TITLE III -- SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICES AND FACILITIES PART A -- Construction and Training Programs. SEC. 300. DECLARATION OF PURPOSE The purpose of this title is to-- [300](1) authorize grants and contracts to assist in the construction and initial staffing of rehabilitation facilities and authorize such staffing as the Commissioner deems appropriate; [300](2) authorize grants and contracts to assist in the provision of vocational training services to individuals with handicaps; [300](3) authorize grants for special projects and demonstrations which hold promise of expanding or otherwise improving rehabilitation services to individuals with handicaps, including individuals with spinal cord injuries, older blind individuals, and deaf individuals whose maximum vocational potential has not been reached, which experiment with new types of patterns of services or devices for the rehabilitation of individuals with handicaps(including opportunities for new careers for individuals with handicaps, and for other individuals in programs serving individuals with handicaps) and which provide vocational rehabilitation services to migratory agricultural workers with handicaps or seasonal farmworkers with handicaps; and [300](4) establish uniform grant and contract requirements for programs assisted under this title and certain other provisions of this Act. SEC. 301. GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF REHABILITATION FACILITIES [301](a) For the purpose of making grants and contracts under this section for construction of rehabilitation facilities, staffing, and planning assistance, there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991. Amounts so appropriated shall remain available for expenditure with respect to construction projects funded or staffing grants made under this section prior to October 1, 1992. [301](b)(1) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to assist in meeting the costs of construction of public or nonprofit rehabilitation facilities. Such grants may be made to States and public or nonprofit organizations and agencies for projects for which applications are approved by the Commissioner under this section. [301-b](2) To be approved, an application for a grant for a construction project under this section must conform to the provisions of section 306. [301-b](3) The amount of a grant under this section with respect to any construction project in any State shall be equal to the same percentage of the cost of such project as the Federal share which is applicable in the case of rehabilitation facilities (as defined in section 645(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 291o(a)), in such State except that if the Federal share with respect to rehabilitation facilities in such State is determined pursuant to subparagraph (b)(2) of section 645 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 291o(b)(2)), the percentage of the cost for purposes of this section shall be determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commissioner designed to achieve as nearly as practicable results comparable to the results obtained under such subparagraph. [301](c) The Commissioner is also authorized to make grants to assist in the staffing of any public or nonprofit rehabilitation facility constructed after the date of enactment of this section (whether or not such construction was financed with the aid of a grant under this section) by covering part of the costs (determined in accordance with regulations the Commissioner shall prescribe) of compensation of professional or technical personnel of such facility during the period beginning with the commencement of the operation of such facility and ending with the close of four years and three months after the month in which such operation commenced. Such grants with respect to any facility may not exceed 75 per centum of such costs for the period ending with the close of the fifteenth month following the month in which such operation commenced, 60 per centum of such costs for the first year thereafter, 45 per centum of such costs for the second year thereafter, and 30 per centum of such costs for the third year thereafter. [301](d) The Commissioner is also authorized to make grants upon application approved by the State agency designed under section 101 to administer the State plan, to public or nonprofit agencies, institutions, or organizations to assist them in meeting the cost of planning rehabilitation facilities and the services to be provided by such facilities. SEC. 302. VOCATIONAL TRAINING SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH HANDICAPS. [302](a) For the purpose of making grants and entering into contracts under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991. [302](b)(1) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to States and public or nonprofit organizations and agencies to pay up to 90 per centum of the cost of projects for providing vocational training services to individuals with handicaps, especially those with the most severe handicaps, in public or nonprofit rehabilitation facilities. [302-b](2)(A) Vocational training services for purposes of this subsection shall include training with a view toward career advancement; training in occupational skills; related services, including work evaluation, work testing, provision of occupational tools and equipment required by the individual to engage in such training, and job tryouts; and payment of weekly allowances to individuals receiving such training and related services. [302-b-2](B) Such allowances may not be paid to any individual for any period in excess of two years, and such allowances for any week shall not exceed $30 plus $10 for each of the individual's dependents, or $70, whichever is less. In determining the amount of such allowances for any individual, consideration shall be given to the individual's need for such an allowance, including any expenses reasonably attributable to receipt of training services, the extent to which such an allowance will help assure entry into and satisfactory completion of training, and such other factors, specified by the Commissioner, as will promote such individual's capacity to engage in gainful and suitable employment. [302-b](3) The Commissioner may make a grant for a project pursuant to this subsection only if the Commissioner determines that [302-b-3](A) the purpose of such project is to prepare individuals with handicaps, especially those with the most severe handicaps, for gainful and suitable employment, including supported employment; [302-b-3](B) the individuals to receive training services under such project will include only those who have been determined to be suitable for and in need of such training services by the State agency or agencies designated as provided in section 101(a)(1) of the State in which the rehabilitation facility is located; [302-b-3](C) the full range of training services will be made available to each such individual, to the extent of that individual's need for such services; and [302-b-3](D) the project, including the participating rehabilitation facility and the training services provided, meets such other requirements as the Commissioner may prescribe in regulations for carrying out the purposes of this subsection. [302](c)(1) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to public or nonprofit rehabilitation facilities, or to an organization or combination of such facilities, to pay the Federal share of the cost of projects to analyze, improve, and increase their professional services to individuals with handicaps, their management effectiveness, or any other part of their operations affecting their capacity to provide employment and services for such individuals. [302-c](2) No part of any grant made pursuant to this subsection may be used to pay costs of acquiring, constructing, expanding, remodeling, or altering any building. SEC. 303. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR REHABILITATION FACILITIES [303](a) It is the purpose of this section to assist and encourage the provision of needed facilities for programs for individuals with handicaps primarily served by State rehabilitation programs. [303](b) The Commissioner may, in accordance with this section and subject to section 306, guarantee the payment of principal and interest on loans made to nonprofit private entities by non-Federal lenders and by the Federal Financing Bank for the construction of rehabilitation facilities, including equipment used in their operation. [303](c) In the case of a guarantee of any loan to a nonprofit private entity under this section, the Commissioner shall pay, to the holder of such loan and for and on behalf of the project for which the loan was made, amounts sufficient to reduce by 2 percent per annum the net effective interest rate otherwise payable on such loan. Each holder of a loan which is guaranteed under this section shall have a contractual right to receive from the United States interest payments required by the preceding sentence. [303](d) The cumulative total of the principal of the loans outstanding at any time with respect to which guarantees have been issued, or which have been directly made, may not exceed $100,000,000. [303](e)(1) The Commissioner may not approve a loan guarantee for a project under this section unless the Commissioner determines that [303-e-1](A) the terms, conditions, security (if any), and schedule and amount of repayments with respect to the loan are sufficient to protect the financial interests of the United States and are otherwise reasonable, including a determination that the rate of interest does not exceed such per centum per annum on the principal obligation outstanding as the Commissioner determines to be reasonable, taking into account the range of interest rates prevailing in the private market for similar loans and the risks assumed by the United States, and [303-e-1](B) the loan would not be available on reasonable terms and conditions without the guarantee under this section. [303-e](2)(A) The United State shall be entitled to recover from the applicant for a loan guarantee under this section the amount of any payment made pursuant to such guarantee, unless the Commissioner for good cause waives such right of recovery. Upon making any such payment, the United State shall be subrogated to all of the rights of the recipient of the payments with respect to which the guarantee was made. [303-e-2](B) To the extent permitted by subparagraph (C), any terms and conditions applicable to a loan guarantee under this section (including terms and conditions imposed under paragraph (1)) may be modified by the Commissioner to the extent considered consistent with the interests of the United States. [303-e-2](C) Any loan guarantee made by the Commissioner under this section shall be incontestable [303-e-2-C](i) in the hands of an applicant on whose behalf such guarantee is made unless the applicant engaged in fraud or misrepresentation in securing such guarantee and [303-e-2-C](ii) as to any person (or a successor in interest) who makes or contracts to make a loan to such applicant in reliance thereon unless such person (or a successor in interest) engaged in fraud or misrepresentation in making or contracting to make such loan. [303-e-2](D) Guarantees of loans under this section shall be subject to such further terms and conditions as the Commissioner considers necessary to assure that the purposes of this section will be achieved. [303](f)(1) There is established in the Treasury a loan guarantee fund (hereinunder in this subsection referred to as the "fund") which shall be available to the Commissioner without fiscal year limitation, in such amounts as may be specified from time to time in appropriation Acts-- [303-f-1](A) to enable the Commissioner to discharge the responsibilities under loan guarantees issued under this section; and [303-f-1](B) for payment of interest under subsection (c) on loans guaranteed under this section. There are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to provide the sums required for the fund. There shall also be deposited in the fund amounts received by the Commissioner in connection with loan guarantees under this section and other property or assets derived by the Commissioner from operations respecting such loan guarantees, including any money derived from the sale of assets. [303-f](2)(A) If at any time the sums in the fund are insufficient to enable the Commissioner-- [303-f-2-A](i) to make payments of interest under subsection (c); or [303-f-2-A](ii) to otherwise comply with guarantees under this section of loans to nonprofit private entities; the Commissioner is authorized to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in such forms and denominations, bearing such maturities, and subject to such terms and conditions, as may be prescribed by the Commissioner with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. [303-f-2](B) Such notes or other obligations shall bear interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities during the month preceding the issuance of the notes or other obligations. [303-f-2](C) The Secretary of the Treasury shall purchase any notes and other obligations issued under this paragraph, and for that purpose the Secretary may use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act. The purposes for which securities may be issued under that Act are extended to include any purchase of such notes and obligations. The Secretary of the Treasury may at any time sell any of the notes or other obligations acquired by the Secretary under this paragraph. All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of the Treasury of such notes or other obligations shall be treated as a public debt transaction of the United States. [303-f-2](D) Sums borrowed under this paragraph shall be deposited in the fund and redemption of such notes and obligations shall be made by the Commissioner from the fund. SEC. 304. TRAINING [304](a) The Commissioner may make grants to and contracts with States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations, including institutions of higher education, to pay part of the cost of projects for training, traineeships, and related activities designed to assist in increasing the numbers of qualified personnel trained in providing vocational, medical, social, and psychological rehabilitation services to individuals with handicaps, including [304-a](1) personnel specially trained in providing employment assistance to individuals with handicaps through job development and job placement services, [304-a](2) personnel specifically trained to identify, assess, and meet the individual rehabilitation needs of individuals with severe handicaps, [304-a](3) personnel specifically trained to deliver services to individuals who may benefit from receiving comprehensive services for independent living, personnel specifically trained to deliver services in client assistance programs, and [304-a](4) personnel trained in performing other functions necessary to the development of such services. In carrying out the provisions of this subsection+h the Commissioner shall, in addition to furnishing training in the services provided under this Act to rehabilitation counselors furnish training to such counselors in the applicability of the provisions of section 504. Recipients of grants or contracts under this section shall give due regard to the training of individuals with handicaps as part of the effort to increase the number of qualified personnel available to provide rehabilitation services. [304](b)(1) In making such grants or contracts, funds made available for any year shall be targeted to areas of personnel shortage which may include projects in rehabilitation engineering, rehabilitation medicine, rehabilitation nursing, rehabilitation counseling, rehabilitation social work, rehabilitation psychiatry, rehabilitation psychology, rehabilitation dentistry, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology and audiology, physical education, therapeutic recreation, workshop and facility administration, prosthetics and orthotics, specialized personnel in providing services to blind and deaf individuals, specialized personnel in providing job development and job placement services for individuals with handicaps, specialized personnel in providing employment training for supported employment, other specialized personnel for those individuals with handicaps, recreation for individuals with handicaps, and other fields contributing to the rehabilitation of individuals with handicaps, including homebound and institutionalized individuals and individuals with handicaps with limited English-speaking ability. [304-b](2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), no grant under this section may be used to provide any one course of study to an individual for a period of more than four years. [304-b-2](B) If the grant recipient determines that an individual has a handicap which seriously affects the completion of training under this section, the grant recipient may modify the limitation under subparagraph (A). [304-b](3)(A) A recipient of a grant or contract under this section shall provide assurances that each individual who receives a scholarship utilizing funds provided under such grant or contract shall enter into an agreement with the recipient under which the individual shall--- [304-b-3-A](i) within the ten year period after completing the training for which the scholarship was awarded, maintain employment in a non- profit rehabilitation or related agency, or in a State rehabilitation agency, on a full time basis for a period of not less than two years for each year for which assistance was received; and [304-b-3-A](ii) repay all or part of any scholarship received, plus interest, if the individual does not fulfill the requirements of clause (i), except as the Commissioner by regulation may provide for repayment exceptions and deferrals. [304-b-3](B) The Commissioner shall be responsible for the enforcement of each agreement entered into under subparagraph (A) upon completion of training under such subparagraph. [304](c) The Commissioner shall evaluate the impact of the training programs conducted under this section, shall determine training needs for qualified personnel necessary to provide services to individuals with handicaps, and shall develop a long-term rehabilitation manpower plan designed to target resources on areas of personnel shortage. The commissioner shall prepare and submit to the Congress, simultaneously with the budget submission for the succeeding fiscal year for the Rehabilitation Services Administration, a report, setting forth and justifying in detail how the training funds for the fiscal year prior to such submission are allocated by professional discipline and other program areas. The report shall also contain findings on personnel shortages, how funds proposed for the succeeding fiscal year will be allocated under the President's budget proposal, and how the findings of personnel shortages justify the allocations. [304](d)(1) For the purpose of training a sufficient number of interpreters to meet the communications needs of deaf individuals, the Secretary, through the Office of Information and Resources for Individuals with Disabilities, may award grants under this section to any public or private nonprofit agency or organization to establish interpreter training programs or to provide financial assistance for ongoing interpreter training programs. Not more than twelve programs shall be established or assisted by grants under this section. The Secretary shall award grants for programs in such geographic areas throughout the United States as the Secretary considers appropriate to best carry out the purpose of this section. Priority shall be given to public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations with existing programs that have demonstrated their capacity for providing interpreter training services. [304-d](2) No grant shall be awarded under this section unless the applicant has submitted an application to the Secretary in such form, and in accordance with such procedures, as the Secretary may require. Any such application shall-- [304-d-2](A) describe the manner in which an interpreter training program would be developed and operated during the five-year period following the award of any grant under this section; [304-d-2](B) demonstrate the applicant's capacity or potential for providing training for interpreters for deaf individuals; [304-d-2](C) provide assurances that any interpreter trained or retrained under such program shall meet such minimum standards of competency as the Secretary may establish for purposes of this section; [304-d-2](D) provide assurances that [304-d-2-D](i) to the extent appropriate, the applicant shall provide for the training or retraining (including short-term and in-service training) of teachers who are involved in providing instruction to deaf individuals but who are not certified as teachers of deaf individuals, and [304-d-2-D](ii) funds for such inservice training shall be provided under this section only through funds appropriated under the Education of the Handicapped Act; and [304-d-2](E) contain such other information as the Secretary may require. [304](e)(1) The Commissioner is authorized to provide technical assistance to State rehabilitation agencies and rehabilitation facilities, directly or through contracts with State vocational rehabilitation agencies or non-profit organizations. [304-e](2) An expert or consultant appointed or serving under contract pursuant to this section shall be compensated at a rate subject to approval of the Commissioner which shall not exceed the daily rate payable for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code. Such an expert or consultant may be allowed travel and transportation expenses in accordance with section 5703 of Title 5, the United States Code. [304](f) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $31,000,000 for the fiscal year 1987, $33,000,000 for the fiscal year 1988, $35,000,000 for the fiscal year 1989, $37,000,000 for the fiscal year 1990, and $38,517,000 for the fiscal year 1991. There are further authorized to be appropriated for each such fiscal year such additional sums as the Congress may determine to be necessary to carry out this section. SEC. 305. COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION CENTERS [305](a)(1) In order to provide a focal point in communities for the development and delivery of services designed primarily for persons with handicaps, the Commissioner may make grants to any designated State unit to establish and operate comprehensive rehabilitation centers. The centers shall be established in order to provide a broad range of services to individuals with handicaps, including information and referral services, counseling services, and job placement, health, educational, social, and recreational services, as well as to provide facilities for recreational activities. [305-a](2) To the maximum extent practicable, such centers shall provide, upon request, to local governmental units and other public and private nonprofit entities located in the area such information and technical assistance (including support personnel such as interpreters for the deaf) as may be necessary to assist those entities in complying with this Act, particularly the requirements of section 504. [305](b) No grant may be made under this section unless an application therefor has been submitted to and approved by the Commissioner. The Commissioner may not approve an application for a grant unless the application-- [305-b](1) contains assurances that the designated State unit will use funds provided by such grant in accordance with subsections (c) and (d); and [305-b](2) contains such other information, and is submitted in such form and in accordance with such procedures, as the Commissioner may require. [305](c)(1) The designated State unit may-- [305-c-1](A) in accordance with subsection (e) make grants to units of general purpose local government or to other public or nonprofit private agencies or organizations and may make contracts with any agency or organization to pay not to exceed 80 percent of the cost of-- [305-c-1-A](i) leasing facilities to serve as comprehensive rehabilitation centers; [305-c-1-A](ii) expanding, remodeling, or altering facilities to the extent necessary to adapt them to serve as comprehensive rehabilitation centers; [305-c-1-A](iii) operating such centers; or [305-c-1-A](iv) carrying out any combination of the activities specified in this subparagraph; and [305-c-1](B) directly carry out the activities described in subparagraph (A), except that not more than 80 percent of the costs of providing any comprehensive rehabilitation center may be provided from funds under this section. [305-c](2) Funds made available to any designated State unit under this section for the purpose of assisting in the operation of a comprehensive rehabilitation center may be used to compensate professional and technical personnel required to operate the center and to deliver services in the center, and to provide equipment for the center. [305](d)(1) The designated State unit may approve a grant or enter into a contract under subsection (c) only if the application for such grant or contract meets the requirements specified in paragraphs (1),(2),(4), and (5) of section 306(b) and if the application contains assurances that any facility assisted by such grant or contract shall be in reasonably close proximity to the majority of individuals eligible to use the comprehensive rehabilitation center. [305-d](2) Any designated State unit which directly provides for comprehensive rehabilitation centers under subsection (c)(1)(B) shall use funds under this section in the same manner as any other grant recipient is required to use such funds. [305](e) If within 20 years after the completion of any construction project for which funds have been paid under this section-- [305-e](1) the owner of the facility ceases to be a public or nonprofit private agency or organization, or [305-e](2) the facility ceases to be used for the purposes for which it was leased or constructed (unless the Commissioner determines, in accordance with regulations, that there is good cause for releasing the applicant or other owner from the obligation to do so). the United States shall be entitled to recover from the grant recipient or other owner of the facility an amount which bears the same ratio to the value of the facility (or so much thereof as constituted an approved project or projects) at the time the United States seeks recovery as the amount of such Federal funds bore to the cost of renovating the facility under subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii). Such value shall be determined by agreement of the parties or by action brought in the United States district court for the district in which such facility is situated. [305](f) The requirements of section 306 shall not apply to funds allotted under this section, except that subsections (g) and (h) of such section shall be applicable with respect to such funds. [305](g) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991. SEC. 306. GENERAL GRANT AND CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS [306](a) The provisions of this section shall apply to all projects approved and assisted under this title, except as otherwise provided in section 305(f). The Commissioner shall insure compliance with this section prior to making any grant or entering into any contract or agreement under this title, except projects authorized under section 302. [306](b) To be approved, an application for assistance for a construction project, or for a project which involves construction, under this title must-- [306-b](1) contain or be supported by reasonable assurance that [306-b-1](A) for a period of not less than twenty years after completion of construction of the project it will be used as a public or nonprofit facility, [306-b-1](B) sufficient funds will be available to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of construction of the project, and [306-b-1](C) sufficient funds will be available, when construction of the project is completed, for its effective use for its intended purpose; [306-b](2) provide that Federal funds provided to any agency or organization under this title will be used only for the purposes for which provided and in accordance with the applicable provisions of this section and the section under which such funds are provided; [306-b](3) provide that the agency or organization receiving Federal funds under this title will make an annual report to the Commissioner, which the Commissioner shall submit to the Secretary for inclusion (in summarized form) in the annual report submitted to the Congress under section 13; [306-b](4) be accompanied or supplemented by plans and specifications which have been approved by the Board established by section 502, in which due consideration shall be given to excellence of architecture and design, and to the inclusion of works of art (not representing more than 1 per centum of the cost of the project), and which comply with regulations prescribed by the Commissioner relating to minimum standards of construction and equipment (promulgated with particular emphasis on securing compliance with the requirements of the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-480)), and with regulations of the Secretary of Labor relating to occupational health and safety standards for rehabilitation facilities; and [306-b](5) contain or be supported by reasonable assurance that any laborer or mechanic employed by any contractor or subcontractor in the performance of work on any construction aided by payments pursuant to any grant under this section will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a--276a-5); and the Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this paragraph, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (42 U.S.C. 276c). [306](c) Upon approval of any application for a grant or contract for a project under this title, the Commissioner shall reserve, from any appropriation available therefore, the amount of such grant or contract determined under this title. In case an amendment to an approved application is approved, or the estimated cost of a project is revised upward, any additional payment with respect thereto may be made from the appropriation from which the original reservation was made or the appropriation for the fiscal year in which such amendment or revision is approved. [306](d) If, within twenty years after completion of any construction project for which funds have been paid under this title, the facility shall cease to be a public or nonprofit facility, the United States shall be entitled to recover from the applicant or other owner of the facility the amount bearing the same ratio to the then value (as determined by agreement of the parties or by action brought in the United States district court for the district in which such facility is situated) of the facility, as the amount of the Federal participation bore to the cost of construction of such facility. [306](e) Payment of assistance or reservation of funds made pursuant to this title may be made (after necessary adjustment on account of previously made overpayments or underpayments) in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such installments and on such conditions, as the Commissioner may determine. [306](f) A project for construction of a rehabilitation facility which is primarily a workshop may, where approved by the Commissioner as necessary to the effective operation of the facility, include such construction as may be necessary to provide residential accommodations for use in connection with the rehabilitation of individuals with handicaps. [306](g) No funds provided under this title may be used to assist in the construction of any facility which is or will be used for religious worship or any sectarian activity. [306](h) When, in any State, funds provided under this title will be used for providing direct services to individuals with handicaps or for establishing facilities which will provide such services, such services must be carried out in a manner not inconsistent with the State plan approved pursuant to section 101. [306](i) Prior to making any grant or entering into any contract under this title, the Commissioner shall afford reasonable opportunity to the appropriate State agency or agencies designated pursuant to section 101 to comment on such grant or contract. PART B--Special Projects and Supplementary Services. SEC. 310. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS [310](a) For the purpose of carrying out this part (other than sections 311(d), 311(e), and 316), there are authorized to be appropriated $15,860,000 for fiscal year 1987, $16,790,000 for fiscal year 1988, $17,800,000 for fiscal year 1989, $18,900,000 for fiscal year 1990, and $19,675,000 for fiscal year 1991. [310](b) Of the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under subsection (a), 5 percent of such amount shall be available in such fiscal year only for the purpose of making grants under section 312. There is further authorized to be appropriated for each such fiscal year such additional amount as may be necessary to equal, when added to the amount made available for the purpose of making grants under section 312, an amount of $5,000,000 for each such fiscal year. SEC. 311. SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS [311](a) Subject to the provisions of section 306, the Commissioner may make grants to States and to public or nonprofit agencies and organizations to pay part or all of the costs of special projects and demonstrations (including related research and evaluation) for-- [311-a](1) establishing programs and, where appropriate, constructing facilities for providing, vocational rehabilitation services, which hold promise of expanding or otherwise improving rehabilitation services to individuals with handicaps (especially those with the most severe handicaps), including blind or deaf individuals, irrespective of age or vocational potential, who can benefit from comprehensive services; [311-a](2) applying new types or patterns of services or devices for individuals with handicaps (including programs for providing individuals with handicaps, or other individuals in programs servicing individuals with handicaps, with opportunities for new careers); [311-a](3) operating programs and, where appropriate, renovating and constructing facilities to demonstrate methods of making recreational activities fully accessible to individuals with handicaps; and [311-a](4) operating programs to meet the special needs of isolated populations of individuals with handicaps, particularly among American Indians residing on or outside of reservations. The Director of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research may make grants to States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations to pay part or all of the costs of special projects and demonstrations for spinal cord injuries. [311](b) Any project or demonstration assisted by a grant under this section which provides services to individuals with spinal cord injuries shall-- [311-b](1) establish, on an appropriate regional basis, a multidisciplinary system of providing vocational and other rehabilitation services, specifically designed to meet the special needs of individuals with spinal cord injuries, including acute care as well as periodic inpatient or outpatient followup and services; [311-b](2) demonstrate and evaluate the benefits to individuals with spinal cord injuries served in, and the degree of cost effectiveness of such a regional system; [311-b](3) demonstrate and evaluate existing, new, and improved methods and equipment essential to the care, management, and rehabilitation of individuals with spinal cord injuries; and [311-b](4) demonstrate and evaluate methods of community outreach for individuals with spinal cord injuries and community education in connection with the problems of such individuals in areas such as housing, transportation, recreation, employment, and community activities. The Director of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research shall coordinate each grant made under this subsection with the commissioner. [311](c)(1) The Commissioner may make grants to public and nonprofit agencies and organizations to pay part or all of the costs of special projects and demonstrations including research and evaluation for youths with handicaps to provide job training and prepare them for entry into the labor force. Such projects shall be designed to demonstrate cooperative efforts between local educational agencies, business and industry, vocational rehabilitation programs, and organizations representing labor and organizations responsible for promoting or assisting in local economic development. [311-c](2) Services under this subsection may include-- [311-c-2](A) jobs search assistance; [311-c-2](B) on-the-job training; [311-c-2](C) job development including work site modification and use of advance learning technology for skills training; [311-c-2](D) dissemination of information on program activities to business and industry; and [311-c-2](E) follow-up services for individuals placed in employment. [311-c](3) The Commissioner shall assure that projects shall be coordinated with other projects assisted under section 626 of the Education of the Handicapped Act. [311](d)(1)(A) The Commissioner may make grants to public and non-profit rehabilitation facilities, designated State units, and other public and private agencies and organizations for the cost of developing special projects and demonstrations providing supported employment. [311-d-1](B) Not less than one such grant shall be nationwide in scope. The grant shall--- [311-d-1-B](i) identify community-based models that can be replicated, [311-d-1-B](ii) identify impediments to the development of supported employment programs (including funding and cost considerations), and [311-d-1-B](iii) develop a mechanism to explore the use of existing community-based rehabilitation facilities as well as other community-based programs. [311-d](2)(A) The Commissioner may make grants to public agencies and non-profit private organizations for the cost of providing technical assistance to States in implementing part C of title VI of this Act. [311-d-2](B) Not less than one such grant shall be nationwide in scope. Each eligible applicant must have experience in training and provision of supported employment services. [311-d](3)(A) On June 1, 1988, and on each subsequent June 1, the Commissioner shall submit a report to Congress on activities assisted under paragraph (1) for the preceding fiscal year which includes--- [311-d-3-A](i) a list of the grants awarded under this subsection; [311-d-3-A](ii) the number of individuals with severe handicaps served by each grant recipient, the average cost to provide support services to each such individual, and the average wage paid to each such individual; and [311-d-3-A](iii) the recommendations of the projects under paragraph (1)(B). [311-d-3](B) Each such report shall also include activities assisted under paragraph (2) for the preceding fiscal year, including--- [311-d-3-B](i) a list of the grants awarded under paragraph (2), [311-d-3-B](ii) the nature of the technical assistance activities undertaken, and [311-d-3-B](iii) recommended areas where additional technical assistance is necessary. [311-d](4) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this subsection $9,000,000 for the fiscal year 1987, $9,520,000 for the fiscal year 1988, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1989, $10,690,000 for the fiscal year 1990, and $11,128,000 for the fiscal year 1991. [311](e)(1) The Commissioner, subject to the provision of section 306, shall make grants in accordance with the provisions of this subsection for the purpose of developing, expanding, and disseminating model statewide transitional planning services for youths with severe handicaps. In order to facilitate similar model transitional programs, each grantee under this subsection shall--- [311-e-1](A) collect data documenting the effectiveness of the project, including data on the outcomes of the individuals served; and [311-e-1](B) disseminate the information to other States. [311-e](2) No grant may be made under this subsection unless an application is submitted to the Commissioner at such time, in such form, and in accordance with such procedures as the Commissioner may require. [311-e](3)(A) One grant under this subsection shall be made to a public agency in a predominantly urban state in New England for an existing model statewide transitional planning services program. [311-e-3](B) The application for the grant specified in subparagraph (A) shall--- [311-e-3-B](i) provide assurances that a single office or agency of the State has responsibility for managing the referral process assigned under the model program for which assistance is sought; [311-e-3-B](ii) provide assurances that the schools involved, in consultation with families, will initiate a referral at least two years prior to the anticipated date on which each such student will finish courses of study at the school; [311-e-3-B](iii) provide assurances that individualized transition plans will be developed by the schools and adult providers working cooperatively; [311-e-3-B](iv) provide assurances that case management responsibilities, together with appropriate tracking of each case designed to report on the progress of the individual with handicaps, will be a part of the responsibility of the office or agency designated under clause (i); and [311-e-3-B](v) contain such other assurances as the Commissioner may reasonably require. [311-e](4)(A)(i) A second grant authorized by this subsection shall be made to a public agency in a predominantly rural western State. [311-e-4-A](ii) A third grant authorized by this subsection shall be made to a public agency or a non-profit private organization in a predominantly rural southwestern State. [311-e-4](B) Each application for a grant submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall describe model transitional planning services for both youths with severe handicaps and youths with mild handicaps designed to develop procedures, strategies, and techniques which may be replicated successfully in other rural States. [311-e](5) There are authorized to be appropriated $450,000 for fiscal year 1987, $475,830 for fiscal year 1988, $504,427 for fiscal year 1989, $535,550 for fiscal year 1990, and $557,000 for fiscal year 1991 to carry out the provisions of this subsection. SEC. 312. MIGRATORY WORKERS The Commissioner, subject to the provisions of section 306, is authorized to make grants to any State agency designated pursuant to a State plan approved under section 101, or to any local agency participating in the administration of such a plan, to pay up to 90 per centum of the cost of projects or demonstrations for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with handicaps, as determined in accordance with rules prescribed by the Secretary of Labor, who are migratory agricultural workers or seasonal farmworkers, and to members of their families (whether or not such family members are individuals with handicaps) who are with them, including maintenance and transportation of such individuals and members of their families where necessary to the rehabilitation of such individuals. Maintenance payments under this section shall be consistent with any maintenance payments made to other individuals with handicaps in the State under this Act. Such grants shall be conditioned upon satisfactory assurance that in the provision of such services there will be appropriate cooperation between the grantee and other public or nonprofit agencies and organizations having special skills and experience in the provision of services to migratory agricultural workers, seasonal farmworkers, or their families. This section shall be administered in coordination with other programs serving migrant agricultural workers and seasonal farmworkers, including programs under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, section 311 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the Migrant Health Act, and the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963. SEC. 314. READER SERVICES FOR THE BLIND [314](a) The Commissioner may award grants to States or to private nonprofit agencies or organizations of national scope (as so determined by the Commissioner) to-- [314-a](1) provide reading services to blind persons who are not otherwise eligible for such services through other State or Federal programs; and [314-a](2) expand the quality and scope of reading services available to blind persons, and to assure to the maximum extent possible that the reading services provided under this Act will meet the reading needs of blind persons attending institutions providing elementary, secondary, or post-secondary education, and will be adequate to assist blind persons to obtain and continue in employment. Any State which receives a grant under this section shall administer the reading services for which such grant is awarded through the designated State unit of the State. [314](b) No grant shall be awarded under this section unless the applicant has submitted an application to the Secretary in such form, at such time, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. [314](c) For purposes of this section, the term "reading services" mean-- [314-c](1) the employment of persons who, by reading aloud, can afford blind persons ready access to printed information; [314-c](2) the transcription of printed information into braille or sound recordings if such transcription is performed pursuant to individual requests from blind persons for such services; [314-c](3) the storage and distribution of braille materials and sound recordings; [314-c](4) the purchase, storage, and distribution of equipment and materials necessary for the production, duplication, and reproduction of braille materials and sound recordings; [314-c](5) the purchase, storage, and distribution of equipment to blind persons to provide them with individual access to printed materials by mechanical or electronic means; and [314-c](6) radio reading services for blind persons. SEC. 315. INTERPRETER SERVICES FOR THE DEAF [315](a) The Commissioner may make grants to designated State units to establish within each State a program of interpreter services (including interpreter referral services) which shall be made available to deaf individuals and to any public agency or private nonprofit organization involved in the delivery of assistance or services to deaf individuals. [315](b) No grant may be made under this section unless an application therefor is submitted to the Commissioner in such form, at such times, and in accordance with such procedures as the Commissioner may require. Such application shall-- [315-b](1) provide assurances that the program to be conducted under this section will be operated in areas within the State which are specifically selected to provide convenient locations for the provision of services to the maximum number of deaf individuals feasible; [315-b](2) include a plan which describes, in sufficient detail, the manner in which interpreter referral services will be coordinated with the information and referral programs required under section 101(a)(22); [315-b](3) provide assurances that the program will seek to enter into contractual or other arrangements, to the extent appropriate, with private nonprofit organizations comprised of primarily hearing-impaired individuals (or private nonprofit organizations which have the primary purpose of providing assistance or services to hearing-impaired individuals) for the operation of such programs. [315-b](4) provide that an interpreter participating in the program shall be required to meet minimum standards established by the Commissioner; and [315-b](5) contain such other information as the Secretary may require. [315](c) Any designated State unit receiving funds under this section may provide interpreter services, without cost, for a period of not to exceed one year to any public agency or private nonprofit organization which provides assistance to deaf individuals. At the end of such period, agencies or organizations receiving such services through referrals shall reimburse the designated State unit for the costs of such services. Funds may also be used for the purchase or rental of equipment necessary to provide assistance or services to deaf individuals. [315](d) Funds provided to any designated State unit for any program under this section shall not be used for any administrative or related costs, nor shall such funds be used for assistance to deaf individuals who are receiving rehabilitation services under any other provision of this Act. SEC. 316. SPECIAL RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS [316](a)(1) The Commissioner, subject to the provisions of section 306, shall make grants to States, public agencies and nonprofit private organizations for paying part or all of the cost of initiation of recreation programs to provide individuals with handicaps with recreational activities and related experiences to aid in the mobility, socialization, independence and community integration of such individuals. The programs authorized to be assisted under this section may include, but are not limited to, leisure education, leisure networking, leisure resource development, physical education and sports, scouting and camping, 4-H activities, music, dancing, handicrafts, art, and homemaking. Whenever possible and appropriate, such programs and activities should be provided in settings with peers without handicaps. Programs and activities under this section shall be designed to demonstrate ways in which such programs assist in maximizing the independence and integration of individuals with handicaps. [316-a](2) Each such grant shall be made for a minimum three-year period. [316-a](3) No grant may be made under this section unless the agreement with respect to such grant contains provisions to assure that, to the extent possible, existing resources will be used to carry out the activities for which the grant is to be made, and that with respect to children the activities for which the grant is to be made will be conducted before or after school. [316](b) There are authorized to be appropriated $2,330,000 for fiscal year 1987, $2,470,000 for fiscal year 1988, $2,620,000 for fiscal year 1989, $2,780,000 for fiscal year l990, and $2,894,000 for fiscal year 1991 to carry out this section.