Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 55 — House of Representatives Officers and Administration
§ 5531. Program to increase employment opportunities in House of Representatives for individuals with disabilities
Statutory text
In general
In order to promote an increase in opportunities for individuals with disabilities to provide services to the House of Representatives, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives is authorized to—
enter into 1 or more contracts with nongovernmental entities to provide for the performance of services for offices of the House of Representatives by individuals with disabilities who are employees of, or under contract with, such entities; and
provide reasonable accommodations, including assistive technology devices and assistive technology services, to enable such individuals to perform such services under such contracts.
Elements of program
The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, in entering into any contract under subsection (a), shall seek to ensure that—
traditional and nontraditional outreach efforts are used to attract individuals with disabilities for educational benefit and employment opportunities in the House;
the non-governmental entity provides adequate education and training for individuals with disabilities to enhance such employment opportunities; and
efforts are made to educate employing offices in the House about opportunities to employ individuals with disabilities.
Funding
There are authorized to be appropriated from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives $500,000 to carry out this section for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2007.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2003
Pub. L. 108–7 div. H title I § 106 · 117 Stat. 11
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 5531
(Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 106, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 354.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 106, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 354.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 106. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 130j of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003, which is div. H of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003.