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 386 Information dissemination.

Rules and regulations. Ante, pp. 363, 377. Publication in Federal Register.

Investigative authority.

Disabled veterans, program coordination.

72 Stat. 1171. 38 USC 1501 et seq.

Ante, p. 375. Ante, p. 363.

Report to congressional committees.

PUBLIC LAW 93-112-SEPT. 26, 1973

[87 STAT.

(3) disseminate information relating to vocational rehabilitation services, and otherwise promote the cause of the rehabilitation of 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 title and titles I through III of this Act, and, except as otherwise provided in this Act, to delegate to any officer or employee of the United States such of his powers and duties under such titles, except the making of rules and regulations, as he finds necessary to carry out the provisions of such titles. Such rules and regulations shall be published in the Federal Register, on at least an interim basis, no later than ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act. (c) The Secretary is authorized (directly or by grants or contracts) to conduct studies, investigations, and evaluation of the programs authorized by this Act, and to make reports, with respect to abilities, aptitudes, and capacities of handicapped individuals, development of their potentialities, their utilization in gainful and suitable employment, and with respect to architectural, transportation, and other environmental and attitudinal barriers to their rehabilitation, including the problems of homebound, institutionalized, and older blind individuals. (d) There is authorized to be included for each fiscal year in the appropriation for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare such sums as are necessary to administer the provisions of this Act. (e) I n carrying out his duties under this Act, the Secretary shall insure the maximum coordination and consultation, at both national and local levels, with the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and his designees with respect to programs for and relating to the rehabilitation of disabled veterans carried out under title 38, United States Code. PROGRAM A N D PROJECT

EVALUATION

SEC. 401. (a)(1) The Secretary shall measure and evaluate the impact of all programs authorized by this Act, in order to determine their effectiveness in achieving stated goals in general, and in relation to their cost, their impact on related programs, and their structure and mechanisms for delivery of services, including, where appropriate, comparisons with appropriate control groups composed of persons who have not participated in such programs. Evaluations shall be conducted by persons not immediately involved in the administration of the program or project evaluated. (2) I n carrying out his responsibilities under this subsection, the Secretary, in the case of research, demonstrations, and related activities carried out under section 202, shall, after taking into consideration the views of State agencies designated pursuant to section 101, on an annual basis— (A) reassess priorities to which such activities should be directed; and (B) review present research, demonstration, and related activities to determine, in terms of the purpose specified for such activities by subsection (a) of section 202, whether and on what basis such activities should be continued, revised, or terminated. (3) The Secretary shall, within 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and on each April 1 thereafter, prepare and furnish to the appropriate committees of the Congress a complete report on the determination and review carried out under paragraph (2) of this subsection, together with such recommendations, including any recommendations for additional legislation, as he deems appropriate.

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