Mr. Speaker. my bill would provide an additional criteria for eligibility under Public Law 8727. the Area Redevelopment Act. This additional criteria would provide benefits to those areas wherein 50.000 or more Cuban refugees have resided for 1 of the 2 preceding calendar years. Such a fact would be certified by the Secretary of Health. Education. and Welfare. who administers the Cuban refugee program. to the Secretary of Commerce. who administers the area redevelopment program. Under the bill we would also retain the criteria that the Secretary of Labor must determine and certify to the Secretary of Commerce that a condition of substantial unemployment has existed for the last 9 of the preceding 12 calendar months. which is a requirement now carried in the present public works acceleration law. The exact language of the bill is as follows: A bill to amend section 5 of the Area Redevelopment Act to provide that certain areas within the United States having a large number of Cuban refugees shall be designated as redevelopment areas Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That subsection (a) of section 5 of the Area Redevelopment Act (42 U.S.C. 2504) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The Secretary shall also designate as redevelopment areas those areas within the United States where the Secretary of Labor determines that a condition of substantial unemployment has existed for at least nine of the preceding twelve calendar months. and the Secretary of Health. Education. and Welfare certifies to the Secretary that the number of Cuban refugees residing in such areas has equaled 50.000 or more for one of the two preceding calendar years." Floridas distinguished Senators. the Honorable SPESSARD L. HOLLAND and the Honorable GEORGE A. SMATHERS. jointly Introduced S. 1257 embodying the same provisions.
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