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eligible applicants Sec. 204. (a) Financial assistance under this title may be provided by the Secretary only pursuant to applications submitted by eligible applicants which are— (1) prime sponsors qualified under title I ; or (2) Indian tribes on Federal or State reservations and which include areas of substantial unemployment. (b) For fiscal year 1974, eligible applicants include any entity eligible to be a prime sponsor under section 102(a). 87 Stat. 851 (c) For the purpose of this title “areas of substantial unemployment” means any urea of sufficient size and scope to sustain a public service employment program and which has a rate of unemployment equal to or in excess of 0.5 per centum for three consecutive months as determined by the Secretary. Determinations concerning the rate of unemployment shall be made by the Secretary at least once each fiscal year. (d) (1) Whenever an area of substantial unemployment within the jurisdiction of an eligible applicant is also within the jurisdiction of a unit of general local government or a combination of such units having a population of 50,000 or more (but less than that necessary to qualify as a prime sponsor under title I), the eligible applicant shall delegate to such unit or units of general local government the functions of program agent with respect to the funds allocated to such eligible applicant on account of such area of substantial unemployment. (2) For purposes of this subsection the functions of program agent include the administrative responsibility for developing, funding, overSeeing, and monitoring programs within the area but such functions shall be carried on consistently with the application for financial assistance which shall be developed by the eligible applicant in cooperation with the program agent. (3) Whenever two or more units of general local government qualify as program agents with respect to the same area of substantial unemployment the provisions of section 102(b)(2) shall be applicable. (e) Whenever the Secretary makes any determination required by this section, he shall promptly notify the Congress and shall publish such determination in the Federal Register.