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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 219. 1920. 735 CHAP. 219.—An Act To provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation ·T¤¤¤ 2. 1920- of pemom disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to provide for ,a§§§°§{”Q§,,{,;*g,“*{,_*{‘S_‘ the promotion of vocational rehabilitation ofdpersons disabled in in- ¤b};•i1¤i¤s*·§¤y- { dustry or in any legitimate occupation an their return to civil ¢¤¤P$i$°}K$r{}i¤°§lSm°€{ employment there is hereby appropriated for the use of the States, §{“°° *“m““‘°“““°° sub`ect to the provisions of tlus Act, for the purpose of cooperatiu witg them in the maintenance of vocational rehabilitation of sucg disabled persons, and in returning vocationally rehabilitated plexsons to civil emplo ment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, the sum A¤¤¤¤¤i¤¤¤mS- of $750,000; ¥or the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, and thereafter _ for a, period of two years, the sum of $1,000,000 m1nuaH_y. Said B‘““ °""'°"“°“”· sums shall be allotted to the States in the proportion whwh their population bears to the total population in the United States, not mcluding Territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Colum- _ bia, according to the last. preceding United States census: Provided, {’[§§,'{',§’,;m_ That the allotment of funds to any State shall not be less than a. A p,Op,m,m ,0, minimum of $5,000 for any fiscal year. And there is hereby appro- ¤¤¤E¤¤¤= ¤1¤¤¢¤¤¤¤¤· printed the fo]10win§ sums, or so much thereof as may be nee ed, which shall be used or the purpose of providing the minimum allotment to the States £r0vided for m this section, for the iiscalggar ending June 30, 1921, e sum of $46,000; for the fiscal year en g June 30, 1922, and annually thereafter, the sum of $34,000. _ _ All moneys expended under the provisions of this Act, from appro- °°‘““"°“S ‘°q‘}"°"· priationsfprovided by section 1 shall be upon the condition (1) that b;“g*,‘;’;f,_°‘”““’“"“ or each ollar of Federal money expended there shall be expended in the State under the supervision and control of the State board at least an equal amount for the same purpose: Provided, That no por- §{,‘g§’,§§;i,,,,mm by tion of the appropriation made by this Act shall be used by any i¤¤¤¢¤¤i¤¤S· institution for a.ndicap{ped persons except for the special training of such individuals entitle to the benefits of this Act as shall be determined by the Federal board; (2) that the State board shall annually tS¤g¤¤gg*·;¤ gf)g}g¤¤· submit to the Federal board for approval plans showing (a) the ° °" Y ° ° ` kinds of vocational rehabilitation and schemes of lacemeut for which it is proposed the appropriation shall be used- 59 the plan of administration and supervision; (c) courses of study; (d) methods of instruction; (e) qualification of teachers, upervisors, directors, and other necessary administrative officers or employees; (f) plans S,§{;“‘,§?,{,,,{°*§,‘}"w0E§ for the training of teachers, supervisors, and directors; (3) that the ¤<>¤¤»¤¤¤· State board shall make an annual report to the Federal board on or before September 1 of each year on the work done in the State and on the receipts and expenditures of money under the provisions of this Act; (4) that no portion of any moneys ap ro mated by this b,§'§‘§,lZ,’§f5d;§%`5pr$ Act for the benefit of the States shall be applied), directly or indi- whimrectly, to the purchase, preservation, erection, or repair of an building or buildings or equipment, or for the purchase or rentaly of any _ lands; (5) that all courses for vocational rehabilitation given under 3b$g‘}{;° ,3g’d_§$_,°§§%§g the supervision and control of the State board and all courses for mpxums. vocational rehabilitation maintained shall be available, under such rules and retgulations as the Federal board shall prescribe, to any civil employee 0 the United States disabled while in the performance of his duty. mming O, mm Sec. 2. That for the purpose of this Act the term "pers,ons dis- ··1>eis¤¤s dis·=ble<i." ' ab1ed" shall be construed to mean any person who, by reason of a physical defect or iniirmitly, whether congenital or acquired by accident, iD]U1‘)’, 01* disease, is, or may be expected to be, totally 0I' p&1‘— ‘,R£bmmm° ,, tially incapacitated for remunerative occupation; the term “I6118»— ”‘ bi1itation" shall be construed to mean the rendering of a person disabled Et to engage in a remunerstive occupation.