In response to the question of the senior Senator from Massachusetts let me make this statement for purposes of clarifying the legislative history. The bill provides for reserving funds for programs especially designed to meet the needs of Indians for manpower programs. on the basis of their proportion of low income population. Section 553 of the conference agreement makes clear that so long as the purposes of the title V programs for Indians. migrants. as well as bilingual and older workers programs are met. The Secretary may make adjustments to take into account that persons eligible for this special assistancefor example. Indiansare receiving assistance meeting such purposes under one part of the act. so that the same recipient of services would not have to be counted under more than one provision of the act. In specific response to the question the Senator from Massachusetts has asked. the general authority in section 4(b) giving the Secretary discretion to reduce any allocation by 25 percent and transfer it to another program under the act. is not intended to allow the reservation of funds for the Indian. migrant. bilingual. and older workers programs to be reduced by such 25 percent. The last sentence of section 553 of the conference agreement makes clear that the calculations with respect to the special reservations of funds are not subject to the 25percent transferability provision.
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