A bill to amend the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 to provide more effective means to improve personnel administration in State and local governments; to correct certain inequities in the law; and to extend coverage under the law to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Provides that the Civil Service Commission shall continue to make grants for up to 75 percent of the cost of approved programs under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act until October 1, 1978 (present provisions require that the Commission pay only 50 percent of the grants commencing in 1975). Authorizes the Commission to pay up to 75 percent of the salaries of Government Service fellows (presently 25 percent). Requires that, as a condition of award of such fellowships, the recipient must enter into a written agreement to serve with the jurisdiction concerned for a period of time equal to the length of the fellowship. Provides that Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall be eligible to participate in the grant program. States that the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands is an eligible jurisdiction for the purpose of intergovernmental mobility assignments.…