National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities: Questions and AnswersUnited States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Special Subcommittee on Arts and Humanities U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965 - 15 pages |
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Page 1 - Foundation is authorized and directed — (1) to develop and encourage the pursuit of a national policy for the promotion of basic research and education in the sciences...
Page 8 - ... (g) All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of work on construction of any project under this section shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 USC 276a — 276a-5). The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this...
Page 10 - Welfare, but not exceeding $50 per diem, including travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 USC 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.
Page 10 - Council shall meet at the call of the chairman but not less often than four times a year.
Page 12 - The Commissioner is authorized to arrange, through grants or contracts, with institutions of higher education for the operation of short-term or regular session institutes for special training designed to improve the ability of teachers, supervisors, counselors, and other elementary or secondary school personnel to deal effectively with special educational problems occasioned by desegregation.
Page 12 - Education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and each of the two succeeding years the sum of $500,000 ; but for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1969, and each subsequent fiscal year, only such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law.
Page 6 - In the administration of this Act, no department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States shall exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the personnel, curriculum, or program of instruction of any school or school system of any local or State educational agency.
Page 1 - American or nonprofit foreign institutions of higher education, selected by the recipient of such aid, for stated periods of time. Persons shall be selected for such scholarships and fellowships from among citizens...