of the State plan as does not relate to services for the blind, shall be (i) a State agency primarily concerned with vocational rehabilitation, or vocational and other rehabilitation, of disabled individuals, (ii) the State agency administering or supervising the administration of education or vocational education in the State, or (iii) a State agency which includes at least two other major organizational units each of which administers one or more of the major public education, public health, public welfare, or labor programs of the State; "(2) provide, except in the case of agencies described in paragraph (1)(B) (i)— "(A) that the State agency designated pursuant to paragraph (1) (or each State agency if two are so designated) shall include a vocational rehabilitation bureau, division, or other organizational unit which (i) is primarily concerned with vocational rehabilitation, or vocational and other rehabilitation, of disabled individuals, and is responsible for the Vocational rehabilitation program of such State agency, (ii) has a full-time director, and (iii) has a staff employed on such rehabilitation work of such organizational unit all or substantially all of whom are employed full time on such work; and "(B) (i) that such unit shall be located at an organizational level and shall have an organizational status within such State agency comparable to that of other major organizational units of such agency or (ii) in the case of an agency described in paragraph (1) (B) (ii), either that such unit shall be so located and have such status or that the director of such unit shall be the executive officer of such State agency; except that, in the case of a State which has designated only one State agency pursuant to paragraph (1), such State may, if it so desires, assign responsibility for the part of the plan under which vocational rehabilitation services are provided for the blind to one organizational unit of such agency and assign responsibility for the rest of the plan to another organizational unit of such agency, with the provisions of this paragraph (2) applying separately to each of such units." 79 STAT. 1292 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall become effective Effective date. July 1, 1967, except that, in the case of any State, such amendments shall be effective on such earlier date (on or after the date of enactment of this Act) as such State has in effect an approved plan meeting the requirements of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act as amended by subsection (a). SPECIAL SERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND THE DEAF SEC. 9. So much of subsection (a) of section 11 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 41(a)) as precedes paragraph (1) is 68 Stat. 659. amended by inserting after the second semicolon "provision, in the case of handicapped individuals, of reader services for such individuals who are blind and of interpreter services in the case of such individuals who are deaf;". SERVICES TO DETERMINE REHABILITATION POTENTIAL OF RECIPIENT SEC. 10. (a) Subsection (b) of section 11 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 41(b)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof: "; except that nothing in the preceding provisions of this subsection or in subsection (a) shall be construed to exclude from 'vocational rehabilitation services' any goods or serv 68 Stat. 659. 29 USC 41. Applicability. National Advisory 60 Stat. 808; 75 Stat. 339, 340. 29 USC 35. 29 USC 38. 79 STAT. 1293 ices provided to an individual who is under a physical or mental disability which constitutes a substantial handicap to employment, during the period, not in excess of eighteen months in the case of any individual who is mentally retarded or has a disability designated for this purpose by the Secretary, or six months in the case of an individual with any other disability, determined (in accordance with regulations of the Secretary) to be necessary for, and which are provided for the purpose of, ascertaining whether it inay reasonably be expected that such individual will be rendered fit to engage in a remunerative occupation through the provision of goods and services described in subsection (a), but only if the goods or services provided to him during such period would constitute Vocational rehabilitation services' if his disability were of such a nature that he would be a 'handicapped individual' under such preceding provisions of this subsection". (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply in the case of expenditures made after June 30, 1965, under a State plan approved under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND SUPERVISION OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISES OF SEC. 11. Effective July 1, 1966, section 11(a) (7) of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 41(a) (7)) is amended to read as follows: "(7) in the case of any type of small business operated by the severely handicapped the operation of which can be improved by management services and supervision provided by the State agency, the provision of such services and supervision, alone or together with the acquisition by the State agency of vending stands or other equipment and initial stocks and supplies; and". TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS SEC. 12. (a) Section 4(d)(3) of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 34(d) (3)) is amended to read as follows: "(3) Appointed members of the Council, while attending meetings or conferences thereof or otherwise serving on business of the Council or at the request of the Secretary, shall be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding $100 per day, including travel time, and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently." (b) (1) The last sentence of section 4(a), the second sentence of section 4 (d) (1), the first sentence of section 4(d) (2), section 5(a) (4), the paragraphs of section 7(a) redesignated (by section 7 of this Act) as paragraphs (1) and (3), the portion of section 11(a) preceding paragraph (1), paragraph (8) of section 11(a), section 11(b), and so much of section 11(c) as precedes paragraph (1), of such Act, are each amended by striking out "physically handicapped individuals" and inserting in lieu thereof "handicapped individuals". (2) The third sentence of section 4 (d) (1) of such Act is amended by striking out "physically handicapped" and inserting in lieu thereof "handicapped". (3) Section 8 of such Act is amended by striking out "Physically Handicapped" and inserting in lieu thereof "Handicapped" and by striking out "handicapped individuals" and inserting in lieu thereof "individuals". 79 STAT. 1294 (c) Section 11(d) of such Act is amended by striking out "severely 68 Stat. 660. handicapped individuals" and inserting in lieu thereof "the severely 29 USC 41. handicapped". (d) Subsections (a), (b), and (d) of section 11 of such Act are amended by striking out "remunerative" and inserting in lieu thereof "gainful". FEDERAL SHARE SEC. 13. (a) Effective for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, section 11(i) of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act is amended to read as follows: "(i) The term 'Federal share' for any State shall be equal to its Federal share as determined hereunder for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, plus one-half the difference between such share and 75 per centum.' (b) Effective for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1966, such section 11(i) is amended to read as follows: "(i) The term 'Federal share' means 75 per centum." PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT OF THE HANDICAPPED SEC. 14. The joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution authorizing an appropriation for the work of the President's Committee on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week", approved July 11, 1949 (63 Stat. 409), as amended, is amended by striking out "$400,000" 78 Stat. 221. and inserting in lieu thereof "$500,000". Approved November 8, 1965. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 432 (Comm. on Education & Labor) and No. 1204 (Comm. of Conference). SENATE REPORT No. 806 (Comm. on Labor & Public Welfare). July 29: Oct. 1: Considered and passed House. Considered and passed Senate, amended. Oct. 21: Oct. 22: Senate agreed to conference report. Public Law 89-411 Joint Resolution To provide for the designation of the week beginning April 23, 1967, as "Youth 80 STAT. 134 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is Youth Temperance authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating the week Education Week. beginning April 23, 1967, as "Youth Temperance Education Week", Designation. and inviting the people of the United States to cooperate during such week with programs of temperance education. Approved May 4, 1966. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 1422 (Comm. on the Judiciary). Mar. 4: Considered and passed Senate. Apr. 19: Considered and passed House, amended. Apr. 21: Senate concurred in House amendments, with amendments. (617) Public Law 89-478 89th Congress, S. 1495 June 29, 1966 An Act To permit variation of the forty-hour workweek of Federal employees for educational purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 604 (a) of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, as amended (5 U.S.C. 944 (a)), is amended by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, the head of each such department, establishment, or agency and of the municipal government of the District of Columbia may establish special tours of duty (of not less than forty hours) without regard to the requirements of such paragraph in order to enable officers and employees to take courses in nearby colleges, universities, or other educational institutions which will equip them for more effective work in the agency. No premium compensation shall be paid to any officer or employee solely because his special tour of duty established pursuant to this paragraph results in his working on a day or at a time of day for which premium compensation is otherwise authorized." Approved June 29, 1966. 80 STAT. 231 Federal employees. Variation of forty-hour workweek. 68 Stat. 1112. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 1623 (Comm. on Post Office & Civil Service). Vol. 111 (1965): June 11, considered and passed Senate. (618) |