The Administration opposes this provision becmme it believes that
the Department of the Interior should not be singled out in this
wermar.
The Department has only four programs that provide the type
of grants to the territories that we believe Title V of P.L. 95-134
was intended to cover.: “The grants of two of these prograns have
already been consolidated. ‘The Department has under consideration the
possibility of consolidating the other two grant-in-aid progress.
Further, the Department of the Interior has explored the implications
of waiving local matching requirements for these grants before deciding
to await the results of the angoing Interagency Policy Review on
Territories.
It also appears that the provisions of section 601 would apply to
the various forms of financial assistance provided amually to the
territories through appropriaticns to the Department's Office of
Territorial Affairs. If so, it would be possible for a territory
to utilize funds appropriated for the construction of health cure
facilities for other purposes muthorized by grants provided by
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Department, such as historic preservation. ‘The Administr
not believe that this type of Alexbility is in the best intestam
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the territories or the Federal Government.
Section 602
Section 602 provides that moneys authorized by this Act but not
appropriated would be authorized for succeeding years. ‘The
has no objection to section 602.
‘ ‘Section 603
Section 603 provides that goverrments of the territories an‘ Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands may avail themselves of the services,
facilities, and equipment of agencies and instrumentalities of the
United States Gvernment on a reimbursable basis.
Federal services,
facilities, and equipment now extended to the territories om a
non-reinbursable basis would contimue to ri
e no reinbursement.
The Administration has no abjectian to
Section
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Section 604 would make authorizations for appropriations endcted
under H.R. 3756 effective on October 1, 1979. The Administration
no objection to sectian 604.
Section 605
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section 605.
Administration has no objection to
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