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(2) the authorized level of full-time personnel, or

the equivalent, assigned to the Rehabilitation Services

Administration to carry out duties related to the ad

ministration of this Act, is increased by thirty.

ADVANCE FUNDING

6 SEC. 4. (a) For the purpose of affording adequate 7 notice of funding available under this Act, appropriations 8 under this Act are authorized to be included in the appro9 priation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for 10 which they are available for obligation.

11 (b) In order to effect a transition to the advance 12 funding method of timing appropriation action, the au13 thority provided by subsection (a) shall apply notwith14 standing that its initial application will result in the enact15 ment in the same year (whether in the same appropriation 16 Act or otherwise) of two separate appropriations, one for 17 the then current fiscal year and one for the succeeding 18 fiscal year.

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SEC. 5. Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Presi21 dent, and to the extent consistent with the other provisions of 22 this Act, where funds are provided for a single project by 23 more than one Federal agency to an agency or organiza24 tion assisted under this Act, the Federal agency principally

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(1) The term "Act", except where the context other6 wise requires, means sections 1 through 9 and titles I through 7 VI of this Act.

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(2) The term "comprehensive rehabilitation services" 9 means vocational rehabilitation services and any other goods 10 (including aids and devices) or services that will make a 11 substantial contribution in helping a handicapped or severely 12 handicapped individual to improve his ability to live inde13 pendently or function normally with his family and com14 munity.

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improvements.

(4) The term "establishment of a rehabilitation facility"

means the acquisition, expansion, remodeling, or alteration of 24 existing buildings necessary to adapt them to rehabilitation

facility purposes or to increase their effectiveness for such

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(A) a preliminary diagnostic study to determine that the individual has a substantial handicap to employment, and that vocational or comprehensive rehabilitation services are needed;

(B) a diagnostic study consisting of a comprehensive evaluation of pertinent medical, psychological, vocational, educational, cultural, social, and environmental factors which bear on the individual's handicap to em

ployment and rehabilitation potential including, to the

degree needed, an evaluation of the individual's per

sonality, intelligence level, educational achievements, 21 work experience, vocational aptitudes and interests,

personal and social adjustments, employment oppor

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the nature and scope of services needed;

(C) an appraisal of the individual's patterns

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of work behavior and ability to acquire occupational

skill, and to develop work attitudes, work habits, work tolerance, and social and behavior patterns suitable for

successful job performance, including the utilization of work, simulated or real, to assess and develop the in

dividual's capacities to perform adequately in a work environment;

(D) any other goods or services provided for the purpose of ascertaining the nature of the handicap and whether it may reasonably be expected that the individual can benefit from vocational rehabilitation services

or comprehensive rehabilitation services,

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(E) referral and client advocacy;

(F) the administration of these evaluation services;

(G) (i) the provision of vocational rehabilitation. services or the provision of comprehensive rehabilitation services to any individual for a total period not in excess of eighteen months for the purpose of determining whether such individual is a handicapped individual, a severely handicapped individual, or neither a handicapped individual nor a severely handicapped individual; and (ii) an assessment, at least once in every ninety

day period during which such services are provided, of

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(6) The term "Federal share" means 85 per centum 4 except that such term shall mean 80 per centum for the 5 purposes of part B of title I of this Act, and that with re6 spect to payments pursuant to section 110 (b) to any State 7 which are used to meet the costs of construction of those 8 rehabilitation facilities identified in section 103 (b) (2) in 9 such State, the Federal share shall be the percentages de10 termined in accordance with the provisions of section 200 11 (b)(3) applicable with respect to that State.

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(7) The term "handicapped individual" means any in13 dividual who (A) has a physical or mental disability which 14 for such individual constitutes or results in a substantial

handicap to employment and (B) can reasonably be ex

pected to benefit from vocational or comprehensive rehabilitation services.

(8) The term "local agency" means an agency of a unit of general local government or of an Indian tribal orga

nization (or combination of such units or organizations)

which has an agreement with the State agency designated

in section 101 (a) (1) to conduct a vocational rehabilita

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program under the supervision of such State agency in

accordance with the State plan approved under section

101. Nothing in the preceding sentence of this paragraph