June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 141 Stat. 735June 5, 1924, ch. 26543 Stat. 431June 9, 1930, ch. 414, § 146 Stat. 524June 30, 1932, ch. 324, § 147 Stat. 448July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 157 Stat. 374Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 268 Stat. 652Pub. L. 89–333, § 2(a)79 Stat. 1282Pub. L. 90–99, § 281 Stat. 250Pub. L. 90–39182 Stat. 298Pub. L. 91–610, § 184 Stat. 1817Section 31, acts , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , , ; , , ; , , §§ 2, 7(c), , 300; , , , related to grants to assist in rehabilitating handicapped individuals, providing in subsec. (a) authorization to make grants and a statement of purpose and in subsec. (b) authorization of appropriations.
June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 241 Stat. 735July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 157 Stat. 374Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 268 Stat. 652Pub. L. 89–333, § 2(a)79 Stat. 1282Pub. L. 90–39182 Stat. 298Section 32, acts , ; , ; , ; , , ; , , §§ 3, 4, 5, , related to grants to States for vocational rehabilitation services, providing in: subsec. (a) for computation of allotments; subsec. (b) for amount of payments and adjusted Federal shares; and subsec. (c) for private contributions for construction or establishment of facilities.
June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 341 Stat. 736June 5, 1924, ch. 26543 Stat. 431June 9, 1930, ch. 414, § 246 Stat. 524June 30, 1932, ch. 324, § 247 Stat. 449July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 157 Stat. 376Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 268 Stat. 654Pub. L. 89–333, § 2(a)79 Stat. 1283Pub. L. 90–391, § 682 Stat. 299Section 33, acts , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , , ; , , , related to grants for innovation of vocational rehabilitation services, providing in: subsec. (a) for the basis of allotments; subsec. (b) for duration of payments; subsec. (c) for restriction on payments; and subsec. (d) for additional amounts.
June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 441 Stat. 736June 9, 1930, ch. 414, § 346 Stat. 525July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 157 Stat. 377Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 268 Stat. 655Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 90370 Stat. 956Pub. L. 85–198, § 171 Stat. 473Pub. L. 85–21371 Stat. 488Pub. L. 89–33379 Stat. 1289Pub. L. 90–99, § 381 Stat. 251Pub. L. 90–391, § 7(a)82 Stat. 299Pub. L. 91–610, § 284 Stat. 1817Section 34, acts , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , , ; , , ; , , §§ 4(a), 5(a), 12(a), (b)(1), (2), , 1290, 1293; , , ; , , (b), (d), , 300; , , , related to grants for special projects, providing in: subsec. (a) general provisions; subsec. (b) for payments; and subsec. (c) for National Advisory Council on Vocational Rehabilitation.
June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 541 Stat. 736June 30, 1932, ch. 324, § 347 Stat. 450July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 157 Stat. 377Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 268 Stat. 656Pub. L. 89–33379 Stat. 1291Pub. L. 90–99, § 681 Stat. 253Pub. L. 90–391, § 882 Stat. 300Section 35, acts , ; , ; , ; , ; , , §§ 8(a), 12(b)(1), , 1293; , , ; , , , related to State plans, providing in: subsec. (a) for requirements for approval; subsec. (b) for approval; subsec. (c) for withholding or limitation of payments; and subsec. (d) for judicial review.
June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 641 Stat. 737June 5, 1924, ch. 26543 Stat. 432June 9, 1930, ch. 414, § 446 Stat. 526June 30, 1932, ch. 324, § 447 Stat. 450July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 157 Stat. 378Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 268 Stat. 658Section 36, acts , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , , related to method of computing and making payments.
Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a)80 Stat. 644section 36 of this title, , , repealed , insofar as section 36 authorized an appropriation to finance the operation of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, and insofar as it provided for certain salary restrictions.
June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 741 Stat. 737July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 157 Stat. 378Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 268 Stat. 658Pub. L. 85–198, § 271 Stat. 474Pub. L. 89–33379 Stat. 1290Pub. L. 90–391, § 982 Stat. 301Section 37, acts , ; , ; , ; , , ; , , §§ 5(b), 7, 12(b)(1), , 1291, 1293; , , , related to administration, providing in: subsec. (a) general provisions; subsec. (b) for rules and regulations; subsec. (c) for research and dissemination of information; subsec. (d) for authorization of appropriations; and subsec. (e) for evaluation of vocational rehabilitation program.
act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 8July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 157 Stat. 379Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 268 Stat. 659Pub. L. 89–333, § 12(b)(3)79 Stat. 1293Section 38, , as added , ; amended , ; , , , related to promotion of employment opportunities.
act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 9July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 157 Stat. 379Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 268 Stat. 659Section 39, , as added , ; amended , , related to annual reports to Congress.
act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 10July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 157 Stat. 379Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 268 Stat. 659Section 40, , as added , ; amended , , related to appropriations for administration.
act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 11July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 157 Stat. 379Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 268 Stat. 659Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 852, § 1670 Stat. 910Pub. L. 86–70, § 2473 Stat. 147Pub. L. 86–624, § 2074 Stat. 416Pub. L. 89–33379 Stat. 1291–1294Pub. L. 90–99, § 781 Stat. 253Pub. L. 90–391, § 1082 Stat. 301Section 41, , as added , ; amended , ; , ; , , ; , , ; , , §§ 6(a), 9, 10(a), 11, 12(b)(1), (c), (d), 13, , , , ; , , , related to definitions.
act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 12Pub. L. 89–333, § 379 Stat. 1284Pub. L. 90–391, § 1182 Stat. 303Pub. L. 91–610, § 384 Stat. 1817Section 41a, , as added , , ; amended , , ; , , , related to grants for construction and staffing of rehabilitation facilities, providing in: subsec. (a) for authorization to make grants; subsec. (b) for project requirements, assurances, plans and specifications, and labor standards; subsec. (c) for percentage shares; subsec. (d) for reservation of grant funds, payment, and additional payments; subsec. (e) for recovery of Federal share upon cessation of public or non-profit character of rehabilitation facilities; subsec. (f) for grants for staffing facilities with professional or technical personnel and limitation on Federal share; subsec. (g) for planning grants; subsec. (h) for adjustments for overpayments or underpayments; subsec. (i) for authorization of appropriations; and subsec. (j) for definitions of “construction”, “cost” of construction, and what a project for construction of a rehabilitation facility which is primarily a workshop, may include.
act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 13Pub. L. 89–333, § 379 Stat. 1286Pub. L. 90–391, § 1282 Stat. 303Pub. L. 91–610, § 484 Stat. 1817Section 41b, , as added , , ; amended , , ; , , , related to rehabilitation facility improvement, providing in: subsec. (a) for grants for projects for training services, authorization, definition of training services, allowances, and payments; subsec. (b) for rehabilitation facility improvement grants; authorization, improvement of service capability, and payments; subsec. (c) for technical assistance to rehabilitation facilities, and compensation of experts and consultants; subsec. (d) for National Policy and Performance Council, its establishment, membership, function, and compensation of members; subsec. (e) for labor standards; and subsec. (f) for authorization of appropriations.
act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 14Pub. L. 89–333, § 379 Stat. 1288Section 41c, , as added , , , related to waiver in the case of locally financed activity of requirement that plan be statewide.
Section 500(a) of Pub. L. 93–112Sections 31 to 41c, referred to above, and sections 42–1 to 42b of this title, were known as the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. , which repealed that Act, also provided that references to such Vocational Rehabilitation Act in any other provision of law would, ninety days after , be deemed to be references to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which is classified generally to chapter 15 (§ 701 et seq.) of this title.
On enactment of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, such former provisions were covered by various new sections of this title as follows:
Former sections | New sections |
|---|---|
31(a) | 701(1), 720(a) |
31(b)(1), (2) | 720(b)(1), (2) |
31(b)(3)(A) | 761(a), 774(a) |
31(b)(3)(B) | 720(b)(2) |
31(b)(3)(C), (D) | 774(a)(1) |
31(b)(4) | See 720(b), 761(a), 774(a) |
32(a) | 730(a) |
32(b) | 731(a) |
32(c) | 724 |
33(a)(1) | 740(a)(1) |
33(a)(2) | 741(a) |
33(b) | 741(b) |
33(c) | 709 |
33(d) | 740(b) |
34(a) | 762(a), (b), 763, 774(b), 776(h) |
34(a)(1) | 762(a), (b) |
34(a)(2)(A) | 741(a), (b) |
34(a)(2)(B) | 774(d) |
34(a)(2)(C) | 763(b), 774(b) |
34(a)(2)(D) | 723(a)(7) |
34(b) | 741(c) |
34(c) | Repealed |
35(a) | 721(a) |
35(a), (1), (2) | 721(a)(1), (2) |
35(a)(3) | 721(a)(3), (4) |
35(a)(4) | 721(a)(5)(A)(i) |
35(a)(5), (6) | 721(a)(5), (6) |
35(a)(7) | 723(a)(1), (2) |
35(a)(8), (9) | 721(a)(10), (11) |
35(a)(10) | 721(a)(11), (12) |
35(a)(11) | 721(a)(13)(A) |
35(a)(12), (13) | 721(a)(14), (15) |
35(a)(14) | 721(a)(17) |
35(b)–(d) | 721(b)–(d) |
36 | 731(b) |
37(a), (b) | 780(a), (b) |
37(c)(1) | 780(c) |
37(c)(2) | 785(a)(5) |
37(d) | See 780(d) |
37(e) | 783 |
38 | See 791, 791(f)(1) |
39 | 784 |
40 | 780(d) |
41(a)(1) | 706(14), 723(a)(1) |
41(a)(1)(A)–(C) | 723(a)(1)–(3) |
41(a)(1)(D), (E) | 723(a)(6), (7) |
41(a)(2) | 723(b) |
41(a)(2)(A)(i)–(iv) | 723(a)(4)(A)–(D) |
41(a)(2)(B) | 723(a)(5) |
41(a)(2)(C) | 723(a)(9) |
41(a)(2)(D), (E) | 723(b)(1), (2) |
41(a)(2)(F) | 723(a)(10) |
41(a)(2)(G) | 723(a) |
41(a)(2)(H) | 723(a)(3) |
41(b) | 706(4)(G), (6) |
41(c) | 706(10) |
41(d) | See 706(L) |
41(e) | 706(8) |
41(f) | 706(3) |
41(g) | 706(13) |
41(h) | 707(a) |
41(i) | 706(5) |
41(j) | 707(b) |
41(k) | 706(11) |
41(l) | 706(1) |
41a(a) | 771(b)(1) |
41a(b) | 771(b)(2), 776 |
41a(b)(1)(A)–(C) | 776(b)(1)(A)–(C) |
41a(b)(2) | 776(b)(4) |
41a(b)(3) | See 780(b) |
41a(b)(4) | 776(b)(5) |
41a(c) | 771(b)(3) |
41a(d), (e) | 776(c), (d) |
41a(f), (g) | 771(c), (d) |
41a(h) | 776(e) |
41a(i) | 771(a) |
41a(j)(1), (2) | 706(1) |
41a(j)(3) | 776(f) |
41b(a)(1)–(3) | 772(b)(1)–(3) |
41b(a)(4) | 776(e) |
41b(1), (2) | 772(c)(1), (2) |
41b(b)(3) | 776(e) |
41b(c) | 774(e) |
41b(d)(1)–(4) | Repealed |
41b(e) | 776(b)(4) |
41b(f) | 772(a), 774 |
41c | 721(a)(4) |
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of Repeal
section 500(a) of Pub. L. 93–112section 790(a) of this titleRepeal effective 90 days after , see , which is classified to .
Increase of Allotment Percentages for Alaska
Pub. L. 86–624, § 47(g)74 Stat. 424section 41(h) of this titlesection 41(i) of this titlesection 32(b) of this titlesection 41(i) of this title, , , provided that the allotment percentage determined for Alaska under for the first to fourth years for which such percentage was based on the per capita income data for Alaska was to be increased by varying amounts each of those four years, that the Federal share for Alaska determined under , for the first year for which such share was based on per capita income data for Alaska, was to be increased, and that where the first year for which such Federal share was based on per capital income data for Alaska was a fiscal year ending prior to , the adjusted Federal share for Alaska for such year for purposes of was to be the Federal share determined pursuant to .
Limitation on Expenditure of Funds for Special Projects
Act Aug. 1, 1955, ch. 437, title II69 Stat. 403section 34(a)(2) of this title, , provided in part that not more than $2 of the funds made available for special projects under was to be expended for any project for each $1 that the grantee, or the grantee and the State, expended for the same purpose.
District of Columbia Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Act Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 368 Stat. 662act June 2, 1920, ch. 21941 Stat. 735, , provided that materials which the Director of the Bureau of the Budget [now the Director of the Office of Management and Budget] determined related to the provision of vocational rehabilitation services in the District of Columbia or the performance of certain functions by State licensing agencies were to be transferred within ninety days after , from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to the municipal government of the District of Columbia, authorized the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia [now the Mayor of the District of Columbia] to take the necessary steps to secure the benefits of , , and also authorized the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to continue the performance of certain functions relating to rehabilitation services in the District of Columbia until the completion of the transfer of responsibility.
Homebound Physically Handicapped Individuals
Act Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 768 Stat. 665, , required the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make a thorough study of existing programs for teaching and training handicapped persons, commonly known as shut-ins, whose disabilities confine them to their homes or beds, for the purpose of ascertaining whether additional or supplementary programs or services are necessary, particularly in rural areas, in order to provide adequate general ameliorative and vocational training for such handicapped persons, and provided that the Secretary shall report to the Congress not later than six months after , the results of such study, together with such recommendations as may be desirable.
State Compliance With Chapter
Act July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 3(b)57 Stat. 380act June 2, 1920, ch. 21941 Stat. 735, , authorized particular States which were unable to comply with the preconditions of , , on , to secure the benefits of such act, for a period of sixty days after their particular State legislatures meet for the first time after such date.
Appropriations for Vocational Rehabilitation
Act June 26, 1940, ch. 42854 Stat. 583act June 2, 1920, ch. 21941 Stat. 735, , making appropriations for the fiscal year ending , made certain appropriations for cooperative vocational rehabilitation, and expenses connected therewith, with provisions for apportionment to the States to be computed in accordance with , , and other acts.