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[CITE: 42USC2704]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 34--ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
 
Sec. 2704. Discontinued Job Corps centers; utilization for 
        special youth programs
        
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the 
Office of Economic Opportunity shall establish procedures and make 
arrangements which are designed to assure that facilities and equipment 
of Job Corps centers which are being discontinued will, where feasible, 
be made available for use by State or Federal agencies and other public 
or private agencies, institutions, and organizations with satisfactory 
arrangements for utilizing such facilities and equipment for conducting 
programs, especially those providing opportunities for low-income 
disadvantaged youth, including, without limitation--
        (1) special remedial programs;
        (2) summer youth programs;
        (3) exemplary vocational preparation and training programs;
        (4) cultural enrichment programs, including music, the arts, and 
    the humanities;
        (5) training programs designed to improve the qualifications of 
    educational personnel, including instructors in vocational 
    educational programs; and
        (6) youth conservation work and other conservation programs.

    (b) To achieve the objectives of this section, the Director of the 
Office of Economic Opportunity shall consult with, elicit the 
cooperation of, and utilize the services of the Administrator of the 
General Services Administration, and the Secretaries of Agriculture, of 
the Interior, and of Labor.

(Pub. L. 91-177, title I, Sec. 113, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 832; Pub. L. 
93-644, Sec. 9(a), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2310.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Economic Opportunity Amendments 
of 1969, and not as part of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 which 
comprises this chapter.


                     Office of Economic Opportunity

    Pub. L. 93-644, Sec. 9(a), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2310 [42 U.S.C. 
2941], amended the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2701 et 
seq.] to create the Community Services Administration, an independent 
agency in the executive branch, as the successor authority to the Office 
of Economic Opportunity, and provided that references to the Office of 
Economic Opportunity or to its Director were deemed to refer to the 
Community Services Administration or to its Director. The Community 
Services Administration was terminated when the Economic Opportunity Act 
of 1964, except for titles VIII and X, was repealed, effective Oct. 1, 
1981, by section 683(a) of Pub. L. 97-35, title VI, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 
Stat. 519, which was classified to section 9912(a) of this title, prior 
to the general amendment of chapter 106 (Sec. 9901 et seq.) of this 
title by Pub. L. 105-285. An Office of Community Services, headed by a 
Director, was established in the Department of Health and Human Services 
by section 676 of Pub. L. 97-35, which was classified to section 9905 of 
this title, prior to the general amendment of chapter 106 of this title 
by Pub. L. 105-285. See section 9912 of this title.
