Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 3.djvu/361

 PUBLIC LAW 95-602—NOV. 6, 1978

92 STAT. 2993

''(c) The amount apportioned for projects within each State under subsection (a) shall be apportioned among areas within each such State in an equitable manner, taking into consideration (1) the proportion which eligible individuals in each such area bears to the total number of such individuals, respectively, in that State, and (2) the relative distribution of such individuals residing in rural and urban areas within the State. u DEFINITIONS

"SEC. 616. For purposes of this part— 29 USC 795e. "(1) the term 'community service' means social, health, welfare, and educational services, legal and other counseling services and assistance, including tax counseling and assistance and financial counseling, and library, recreational, and other similar services; conservation, maintenance, or restoration of natural resources; community betterment or beautification; antipollution and environmental quality efforts; economic development; and such other services essential and necessary to the community as the Secretary, by regulation, may prescribe; "(2) the term 'pilot program' means the community service employment program for handicapped individuals established under this part; and "(3) the term 'attendant care' means interpreter services for the deaf, reader services for the blind, and services provided to assist mentally retarded individuals to perform duties of employment. u AUTHORIZATION

OF APPROPRIATIONS

"SEC. 617. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 29 USC 795f. purposes of this part $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982. "PART B—PROJECTS W I T H INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS u PROJECTS W I T H

INDUSTRY

"SEC. 621. (a)(1) The Commissioner, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Commerce and with designated State units, may enter into agreements with individual employers and other entities to establish jointly financed projects which— "(A) shall provide handicapped individuals with training and employment in a realistic work setting in order to prepare them for employment in the competitive market; " (B) shall provide handicapped individuals with such supportive services as may be required to permit them to continue to engage in the employment for which they have received training under this section; and "(C) shall, to the extent appropriate, expand job opportunities for handicapped individuals by providing for (i) the development and modification of jobs to accommodate the special needs of

Jointly financed projects, consultation and agreements. 29 USC 795g.

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