§ 702. Rehabilitation Services Administration

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.

1. 1998

   Rehabilitation Act of 1973

   Pub. L. 93–112 § 3 · 87 Stat. 355

   Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 702

   Pub. L. 93–112, § 3, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1096

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 93–112, § 3, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1096

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. rehabilitation services administration (a) There is established in the Department of Health, Education, Establishment. and Welfare a Rehabilitation Services Administration which shall be headed by a Commissioner (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the “Commissioner”) appointed by the President. Except for titles Post, pp. 385, 390. Delegation of functions, submittal of plan to Congress. IV and V and as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, such Administration shall be the principal agency for carrying out this Act. The Secretary shall not approve any delegation of the functions of the Commissioner to any other officer not directly responsible to the Commissioner unless the Secretary shall first submit a plan for such delegation to the Congress. Such delegation is effective at the end of the first period of sixty calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the date on which the plan for such delegation is transmitted to it: Provided, however, That within thirty days of such transmittal, the Secretary shall consult with the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives respecting such proposed delegation. For the purposes of this section, continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die, and the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment oi more than three days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of the thirty-day and sixty-day periods. (b) The Secretary, through the Commissioner in coordination with other appropriate programs in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, in carrying out research under this Act shall establish the expertise and technological competence to, and shall, in consultation with, the National Science Foundation and the National Academy of Sciences develop and support, and stimulate the development and utilization (including production and distribution of new and existing devices) of, innovative methods of applying advanced medical technology, scientific achievement, and psychological and social knowledge to solve rehabilitation problems, and be responsible for carrying out Post, p. 375. the activities described in section 202(b) (2). (c) The Secretary shall take whatever action is necessary to insure that funds appropriated pursuant to this Act, as well as unexpended appropriations for carrying out the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 68 Stat. 652. U.S.C. 31–12), are expended only for the programs, personnel, and administration of programs carried out under this Act.

2. 2014

   Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

   Pub. L. 113–128 § 403(1) · 128 Stat. 1425

   1. Inserted · 29 U.S.C. § 702(a)

      Pub. L. 113–128, § 403(1), inserted “in the Department of Education” after “Secretary” in first sentence

   2. Substituted · 29 U.S.C. § 702(a)

      Pub. L. 113–128, § 403(1), substituted “Such Administration shall be the principal agency, and the Commissioner shall be the principal officer, of the Department for purposes of carrying out subchapters I, III, VI, and part B of subchapter VII.” for “Except for subchapters IV and V and as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, such Administration shall be the principal agency, and the Commissioner shall be the principal officer, of such Department for carrying out this chapter.” in second sentence

   3. Inserted · 29 U.S.C. § 702(a)

      Pub. L. 113–128, § 403(1), inserted “of Education” after “to the Secretary” in fourth sentence and after “by the Secretary” in sixth sentence

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–128, § 403(1), inserted “in the Department of Education” after “Secretary” in first sentence, substituted “Such Administration shall be the principal agency, and the Commissioner shall be the principal officer, of the Department for purposes of carrying out subchapters I, III, VI, and part B of subchapter VII.” for “Except for subchapters IV and V and as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, such Administration shall be the principal agency, and the Commissioner shall be the principal officer, of such Department for carrying out this chapter.” in second sentence, and inserted “of Education” after “to the Secretary” in fourth sentence and after “by the Secretary” in sixth sentence.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the first sentence, by inserting “in the Department of Education” after “Secretary”; (B) by striking the second sentence and inserting “Such Administration shall be the principal agency, and the Commissioner shall be the principal officer, of the Department for purposes of carrying out titles I, III, VI, and chapter 2 of title VII.”; and (C) in the fourth and sixth sentences, by inserting “of Education” after “Secretary” the first place it appears; and

3. 2014

   Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

   Pub. L. 113–128 § 403(2) · 128 Stat. 1425

   Inserted · 29 U.S.C. § 702(b)

   Pub. L. 113–128, § 403(2), inserted “of Education” after “Secretary”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–128, § 403(2), inserted “of Education” after “Secretary”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) in subsection (b), by inserting “of Education” after “Secretary”.

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