92D CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3158 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 9, 1972 Mr. WILLIAMS (for himself, Mr. CRANSTON, Mr. EAGLETON, Mr. HUGHES, Mr. JAVITS, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. MONDALE, Mr. NELSON, Mr. PACKWOOD, Mr. PELL, Mr. RANDOLPHI, Mr. SCHWEIKER, Mr. STAFFORD, and Mr. STEVENSON) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare A BILL To establish in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office for the Handicapped to coordinate programs for the handicapped, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That there is established within the Department of Health, 4 Education, and Welfare an Office for the Handicapped (here5 inafter in this Act referred to as the "Office"). The Office 6 shall be headed by a Director who shall serve as a Special 7 Assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel8 fare and shall report directly to him. 9 II SEC. 2. It shall be the function of the Office to 2 (1) provide for assistance (including staff assistance) to the Committee on Mental Retardation of the Secretary, the National Advisory Committee on Edu cation of the Deaf, and such other advisory committees dealing with programs for handicapped persons as serve the Secretary; (2) provide a central clearinghouse for inquiries from the public concerning Federal programs serving handicapped persons; (3) provide general information regarding Federal programs for the handicapped as well as referring detailed requests to the appropriate agency; (4) provide stimulus to cooperative planning for comprehensive services for handicapped persons by all programs under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by convening meetings of planning, management, and program operation, personnel for such purposes; and (5) coordinate program and budget review by the Office of Education for Federal programs with Gallaudet College, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, the Kendall Demonstration School, the National Institute for the Deaf, and the American Printing House for the Blind, to assure proper integration of programs re 3 1 2 3 ferred to in this section with other Federal programs for education of the handicapped. SEC. 3. There are authorized to be appropriated for 4 the purposes of this Act $500,000 for the fiscal year ending 5 June 30, 1973; $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 6 30, 1974; and $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 7 1975. 92D CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3368 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 17, 1972 Mr. TAFT introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare A BILL To provide for the continuation of programs authorized under 1 the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, and for other purposes. 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 "Vocational Rehabilita4 tion Amendments of 1972". 5 6 EXTENSION OF APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZATIONS SEC. 2. (a) Section 1 (b) of the Vocational Rehabilita 7 tion Act is amended to read as follows: 8 (b) (1) For the purpose of making grants to States 9 under section 2, there are authorized to be appropriated 10 $710,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and II 2 1 such sums as may be necessary for each of the next two fiscal 2 3 4 years. "(2) For the purpose of carrying out section 4, there are to be appropriated $140,000,000 for the fiscal year 5 ending June 30, 1973, and such sums as may be necessary 6 for each of the next two fiscal years. 7 "(3) For the purpose of carrying out section 12, there 8 are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for the fiscal 9 10 11 year ending June 30, 1973, and such sums as may be necesfor each of the next two fiscal years. sary "(4) For the purpose of making grants under subsection 12 (a), subsection (b), and subsection (c) of section 13, there are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and such sums as may be neces 13 14 15 16 17 sary for each of the next two fiscal years. "(5) For the purpose of carrying out section 15, there are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for the fis18 cal year ending June 30, 1973, and such sums as may be 19 necessary for each of the next two fiscal years." 20 (b) Section 7 of such Act is amended by striking out 21 subsection (d) thereof. 228 225 23 24 25 (c) Section 10 of such Act is repealed. (d) Section 12 of such Act is amended by striking out subsection (i) thereof and redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (i). |