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PUBLIC LAW 93-29-MAY 3, 1973

ects by agencies and organizations eligible for payment under section 902(b). (e) Payments under this title may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement and in such installments as the Secretary may determine. (f) The Secretary shall not delegate his functions and duties under this title to any other department or agency of Government.

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Advance payments.

P A R T I C I P A N T S N O T FEDERAL E M P L O Y E E S

SEC. 904. (a) Eligible individuals who are employed in any project funded under this title shall not be considered to be Federal employees as a result of such employment and shall not be subject to the provisions of part III of title 5, United States Code. so Stat. 407. (b) No contract shall be entered into under this title with a con- ^ "^^ 2101. tractor who is, or whose employees are, under State law, exempted from ojieration of the State workmen's compensation law, generally applicable to employees, unless the contractor shall undertake to provide either through insurance by a recognized carrier, or by self insurance, as allowed by State law, that the persons employed under the contract, shall enjoy workmen's compensation coverage equal to that provided by law for covered employment. The Secretary must estab- severance benelish standards for severance benefits, in lieu of unemployment insur- ^''^' ='^"'^^'•^^• ance coverage, for eligible individuals who have participated in qualifying programs and who have become unemployed. INTERAGENCY

COOPERATION

SEC. 905. The Secretary shall consult and cooperate with the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Administration on Aging, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and any other related Federal agency administering related programs, with a view to achieving optimal coordination with such other programs and shall promote the coordination of projects under this title with other public and private programs or projects of a similar nature. Such Federal agencies shall cooperate with the Secretary in disseminating information about the availability of assistance under this title and in promoting the identification and interests of individuals eligible for employment in projects funded under this title. E Q U I T A B L E D I S T R I B U T I O N O F ASSISTANCE

SEC. 906. (a)(1) From the sums appropriated for any fiscal year under section 908 there shall be initially allotted for projects within each State an amount which bears the same ratio to such sum as the population, aged fifty-five or over in such State bears to the population aged fifty-five or over in all States, except that (A) no State shall be allotted less than one-half of 1 per centum of the sum appropriated for the fiscal year for which the determination is made; and (B) Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall each be allotted an amount equal to one-fourth of 1 per centum of the sum appropriated for the fiscal year for which the determination is made. For the purpose of the exception contained in this paragraph, the term "State" does not include Guam,

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