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PUBLIC LAW 91-358-JULY 29, 1970

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FISCAL REPORTS

SEC. 306. (a) The Board of Trustees of the Agency shall submit Report to a fiscal year report of the Service's operations to the Congress of the ^""s^ess. United States, to the chief judges of the Federal courts in the District of Columbia and of the District of Columbia courts, and to the Commissioner of the District of Columbia. The report shall include a statement of the financial condition of the Service and a summary of services performed during the year. (b) The Board of Trustees shall annually arrange for an independent audit to be prepared by a certified public accountant or by a designee of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. APPROPRIATIONS. GRANTS, AND C O N T R I B U T I O N S

SEC. 307. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year, out of any moneys in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia, such sums as may be necessary to implement the purposes of this title. Such sums shall be appropriated for the judiciary to be disbursed by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to carry on the business of the Service. The Administrative Office, in disbursing and accounting for such sums, shall follow, so far as possible, its standard fiscal practices. The budget estimates for the Service shall be prepared in consultation with the Commissioner of the District of Columbia. (b) Upon approval of the Board of Trustees, the Service may accept public grants and private contributions made to assist it in carrying out the provisions or this title. T R A N S I T I O N PROVISION

SEC. 308. All employees of the Legal Aid Agency for the District of Columbia on the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be employees of the Service and shall be entitled to the same compensation and benefits as they are entitled to as employees of the Legal Aid Agency for the District of Columbia. REPEAL

SEC. 309. The District of Columbia Legal Aid Act (D.C. Code, secs. 2-2201 to 2-2210) is repealed. TITLE l y — I N T E R S T A T E COMPACT OX J U V E N I L E S F I N D I N G S AND PURPOSE

SEC. 401. (a) The Congress finds that (1) juveniles who are not under proper supervision and control, or who have absconded, escaped, or run away, are likely to endanger their own health, morals, and welfare, and the health, morals, and welfare of others, and (2) the cooperation of the District of Columbia with the States is necessary to provide for the welfare and protection of juveniles and other persons m the District of Columbia. (b) The Congress intends, in authorizing the District of Columbia to adopt the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, to have the District of Columbia cooperate fully with the States (1) in returning juveniles to those States requesting their return, and (2) in accepting and providing for the return of juveniles who are residents of the District of Columbia and who are found or apprehended in a State.

74 Stat. 229.

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