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PUBLIC LAW 93-423-SEPT. 27, 1974

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State. Grants for any other purpose shall be made to any appr-opriate grants. eligible recipient capable of carrying out such purpose. "(b) No plan shall be approved by the Secretary undei- this section Plans, approval. unless such plan shall— "(1) identify each economic development and adjustment need of the area for which assistance is sought under this title; "(2) describe each activity planned to meet each such need; "(8) explain the details of the method of carrying out each such planned activity; "(4) contain assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the proceeds from the repayment of loans made by the eligible recipient with funds granted under this title will be used for economic adjustment; and "(o) be in such form and contain such additional information as the Secretary shall prescribe. "(c) The Secj-etary to the extent practicable shall coordinate his wh°e'^'iina\°" activities in requiring plans and making grants and loans under this organLttions. title with regional commissions, States, economic development districts Transfer of and other appropriate planning and develoj^ment orgajiizations. funds. " (d) In each case in which the Secretary determines a need for assistance under subsection (a) of this section due to an increase in unemployment and makes a grant under this section, the Secretary may transfer funds available for such grant to the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Labor is authorized to provide to any individual unemployed as a result of the dislocation for which such grant is made, such assistance as he deems appropriate M'hile the individual is unemployed. Such assistance as the Secretary of Labor may provide shall be available to an individual not otherwise disqualified under State law for unemployment compensation benefits, as long as the individual's unemployment caused by the dislocation continues or until the individual is reemployed in a suitable position, but no longer than one year after the unemployment commences. Such assistance for a week of unemployment shall not exceed the maximum weekly amount authorized under the unemployment compensation law of the State in wdiich the dislocation occuri'ed, and the amount of assistance under this subsection shall be reduced by any amount of unemployment compensation or of private income protection insurance compensation available to such individual foi- such week of unemployment. The Secretary of Labor is directed to provide such assistance through agreements with States which, in his judgment, have an adequate system for administering such assistance through existing State agencies. "REPORTS AND EVALUATION

"SEC. 904. (a) Each eligible recipient which receives assistance under ^^^ '^rt^to^se^'^cJthis title shall annually during the period such assistance continues retary. make a full and complete report to the Secretary, in such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe, and such report shall contain an evaluation of the effectiveness of the economic assistance provided under this title in meeting the need it was designed to alleviate and the purposes of this title. "(b) The Secretary shall provide an annual consolidated report to rfsT""^' '° '^°"' the Congress, with his recommendations, if any, on the assistance authorized under this title, in a form which he deems appropriate. The first such report to Congress under this subsection shall be made not later than January 30, 1976.

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