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PUBLIC LAW 92-424-SEPT. 19, 1972

sonable cost, and to develop means of enforcing consumer rights, developing consumer grievance procedures and presenting consumei" grievances, submitting consumer views and concerns for protection against unfair, deceptive, or discriminatory trade and commercial practices and educating low-income persons with respect to such rights, procedures, grievances, views and concerns. ''(b) Xo assistance may be provided under this section unless the grantee or contracting organization or agency is a nonprofit organization and has as a primary function the goal of bringing about, throug]) the involvement of the appropriate community action agency or otherwise, maximum possible participation of low-income persons in the project. "(c) The Director shall make whatever arrangements are necessary to continue pilot or demonstration projects of demonsti-ated effectiveness, or which have not yet been evaluated until such time as an evaluation is conducted and the effectiveness determined and to carry out evaluations of such pr-ojects. of the type described in this section receiving assistance under section 282 of this Act during the fiscal yea)iMiding June 30, 1971 or June 80, 1972.'' '

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TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE

SEC. 15. Section 281 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is ,1 mended by adding at the end thereof the following: " (d) If any member of a board to which section 211(b) is applicable files an allegation with the Director that an agency receiving assistance under this section is not observing any requirement of this Act, or any regulation, rule, or guideline promulgated by the Director under this Act. the Director shall promptly investigate such allegation and shall (•onsider it; and. if after such investigation and consideration he finds reasonable cause to believe that the allegations are true, he shall hold a hearing, upon the conclusion of which he shall notify all interested persons of his findings. If he finds that the allegations are true, and that, after being afforded a reasonable opportunity to do so. the agency has failed to make appropriate corrections, he shall forthwith terminate further assistance under this title to such agency until he has received assurances satisfactory to him that further violations will not occur."

42 USC 2824. Ante, p. 690.

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SPECIAL ASSISTANCE

SE(\ 1(>. Part C of title II of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 s amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:

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" S P E C I A L ASSISTANCE

"SEC. 234. The Director may provide financial assistance for projects conducted by public or private nonprofit agencies which are designe^l to serA'e groups of low-income individuals who are not being effectiveh' serv^ed by other programs under this title. In administering this section, the Director shall give special consideration to programs designed to assist older persons and other low-income individuals who do not reside in low-income areas and who are not being effectively served by other progxams under this title." DISTRIBUTION OF F I N A N C I A L ASSISTANCE

SEC. 17. Section 244 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(8) Consistent with the provisions of this Act, the Directoishall assure that financial assistance under this title will be dis-

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