the cost of projects for carrying out the purposes of section 130 which in his judgment are of special national significance because they will assist in meeting the needs of the disadvantaged with developmental disabilities, or will demonstrate new or improved techniques for provision of services for such persons, or are otherwise specially significant for carrying out the purposes of this title. "NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED

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Membership.

Term of office.

"SEC. 133. (a)(1) Effective July 1, 1971, there is hereby established a National Advisory Council on Services and Facilities for the Development ally Disabled (hereinafter referred to as the 'Council'), which shall consist of twenty members, not otherwise in the regular full-time employ of the United States, to be appointed by the Secretiiry without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, ''

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governing appointments m the competitive civil service. "(2) The Secretary shall from time to time designate one of the members of the Council to serve as Chairman thereof. u^g^ rp-j^g members of the Council shall be selected from leaders in the fields of service to the mentally retarded and other persons with developmental disabilities, including leaders in State or local government, in institutions of higher education, and in organizations representing consumers of such services. At least five members shall be representative of State or local public or nonprofit private agencies responsible for services to persons with developmental disabilities, and at least five shall be representative of the interests of consumers of such services. " (b) Each member of the Council shall hold office for a term of four years, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and

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