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PUBLIC LAW 56 5-AUG. 3, 1954

be provided any individual for any one course of study for a period in excess of two years; and "(4) disseminate information as to the studies, investigations, demonstrations, and reports referred to in paragraph (1) and other matters relating to vocational rehabilitation services, and otherwise promote the cause of rehabilitation of physically handicapped individuals and their greater utilization in gainful and suitable employment. "(b) The Secretary is authorized to make rules and regulations governing the administration of this Act, and to delegate to any officer or employee of the United States such of his powers and duties, except the making of rules and regulations, as he finds necessary in carrying out the purposes of this Act.

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Information, e t c.

Rules and regulations.

PROMOTION OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

"SEC. 8. The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall cooperate in developing, and in recommending to the appropriate State agencies, policies and procedures which will facilitate the placement in employment of handicapped, individuals who have received rehabilitation services under State vocational rehabilitation programs, and, together with the chairman of the President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped, shall develop and recommend methods which will assure maximum utilization of services which that committee, and cooperating State and local organizations, are able to render in promoting job opportunities for such individuals. ii

REPORTS

"SEC. 9. Annual reports shall be made to the Congress by the Secretary as to the administration of this Act. uAUTHORIZATION

OF APPROPRIATION FOR ADMINISTRATION

"SEC. 10. There are hereby authorized to be included for each fiscal year in the appropriations for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare such sums as are necessary to administer the provisions of this Act. "DEFINITIONS

"SEC. 11. For the purposes of this Act— " (a) The term 'vocational rehabilitation services' means diagnostic and related services (including transportation) incidental to the determination of eligibility for and the nature and scope of services to be provided; training, guidance and placement services for physically handicapped individuals; and, in the case of any such individual found to require financial assistance with respect thereto, after full consideration of his eligibility for any similar benefit by way of pension, compensation, and insurance, any other goods and services necessary to render such individual fit to engage in a remunerative occupation (including remunerative homebound work), including the following physical restoration and other goods and services— "(1) corrective surgery or therapeutic treatment necessary to correct or substantially modify a physical or mental condition which is stable or slowly progressive and constitutes a substantial handicap to employment, but is of such a nature that such cor-

"Vocational rehabilitation services".

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