§ 785. Authorization of appropriations

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 title IV § 405 · 87 Stat. 355

   Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 785

   Pub. L. 93–112, title IV, § 405, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 407, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1202

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 93–112, title IV, § 405, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 407, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1202

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 405. secretarial responsibilities (a) It shall be the function of the Secretary, with the assistance of agencies within the department, other departments and agencies within the Federal Government, handicapped individuals, and public and private agencies and organizations, through the Office of the Secretary, to— (1) prepare for submission to the Congress within eighteen months after the date of enactment of this Act, a long-range projection for the provision of comprehensive services to handicapped individuals and for programs of research, evaluation, and training related to such services and individuals; (2) analyze on a continuing basis and include in his report submitted under section 404, a report on the, results of such analysis, program operation to determine consistency with applicable provisions of law, progress toward meeting the goals and priorities set forth in the projection required under clause (1), and the effectiveness of all programs providing services to handicapped individuals, and the elimination of unnecessary duplication and overlap in such programs under the jurisdiction of the Secretary; (3) encourage coordinated and cooperative planning designed to produce maximum effectiveness, sensitivity, and continuity in the provision of services for handicapped individuals by all programs; (4) develop means of promoting the prompt utilization of engineering and other scientific research to assist in solving problems in education (including promotion of the development of curriculums stressing barrier free design and the adoption of such curriculums by schools of architecture, design, and engineering), health, employment, rehabilitation, architectural, housing, and transportation barriers, and other areas so as to bring about full integration of handicapped individuals into all aspects of society; (5) provide a central clearinghouse for information and resource availability for handicapped individuals through (A) the evaluation of systems within the Department of Health, Education. and Welfare, other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, public and private agencies and organizations, and other sources, which provide (i ) information and data regarding the location, provision, and availability of services and programs for handicapped individuals, regarding research and recent medical and scientific developments bearing on handicapping conditions (and their prevention, amelioration, causes, and cures), and regarding the current numbers of handicapped individuals and their needs, and (ii) any other such relevant information and data which the Secretary deems necessary; and (B) utilizing the results of such evaluation and existing information systems, the development within such Department of a coordinated system of information and data retrieval, which will have the capacity and responsibility to provide general and specific information regarding the information and data referred to in subclause (A) of this clause to the Congress, public and private, agencies and organizations, handicapped individuals and their families, professionals in fields serving such individuals, and the general public. (b) In selecting personnel to assist in the performance of the functions assigned in subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall give special emphasis to qualified handicapped individuals. (c) The functions assigned to the Secretary by this section shall not Office for the Handicapped, establishment. be delegated to any persons not assigned to and operating in the Office of the Secretary, except that he may establish an Office for the Handicapped in the office of an appropriate Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out such functions. (d) There are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out this Appropriation. section $500,000 each for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975. (e) Not later than thirty days after the appropriation Act containing Funds, availability, notification of congressional committee sums for carrying out the provisions of this Act is enacted for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall set aside out of sums available to carry out this section or otherwise available pursuant to any other Act, an amount which he determines is necessary and appropriate to enable him to carry out the provisions of this section and shall notify the appropriate committees of the Congress of the amount so set aside, the number of personnel necessary for such purpose, and the basis for his determination under this subsection and his reasons therefor.

2. 2014

   Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

   Pub. L. 113–128 title IV § 453 · 128 Stat. 1425

   Substituted · 29 U.S.C. § 785

   Pub. L. 113–128 substituted “$3,186,000 for fiscal year 2015, $3,432,000 for fiscal year 2016, $3,503,000 for fiscal year 2017, $3,581,000 for fiscal year 2018, $3,665,000 for fiscal year 2019, and $3,743,000 for fiscal year 2020.” for “such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2003.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 113–128 substituted “$3,186,000 for fiscal year 2015, $3,432,000 for fiscal year 2016, $3,503,000 for fiscal year 2017, $3,581,000 for fiscal year 2018, $3,665,000 for fiscal year 2019, and $3,743,000 for fiscal year 2020.” for “such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2003.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 453. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.   Section 405 (29 U.S.C. 785) is amended by striking “such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2003.” and inserting “$3,186,000 for fiscal year 2015, $3,432,000 for fiscal year 2016, $3,503,000 for fiscal year 2017, $3,581,000 for fiscal year 2018, $3,665,000 for fiscal year 2019, and $3,743,000 for fiscal year 2020.”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision