B-164288 to the making of grants to and contracts with public and private nonprofit agencies. We have similar authority under section 202 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968, Pub. L. 90-577, with respect to all grants to states. Sincerely yours, Assistant Comptroller General of the United States int i mɔrable Harrison A. Williams, Jr. -2 92D CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2813 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES NOVEMBER 5, 1971 Mr. TOWER (for himself, Mr. Bocas, and Mr. WILLIAMS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare A BILL To amend the Vocational Rehabilitation Act to provide improved vocational rehabilitation services to individuals. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Vocational Rehabilita4 tion Amendments Act of 1971". 5 SEC. 2. Section 1(b) (3) is amended by adding at the 6 end thereof the following new sentence: "For the purpose 7 of making grants and contracts set forth in this paragraph 8 (3), in addition to the amounts authorized in the previous 9 sentence, there is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, the sum of $25,000,000 for 10 VII-O 2 1 vocational rehabilitation services for handicapped individuals 2 suffering from end stage renal disease”. 3 SEC. 3. Section 9 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act 4 is amended by inserting "(a)" after the section designation 5 and by inserting at the end thereof the following new sub6 section: 7 “(b) The annual report required by subsection (a) of 8 this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, shall 9 set forth the number of grants made for the vocational re10 habilitation services to individuals suffering from end stage 11 renal disease together with an evaluation of the success of 12 such services." 13 SEC. 4. (a) Section 11 (a) (2) (A) of such Act is 14 amended by adding at the end thereof a comma and the 15 following: "(v) special services, artificial kidneys, and sup16 plies necessary for the treatment of individuals suffering 17 from end stage renal disease.". 18 (b) Section 11 (b) of such Act is amended by striking 19 out "or six months in the case of an individual with any other 20 disability" and inserting ir lieu thereof a comma and the 21 following: "or twelve months in the case of an individual 22 suffering from end stage renal disease or six months in 23 the case of an individual with any other disability". 92D CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3158 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 9, 1972 Mr. WILLIAMS (for himself, Mr. CRANSTON, Mr. EAGLETON, Mr. HUGHES, Mr. JAVITS, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. MONDALE, Mr. NELSON, Mr. PACKWOOD, Mr. PELL, Mr. RANDOLPHI, Mr. SCHWEIKER, Mr. STAFFORD, and Mr. STEVENSON) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare A BILL To establish in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office for the Handicapped to coordinate programs for the handicapped, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That there is established within the Department of Health, 4 Education, and Welfare an Office for the Handicapped (here5 inafter in this Act referred to as the "Office"). The Office 6 shall be headed by a Director who shall serve as a Special 7 Assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel8 fare and shall report directly to him. 9 II SEC. 2. It shall be the function of the Office to 2 (1) provide for assistance (including staff assistance) to the Committee on Mental Retardation of the Secretary, the National Advisory Committee on Edu cation of the Deaf, and such other advisory committees dealing with programs for handicapped persons as serve the Secretary; (2) provide a central clearinghouse for inquiries from the public concerning Federal programs serving handicapped persons; (3) provide general information regarding Federal programs for the handicapped as well as referring detailed requests to the appropriate agency; (4) provide stimulus to cooperative planning for comprehensive services for handicapped persons by all programs under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by convening meetings of planning, management, and program operation, personnel for such purposes; and (5) coordinate program and budget review by the Office of Education for Federal programs with Gallaudet College, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, the Kendall Demonstration School, the National Institute for the Deaf, and the American Printing House for the Blind, to assure proper integration of programs re |