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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1975

PUBLIC LAW 94-135—NOV. 28, 1975

89 STAT. 715

(d) Section 303(b)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 3023(b)(4)), as so redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by inserting immediately after "States" a comma and the following: "and the number of Indians aged sixty or over on, or in proximity to, any Federal or State reservation or rancheria". AREA PLAN

REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 105. (a) Section 304(c)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 3024(c)(4)) is amended by striking out subparagraph (C) and by redesignating subparagraph (D) through subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (C) through subparagraph (E), respectively. (b) Section 304 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 3024) is amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection: "(d)(1) Subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, an area agency on aging designated under subsection (a) or, in areas of a State where no such agency has been designated, the State agency, is authorized to enter into agreements with agencies administering programs under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and titles VI, X IX, and X X of the Social Security Act for the purpose of developing and implementing plans for meeting the common need for transportation services of persons receiving benefits under such Acts and older persons participating in programs authorized by titles III and VII of this Act. "(2) Pursuant to an agreement entered into under paragraph (1), funds appropriated under titles III and VII of this Act may be used to purchase transportation services for older persons and may be pooled with funds made available for the provision of transportation services under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and titles VI, X IX, and X X of the Social Security Act.". NATIONAL PRIORITY SERVICES

SEC. 106. (a) Section 305(a) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 3025(a)) is amended by striking out "and" immediately after the semicolon in paragraph (8), by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (9) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and "and", and by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (9): "(10) provides assurances in such form as the Commissioner shall prescribe that of the funds alloted to the State under section 303(b) in any fiscal year to carry out the State plan, not less than 50 per centum of the amount by which such allotment exceeds the allotment made for the same purpose in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, shall be used for the purposes set forth in section 305 (b), except with respect to any State which provides assurances found satisfactory by the Commissioner that at least 331/^ per centum of the total amount allotted to the State under section 303(b) to carry out the State plan in any fiscal year shall be used for the purposes set forth in section 305(b), but in no case shall less than 20 per centum of the funds allotted to any State under section 303(h) to carry out the State plan in any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1976, be used for the purposes set forth in section 305(b).". (b) Section 305(a) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 3025(a)) is amended by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (c), (d). (e), and (f), respectively, and by inserting the following new subsection immediately after subsection (a):

29 USC 701 note. 42 USC 801, 1396, 1397. 42 USC 3021, 3045. Transportation services, funds.