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BureaU. of Economic Analysis. The Bureau of Economic Ana!ys~-s (BEA) Qoes not ma,Ke use Of SMSA de~ignatlon for progra.~m]atic or administrative purposes. BEA prepares u=~-ma~es at the county its personal lncorae and employment ~-~ level. These county estimates are sum~marized to produce estimates for SMSA's. (In New England SMSA estimates are de~ived on the basis of counties rather than townships.) Economic Deve!o~ment Administration. Title I of the Public WorKs Employment Act o.-- 1~/5, which is now before the House and Senate for reauthorization, _~/ distributes funds Eo each State fo[ local public works programs. These funds are used for the maintenance and repair of streets, sidewalks, public buildings, ~nd so forth. '' Sixty-five percent of the money set aside ~or each State is based on the ratio of the numoer of unemployed peopte in that State to the number unemployed nationwide. Thirty- five percent of the money for each State is based on the rate of unemployment in that State in comparison with the national rate. The relative severity of unemploy- ment in each State determines its share of the funding. Cities or counties apply to EDA for a share of the funds set aside for their State. A county's eligibility is based on its unemployment rate, which is calculated in the ~ame way as it is for CETA. That is, the method used to calculate the rat~ for a county in a multi-county SMSA differs from that used for .a county in a nonmetropolitan area or a single county SMSA. (See the section on CETA for details.) This difference in methodology is not considered to be systematically biased with respect to whether a county will or will not benefit' from a change in its SMSA status. Industry and ~rade Administration. The Industry and Trade A0minist£ation ~oes not make use of S;.ISA designation for progra~umatic or administrative purposes at present. De,oartment of Health, Education, and Welfare Emergency School Aid Act of 1972 (P.L. 92-318). Section 709 ~f Title VII o~ the Emergency School ~id Act m. akes reference to SMSA's, but this Section has not · been included in the appropriations act since 1973. Specifically, Section 709 authorizes five percent of the funds under this Act to be set aside for metropolitan area projects. Two of the three types of metropolitan area projects outlined in this Section use SMSA status as a determinant of eligibility. 2_/ Congress d~o ncc approve the reauthorization in October 1978. The Act is considered to be of recent historical interest. · .'.. '. "" "...:..:C::.~'v~U':5:.i:i':.fi.:ii.'.:.::v.:.::::'.v.?. ...... :.,:~':'::'......- .............. '-. ....... - ..... ~...::'