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106 STAT. 4426 PUBLIC LAW 102-569—OCT. 29, 1992 with respect to telecommunications devices, public buildings and monimients, parks and parklands, public transportation (including air, water, and surface transportation, whether interstate, forei^, intrastate, or local), and residential and institutional housing; "(6) determine what measures are being taken by Federal, State, and local governments and by other public or nonprofit agencies to eUminate the barriers described in para^apn (5); "(7) promote the use of the International Accessibility Symbol in all public facilities that are in compliance with the standards prescribed by the Administrator of General Services, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to the Act commonly known as the /^chitectural Barriers Act of 1968; Reports. "(8) make to the President and to the Congress reports that shall describe in detail the results of its investigations under paragraphs (5) and (6); "(9) make to the President and to the Congress such recommendations for legislative and administrative changes as the Access Board determines to be necessanr or desirable to eliminate the barriers described in paragraph (5); and Handicapped. "(10) ensure that public conveyances, including rolling stock, are readily accessible to, and usable by, individuals with physical disabilities.". (d) INVESTIGATIONS AND HEARINGS.— Section 502(d) (29 U.S.C. 792(d)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence— (A) by striking "In carrying out" and all that follows through "shall conduct" and inserting "The Access Board shall conduct"; and (B) by striking "insure" and inserting "ensure"; and (2) by striking paragraph (3). (e) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS. —Section 502(f) (29 U.S.C. 792(f)) is amended— (1) by striking "(f) The departments" and inserting the following: "(fKlXA) In carrying out the technical assistance responsibilities of the Access Board under this section, the Board may enter into an interagency agreement with another Federal department or agency. "(B) Any funds appropriated to such a department or agency for the purpose of providing technical assistence may be transferred to the Access Board. Any funds appropriated to the Access Board for the purpose of providing such tecnmcal assistance may be transferred to such department or agency. "(C) The Access Board may arrange to carry out the technical assistance responsibilities of the Board under this section through such other departments and agencies for such periods as the Board determines to be appropriate. "(D) The Access Board shall esteblish a procedure to ensure separation of its compliance and technical assistance responsibilities under this section. "(2) The departmente"; and (2) in the second sentence of paragraph (2) (as so designated by paragraph (1) of this subsection)— (A) by striking "subsection" and inserting "paragraph"; (B) by striking "Secretar)^" and inserting "Chcdrperson"; and (C) by striking "the daily pay rate for a person employed as a GS-18 under section 5332" and inserting