Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 1.djvu/283

 PUBLIC LAW 98-313—JUNE 12, 1984

98 STAT. 235

Public Law 98-313 98th Congress An Act To establish a program of grants administered by the Environmental Protection Agency for the purpose of aiding State and local programs of pollution abatement and control.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the 'Environmental Programs Assistance Act of 1984".

June 12, 19o4 [S. 518]

Environmental

Programs Assistance Act of 1984. 42 USC 4368a note.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

SEC. 2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, private nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs authorized by other provisions of law administered by the Administrator (and consistent with such provisions of law) in providing technical assistance to Federal, State, and local environmental agencies for projects of pollution prevention, abatement, and control. Funding for such grants or agreements may be made available from such programs or through title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 and title IV of the Job Training Partnership Act. (b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under subsection (a), the applicable Federal, State, or local environmental agency shall certify to the Administrator that such grants or agreements will not— (1) result in the displacement of individuals currently employed by the environmental agency concerned (including partial displacement through reduction of nonovertime hours, wages, or employment benefits);

Aged persons. 42 USC 4368a.

42 USC 3056.

42 USC 3056. 29 USC 1671. Employment and unemployment.

�