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 106 STAT. 4430 PUBLIC LAW 102-569—OCT. 29, 1992 SEC. 508. ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCES- SIBILmr GUIDELINES. (a) GUIDELINES.— Section 508 (29 U.S.C. 794d) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. S08. ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCES- SIBILITY GUIDELINES. "(a) GUIDELINES.— The Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute on Disability ana Rehabilitation Research, and the Administrator of the General Services Administration, in consultation with the electronics and information technology industry and the Interagenqr Council on Accessible Technology, shall develop and establish guidelines for Federal agencies for electronic and information technology accessibility desired to ensure, regardless of the ty^ of medium, that individuals with disabilities can produce information and data, and have access to information and data, comparable to the information and data, and access, respectively, of individuals who are not individuals with disabilities. Such guide- Unes shall be revised, as necessary, to reflect technological advances or changes. "(b) COMPLIANCE. —Each Federal agency shall comply with the guidelines established under this section.". (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— The table of contents relating to the Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 508 and inserting the following: "Sec. 508. Electronic and information technology accessibility guidelines.". SEC. 510. PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Title V (29 U.S.C. 790 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 29 USC 794e. '9EC. 50B. PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. "(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to support a system in each State to protect the legal and human n^ts of individuals with disabilities who— "(1) are ineligible for cUent assistance programs under section 112; and "(2) are inehgible for protection and advocacy programs under part C of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 6041 et seq.) and the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally 111 Individuals Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 10801 et seq.). "(b) APPROPRIATIONS LESS THAN $5,500,000. — "(1) ALLOTMENTS.— For any fiscal year in which the amount appropriated to carry out this section is less than $5,500,000, the Commissioner may make grants from such amount to eligible systems within States to plan for, develop outreach strategies for, and carry out protection and advocacy programs authorized tmder this section for individuals with disabilities who meet the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a). "(2) OTHER JURISDICTIONS.—For the purposes of this subsection, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau shall not be considered to be States. "(c) APPROPRIATIONS OF $5,500,000 OR MORE.— "(1) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— For any fiscal year in which the amount appropriated to carry out this section equals or

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