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 89 STAT. 500

5 USC app, I. 42 USC 6007.

Duties.

42 USC 6007 iiote.

PUBLIC LAW 94-103—OCT. 4, 1975 at least five other such members shall be persons with developmental disabilities or the parents or guardians of such persons. "(2) The Secretary shall from time to time designate one of the appointed members to serve as Chairman of the Council. " (3) The Council shall meet at least twice a year. "(4) The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply with respect to the duration of the Council." (2) Subsection (b) of such section is amended— (A) by inserting "appointed" after "Each", and (B^ by striking out ", and except that" and all that follows in that subsection and inserting in lieu thereof a period and the following: "An individual who has served as a member of the Council may not be reappointed to the Council before two years has expired since the expiration of his last term of office as a member." (3) Subsection (c) of such section is amended to read as follows: " (c) It shall be the duty and function of the Council to— "(1) advise the Secretary with respect to any regulations promulgated or proposed to be promulgated by the Secretary in the implementation of the provisions of this title; "(2) study and evaluate programs authorized by this title to determine their effectiveness in carrying out the purposes for which they were established; "(3) monitor the development and execution of this title and report directly to the Secretary any delay in the rapid execution of this title; " (4) review grants made under this title and advise the Secretary with respect thereto; and "(5) submit to the Congress annually an evaluation of the efficiency of the administration of the provisions of this title." (4) Subsection (e) of such section is amended (A) by striking out "Members" and inserting in lieu thereof "Appointed members", and (B) by striking out "they" and inserting in lieu thereof "all of the members". (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) do not affect the terai of office of persons who on the date of the enactment of this Act are members of the National Advisory Council on Services and Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall make appointments to such Council in accordance with section 108 of the Act as vacancies occur in the membership of such Council on and after the date of the enactment of this Act. The ex officio members prescribed by section 108 of the Act shall take office as of the date of the enactment of this Act. REGTXLATIONS

42 USC 6008.

SEC. 127. Section 139 of the Act is transf en-ed to part A of the Act (as amended by sections 125 and 126), is redesignated as section 109, and is amended as follows: (1) Paragraphs (a), (b),and (c) are each amended by striking out "this part" and inserting in lieu thereof "part C". (2) Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) are redesignated as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively. (3) The last sentence is repealed and the following new sentences are inserted in lieu thereof: "Regulations of the Secretary shall provide for approval of an application submitted by a State for a project to be completed by two or more political subdivisions, by two or more public or nonprofit private entities, or by any

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