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PUBLIC LAW 565-A.UG. 3, 1954

AMENDMENTS TO THE RANDOLPH-SllEPPARD VENDING STAND ACT

SEC. 4. (a) The first section of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the operation of stands in Federal buildings by blind persons, to enlarge the economic opportunities of the blind, and for other purposes", approved June 20, 1936, as amended (20 U.S.C. sec. 107), is amended to read as follows: "That for the purpose of providing blind persons with remunerative employment, enlarging the economic opportunities of the blind, and stimulating the blind to greater efforts in striving to make themselves self-supporting, blind persons licensed under the provisions of this Act shall be authorized to operate vending stands on any Federal property where such vending stands may be properly and satisfactorily operated by blind persons. In authorizing the operation of vending stands on Federal property, preference shall be given, so far as feasible, to blind persons licensed by a State agency as provided in this Act; and the head of each department or agency in control of the maintenance, operation, and protection of Federal property shall, after consultation with the Secretary, and with the approval of the President, prescribe regulations designed to assure such preference (including assignment of vending machine income to achieve and protect such preference) for such licensed blind persons without unduly inconveniencing such departments and agencies or adversely affecting the interests of the United States." (b)(1) Section 2(a) of such Act of June 20, 1936, as amended (20 U.S.C. sec. 107a), is amended by striking out "in Federal and other buildings" where it appears in paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof "on Federal and other property", and by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows: "(4) Designate as provided in section 3 of this Act the State commission for the blind in each State, or, in any State in which there is no such commission, some other public agency to issue licenses to blind persons who are citizens of the United States and at least twenty-one years of age for the operating of vending stands on Federal and other property in such State for the vending of newspapers, periodicals, confections, tobacco products, articles dispensed automatically or in containers or wrapping in which they are placed before receipt by the vending stand, and such other articles as may be approved for each property by the department or agency in control of the maintenance, operation, and protection thereof and the State licensing agency in accordance with the regulations prescribed pursuant to the first section: Provided, That (A) effective four years after the enactment of the Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments of 1954, in any State having an approved plan for vocational rehabilitation pursuant to the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, the licensing agency to be designated hereunder shall be the State agency designated pursuant to section 5 (a)(1) of such Act as the sole State agency with respect to vocational rehabilitation of the blind; and (B) prior to such time, no license shall be granted except upon certification by a vocational rehabilitation agency that the individual is qualified to operate a vending stand." (2) Paragraph (5) of such subsection is amended by inserting ", including the issuance of rules and regulations," after "steps". (c) Section 2(b) of such Act of June 20, 1936, as amended, is amended by striking out the third sentence thereof. (d) Section 2(c) of such Act of June 20, 1936, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(c) The State licensing agency designated by the Secretary is authorized, with the approval of the head of the department or agency in control of the maintenance, operation, and protection of the Federal property on which the stand is to be located but subject to regulations

Blind persons. Vending s t and operation.

Concessions t and opp ortunities.

State licensing agencies.

Restrictions.

29 USC 41. 29 USC 35.

HEWregulations. 20 USC 107a(b). 20 USC 107a(c). Loc a t i o n and type of stand.

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