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92D CONGRESS 1ST SESSION

S. 41

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 25, 1971

Mr. DOLE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

A BILL

To provide for the establishment, within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, of a National Information and Resource Center for the Handicapped.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "National Information and 4 Resource Center for the Handicapped Act".

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SEC. 2. (a) There is hereby established, within the De6 partment of Health, Education, and Welfare, a National In7 formation and Resource Center for the Handicapped (here8 inafter referred to as the "Center").

9 (b) The Center shall have a Director and such other

10 personnel as may be necessary to enable the Center to carry 11 out its duties and functions under this Act.

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1 SEC. 3. (a) It shall be the duty and function of the 2 Center to collect, review, organize, publish, and disseminate 3 (through publications, conferences, workshops or technical 4 consultation) information and data related to the particular 5 problems caused by handicapping conditions, including in6 formation describing measures which are or may be em7 ployed for meeting or overcoming such problems, with a 8 view to assisting individuals who are handicapped, and or9 ganizations and persons interested in the welfare of the 10 handicapped, in meeting problems which are peculiar to, or 11 are made more difficult for, individuals who are handicapped. 12 It shall further be the duty and function of the Center to

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cooperate with and assist other appropriate information 14 sources with a view to coordinating and promoting the 15 effective and economical provision to interested parties of 16 the information and data referred to in the preceding 17 sentence.

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(b) The information and data with respect to which the 19 Center shall carry out its duties and functions under subsec20 tion (a) shall include (but not be limited to) information

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(1) medical and rehabilitation facilities and serv

(2) day care and other programs for young

children;

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(3) education;

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(4) vocational training;

(5) employment;

(6) transportation;

(7) architecture and housing (including household

appliances and equipment);

(8) recreation; and

(9) public or private programs established for, or

which may be used in, solving problems of the handicapped.

SEC. 4. (a) The Secretary shall make available to the 12 Center all information and data, within the Department 13 of Health, Education, and Welfare, which may be useful in carrying out the duties and functions of the Center.

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(b) Each other department or agency of the Federal 16 Government is authorized to make available to the Secretary,

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for use by the Center, any information or data which the 18 Secretary may request for such use.

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ments whereby State and other public and private agencies

and institutions having information or data which is useful

to the Center in carrying out its duties and functions will

make such information and data available for use by the

Center.

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SEC. 5. There is authorized to be appropriated for

2 carrying out the purposes of this Act for the fiscal year end

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3 ing June 30, 1972, the sum of $300,000, and for each fiscal

4 year thereafter such sums as may be necessary.

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To provide for the establishment, within the
Department of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare, of a National Information and Re-
source Center for the Handicapped.

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92D CONGRESS 1ST SESSION

S. 1030

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 1 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 17), 1971

Mr. RANDOLPH (for himself, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ANDERSON, Mr. BAYH. Mr. BEALL, Mr. BIBLE, Mr. BOGGS, Mr. BURDICK, Mr. BYRD of West Virginia, Mr. CANNON, Mr. CHURCH, Mr. COOPER, Mr. CRANSTON, Mr. DOLE, Mr. EASTLAND, Mr. GRAVEL, Mr. GURNEY, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. HART, Mr. HARTKE, Mr. HATFIELD, Mr. HOLLINGS, Mr. HUGHES, Mr. HUMPHREY, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. JAVITS, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. McGOVERN, Mr. McINTYRE, Mr. MAGNUSON, Mr. MANSFIELD, Mr. MILLER, Mr. MONDALE, Mr. MONTOYA, Mr. MUSKIE, Mr. NELSON, Mr. PASTORE, Mr. PERCY, Mr. PROUTY, Mr. RIBICOFF, Mr. SPONG, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. THURMOND, Mr. TOWER, Mr. TUNNEY, 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 Vocational Rehabilitation Act in order to assure rehabilitation services to older blind persons, and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 31 et. 4 seq.), is amended by redesignating section 18 as section 19

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