COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia JACOB K. JAVITS, New York J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland Bentsen, Hon. Lloyd, a U.S. Senator from the State of Texas.. Carlucci, Hon. Frank C., Under Secretary, Department of Health, Educa- tion, and Welfare, accompanied by James Dwight, Administrator of So- cial and Rehabilitation Service; Stanley Thomas, Assistant Secretary for Human Development; Dr. Andrew Adams, Commissioner of Rehabili- tation Services Administration; and Martin Gerry, Deputy Director, Bentsen, Hon. Lloyd, a U.S. Senator from the State of Texas_-_. Carlucci, Hon. Frank C., Under Secretary, Department of Health, Edu- cation, and Welfare, accompanied by James Dwight, Administrator of Social and Rehabilitation Service; Stanley Thomas, Assistant Secretary for Human Development; Dr. Andrew Adams, Commissioner of Reha- bilitation Services Administration; and Martin Gerry, Deputy Director, Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation, prepared Department of Rehabilitation, State of California, Health and Welfare Dwight, James S., Jr., Administrator, SRS, and Andrew S. Adams, Com- Illinois Council COPH, member, Council of National Congress of Organiza- International Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, prepared statement_ Lowman, Dr. Edward, chairman, legislation committee, on behalf of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Acad- emy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, prepared statement--- National Rehabilitation Association, prepared statement_____ National Rehabilitation Counseling Association, prepared statement---- Roberts, Charles L., L.H.D., executive vice president, International Asso- ciation of Rehabilitation Facilities, prepared statement__ Ross, E. Clarke, Federal programs consultant, UCPA Washington Office on behalf of the United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc., prepared state- Schloss, Irvin P., coordinator of governmental relations, representing the American Foundation for the Blind, American Association of Workers ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Articles, publications, etc.: Babington, Wallace K., Director, Office for the Handicapped, Office Introductory remarks of Senator Stafford on S. 3108, from the Con- gressional Record-Senate, March 5, 1974- Memorandum: Clearance of proposed regulations to implement the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, from Galen D. Powers, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, May 20, "New Leadership Image for the Physically Handicapped", by Andrew S. Adams, from Adult Leadership, June 1973-.. Testimony submitted by group organizations, and public witnesses__ "The New Forgotten Americans: A Critique and Case History of Public Law 93-112", by Frank Rodio, Jr., planning aide, Camden Cranston, Hon. Alan, a U.S. Senator from the State of California, Kurzman, Stephen Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Depart- ment of Health, Education, and Welfare, July 24, 1974 (with Nelson, Alan C., director, Department of Rehabilitation, State of Weinberger, Hon. Casper W., Secretary, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, August 9, 1974. Randolph, Hon. Jennings, a U.S. Senator from the State of West Funk, Thorold S., president, and C. Owen Pollard, president- elect, Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilita- tion, Washington, D.C., July 9, 1974__ 279 Hampton, Ralph, president, Georgia Rehabilitation Association, 301 Lowman, Dr. Edward, chairman, Legislation Committee, Amer- ican Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, legislative liaison, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Whitten, E. B., executive director, and Fred R. Tammen, legisla- Questions and answers: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare answers to questions 275 81, 125 REHABILITATION ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1974 THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1974 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE HANDICAPPED OF THE Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., room 4232, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator Alan Cranston presiding pro tempore. Present: Senators Randolph, Cranston, and Stafford. Senator CRANSTON. The hearing will please come to order. Chairman Randolph has been delayed, but will hopefully be with us a bit later. This morning we are receiving testimony on S. 3108, S. 3381, H.R. 14225, and related measures to extend and improve the vocational rehabilitation program. As I was in 1972 and 1973, I am very privileged to have been asked by Senator Randolph, the permanent chairman of the Subcommittee on the Handicapped, to chair the subcommittee for purposes of consideration of this legislation, which would amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Public Law 92-112), on which Senator Randolph, Senator Stafford, Senator Williams, and I and other committee members collaborated so closely. On May 21, 1974, the House passed H.R. 14225 to extend the authorization of appropriations for all of the programs authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 by 1 year through fiscal year 1976 and to specify an authorization figure for the basic State grant program of $720 million as compared to the figure for fiscal year 1975 of $680 million. Earlier this year, on March 5, 1974, Senator Stafford had introduced S. 3108 to transfer the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), which is the principal agency carrying out the basic vocational rehabilitation program under the Rehabilitation Act within HEW, to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Human Development. The House passed bill, H.R. 14225, proposed to remove RSA from the Social and Rehabilitation Service (SRS) and make it report directly to the Office of the Secretary. The intention of both of these reorganizations was to remove RSA from SRS. Senator Randolph, Senator Williams, Senator Mondale, Senator Javits, Senator Taft, Senator Beall, and I all joined Senator Stafford in cosponsoring this measure. [The bills referred to follow:] (1) 93D CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3108 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 5, 1974 Mr. STAFFORD (for himself, Mr. RANDOLPH, Mr. BEALL, Mr. CRANSTON, Mr. JAVITS, Mr. Mondale, Mr. Taft, 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 Rehabilitation Act of 1973. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That the first sentence of section 3 (a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is amended by inserting after the word "in" 5 the following: "the Office of Human Development of". II |