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 PUBLIC LAW 95-28—MAY 13, 1977

91 STAT. 117

factured articles, materials, and supplies as have been manufactured in the United States substantially all from articles, materials, and supplies mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States, will be used in such project. "(B) Subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall not apply in any case where the Secretary determines it to be inconsistent with the public interest, or the cost to be unreasonable, or if articles, materials, or supplies of the class or kind to be used or the articles, materials, or supplies from which they are manufactured are not mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a satisfactory quality. "(2) Except to the extent that the Secretary determines otherwise, Grant allocation no grant shall be made under this Act for any local public works proj- requirements. ect unless the applicant gives satisfactory assurance to the Secretary that at least 10 per centum of the amount of each grant shall be expended for minority business enterprises. For purposes of this para- "Minority graph, the term 'minority business enterprise' means a business at business least 50 per centum of which is owned by minority group members enterprise." or, in case of a publicly owned business, at least 51 per centum of the stock of which is owned by minority group members. For the purposes Minority group of the preceding sentence, minority group members are citizens of the members. United States who are Negroes, Spanish-speaking, Orientals, Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts. "(g) No grant shall be made under this Act for any project for Accessibility which the applicant does not give assurances satisfactory to the Sec- standards for retary that the project will be designed and constructed in accordance handicapped and with the standards for accessibility for public buildings and facilities elderly. to the handicapped and elderly under the Act entitled 'An Act to insure that certain buildings financed with Federal funds are so designed and constructed as to be accessible to the physically handicapped', approved August 12, 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4151 et seq.). The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board established by the Kehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112) is authorized 29 USC 701 note. to insure that any construction and renovation done pursuant to any grant made under this Act complies with the accessibility standards oVd for public bunldings and facilities issued under the Act of August 12, 1968.". SEC. 104. Section 107 of the Local Public Works Capital Develop- Employment of ment and Investment Act of 1976 is amended by inserting after the disabled third sentence thereof the following new sentence: "The Secretary, in veterans, regulations. consultation with the Secretary of Labor, and consistent with existing 42 USC 6706. applicable collective bargaining agreements and practices, shall promulgate regulations to assure special consideration to the employment in projects under this Act of qualified disabled veterans (as defined in section 2011(1) of title 38, United States Code) and qualified Vietnam-era veterans (as defined in section 2011(2)(A) of such title 38).". SEC. 105. Subsection (a) of section 108 of the Local Public Works Funds, allocation. Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 is amended to read 42 USC 6707. as follows: "(a) The Secretary shall allocate funds appropriated after the date of enactment of the Public Works Employment Act of 1977 Post, p. 119. under section 111 of this Act as follows: "(1) 214 per centum of such funds shall be set aside and shall be expended only for grants for public works projects under this Act to Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages. None of the

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