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 358

Post, 390.

PUBLIC LAW 93-112-SEPT. 26, 1973

p p. 385,

Delegation of functions, s u b mittal of plan to Congress.

R e s e a r c h, coordination and consultation.

Post,

p. 375.

68 Stat. 652.

[87 STAT.

shall be headed by a Commissioner (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Commissioner") appointed by the President. Except for titles IV and V and as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, such Administration shall be the principal agency for carrying out this Act. The Secretary shall not approve any delegation of the functions of the Commissioner to any other officer not directly responsible to the Commissioner unless the Secretary shall first submit a plan for such delegation to the Congress. Such delegation is eflfective at the end of the first period of sixty calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the date on which the plan for such delegation is transmitted to i t: Provided, however, That within thirty days of such transmittal, the Secretary shall consult with the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives respecting such proposed delegation. For the purposes of this section, continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die, and the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of the thirty-day and sixty-day periods. (b) The Secretary, through the Commissioner in coordination with other appropriate programs in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, in carrying out research under this Act shall establish the expertise and technological competence to, and shall, in consultation with, the National Science Foundation and the National Academy of Sciences develop and support, and stimulate the development and utilization (including production and distribution of new and existing devices) of, innovative methods of applying advanced medical technology, scientific achievement, and psychological and social knowledge to solve rehabilitation problems, and be responsible for carrying out the activities described in section 202(b)(2). (c) The Secretary shall take whatever action is necessary to insure that funds appropriated pursuant to this Act, as well as unexpended appropriations for carrying out the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 31-42), are expended only for the programs, personnel, and administration of programs carried out under this Act. ADVANCE

FUNDING

SEC. 4. (a) For the purpose of affording adequate notice of funding available under this Act, appropriations under this Act are authorized to be included in the appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. (b) I n order to effect a transition to the advance funding method of timing appropriation action, the authority provided by subsection (a) of this section shall apply notwithstanding that its initial application will result in the enactment in the same year (whether in the same appropriation Act or otherwise) of two separate appropriations, one for the then current fiscal year and one for the succeeding fiscal year.

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