Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967

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The Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967 were U.S. federal legislation that expanded and modified President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty programs created under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.

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Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967 canonical 1

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instanceOf United States federal statute
amendment to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
amends Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
appliesTo community action programs
federal anti-poverty agencies
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
country United States of America
expands Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
surface form: War on Poverty programs
field economic policy
social policy
welfare policy
follows Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States
hasEffectOn Office of Economic Opportunity
surface form: Office of Economic Opportunity programs
hasPurpose to expand federal anti-poverty programs
to modify existing War on Poverty initiatives
hasSubject anti-poverty policy
economic opportunity programs
poverty alleviation
isPartOf Great Society
surface form: Great Society legislation
legalForm public law
legislativeBody United States Congress
legislativePeriod Johnson administration
surface form: Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson
namedAfter Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
partOf Great Society
surface form: War on Poverty

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Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 laterAmendedBy Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967