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 PUBLIC LAW 98-221—FEB. 22, 1984

98 STAT. 27

shall not be an agency within the Department of Education or any other department or agency of the United States. (2) There are transferred to the Chairman of the National Council on the Handicapped all functions relating to the Council which were vested in the Secretary of Education on the day before the date of enactment of the Rehabilitation Amendments of 1984. The Chair- ^"^e, p. 17. man of the National Council on the Handicapped shall continue to exercise all the functions under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or 29 USC 701 note. any other law or authority which the Chairman was performing before the date of the enactment of the Rehabilitation Amendments of 1984. (3) References in any statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, regulation, or other official document or proceeding to the Department of Education or the Secretary of Education with respect to functions or activities relating to the National Council on the Handicapped shall be deemed to refer to the National Council on the Handicapped or the Chairman of the National Council on the Handicapped, respectively. DUTIES

SEC. 142. (a) Section 401 of the Act is amended— 29 USC 781. (1) by striking out clause (3) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(3) advise the President, the Congress, the Commissioner, the appropriate Assistant Secretary of the Department of Education, and the Director of the National Institute of Handicapped Research on the development of the programs to be carried out under this Act;"; (2) in clause (5)— (A) by inserting "the President, the Congress," immediately before "the Secretary"; and (B) by striking out "the Commissioner,"; (3) by striking out "and" at the end of clause (5); (4) by striking out "the Secretary," in clause (6); (5) by striking out the period at the end of clause (6) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "and"; and (6) by adding at the end thereof the following: "(7) provide to the Congress on a continuing basis advice, recommendations, and any additional information which the Council or the Congress deems appropriate.". (b) Section 401 of the Act is amended by inserting "(a)" after the section designation and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b) The National Council shall— "(1) review all statutes pertaining to Federal programs which assist handicapped individuals; "(2) make a priority listing of such programs based on the number of handicapped individuals such programs assist and the Federal costs of such programs; "(3) assess the extent to which such programs provide incentives or disincentives to the establishment of community-based services for handicapped individuals, promote the full integration of such individuals in the community, in schools, and in the workplace, and contribute to the independence and dignity of such individuals; "(4) recommend to the President and the Congress legislative proposals for increasing incentives and eliminating disincen-

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