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 86 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 92-424-SEPT. 19, 1972

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"NOXDISCRIMINATIOX PROVISIONS

"SEC. 624. (a) The Director shall not provide financial assistance for any program under this Act unless the grant, contract, or agreement with respect to such program specifically provides that no person with responsibilities in the operation of such program will discriminate with respect to any such program because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or beliefs. " (b) No person in the United States shall on the ground of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, be subjected to discrimination under, or be denied employment in connection with, any program or activity receiving assistance under this Act. The Director shall enforce the provisions of the preceding sentence in accordance with section 602 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Section 603 of such Act shall apply with respect to any action taken by the Director to enforce such sentence. This section shall not be construed as affecting any other legal remedy that a person may have if that person is excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, subjected to discrimination under, or denied employment in connection with any program or activity receiving assistance under this Act.''

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POVT:RTY LINE

SEC. 24. P a i t A of title VI of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is further amended by inserting the following new section at the end thereof:

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uPOVERTY LINE

"SEC. 625. (a) Every agency administering programs authorized by this Act in which the poverty line is a criterion of eligibility shall revise the poverty line at annual intervals, or at any shorter interval it deems feasible and desirable. " (b) The revision required by subsection (a) of this section shall be accomplished by multiplying the official poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget) by the average percentage change in the consumer price index during the annual or other interval immediately preceding the time at which the revision is made. "(c) Revisions required by subsection (a) of this section shall be made and issued not more than thirty days after the date on which the necessary consumer price index data becomes available." COMMUNITY E C O N O M I C DEVELOPMENT

SEC. 25. (a) The Economic Opportunity Act is amended by inserting 534^ ^*°*' ^°*' immediately after title VI the following new title: 42 USC 2701 note.

"TITLE VII—COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT "STATEMENT or PURPOSE

"SEC. 701. The purpose of this title is to encourage the development of special programs by which the residents of urban and rural lowincome areas may, through self-help and mobilization of the community at large, with appropriate Federal assistance, improve the (juality of their economic and social participation in community life in such a way as to contribute to the elimination of poverty and the establishment of permanent economic and social benefits.

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