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Title 29 — Labor

Chapter 16 — Vocational Rehabilitation and Other Rehabilitation Services

§ 708. Application of other laws

Statutory text

(a)

The provisions of chapter 71 of title 31 and of title V of the Act of (Public Law 95–134) shall not apply to the administration of the provisions of this chapter or to the administration of any program or activity under this chapter.

(b)

Section 501 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act [29 U.S.C. 3341] shall apply, as specified in that section, to amendments to this chapter that were made by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

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. Rehabilitation Act of 1973

    Pub. L. 93–112 § 11 · 87 Stat. 355

    Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 708

    Pub. L. 93–112, § 11, formerly § 9, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1110

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–112, § 11, formerly § 9, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1110

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (11) evaluate existing approaches to architectural and transportation barriers confronting handicapped individuals, develop new such approaches, enforce statutory and regulatory standards and requirements regarding barrier-tree construction of public facilities and study and develop solutions to existing architectural and transportation barriers impeding handicapped individuals.

  2. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

    Pub. L. 113–128 title IV § 405(b) · 128 Stat. 1425

    1. Amended · 29 U.S.C. § 708

      Pub. L. 113–128 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

    2. Added · 29 U.S.C. § 708

      Pub. L. 113–128 added subsec. (b)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 113–128 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Privacy.— Section 11 (29 U.S.C. 708) is amended— (1) by inserting “(a)” before “The provisions”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(b) Section 501 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act shall apply, as specified in that section, to amendments to this Act that were made by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.” .

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Act of , referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 95–134, , 91 Stat. 1159, popularly known as the Omnibus Territories Act of 1977. Title V of the Act enacted section 4368b of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and section 1469a of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 113–128, , 128 Stat. 1425, which enacted chapter 32 (§ 3101 et seq.) of this title, repealed chapter 30 (§ 2801 et seq.) of this title and chapter 73 (§ 9201 et seq.) of Title 20, Education, and made amendments to numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3101 of this title and Tables.

Codification

“Chapter 71 of title 31” substituted in text for “the Act of (Public Law 93–510) on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), , 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 710 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–220.

A prior section 708, Pub. L. 93–112, § 9, , 87 Stat. 362, related to audit and examination of records, scope of disclosure, and access to representatives, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 272, , 108 Stat. 3931.

A prior section 11 of Pub. L. 93–112 was renumbered section 13 and is classified to section 710 of this title.

Another prior section 11 of Pub. L. 93–112 was classified to section 710 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–220.

Amendments

2014—Pub. L. 113–128 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Credits

1998–2014 · 3 acts
  1. 1998Pub. L. 93–112, § 11, formerly § 9, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403, , 112 Stat. 1110
  2. 1998renumbered § 11, Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 402(a)(1)], , 112 Stat. 2681–337, 2681–412
  3. 2014amended Pub. L. 113–128, title IV, § 405(b), , 128 Stat. 1637.
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(Pub. L. 93–112, § 11, formerly § 9, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403, , 112 Stat. 1110; renumbered § 11, Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 402(a)(1)], , 112 Stat. 2681–337, 2681–412; amended Pub. L. 113–128, title IV, § 405(b), , 128 Stat. 1637.)

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