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PUBLIC LAW 91-230-APR. 13, 1970

[84 STAT.

demonstration projects under this part, and shall secure the advice and recommendations of one such panel before making any grant under this part, AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 644. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated $27,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $35,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $45,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, for carrying out the provisions of this part. PART F—INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA FOR THE HANDICAPPED PURPOSE

SEC. 651. (a) The purposes of this part are to promote— (1) the general welfare of deaf persons by (A) bringing to such persons understanding and appreciation of those films which play such an impoitant part in the general and cultural advancement of hearing persons, (B) providing through these films enriched educational and cultural experiences through which deaf persons can be brought into better touch with the realities of their environment, and (C) providing a wholesome and rewarding experience which deaf persons may share together; and (2) the educational advancement of handicapped persons by (A) carrying on research in the use of educational media for the handicapped, (B) producing and distributing educational media for the use of handicapped persons, their parents, their actual or potential employers, and other persons directly involved in work for the advancement of the handicapped, and (C) training persons in the use of educational media for the instruction of the handicapped, CAPTIONED FILMS AND EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS

Loan service,

SEC. 652. (a) The Commissioner shall establish a loan service of captioned films and educational media for the purpose of making such materials available in the United States for nonprofit purposes to handicapped persons, parents of handicapped persons, and other persons directly involved in activities for the advancement of the handicapped in accordance with regulations, (b) The Commissioner is authorized to— (1) acquire films (or rights thereto) and other educational media by purchase, lease, or gift; (2) acquire by lease or purchased equipment necessary to the administration of this part; (3) provide for the captioning of films; (4) provide for the distribution of captioned films and other educational media and equipment through State schools for the handicapped and such other agencies as the Commissioner may deem appropriate to serve as local or regional centers for such distribution; (5) provide for the conduct of research in the use of educational and training films and other educational media for the handicapped, for the production and distribution of educational and training films and other educational media for the handicapped and the training of persons in the use of such films and media, including the payment to those persons of such stipends (including allowances for travel and other expenses of such persons and their dependents) as he may determine, which shall be consistent with prevailing practices under comparable federally supported programs;

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