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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . II. Ca. 303 . 1929 . February 23,1929.
CHAP. 303.-An Act To provide for the vocational rehabilitation of disabled
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residents of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes . [Public, No . 801.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the voc ational reha bili- United States o f America in Congress assembled, That on and after tation, D. C. Provisions for dis- July 1, 1929, the Federal Board for Vocational Education is author- a bled resi dents . ized and directed to provide for the vocational rehabilitation and return to employment of any disabled resident of the District of Colu mbia . Meaning of terms .
SE C. 2 . For the purposes of this Act (1) the term "disabled resi- " Disab led resident of tbe District o f dent of the District of Columbia " means any bona fide resident in Co lumbia. "
the District of Columbia who, by reason of a physical defect or infirmity, whe ther congenit al or acquired by accident, injury, or disease, is or may be expected to become totally or partially incapaci- "vocational rehabiii- tated for remu nerative occu pation ; and (2) t he ter m " vocational tation ."
rehabilitation " means the r endering of an y such disabl ed resident fit to engage in a remunerative occupation . Public Health Serv- SE C. 3 . (a) The United States Public Health Service is authorized ice to cooperate with Federal Board .
and directed to cooperate with the Federal Board for Vocational Education in carrying out the provisions of this Act, and the board other agencies. may, in carrying out such provisions, obtain the cooperation of (1) any other establishment in the executive branch of the Government ; (2) any department or agency of the government of the District of Colu mbia ; ( 3) any State, Territ ory, o r polit ical su bdivis ion the reof ; or (4) any private agency or person . Plan for rebabili ta-
(b) The Federal Board for Vocational Education and the United lion of civil employees to be prepared by Fed- States Employees' Compensation Commission are authorized and oral Board and Em- directed to formulate a plan of cooperation for the vocational rehabil- pl cyee s'Com pens atio n Commission . itation of civ il employees of the United States disabl ed while in the performance of duty and who reside in the District of Columbia, and such board may, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, in so far as it applies to such civil employees, carry out such plan . sc Rules, etc ., to be pre-
SEC . 4. The board is authorized to prescribe such rules and regula- tions as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Act . Expenses by Bo ard SEC . 5 . The Federal Board for Vocational Education is authorized au thor ized .
to make such ex enditures (including ex penditures for Details.
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personal services at the seat of Government and elsewhere, for printing and binding, for traveling and subsistence expenses, for the payment of tuition to schools, for the compensation of tutors, for the purchase of prosthetic appliances and instructional supplies and equipment, and for the payment of necessary expenses of persons undergoing vocational rehabilitation) as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act . nufilmy . authorized an- SEC . 6 . For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act Post, p. 1626 .
there is authorized to be appropriated to the Federal Board for Vocational Education a sum not to exceed $15,000 for each fiscal Equal amount f rom year :: Provided, That no such appropriations of Federal funds shall qual Distr ict funds .
be available for expenditure except when matched by equal appro- priations of District of Columbia funds which are hereby authorized . Repor t to Congres s .
SEC. 7. The board shall submit to Congress on or before the first day of each regular session a report of all rehabilitation service pro- vided and of all expenditures made under this Act during the preceding fiscal year . Approved, February 23, 1929 .
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