TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973.

SEC. 402. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973. (a) Redesignation.— (1) The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended by title IV of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998) is further amended by redesignating sections 6 through 19.as sections 7, 8, and 10 through 21, respectively. (2) The table of contents for the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended by section 403 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998) is further amended by striking the items relating to sections 6 through 19 and inserting the following: “Sec. 7. Definitions. “Sec. 8. Allotment percentage. “Sec. 10. Nonduplication. “Sec. 11. Application of other laws. “Sec. 12. Administration of the Act. “Sec. 13. Reports. “Sec. 14. Evaluation. “Sec. 15 Information clearinghouse. “Sec. 16. Transfer of funds “Sec. 17. State administration. “Sec. 18. Review of applications. “Sec. 19. Carryover. “Sec. 20. Client assistance information. “Sec. 21. Traditionally underserved populations.”. (b) Section Headings.— (1) Section 1 of such Act (as so amended) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “SHORT TITLE.—” and inserting the following: “SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. “(a) Short Title.—”.112 STAT. 2681–413 (2) Section 2 of such Act (as so amended) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “FINDINGS.—” and inserting the following: “SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE; POLICY. “(a) Findings.—”. (3) Section 7 of such Act (as so amended and redesignated in subsection (a)) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “(1) The term” and inserting the following: “SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. “For the purposes of this Act: “(1) Administrative costs.—The term”. (4) Section 19 of such Act (as so amended and redesignated in subsection (a)) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “IN GENERAL.—” and inserting the following: “SEC. 19. CARRYOVER. “(a) In General.—”. (5) Section 20 of such Act (as so amended and redesignated in subsection (a)) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “All” and inserting the following: “SEC. 20. CLIENT ASSISTANCE INFORMATION. “All”. (6) Section 21 of such Act (as so amended and redesignated in subsection (a)) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “FINDINGS.—” and inserting the following: “SEC. 21. TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. “(a) Findings.—”. (7) Section 110 of such Act (as so amended) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “(a)(1) Subject” and inserting the following: “state allotments “Sec. 110. (a)(1) Subject”. (8) Section 111 of such Act (as so amended) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “(a)(1) Except” and inserting the following: “payments to states “Sec. 111. (a)(1) Except”. (9) Section 112 of such Act (as so amended) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “(a) From” and inserting the following: “client assistance program “Sec. 112. (a) From”. (10) Section 121 of such Act (as so amended) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “(a) The” and inserting the following:112 STAT. 2681–414 “vocational rehabilitation services grants “Sec. 121. (a) The”. (11) Section 205 of such Act (as so amended) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “Establishment.—” and inserting the following: “SEC. 205. REHABILITATION RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL. “(a) Establishment.—”. (12) Section 621 of such Act (as so amended) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “It” and inserting the following: “SEC. 621. PURPOSE. “It”. (13) Section 622 of such Act (as so amended) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “In General.—” and inserting the following: “SEC. 622. ALLOTMENTS. “(a) In General.—”. (14) Section 623 of such Act (as so amended) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “Funds provided under this part may” and inserting the following: “SEC. 623. AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES. “Funds provided under this part may”. (15) Section 624 of such Act (as so amended) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “An” and inserting the following: “SEC. 624. ELIGIBILITY. “An”. (16) Section 625 of such Act (as so amended) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “State Plan Supplements.—” and inserting the following: “SEC. 625. STATE PLAN. “(a) State Plan Supplements.—”. (17) Section 626 of such Act (as so amended) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “Each” and inserting the following: “SEC. 626. RESTRICTION. “Each”. (18) Section 627 of such Act (as so amended) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “Supported Employment Services.—” and inserting the following: “SEC. 627. SAVINGS PROVISION. “(a) Supported Employment Services.—”. (19) Section 628 of such Act (as so amended) is further amended by striking the section heading and all that follows through “There” and inserting the following: “SEC. 628. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. “There”.112 STAT. 2681–415 (c) Other Amendments.— (1) Section 7 of such Act (as so amended and redesignated in subsection (a)) is further amended— (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking “objectives, nature,” and inserting “nature”; (B) by striking paragraph (7); (C) in paragraph (16)(A)(iii), by striking “client” and inserting “eligible individual”; and (D) in paragraph (36)(C), by striking “rehabilitation objectives” and inserting “employment outcome”. (2) Section 10 of such Act (as so amended and redesignated in subsection (a)) is further amended— (A) by striking “disregarded: (1)” and inserting the following: “disregarded— “(1)”; (B) by striking “(2)” and inserting the following: “(2)”; and (C) by striking “No payment” and inserting the following: “No payment”. (3) The second and third sentences of section 21(a)(3) of such Act (as so amended and redesignated in subsection (a)) are further amended by striking “are” and inserting “is”. (4) Section 101(a) of such Act (as so amended) is further amended— (A) in paragraph (18)(C), by striking “will be utilized” and inserting “were utilized during the preceding year”; and (B) in paragraph (21)(A)(i)(II)(bb), by striking “Commission” and inserting “commission”. (5) Section 102(c)(5)(F) (as so amended) is further amended— (A) in clause (ii), by striking “and” at the end thereof; (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following: “(iv) not delegate the responsibility for making the final decision to any officer or employee of the designated State unit.”. (6) Section 105(b) of such Act (as so amended) is further amended— (A) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking “Governor” the first place it appears and inserting “Governor or, in the case of a State that, under State law, vests authority for the administration of the activities carried out under this Act in an entity other than the Governor (such as one or more houses of the State legislature or an independent board), the chief officer of that entity”; and (ii) in the second and third sentences, by striking “Governor” and inserting “appointing authority”; (B) in paragraph (4)(A)(i), by striking “section 7(20)(A)” and inserting “section 7(20)(B)”; (C) in paragraph (5)(B)— (i) in the subparagraph heading, by striking “GOVERNOR” and inserting “chief executive officer”; and112 STAT. 2681–416 (ii) by striking “Governor shall” and inserting “appointing authority described in paragraph (3) shall”; and (D) in paragraphs (6)(A)(ii) and (7)(B), by striking “Governor” and inserting “appointing authority described in paragraph (3)”. (7) Section 705(b) of such Act (as so amended) is further amended— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking “Governor” the first place it appears and inserting “Governor or, in the case of a State that, under State law, vests authority for the administration of the activities carried out under this Act in an entity other than the Governor (such as one or more houses of the State legislature or an independent board), the chief officer of that entity”; and (ii) in the second sentence, by striking “Governor” and inserting “appointing authority”; (B) in paragraph (5)(B)— (i) in the subparagraph heading, by striking “governor” and inserting “chief executive officer”; and (ii) by striking “Governor shall” and inserting “appointing authority described in paragraph (3) shall”; and (C) in paragraphs (6)(A)(ii) and (7)(B), by striking “Governor” and inserting “appointing authority described in paragraph (3)”.