1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 97 and private agencies and organizations, handicapped individuals and their families, professionals in fields serving such individuals, and the general public; and (7) carry out such additional functions and responsibilities as may be assigned to it by the Secretary or the President. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 502. There are authorized to be appropriated for 9 the purposes of this title $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 10 June 30, 1973, $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 11 30, 1974, and $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 15 TITLE VI-MISCELLANEOUS EFFECT ON EXISTING LAWS SEC. 600. The Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 16 31-42) is repealed 90 days after the date of en17 actment of this Act. Unexpended appropriations for 18 carrying out the Vocational Rehabilitation Act may be made 19 available to carry out this Act, as directed by the President. 20 Approved State plans for vocational rehabilitation, approved 21 projects, and contractual arrangements authorized under the 22 Vocational Rehabilitation Act will be recognized under com23 parable provisions of this Act so that there is no disruption 24 of ongoing activities for which there is continuing authority. 1 2 98 FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON HANDICAPPED EMPLOYEES 3 SEC. 601. (a) There shall be established within the 4 Federal Government an Interagency Committee on Handi5 capped Employees (hereinafter in this section referred to 6 as the "Committee"), comprised of the following (or their 7 designees whose positions are Executive Level IV or higher) : 8 the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, the Admin9 istrator of Veterans' Affairs, and the Secretaries of Labor and 10 Health, Education, and Welfare. The Chairman of the Presi11 dent's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped shall 12 serve as an ex officio member of the Interagency Com13 mittee. The resources of such President's Committee shall be 14 made fully available to the Committee established pursuant to 15 this section. The Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services 16 Administration shall serve as Executive Director of the Com17 mittee. It shall be the purpose and function of the Com 18 mittee to insure, through the establishment of affirmative 19 action programs, the adequacy of hiring, placement, and ad vancement practices with respect to handicapped individuals by each department, agency, and instrumentality in the executive branch of Government, and that the special needs of such individuals are being met. (b) Each department, agency, and instrumentality in the executive branch shall, within 180 days after the date 99 1 of enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee an affirm 2 ative action program plan for the hiring, placement, and ad 3 vancement of handicapped individuals in such department, 4 5 agency, or instrumentality. Such plan shall include a descrip tion of the extent to which and methods whereby the special 6 needs of handicapped employees are being met. 7 (c) The Committee shall develop and recommend to the 8 Secretary for referral to the appropriate State agencies, pol9 icies and procedures which will facilitate the hiring, place10 ment, and advancement in employment of individuals who 11 have received rehabilitation services under State vocational 12 rehabilitation programs, veterans' programs, or any other 13 program for handicapped individuals, including the promo14 tion of job opportunities for such individuals. The Secretary 15 shall encourage such State agencies to adopt and implement 16 such policies and procedures. 17 (d) The Committee shall, on June 30, 1973, and at 18 the end of each subsequent fiscal year, make a complete 19 report to the appropriate committees of the Congress with 20 22 respect to the practices of hiring, placement, and advance21 ment of handicapped individuals by each department, agency, and instrumentality and the effectiveness of the affirmative action programs required by subsection (b) of this section, together with recommendations as to legislation or other 225 23 24 25 appropriate action to insure the adequacy of such practices. 100 1 Such report shall also include a description of the effective2 ness of the Committee's activities under subsection (c) of 3 this section. 4 (e) An individual who, as a part of his individualized 5 rehabilitation written program under a State plan approved 6 under this Act, participates in a program of unpaid work 7 experience in a Federal agency, shall not, by reason thereof, 8 be considered to be a Federal employee or to be subject to 9 the provisions of law relating to Federal employment, in10 cluding those relating to hours of work, rates of compensa11 tion, leave, unemployment compensation, and Federal em12 ployee benefits. 13 31 14 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD 15 SEC. 602. (a) There is established within the Federal 16 Government the Architectural and Transportation Barriers 17 Compliance Board (hereinafter referred to as the "Board") 18 which shall be composed of the heads of each of the follow19 ing Departments or Agencies (or their designees whose posi20 tions are Executive Level IV or higher): ment; (1) Department of Health, Education, and Wel (2) Department of Transportation; (3) Department of Housing and Urban Develop 6 (8) Veterans' Administration. (b) It shall be the function of the Board to: (1) insure 7 compliance with the standards prescribed by the General 8 Services Administration, the Department of Defense, and 9 the Department of Housing and Urban Development pur10 suant to the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (Public 11 Law 90-480), as amended by the Act of March 5, 1970 12 (Public Law 91-205); (2) investigate and examine alter13 native approaches to the architectural, transportation, and 14 attitudinal barriers confronting handicapped individuals, par15 ticularly with respect to public buildings and monuments, 16 parks and parklands, public transportation (including air, 17 water, and surface transportation whether interstate, foreign, 18 intrastate, or local), and residential and institutional housing; (3) determine what measures are being taken by Federal, 20 State, and local governments and by other public or private 21 nonprofit agencies to eliminate the barriers described in 22 clause (2) of this subsection; (4) make reports to the Presi23 dent and to Congress, which shall describe in detail the re24 sults of its investigations under clauses (2) and (3) of this 25 subsection; and (5) make to the President and to the Con |