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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1975

89 STAT. 492

42 USC 6063.

PUBLIC LAW 94-103—OCT. 4, 1975 other appropriate voluntary organizations except that volunteer services shall supplement, but shall not be in lieu of, services of paid employees; "(27) provide for the implementation of an evaluation system in accordance with the system developed under section 110; "(28) provide, to the maximum extent feasible, an opportunity for prior review and comment by the State Planning Council of all State plans of the State which relate to programs affecting persons with developmental disabilities; "(29) provide for fair and equitable arrangements (as determined by the Secretary after consultation with the Secretary of Labor) to protect the interests of employees affected by actions to carry out the plan described in paragraph (20)(A), including arrangements designed to preserve employee rights and benefits and to provide training and retraining of such employees where necessary and arrangements under which maximum efforts will be made to guarantee the employment of such employees; and". (b) Section 134 of the Act is amended by adding after subsection (c) the following new subsection: "(d)(1) At the request of any State, a portion of any allotment or allotments of such State under this part for any fiscal year shall be available to pay one-half (or such smaller share as the State may request) of the expenditures found necessary by the Secretary for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan approved under this section; except that not more than 5 per centum of the total of the allotments of such State for any fiscal year, or $50,000, whichever is less, shall be available for such purpose. Payments under this paragraph may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such installments, as the Secretary may determine. "(2) Any amount paid under paragraph (1) to any State for any fiscal year shall be paid on condition that there shall be expended from the State sources for such year for administration of the State plan approved under this section not less than the total amount expended for such purposes from such sources during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975." APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION

Repeal. 42 USC 2675, 2676.

42 USC 6064.

Ante, p. 490.

PROJECTS

SEC. 112. Sections 135 and 136 of the Act are repealed. PAYMENTS TO STATES

SEC. 113. Section 137 of the Act is amended as follows: (1) The heading for such section is amended by inserting "CONSTRUCTION," after "PLANNING,". (2) Subsection (a) of such section is amended by striking out " (1)" and by striking out paragraph (2). (3) Subsection (b) is amended to read as follows: "(b)(1) Upon certification to the Secretary by the State agency, designated pursuant to section 134(b)(1), based upon inspection by it, that work has been performed upon a construction project, or purchases have been made for such project, in accordance with the approved plans and specifications and that payment of an installment is due to the applicant, such installment shall be paid to the State with respect to such project, from the applicable allotment of such State, except that (A) if the State is not authorized by law to make payments to the applicant, the payment shall be made directly to the applicant, (B) if the Secretary, after investigation or otherwise, has reason to