university affiliated facilities

university affiliated facilities Sec. 105. Part B of the Act is amended to read as follows: “Part B—University Affiliated Facilities “Subpart 1—Demonstration and Training Grants “grant authority “Sec. 121. (a) (1) From appropriations under section 123, the Secretary shall make grants to university affiliated facilities to assist them in meeting the cost of administering and operating— “(A) demonstration facilities for the provision of services for persons with developmental disabilities, and “(B) interdisciplinary training programs for personnel needed to render specialized services for persons with developmental disabilities. “(2) A university affiliated facility which has received a grant under paragraph (1) may apply to the Secretary for an increase in the amount of its grant, under such paragraph to assist’ it in meeting the cost of conducting a feasibility study of the ways in which it, singly or jointly with other university affiliated facilities which have received a grant, under paragraph (1), can establish and operate one or more satellite centers which would be located in areas not served by a university affiliated facility and which would provide, in coordination with demonstration facilities and training programs for which a 89 STAT. 487grant was made under paragraph (1), services for persons with developmental disabilities. If the Secretary approves an application of a university affiliated facility under this paragraph for such a study, the Secretary may for such study increase the amount of the facility’s grant under paragraph (1) by an amount not to exceed $25,000. Such a study shall be carried out in consultation with the State Planning Council for the State in which the facility is located and where the satellite center would be established. “(b) The Secretary may make grants to pay part of the costs of establishing satellite centers and may make grants to satellite centers to pay part of their administration and operation costs. The Secretary may approve an application for a grant under this subsection only if the feasibility of establishing or operating the satellite center for which the grant is applied for has been established by a study assisted under subsection (a) (2). “applications “Sec. 122. (a) No grant may be made under section 121 unless an application therefor is submitted to and approved by the Secretary. Such an application shall be submitted in such form and manner, and contain such information, as the Secretary may require. Such an application may be approved by the Secretary only if the application contains or is supported by reasonable assurances that the making of the grant applied for will not result in any decrease in the level of State, local, and other non-Federal funds for services for persons with developmental disabilities and training of persons to provide such services which funds would (except for such grant) be available to the applicant, but that such grant will be used to supplement, and, to the extent practicable, to increase the level of such funds. “(b) The Secretary shall give special consideration to applications for grants under section 121(a) for programs which demonstrate an ability and commitment to provide within a community rather than in an institution services for persons with developmental disabilities. “authorization of appropriations “Sec. 123. (a) For the purpose of making grants under section 121 there are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $18,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $21,000,000 for fiscal year 1978. “(b) (1) Of the sums appropriated under subsection (a) for fiscal years 1976 and 1977, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for grants in each such fiscal year under section 121 (a)(1). The remainder of the sums appropriated for such fiscal years shall be made available as follows: “(A) First, $750,000 shall be made available in each such fiscal year for studies described in section 121(a)(2). The portion of such $750,000 not required for such studies shall be made available for grants under section 121(a) (1). “(B) Second, any remaining sums shall be made available as the Secretary determines except that at least 40 per centum of such sums shall be made available for grants under section 121(b). “(2) Of the sums appropriated under subsection (a) for fiscal year 1978, not less than $5,500,000 shall be made available for grants in such 89 STAT. 488fiscal year under section 121 (a) (1). The remainder of the sums appropriated for such fiscal year shall be made available as the Secretary determines except that at least 40 per centum of the remainder shall be made available for grants under section 121 (b). “Subpart 2—Construction “projects authorized “Sec. 125. The Secretary may make grants— “(1) to university-affiliated facilities to assist them in meeting the costs of the renovation or modernization of buildings which are being used in connection with an activity assisted by a grant under section 121 (a); and “(2) to university-affiliated facilities for the construction, renovation, or modernization of buildings to be used as satellite centers. “applications “Sec. 126. No grant may be made under section 125 unless an application therefor is submitted to and approved by the Secretary. Such an application shall be submitted in such form and manner, and contain such information, as the Secretary may require. Such an application may be approved by the Secretary only if it contains or is supported by reasonable assurances that— “(1) the plans and specifications for the project to be assisted by the grant applied for are in accord with regulations prescribed by the Secretary under section 109; “(2) title to the site for such project is or will be vested in the applicant or in the case of a grant for a satellite center, in a public or other nonprofit entity which is to operate the center; “(3) adequate financial support will be available for completion of the construction, innovation, or modernization of the project and for its maintenance and operation when completed; “(4) all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of work on the project will be paid at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Act of March 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C. 276a–276a–5, known as the Davis-Bacon Act); and the Secretary of Labor shall have with respect to the labor standards specified in this paragraph the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 5 U.S.C. Appendix) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 267c); and “(5) the building which will be constructed, renovated, or modernized with the grant applied for will meet standards adopted pursuant to the Act of August 12, 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4151–4156) (known as the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968). “authorization of appropriations “Sec. 127. For the purpose of making payments under grants under section 125, there are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1978.”