1 2 4 JOINT FUNDING SEC. 4. Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Presi3 dent, where funds are advanced for a single project 4 by more than one Federal agency to an agency or orga5 nization assisted under this Act, any one Federal agency may 6 he designated to act for all in administering the funds ad7 vanced. In such cases, a single non-Federal share require 8 ment may be established according to the proportion of funds 9 advanced by each agency, and any such agency may waive 10 any technical grant or contract requirement (as defined by 11 such regulations) which is inconsistent with the similar re12 quirements of the administering agency or which the admin1, istering agency does not impose. 14 15 CONSOLIDATED REHABILITATION PLAN SEC. 5. (a) In order to secure increased flexibility to 16 respond to the varying needs and local conditions within 17 the State, and in order to permit more effective and inter18 related planning and operation of its rehabilitation programs, 19 the State may submit a consolidated rehabilitation plan 20 which includes the State's program of vocational rehabilita21 tion services, its program for evaluation of the rehabilita22 tion potential of handicapped and other disadvantaged in23 dividuals, and its programs of services to the severely 24 handicapped under this Act, and its program for persons 25 with developmental disabilities under the Development Dis 5 1 abilities Services and Facilities Construction Amendments of 2 1970, except that a separate consolidated rehabilitation plan. 3 may be submitted for the blind. 4 (b) A consolidated rehabilitation plan must comply 5 with all requirements imposed by the applicable individual 6 titles of this Act and the Developmental Disabilities Services 7 and Facilities Construction Amendments of 1970. 8 (c) If the Secretary finds that the requirements of sub9 sections (a) and (b) are satisfied, he shall approve the plan, 10 which shall serve in all respects as the substitute for the separate plans which would otherwise be requested with re 11 12 13 spect to each of the programs included therein. (d) (1) If the Secretary finds, after notice and oppor14 tunity for a hearing to a State, that a program included in 15 its plan approved under this section no longer complies with 16 all applicable requirements, that program may no longer be 17 included within the plan until the Secretary is satisfied that 18 it meets such requirements. 19 20 21 22 (2) If the statute authorizing the assistance for the program referred to in paragraph (1) requires notice and opportunity for hearing before suspension or termination of assistance or any other such sanction may be imposed, the 23 notice and opportunity for hearing afforded pursuant to 24 paragraph (1) may, at the option of the Secretary, be 1 even-numbered year, on the basis of the average of the per 2 capita incomes of the States and of the United States for the 3 three most recent consecutive years for which satisfactory 6 data are available from the Department of Commerce. Such 5 promulgation shall be conclusive for each of the two fiscal years in the period beginning July 1 next succeeding such 7 promulgation. 8 (3) The term "United States" means (but only for pur9 poses of this subsection) the fifty States and the District of 10 Columbia. 11 121 13 14 TITLE I-VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DECLARATION OF PURPOSE SEC. 101. The purpose of this title is to authorize grants 15 to assist States to meet the current and future needs of handi16 capped individuals, so that such individuals may prepare for 17 and engage in gainful employment to the extent of their capa18 bilities. 19 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 20 SEC. 102. (a) In order to make grants to States under 21 section 103 to assist them in meeting costs of vocational re22 habilitation services, and in carrying out the State plan under 23 section 105, there is authorized to be appropriated $800,000,24 000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, $950,000,000 9 1 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $1,100,000,2 000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975. 3 (b) For the purpose of making grants under section 104, 4 relating to grants to States and public and private nonprofit 5 agencies to assist them in meeting the costs of projects to 6 initiate or expand services to handicapped individuals, there 7 is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for the fiscal 8 year ending June 30, 1973, $60,000,000 for the fiscal year 9 ending June 30, 1974, and $75,000,000 for the fiscal year 10 ending June 30, 1975. 11 12 STATE ALLOTMENTS SEC. 103. (a) For each fiscal year each State shall be 13 entitled to an allotment of an amount bearing the same ratio 14 to the amount authorized to be appropriated by subsection 15 (a) of section 102 for meeting the cost of vocational rehabil16 itation services, as the product of (1) the population of the 17 State and (2) the square of its allotment percentage (as 18 defined in section 6) bears to the sum of the corresponding 19 products for all the States. The allotment to any State (other 20 than Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the 21 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) under the first sen22 tence of this subsection for any fiscal year which is less than 23 one-quarter of 1 per centum of the amount appropriated un24 der section 102 (a) or $2,000,000 whichever is greater, shall 79-885 - 72 - pt. 1 - 2 8 1 even-numbered year, on the basis of the average of the per 2 capita incomes of the States and of the United States for the 3 three most recent consecutive years for which satisfactory 4 data are available from the Department of Commerce. Such 5 promulgation shall be conclusive for each of the two fiscal in the period beginning July 1 next succeeding such 7 promulgation. 6 years 8 (3) The term "United States" means (but only for pur9 poses of this subsection) the fifty States and the District of 10 Columbia. 14 TITLE I-VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DECLARATION OF PURPOSE SEC. 101. The purpose of this title is to authorize grants 15 to assist States to meet the current and future needs of handi16 capped individuals, so that such individuals may prepare for 17 and engage in gainful employment to the extent of their capa18 bilities. 19 20 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 102. (a) In order to make grants to States under 21 section 103 to assist them in meeting costs of vocational re22 habilitation services, and in carrying out the State plan under 23 section 105, there is authorized to be appropriated $800,000,24 000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, $950,000,000 |