grants to other organizations

grants to other organizations Sec. 304. (a) The Commission is authorized to make grants to other organizations to pay up to 75 per centum (or, with respect to fiscal years commencing after the expiration of three years following the effective date of the grant provisions of this Act, up to 50 per centum) of the costs of providing train mg to professional, administrative, or technical employees and officials of State or local governments if the Commission— (1) finds that State or local governments have requested the proposed program; (2) determines that the capability to provide such training does not exist, or is not readily available, within the Federal or the State or local governments requesting such program or within associations of State or local governments, or if such capability does exist that such government or association is not disposed to provide such training; and (3) approves the program as meeting such requirements as may be prescribed by the Commission in its regulations pursuant to this Act. (b) For the purpose of this section “other organization” means— (1) a national, regional, statewide, areawide, or metropolitan organization, representing member State or local governments; (2) an association of State or local public officials; or (3) a nonprofit organization one of whose principal functions is to offer professional advisory, research, development, educational or related services to governments.