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PUBLIC LAW 565-AUG- 3, 1954

"SEC. 7. I n the case of any State which, immediately prior to July 1, 1964, was performing the functions of a State licensing agency pursuant to an application for designation approved under this Act, such application shall be deemed to be an application approved under section 3 of this Act, as amended by the Vocational Kehabilitation Amendments of 1954, until (1) the Secretary finds, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing to the State licensing agency, that the provisions contained in such application have been changed so that it no longer complies with any provisions required to be included in such application under this Act, as in effect prior to July 1, 1954, or that in the administration of the program there is a failure to comply substantially with any such provision, or (2) the application is superseded by an application approved under section 3 of this Act after July 1, 1954, or (3) July 1, 1955, whichever first occurs."

State acting as licensing agency r before July 1, 1954. Status.

PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

SEC. 5. The joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution authorizing an appropriation for the work of the President's Committee on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week", approved July 11, 1949 (63 Stat. 409), is amended by striking out "$75,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$225,000".

Appropriation.

UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

SEC. 6. (a) The first sentence of subsection (a) of section 3 of the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended (29 U.S.C. sec. 49b), is hereby amended by inserting after "gainful occupations," the following: "including employment counseling and placement services for handicapped persons,". (b) Section 8 of such Act, as amended (29 U.S.C. sec. 49g), is further amended by inserting after the first sentence thereof a new sentence to read as follows: "Such plans shall include provision for the promotion and development of employment opportunities for handicapped persons and for job counseling and placement of such persons, and for the designation of at least one person in each State or Federal employment office, whose duties shall include the effectuation of such purposes."

48 Stat, 114.

HOMEBOUND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS

SEC. 7. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall make a thorough study of existing programs for teaching and training handicapped persons, commonly known as shut-ins, whose disabilities confine them to their homes or beds, for the purpose of ascertaining whether additional or supplementary programs or services are necessary, particularly in rural areas, in order to provide adequate general ameliorative and vocational training for such handicapped persons. The Secretary shall report to the Congress not later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act the results of such study, together with such recommendations as may be desirable. EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 8. The amendments made by this Act shall become effective July 1, 1954. Approved August 3, 1954.

study of existing proE^rams.

Report to Congress.

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