92D CONGRESS H. R. 8395 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare AN ACT To amend the Vocational Rehabilitation Act to extend and revise the authorization of grants to States for vocational rehabili- tation services, to authorize grants for rehabilitation services Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act, with the following table of contents, may be II TITLE IV-SPECIAL FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES Sec. 401. Declaration of purpose. Sec. 402. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 404. Promotion of employment opportunities. Sec. 405. Grants for construction of rehabilitation facilities. Sec. 406. Mortgage insurance for multipurpose rehabilitation facilities. Sec. 411. National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. Sec. 412. Comprehensive rehabilitation centers for deaf youths and adults. Sec. 413. National Commission on Transportation and Housing for the 15 3 DECLARATION OF PURPOSE SEC. 2. The purpose of this Act is to authorize a program to assist in (a) developing and implementing a comprehensive and continuing plan for meeting the current and future needs for services to handicapped individuals; (b) rehabilitating handicapped individuals so that they may prepare for and engage in gainful employment to the extent of their capabilities; (c) developing new and innovative programs of vocational rehabilitation services; and (d) initiating and expanding services to groups of handicapped individuals. ADVANCE FUNDING SEC. 3. (a) For the purpose of affording adequate no16 tice of funding available under this Act, appropriations 17 under this Act are authorized to be included in the appro18 priation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for 19 which they are available for obligation. 20 (b) In order to effect a transition to the advance funding 21 method of timing appropriation action, the amendment made 22 by subsection (a) shall apply notwithstanding that its initial 23 application will result in the enactment in the same year (whether in the same appropriation Act or otherwise) of 25 two separate appropriations, one for the then current fiscal 26 year and one for the succeeding fiscal year. 1 2 4 JOINT FUNDING SEC. 4. Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Presi 3 dent, where funds are advanced for a single project 4 by more than one Federal agency to an agency or orga5nization assisted under this Act, any one Federal agency may 6 be designated to act for all in administering the funds ad7 vanced. In such cases, a single non-Federal share requirement may be established according to the proportion of funds 9 advanced by each agency, and any such agency may waive 10 any technical grant or contract requirement (as defined by 11 such regulations) which is inconsistent with the similar re12 quirements of the administering agency or which the admin1. istering agency does not impose. 8 14 15 CONSOLIDATED REHABILITATION PLAN SEC. 5. (a) In order to secure increased flexibility to 16 respond to the varying needs and local conditions within 17 the State, and in order to permit more effective and inter18 related planning and operation of its rehabilitation programs, 19 the State may submit a consolidated rehabilitation plan. 20 which includes the State's program of vocational rehabilita21 tion services, its program for evaluation of the rehabilita22 tion potential of handicapped and other disadvantaged in23 dividuals, and its programs of services to the severely 24 handicapped under this Act, and its program for persons 25 with developmental disabilities under the Development Dis 5 1 abilities Services and Facilities Construction Amendments of 2 1970, except that a separate consolidated rehabilitation plan 3 may be submitted for the blind. (b) A consolidated rehabilitation plan must comply 5 with all requirements imposed by the applicable individual 6 titles of this Act and the Developmental Disabilities Services 7 and Facilities Construction Amendments of 1970. 8 (c) If the Secretary finds that the requirements of sub9 sections (a) and (b) are satisfied, he shall approve the plan, 10 which shall serve in all respects as the substitute for the 11 separate plans which would otherwise be requested with re12 spect to each of the programs included therein. 13 (d) (1) If the Secretary finds, after notice and oppor14 tunity for a hearing to a State, that a program included in 15 its plan approved under this section no longer complies with 16 all applicable requirements, that program may no longer be 17 included within the plan until the Secretary is satisfied that 18 it meets such requirements. 19 (2) If the statute authorizing the assistance for the 20 program referred to in paragraph (1) requires notice and 21 opportunity for hearing before suspension or termination of 22 assistance or any other such sanction may be imposed, the 23 notice and opportunity for hearing afforded pursuant to 24 paragraph (1) may, at the option of the Secretary, be |