TITLE III - TRAINING AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
Part A - Training Programs and Community Rehabilitation
Programs
SEC. 301. DECLARATION OF PURPOSE
The purpose of this title is to"
(1) authorize grants and contracts to"
(A) ensure that skilled personnel are available to
provide rehabilitation services to individuals with
disabilities through vocational, medical, social, and
psychological rehabilitation programs, through
supported employment programs, through independent
living services program, and through client
assistance programs;
(B) maintain and upgrade basic skills and knowledge of
personnel employed to provide state-of-the-art
service delivery systems and rehabilitation
technology services; and
(C) provide training and information to individuals with
disabilities, the parents, families, guardians,
advocates, and authorized representatives of the
individuals, and other appropriate parties to develop
the skills necessary for individuals with
disabilities to access the rehabilitation system and
to become active decisionmakers in the rehabilitation
process;
(2) authorize grants for special projects and
demonstrations which hold promise of expanding or
otherwise improving rehabilitation services to
individuals with disabilities, including individuals
with spinal cord injuries, older individuals who are
blind, and individuals who are deaf 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
disabilities (including opportunities for new careers
for individuals with disabilities, and for other
individuals in programs serving individuals with
disabilities) and which provide vocational
rehabilitation services to migratory agricultural
workers who are individuals with disabilities or
seasonal farmworkers who are individuals with
disabilities;
(3) authorize grants and contracts to assist in the
provision of vocational rehabilitation services to
individuals with disabilities;
(4) authorize grants and contracts to assist in the
development and improvement of community rehabilitation
programs; and
(5) establish uniform grant and contract requirements for
programs assisted under this title and certain other
provisions of this Act.
SEC. 302. TRAINING
(a)(1) 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 costs of projects for
training, traineeships, and related activities,
including the provision of technical assistance designed

to assist in increasing the numbers of qualified
personnel trained in providing vocational, medical,
social, and psychological rehabilitation services, and
other services provided under this Act, to individuals
with disabilities, including
(A) personnel specifically trained in providing
employment assistance to individuals with
disabilities through job development and job
placement services, including needs for rehabilitation
technology services,
(B) personnel specifically trained to identify, assess,
and meet the individual rehabilitation needs of
individuals with severe disabilities,
(C) personnel specifically trained to deliver services
to individuals who may benefit from receiving
independent living services, personnel specifically
trained to deliver services in the client assistance
program,
(D) personnel specifically trained to deliver services,
through supported employment programs, to individuals
with the most severe disabilities, and
(E) personnel trained in performing other functions
necessary to the development of such services.
(2) Grants and contracts under paragraph (1) may be
expended for scholarships, with necessary stipends and
allowances.
(3) In carrying out this subsection, the Commissioner
shall furnish training regarding the services provided
under this Act, and, in particular, services provided in
accordance with amendments made by the Rehabilitation
Act Amendments of 1992, to rehabilitation counselors and
other rehabilitation personnel. In carrying out this
subsection, the Commissioner shall also furnish training
to such counselors and personnel regarding the
applicability of section 504 of this Act, title I of the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the
provisions of titles II and XVI of the Social Security
Act that are related to work incentives for individuals
with disabilities.
(4) The Commissioner, in carrying out this subsection,
shall make grants to Historically Black Colleges and
Universities and other institutions of higher education
whose minority student enrollment is at least 50
percent.
(5) No grant shall be awarded under this section unless
the applicant has submitted an application to the
Commissioner in such form, and in accordance with such
procedures, as the Commissioner may require. any such
application shall include a detailed description of
strategies that will be utilized to recruit and train
persons so as to reflect the diverse populations of the

United States, as part of the effort to increase the
number of individuals with disabilities, and individuals
who are members of minority groups, who are available to
provide rehabilitation services.
(b)(1)(A) In making such grants or contracts, the
Commissioner shall target funds made available for
any year to areas of personnel shortage.
(B) Projects described in subsection (a) may include"
(i) projects to train personnel in the areas of
vocational rehabilitation counseling,
rehabilitation technology, rehabilitation medicine,
rehabilitation nursing, social work, rehabilitation
psychiatry, rehabilitation psychology,
rehabilitation dentistry, physical therapy,
occupational therapy, speech pathology and
audiology, physical education, therapeutic
recreation, community rehabilitation programs, or
prosthetics and orthotics;
(ii) projects to train personnel to provide"
(I) services to individuals with specific
disabilities or specific impediments to
rehabilitation, including individuals who are
members of populations that are unserved or
underserved by programs under this Act;
(II) job development and job placement services to
individuals with disabilities;
(III) supported employment services, including
services of employment specialists for
individuals with disabilities;
(IV) specialized services for individuals with
severe disabilities; or
(V) recreation for individuals with disabilities;
and
(iii) projects to train personnel in other fields
contributing to the rehabilitation of individuals
with disabilities.
(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.
(B) If the grant recipient determines that an individual
has a disability which seriously affects the
completion of training under this section, the grant
recipient may modify the limitation under
subparagraph (A).
(3)(A) A recipient of a grant or contract under this
section shall provide assurances that each individual
who receives a scholarship for any academic year
beginning after June 1, 1992, utilizing funds
provided under such grant or contract shall enter
into an agreement with the recipient under which the
individual shall"
(i) maintain employment"
(I) in a nonprofit rehabilitation agency or related
agency or in a State rehabilitation agency or

related agency, including a professional
corporation or professional practice group
through which the individual has a service
arrangement with the designated State agency;
(II) on a full or part-time basis; and
(III) for a period of not less than the full-time
equivalent of 2 years for each year for which
assistance under this section was received,
within a period, beginning after the recipient
completes the training for which the scholarship
was awarded, of not more than the sum of the
number of years in the period described in
subclause (III) and 2 additional years; and
(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.
(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 disabilities, 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.
(d) In carrying out subsection (a), the Commissioner shall
award two grants to States, public or nonprofit private
agencies and organizations, and institutions of higher
education to support the development of rehabilitation
technician programs. Such programs shall be designed to
train local employees who are recruited from or reside in
a community historically unserved or underserved by
programs providing vocational rehabilitation services
under this Act, to be liaisons between the community and
vocational rehabilitation counselors. The rehabilitation
technician program shall provide a mechanism through which
individuals with disabilities residing in remote, isolated
settings can successfully access vocational rehabilitation
services.
(e)(1) In carrying out subsection (a), the Commissioner
shall award two grants to States, public or nonprofit
private agencies and organizations, and institutions of
higher education to support the formation of consortia
or partnerships of public or nonprofit private entities
for the purpose of providing opportunities for career

advancement or competency-based training to current
employees of public or nonprofit private agencies that
provide services to individuals with disabilities. Such
opportunities shall include certificate or degree
granting programs in vocational rehabilitation services
and related services.
(2) An entity that receives a grant under paragraph (1)
may use the grant for purposes including"
(A) establishing a program with an institution of higher
education to develop creative new programs and
coursework options, or to expand existing programs,
concerning the fields of vocational rehabilitation
services and related services, including"
(i) providing release time for faculty and staff for
curriculum development;
(ii) paying for instructional costs and start-up and
other program development costs;
(B) establish a career development mentoring program
using faculty and professional staff members of
participating agencies as role models, career
sponsors, and academic advisors for experienced
State, city, and county employees, and volunteers
who"
(i) have demonstrated a commitment to working in the
fields described in clause (i); and
(ii) are enrolled in a program relating to such a
field at an institution of higher education;
(C) supporting a wide range of programmatic and research
activities aimed at increasing opportunities for
career advancement and competency-based training in
such fields;
(D) identifying existing public or private agency and
labor union personnel policies and benefit programs
that may facilitate the ability of employees to take
advantage of higher education opportunities, such as
leave time and tuition reimbursement.
(3) In making grants for projects under paragraph (1), the
Commissioner shall ensure that the projects shall be
geographically distributed throughout the United States
in urban and rural areas.
(4) The Commissioner shall, for the purpose of providing
technical assistance to States or entities receiving
grants under subparagraph (1), enter into a cooperative
agreement through a separate competition with an entity
that has successfully demonstrated the capacity and
expertise in the education, training, and retention of
employees to serve individuals with disabilities through
the use of consortia or partnership established for the
purpose of retraining the existing work force and
providing opportunities for career enhancement.
(5) The Commission may conduct an evaluation of projects
funded under this subsection.
(6) During the period in which an entity is receiving
financial assistance under paragraph (1), the entity may
not receive financial assistance under paragraph (4).

(B) The Commissioner shall be responsible for the
enforcement of each agreement entered into under
subparagraph (A) upon completion of training under
such subparagraph.
(f)(1) for the purpose of training a sufficient number of
interpreters to meet the communications needs of
individuals who are deaf and individuals who are
deaf-blind, the Secretary, through the Office of
Deafness and Communicative Disorders may award grants to
any public or private nonprofit agency or organization
to establish interpreter training programs or to provide
financial assistance for ongoing interpreter training
programs. 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.
(2) No grant shall be awarded under paragraph (1) 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"
(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;
(B) demonstrate the applicant's capacity or potential
for providing training for interpreters for
individuals who are deaf and individuals who are
deaf-blind;
(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; and
(D) contain such other information as the Secretary may
require.
(g)(1) The Commissioner is authorized to provide technical
assistance to State rehabilitation agencies and
community rehabilitation programs, directly or through
contracts with State vocational rehabilitation agencies
or non-profit organizations.
(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 equivalent of the rate of pay
for level 4 of the Senior Executive Service Schedule
under section 5382 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.
(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), at least 15 percent of
the sums appropriated to carry out this section shall
be allocated to designated State agencies to be used,

directly or indirectly, for projects for in-service
training of rehabilitation personnel, including
projects designed"
(i) to address recruitment and retention of qualified
rehabilitation professionals;
(ii) to provide for succession planning;
(iii) to provide for leadership development and
capacity building; and
(iv) for fiscal years 1993 and 1994, to provide
training on the amendments to this Act made by the
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992.
(B) If the allocation to designated State agencies
required by subparagraph (A) would result in a lower
level of funding for projects being carried out on
the date of enactment of the Rehabilitation Act
Amendments of 1992 by other recipients of funds under
this section, the Commissioner may allocate less than
15 percent of the sums described in subparagraph (A)
to designated State agencies for such in-service
training.
(h) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this section such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal
years 1993 through 1997. 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.
(i)(1) Consistent with paragraph (2), and consistent with
the general authority set forth in this section to fund
training activities, nothing in this Act shall be
construed to prohibit the Commissioner form exercising
authority under this title, or making available funds
appropriated to carry out this title, to fund the
training activities described in section 803.
(2) If the amount of funds appropriated for a fiscal year
to carry out this section exceeds the amount of funds
appropriated for the preceding fiscal year to carry out
this section, adjusted by the percent by which the
average of the estimated gross domestic product
fixed-weight price index for that fiscal year, the
amount of the excess shall be treated as if the excess
were appropriated under title VIII.
SEC. 303. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS
WITH DISABILITIES
(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 1993 through 1997.
(b)(1) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to
States and public and nonprofit organizations and
agencies to pay up to 90 per centum of the cost of
projects for providing vocational rehabilitation
services or employment support services to individuals
with disabilities, especially those with the most severe
disabilities, in public or nonprofit community
rehabilitation programs.

(2)(A) For purposes of this section, vocational
rehabilitation services shall include"
(i) training with a view toward career advancement;
(ii) training (including on-the-job-training) in
occupational skills; and
(iii) services, including rehabilitation technology
services, personal assistance services, and
supported employment services and extended
services, that"
(I) are related to training described in clause (i)
or (ii); and
(II) are required by the individual to engage in
such training.
(B) Pursuant to regulations, payment of weekly
allowances may be made to individuals receiving
vocational rehabilitation services and related
services under this section. Such allowances may not
be paid to any individual for any period in excess of
two years. 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 vocational rehabilitation 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 competitive employment.
(3) The Commissioner may make a grant for a project
pursuant to this subsection only if the Commissioner
determines that
(A) the purpose of such project is to prepare
individuals with disabilities, especially those with
the most severe disabilities, for competitive
employment, or to place or retain such individual in
competitive employment, including supported
employment;
(B) the individuals to receive vocational rehabilitation
services under such project will include only those
who have been determined to be in need of such
vocational rehabilitation services by the State
agency or agencies designated as provided in section
101(a)(1) of the State in which the community
rehabilitation program is located;
(C) the full range of vocational rehabilitation services
will be made available to each such individual, to
the extent of that individual's need for such
services; and
(D) the project, including the participating community
rehabilitation program and the vocational
rehabilitation services provided, meets such other
requirements as the Commissioner may prescribe in
regulations for carrying out the purposes of this
subsection.
(c) The Commissioner is also authorized to make grants, upon

application approved by the designated State agency, to
public or nonprofit agencies, institutions, or
organizations to assist them in meeting the cost of
planning community rehabilitation programs, the costs of
the services to be provided by such programs, and initial
staffing costs of such programs.
(d)(1) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to
public or nonprofit community rehabilitation programs,
or to an organization or combination of such programs,
to pay the Federal share of the costs of projects to
analyze, improve, and increase their professional
services to individuals with disabilities, their
management effectiveness, or any other part of their
operations affecting their capacity to provide
employment and services for such individuals.
(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. 304. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR REHABILITATION PROGRAMS
(a) It is the purpose of this section to assist and
encourage the provision of needed community rehabilitation
programs for individuals with disabilities primarily
served by State rehabilitation programs.
(b) The Commissioner may, under special circumstances and 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
facilities for community rehabilitation programs,
including equipment used in their operation.
(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.
(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.
(e)(1) The Commissioner may not approve a loan guarantee for
a project under this section unless the Commissioner
determines that 
(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
(B) the loan would not be available on reasonable terms
and conditions without the guarantee under this
section.
(2)(A) The United States 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 States shall be subrogated to all
of the rights of the recipient of the payments with
respect to which the guarantee was made.
(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.
(C) Any loan guarantee made by the Commissioner under
this section shall be incontestable
(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
(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.
(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.
(f)(1) There is established in the Treasury a loan guarantee
fund (herein under 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-"
(A) to enable the Commissioner to discharge the
responsibilities under loan guarantees issued under
this section; and
(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.
(2)(A) If at any time the sums in the fund are

insufficient to enable the Commissioner"
(i) to make payments of interest under subsection
(c); or
(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. 
(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.
(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.
(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. 305. COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION CENTERS
(a)(1) In order to provide a focal point in communities for
the development and delivery of services designed
primarily for individuals with disabilities, 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 disabilities, 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.
(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
individuals who are deaf) as may be necessary to assist

those entities in complying with this Act, particularly
the requirements of section 504.
(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-"
(1) contains assurances that the designated State unit
will use funds provided by such grant in accordance with
subsections (c) and (d); and
(2) contains such other information, and is submitted in
such form and in accordance with such procedures, as the
Commissioner may require.
(c)(1) The designated State unit may-"
(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-"
(i) leasing facilities to serve as comprehensive
rehabilitation centers;
(ii) expanding, remodeling, or altering facilities to
the extent necessary to adapt them to serve as
comprehensive rehabilitation centers;
(iii) operating such centers; or
(iv) carrying out any combination of the activities
specified in this subparagraph; and
(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.
(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.
(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 center assisted by such grant or
contract shall be in reasonably close proximity to the
majority of individuals eligible to use the
comprehensive rehabilitation center.
(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.
(e) If within 20 years after the completion of any
construction project for which funds have been paid under

this section"
(1) the owner of the facility ceases to be a public or
nonprofit private agency or organization, or
(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.
(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.
(g) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this section such sums as may be necessary for each of the
fiscal years 1993 through 1997.
SEC. 306. GENERAL GRANT AND CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS
(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 303.
(b) To be approved, an application for assistance for a
construction project, or for a project which involves
construction, under this title must-"
(1) contain or be supported by reasonable assurance that
(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,
(B) sufficient funds will be available to meet the
non-Federal share of the cost of construction of the
project, and
(C) sufficient funds will be available, when
construction of the project is completed, for its
effective use for its intended purpose;
(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;
(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;
(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 related 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
facilities for community rehabilitation programs; and
(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 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).
(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.
(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.
(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.
(f) A project for construction of a facility for a community
rehabilitation program 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 disabilities.
(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.
(h) When in any State, funds provided under this title will
be used for providing direct services to individuals with
disabilities or for developing or improving community
rehabilitation programs 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.
(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
(a) For the purpose of carrying out this part (other than
sections 311(d), 311(e), 312, and 316), there are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary for each of fiscal years 1993 through 1997.
SEC. 311. SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
(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-"
(1) establishing programs for providing vocational
rehabilitation services, which hold promise of expanding
or otherwise improving rehabilitation services to
individuals with disabilities (especially those with the
most severe disabilities), including individuals who are
members of populations that are unserved or underserved
by the programs under this Act, individuals who are
blind, and individuals who are deaf, irrespective of age
or vocational potential, who can benefit from
comprehensive services;
(2) applying new types or patterns of services or devices
for individuals with disabilities (including programs
for providing individuals with disabilities, or other
individuals in programs servicing individuals with
disabilities, with opportunities for new careers and
career advancement);
(3) operating programs to demonstrate methods of making
recreational activities fully accessible to individuals
with disabilities; and

(4) operating programs to meet the special needs of isolated
populations of individuals with disabilities,
particularly among American Indians residing on or
outside of reservations.
(b)(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 who are
individuals with disabilities 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. 
(2) Services under this subsection may include-"
(A) jobs search assistance;
(B) on-the-job training;
(C) job development including work site modification and
use of advance learning technology for skills
training;
(D) dissemination of information on program activities
to business and industry; and
(E) follow-up services for individuals placed in
employment.
(3) The Commissioner shall assure that projects shall be
coordinated with other projects assisted under section
626 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
(c)(1)(A) The Commissioner may make grants to public and
non-profit community rehabilitation programs,
designated State units, and other public and private
agencies and organizations for the cost of developing
special projects and demonstrations providing
supported employment, including continuation of
determinations of the effectiveness of natural
supports or other alternatives to providing extended
employment services.
(B) Not less than one such grant shall be nationwide in
scope. The grant shall--"
(i) identify community-based models that can be
replicated,
(ii) identify impediments to the development of
supported employment programs (including funding
and cost considerations), and
(iii) develop a mechanism to explore the use of
existing rehabilitation programs as well as other
community-based programs and
(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.
(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.
(3)(A) On June 1 of each year, the Commissioner shall
submit a report to Congress on activities assisted
under paragraph (1) for the preceding fiscal year
which includes--"
(i) a list of the grants awarded under this
subsection;
(ii) the number of individuals with severe
disabilities 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
(iii) the recommendations of the projects under
paragraph (1)(B).
(B) Each such report shall also include activities
assisted under paragraph (2) for the preceding fiscal
year, including--"
(i) a list of the grants awarded under paragraph
(2),
(ii) the nature of the technical assistance
activities undertaken, and
(iii) recommended areas where additional technical
assistance is necessary.
(4) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
the provisions of this subsection such sums as may be
necessary for each of fiscal years 1993 through 1997.
(d)(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 who are
individuals with severe disabilities. In order to
facilitate similar model transitional programs, each
grantee under this subsection shall--"
(A) collect data documenting the effectiveness of the
project, including data on the outcomes of the
individuals served; and
(B) disseminate the information to other States.
(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.
(3)(A) A second grant authorized by this subsection shall
be made to a public agency in a predominantly rural
western State.
(B) Each application for a grant submitted pursuant to
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall describe
model transitional planning services for both youths
who are individuals with severe disabilities and
other youths with disabilities designed to develop
procedures, strategies, and techniques which may be
replicated successfully in other rural States.
(4) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1993
through 1997.

(e)(1) The Commissioner may make grants to public or private
institutions to pay for the costs of developing special
projects and demonstration projects to address the
general education, counseling, vocational training, work
transition, supported employment, job placement,
followup, and community outreach needs of individuals
who are either low-functioning and deaf or
low-functioning and hard of hearing. Such projects shall
provide educational and vocational rehabilitation
services that are not otherwise available in the region
involved and shall maximize the potential of such
individuals, including individuals who are deaf and have
additional severe disabilities.
(2) The Commissioner shall monitor the activities of the
recipients of grants under this subsection to ensure
that the recipients carry out the projects in accordance
with paragraph (1), that the recipients coordinate the
projects as described in paragraph (3), and that
information about innovation methods of service delivery
developed by such projects is disseminated.
(3) The Commissioner shall prepare and submit an annual
report to Congress that includes an assessment of the
manner in which the recipients carrying out the projects
coordinate the projects with projects carried out by
other public or nonprofit agencies serving individuals
who are deaf, to expand or improve services for such
individuals.
(f)(1) Consistent with paragraph (2), and consistent with
the general authority set forth in this section to fund
demonstration program, projects, and activities, nothing
in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the
Commissioner from exercising authority under this title,
or making available funds appropriated to carry out this
title, to fund programs, projects, and activities
described in section 802.
(2) If the amount of funds appropriated for a fiscal year
to carry out this section exceeds the amount of funds
appropriated for the preceding fiscal year to carry out
this section, adjusted by the percent by which the
average of the estimated gross domestic product
fixed-weight price index for that fiscal year differs
from that estimated index for the preceding fiscal year,
the amount of the excess shall be treated as if the
excess were appropriated under title VIII.
SEC. 312. MIGRATORY WORKERS
(a) 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 nonprofit agencies working in collaboration
with such State agency, 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 disabilities,
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
disabilities) 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 disabilities 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.
(b) There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years
1993 through 1997 such sums as may be necessary to carry
out this section.
SEC. 314. READER SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND
(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-"
(1) provide reading services to individuals who are blind
and who are not otherwise eligible for such services
through other State or Federal programs; and
(2) expand the quality and scope of reading services
available to individuals who are blind, and to assure to
the maximum extent possible that the reading services
provided under this Act will meet the needs of such
individuals attending institutions providing elementary,
secondary, or post-secondary education, and will be
adequate to assist such individuals 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.
(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.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term "reading
services" means-"
(1) the employment of persons who, by reading aloud, can
afford individuals who are blind ready access to printed
information;
(2) the transcription of printed information into Braille
or sound recordings if such transcription is performed
pursuant to individual requests from individuals who are

blind for such services;
(3) the storage and distribution of Braille materials and
sound recordings;
(4) the purchase, storage, and distribution of equipment
and materials necessary for the production, duplication,
and reproduction of Braille materials and sound
recordings;
(5) the purchase, storage, and distribution of equipment
to individuals who are blind to provide them with
individual access to printed materials by mechanical or
electronic means; and
(6) radio reading services for individuals who are blind.
SEC. 315. INTERPRETER SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF
(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 individuals who
are deaf and to any public agency or private nonprofit
organization involved in the delivery of assistance or
services to individuals who are deaf.
(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-"
(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 feasible number of individuals who are
deaf;
(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);
(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.
(4) provide that an interpreter participating in the
program shall be required to meet minimum standards
established by the Commissioner; and
(5) contain such other information as the Secretary may
require.
(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 individuals who are deaf. 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 individuals who are
deaf.
(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 individuals who are deaf and who
are receiving rehabilitation services under any other
provision of this Act.
SEC. 316. SPECIAL RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS
(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 disabilities 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,
vocational skills development, 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 who are not
individuals with disabilities. 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
disabilities.
(2) Each such grant shall be made for a period of not more
than 3 years. Such a grant shall not be renewable,
except that the Commissioner may renew such a grant if
the Commissioner determines that the grant recipient
will continue to develop model or innovative programs of
exceptional merit or will contribute substantially to
the development or improvement of special recreational
programs in other locations.
(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.
(4) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section,
a State, agency, or organization shall submit an
application to the Commissioner at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the
Commissioner may require, including a description of"
(A) the manner in which the findings and results of the
project will be made generally available; and
(B) the means by which the service program will be
continued after Federal assistance ends.
(5) Recreation programs funded under this section shall

maintain, at a minimum, the same level of services over
a 3-year project period.
(6) The Commissioner shall, not later than 180 days after
the date of enactment of the Rehabilitation Act
Amendments of 1992, develop a means to objectively
evaluate, and encourage the replication of, activities
assisted by this section.
(7) The Commissioner shall require each recipient of a
grant to annually prepare and submit a report on the
results of the activities assisted by the grant. The
Commissioner shall not make financial assistance
available to a grant recipient for a subsequent year
until the Commissioner has received and evaluated such a
report from the recipient regarding the current year.
(8) The Commissioner shall annually issue and provide for
the dissemination of a report describing the findings
and results of projects funded by this section.
(9) The Federal share of the costs of the recreation
programs shall be 100 percent for the first year of the
grant, 75 percent for the second year and 50 percent for
the third year.
(b) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may
be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1993 through
1997.