Title 29 — Labor
Chapter 16 — Vocational Rehabilitation and Other Rehabilitation Services
§ 712. Information clearinghouse
Statutory text
Establishment; information and resources for individuals with disabilities
The Secretary of Education shall establish a central clearinghouse for information and resource availability for individuals with disabilities which shall provide information and data regarding—
the location, provision, and availability of services and programs for individuals with disabilities, including such information and data provided by State workforce development boards regarding such services and programs authorized under title I of such Act; 1
research and recent medical and scientific developments bearing on disabilities (and their prevention, amelioration, causes, and cures); and
the current numbers of individuals with disabilities and their needs.
The clearinghouse shall also provide any other relevant information and data which the Secretary of Education considers appropriate.
Information and data retrieval system
The Commissioner may assist the Secretary of Education to develop within the Department of Education a coordinated system of information and data retrieval, which will have the capacity and responsibility to provide information regarding the information and data referred to in subsection (a) of this section to the Congress, public and private agencies and organizations, individuals with disabilities and their families, professionals in fields serving such individuals, and the general public.
Office of Information and Resources for Individuals with Disabilities
The office established to carry out the provisions of this section shall be known as the “Office of Information and Resources for Individuals with Disabilities”.
Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary.
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
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.
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Pub. L. 93–112 § 15 · 87 Stat. 355
Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 712
Pub. L. 93–112, § 15, formerly § 13, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1113
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 93–112, § 15, formerly § 13, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1113Enacted provision · exact public law section
(15) provide for continuing statewide studies of the needs of handicapped individuals and how these needs may be most effectively met (including the State’s needs for rehabilitation facilities) with a view toward the relative need for services to significant segments of the population of handicapped individuals and the need for expansion of services to those individuals with the most severe handicaps;Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Pub. L. 113–128 § 407(b)(1)(A) · 128 Stat. 1425
Inserted · 29 U.S.C. § 712(a)
Pub. L. 113–128, § 407(b)(1)(A), inserted “of Education” after “Secretary” in introductory and concluding provisions
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–128, § 407(b)(1)(A), inserted “of Education” after “Secretary” in introductory and concluding provisions.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) by inserting “of Education” after “Secretary” each place it appears; andWorkforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Pub. L. 113–128 § 407(b)(1)(B) · 128 Stat. 1425
Substituted · 29 U.S.C. § 712(a)(1)
Pub. L. 113–128, § 407(b)(1)(B), substituted “State workforce development boards” for “State workforce investment boards”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 113–128, § 407(b)(1)(B), substituted “State workforce development boards” for “State workforce investment boards”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking “State workforce investment boards” and inserting “State workforce development boards”; andWorkforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Pub. L. 113–128 § 407(b)(2) · 128 Stat. 1425
Substituted · 29 U.S.C. § 712(b)
Pub. L. 113–128, § 407(b)(2), substituted “Secretary of Education” for “Secretary”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–128, § 407(b)(2), substituted “Secretary of Education” for “Secretary”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) in subsection (b), by striking “Secretary” and inserting “Secretary of Education”.
4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Such Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), probably means the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, which is Pub. L. 105–220, , 112 Stat. 936, and was repealed by Pub. L. 113–128, title V, §§ 506, 511(a), , 128 Stat. 1703, 1705, effective . Title I of the Act was classified principally to former chapter 30 (former § 2801 et seq.) of this title. Pursuant to section 3361(a) of this title, references to a provision of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 are deemed to refer to the corresponding provision of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. 113–128, , 128 Stat. 1425. For complete classification of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to the Code, see Tables. For complete classification of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3101 of this title and Tables.
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 714 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–220.
A prior section 712, Pub. L. 93–112, § 13, as added Pub. L. 95–602, title I, § 122(a)(10), , 92 Stat. 2985; amended Pub. L. 98–221, title I, § 102, , 98 Stat. 17; Pub. L. 99–506, title I, § 105, , 100 Stat. 1812; Pub. L. 102–569, title I, §§ 102(p)(4), 106, , 106 Stat. 4356, 4362; Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1042(c), , 109 Stat. 715, related to reports to President and Congress, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403, , 112 Stat. 1093. See section 710 of this title.
A prior section 15 of Pub. L. 93–112 was renumbered section 17 and is classified to section 714 of this title.
Another prior section 15 of Pub. L. 93–112 was classified to section 714 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–220.
Amendments
2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–128, § 407(b)(1)(A), inserted “of Education” after “Secretary” in introductory and concluding provisions.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 113–128, § 407(b)(1)(B), substituted “State workforce development boards” for “State workforce investment boards”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–128, § 407(b)(2), substituted “Secretary of Education” for “Secretary”.
Credits
1998–2014 · 3 acts
- 1998Pub. L. 93–112, § 15, formerly § 13, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403, , 112 Stat. 1113
- 1998renumbered § 15, Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 402(a)(1)], , 112 Stat. 2681–337, 2681–412
- 2014amended Pub. L. 113–128, title IV, § 407(b), , 128 Stat. 1639.
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(Pub. L. 93–112, § 15, formerly § 13, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403, , 112 Stat. 1113; renumbered § 15, 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, § 407(b), , 128 Stat. 1639.)