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 100 STAT. 1172

PUBLIC LAW 99-457—OCT. 8, 1986

"PART G—TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL MEDIA, AND MATERIALS FOR THE H A N D I C A P P E D " F I N A N C I A L ASSISTANCE

Contracts. 20 USC 1461.

SEC. 661. The Secretary may make grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with institutions of higher education. State and local educational agencies, or other appropriate agencies and organizations for the purpose of advancing the use of new technology, media, and materials in the education of handicapped students and the provision of early intervention to handicapped infants and toddlers. In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may fund projects or centers for the purposes of— "(1) determining how technology, media, and materials are being used in the education of the handicapped and how they can be used more effectively, "(2) designing and adapting new technology, media, and materials to improve the education of handicapped students, "(3) assisting the public and private sectors in the development and marketing of new technology, media, and materials for the education of the handicapped, and "(4) disseminating information on the availability and use of new technology, media, and materials for the education of the handicapped. "AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

20 USC 1462.

"SEC. 662. For the purposes of carrying out this part, there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1987, $10,500,000 for fiscal year 1988, and $11,025,000 for fiscal year 1989." TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS SEC. 401. REMOVAL OF ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS. Section 607(a) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1406) is amended by inserting "with the Secretary of the Interior and" after "cooperative agreements". SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS.

25 USC 1801 note.

43 USC 1601 note.

Section 602(a) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1401(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (11), by striking out "and" at the end of subparagraph (D), by striking out the period at the end of subparagraph (E) and inserting in lieu thereof "; and", and by adding at the end the following: "(F) The term includes community colleges receiving funding from the Secretary of the Interior under Public Law 95-471.", and (2) by adding at the end the following: "(23)(A) The term 'public or private nonprofit agency or organization' includes an Indian tribe. "(B) The terms 'Indian', 'American Indian', and 'Indian American' mean an individual who is a member of an Indian tribe. "(C) The term 'Indian tribe' means any Federal or State Indian tribe, band, rancheria, pueblo, colony, or community, including any Alaskan native village or regional village corporation (as defined in or established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act).".

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