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proportions are distributed on the basis of (1) the relative number of public assistance recipients in each State as compared to all States, (2) the relative number of unemployed persons in each State as compared to all States, and (3) the relative number of related children living with families with incomes below the poverty line in each State as compared to all States. For purposes of this subsection, the Director shall utilize the criteria of poverty used by the Bureau of the Census in compiling the 1970 decennial census. The Director shall insure that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each succeeding fis42 USC 2808. QQ\ year, no State shall be allotted for programs under section 221 and Ante, p. 2294. section 222(a) an amount which is less than the amount received for use within such State for programs described in such sections during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974.". 42 USC 2812. ^2) Section 225(c) of such Act is amended by striking out "shall not exceed 90 per centum of the approved cost of the assisted programs or activities and thereafter shall not exceed 80 per centum of such costs" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "shall not exceed 80 per centum of the approved cost of the assisted programs or activities with respect to fiscal year 1975, and 70 per centum of such costs with respect to fiscal year 1976, and shall not exceed 60 per centum of such costs with respect to fiscal year 1977, except that in the case of community action agencies receiving such financial assistance annually of $300,000 or less, such financial assistance shall not exceed 75 per centum of such costs with respect to fiscal year 1976, and shall not exceed 70 per centum of such costs with respect to fiscal year 1977". (f) The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is further amended by inserting after section 234 thereof the following new sections: "DEMONSTRATION COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS

42 USC 2828. 42 USC 2790. 42 USC 2824.

"SEC. 235. (a) The Director may provide financial assistance from funds appropriated to carry out this section to community action agencies or public or private nonprofit agencies designated under section 210 for programs authorized under this title, and to State economic opportunity offices for programs and activities authorized under section 231(a). Financial assistance extended to a community action agency or other agency pursuant to this section may be used for new programs or to supplement existing programs and shall not exceed 50 per centum of the cost of such new or supplemental programs. "(b) Matching local and State funds supplied under this section shall be in cash and shall represent State and local initiatives newly obligated within the previous year to the purposes of the grantsupported activity; and no program shall be approved for assistance under this section unless the Director satisfies himself (1) that the activities to be carried out under such program will be in addition to. and not in substitution for. activities previously carried on without Federal assistance, (2) that funds or other resources devoted to programs designed to meet the needs of the poor within the community, area, or State will not be diminished in order to provide the contributions required under this section. The requirement imposed by the preceding sentence shall be subject to such regulations as the Secretary may adopt and promulgate establishing objective criteria for determinations covering situations where a strict application of that requirement would result in unnecessary hardship or otherwise be inconsistent with the purposes sought to be achieved.

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