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PUBLIC LAW 9 3 - 1 1 2 - S E P T. 26, 1973

(c) The functions assigned to the Secretary by this section shall not be delegated to any persons not assigned to and operating in the Ofl&ce of the Secretary, except that he may establish an Office for the Handicapped in the office of an appropriate Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out such functions. (d) There are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out this section $500,000 each for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975. (e) Not later than thirty days after the appropriation Act containing sums for carrying out the provisions of this Act is enacted for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall set aside out of sums available to carry out this section or otherwise available pursuant to any other Act, an amount which he determines is necessary and appropriate to enable him to carry out the provisions of this section and shall notify the appropriate committees of the Congress of the amount so set aside, the number of personnel necessary for such purpose, and the basis for his determination under this subsection and his reasons therefor. SHELTERED W O R K S H O P

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STUDY

SEC. 406. (a) The Secretary shall conduct an original study of the role of sheltered workshops in the rehabilitation and employment of handicapped individuals, including a study of wage payments in sheltered workshops. The study shall incorporate guidelines which are consistent with criteria provided in resolutions adopted by the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the United States Senate or the Committee on Education and Labor of the United States House of Representatives, or both. (b) The study shall include site visits to sheltered workshops, interviews with handicapped trainees or clients, and consultations with interested individuals and groups and State agencies designated pursuant to section 101. (c) Any contracts awarded for the purpose of carrying out all or part of this study shall not be made with individuals or groups with a financial or other direct interest in sheltered workshops. (d) The Secretary shall report to the Congress his findings and recommendations with respect to such study within twenty-four months after the date of enactment of this Act.

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STATE ALLOCATION STUDY

SEC. 407. (a) The Secretary shall conduct a thorough study of the allotment of funds among the States for grants for basic vocational rehabilitation services authorized under part B of title I of this Act, including a consideration of— (1) the needs of individuals requiring vocational rehabilitation services; (2) the financial capability of the States to furnish vocational rehabilitation assistance including, on a State-by-State basis, per capita income, per capita costs of services rendered, State tax rates, and the ability and willingness of a State to provide the non-Federal share of the costs of rendering such services; (3) the continuing demand upon the States to furnish vocational rehabilitation services, together with a consideration of the factor that no State would receive less Federal financial assistance under such part than it received under section 2 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act in the fiscal year immediately prior to the enactment of this Act.

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