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 PUBLIC LAW 94-188—DEC. 31, 1975 "(e) No grant for planning, construction, operation, or equipment of a vocational and technical education demonstration project shall be made unless the facility is publicly owned. "(f) Any Federal contribution referred to in this section may be provided entirely from funds appropriated to carry out this section, or in combination with funds available under other Federal grantin-aid programs providing assistance for education-related facilities or services. Notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the Federal share in such programs, funds appropriated to carry out this section may be used to increase such Federal share to the maximum percentage cost thereof authorized by the applicable paragraph of this subsection.". SEC. 207. Each regional commission established pursuant to title V of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 shall submit to the Committees on Public Works of the Senate and House of Representatives within one hundred and twenty days after enactment of this Act the Regional Economic Development Plan required under section 503(a)(2) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. SEC. 208. (a) The second and third sentences of section 502(b) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 are amended to read as follows: "Each State member shall be the Governor. The State members of the commission shall elect a cochairman of the commission from among their number for a term of not less than one year." (b) Section 502(c) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "No decision involving commission policy, approval of regional development plan, implementing investment programs, or allocating funds among the States may be made without a quorum of State members present.". (c) The first sentence of section 502(d) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 is amended to read as follows: "Each State member may have a single alternate, appointed by the Governor from among the members of the Governor's cabinet or the Governor's personal staff.". (d) Such section 502(d) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: "A State alternate shall not be counted toward the establishment of a quorum of the commission in any instance in which a quorum of the State members is required to be present. No commission power or responsibility specified in the last sentence of subsection (c) of this section, nor the vote of any commission member, may be delegated to any person not a commission member or who is not entitled to vote in commission meetings.". SEC. 209. (a) Section 501(a) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3181), as amended, is amended by inserting "and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and the States of California and Texas" after "with the exception of Alaska and Hawaii,". (b) Section 502(f) of such Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3182) is amended by inserting after "Hawaii" the following "or the State of California or the State of Texas", and by striking out "either" and inserting in lieu thereof "any such".

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Federal share.

Regional Economic Development Plan, submittal to congressional committees. 42 USC 3183 note. 42 USC 3181. 42 USC 3183. 42 USC 3182.

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