Vocational Rehabilitation

Vocational Rehabilitation Administration grants to states For grants to States in accordance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, $100,100,000, of which $97,100,000 is for vocational rehabilitation services under section 2 of said Act; and $3,000,000 is for extension and improvement projects under section 3 of said Act: Provided, That allotments under section 2 of said Act to the States for the current fiscal year shall be made on the basis of $175,000,000, and this amount shall be considered the sum available for allotments under such section for such fiscal year: Provided further, That additional allotments, not exceeding $900,000 in the aggregate, for grants under section 2 of said Act may be made, in accordance with regulations of the Secretary, to States in which the Federal share of the costs of rehabilitation services under such section exceeds their respective allotments from such $175,000,000: Provided further, That the allotment to any State under section 3(a)(1) of said Act shall be not less than $15,000. Grants to States, next, succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31, of the current fiscal year, grants to States under sections 2 and 3 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, 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. research and training For grants and other expenses (except administrative expenses) for research, training, traineeships, and other special projects, pursuant to section 4 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, for carrying out the training functions provided for in section 7 of said Act, for studies, investigations, demonstrations, and reports, and of dissemination of information with respect thereto pursuant to section78 Stat. 967 7 of said Act, and not to exceed $100,000 for carrying out the functions of the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration under the International Health Research Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 364), $41,065,000: Provided, That for the purpose of determining the amount of payments to States from any appropriation for carrying out sections 2 and 3 with respect to expenditures under a State plan approved under said Act (and, if made after August 3, 1954 and prior to July 1, 1965, certified by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare prior to July 1, 1965 for payment), State funds shall, subject to such limitations and conditions as may be prescribed in regulations of the Secretary, include contributions of funds made by any private agency, organization, or individual to a State to assist in meeting the costs of establishment of a public or other nonprofit workshop or rehabilitation facility, which would be regarded as State funds except for the condition, imposed by the contributor, limiting use of such funds to establishment of such workshop or facility. research and training (special foreign currency program) For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States, for necessary expenses of the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration, as authorized by law, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropriations to such agency, for the payments in the foregoing currencies. salaries and expenses For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration, $3,140,000.