office of vocational rehabilitation

office of vocational rehabilitation Payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico): For payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico) in accordance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended (29 U. S. C., ch. 4), including payments, in accordance with regulations of the Secretary, for one-half of necessary expenditures for the acquisition of vending stands or other equipment in accordance with section 3(a) (3) (C) of said Act for the use of blind persons, such stands or other equipment to be controlled by the State agency, $23,000,000, of which not to exceed $195,000 shall be available to the Secretary for providing rehabilitation services to disabled residents of the District of Columbia, as authorized by section 6 of said Act, which latter amount shall be available for administrative expenses in connection with providing such services in the District of Columbia: Provided, That not to exceed 15 per centum of the appropriation shall be used for administrative purposes: Provided further, That after payment of amounts certified to be due for prior fiscal years, the funds herein appropriated shall be apportioned among the States in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary to insure equitable maintenance and improvement of State programs; and the obligation of the United States to any State under such Act for fiscal year 1954 shall not exceed the amount so apportioned to such State: Provided further, That the amount apportioned to a State for fiscal year 1955 shall not exceed one dollar for each 75 cents contributed by the State for the same purpose. Payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico), next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States in accordance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended (including the objects specified in the preceding paragraph), for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made thereunder to be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year; Provided, That the payments made pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed the amount paid to the States for the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, and of the Act approved June 20, 1936 (20 U. S. C., ch. 6A), including not to exceed $3,000 for production, purchase, and distribution of educational films; $655,500.