Pub. L. 100-630, tit. I, sec. 206
MISCELLANEOUS.
SEC. 206. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) Employment of Individuals With Handicaps.— Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791) is amended— (1) by inserting after “Equal Employment Opportunity Commission” the first place it appears the following: “(hereafter in this section referred to as the ’Commission’)”; (2) by striking “Equal Employment Opportunity Commission” the second place and each succeeding place it appears and inserting “Commission”; (3) in subsection (a)— 102 STAT. 3311 (A) by striking “Secretaries of Labor and Education and Health and Human Services” in the first sentence and inserting “Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services”; (B) by striking “co-chairmen” in the second sentence and inserting “co-chairpersons”; and (C) by striking “Employment of the Handicapped” in the second sentence and inserting “Employment of People With Disabilities”; (4) in subsection (a)(2), by striking “the Office” and inserting “the Commission”; (5) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking “handicapped employees” in the second sentence and inserting “employees with handicaps”; and (B) by striking “Office” each place it appears in the last sentence and inserting “Commission”; (6) in subsection (e), by striking “a individualized” and inserting “an individualized”; and (7) in subsection (D, by striking “President’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped” each place it appears and inserting “President’s Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities”. (b) Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.— Section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 792) is amended— (1) by amending subsection (a)(2) to read as follows: “(2) (A) The term of office of each appointed member of the Board shall be three years. Each year, the terms of office of four appointed members of the board shall expire. “(B) A member whose term has expired may continue to serve until a successor has been appointed. “(C) A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the term to which that member’s predecessor was appointed”; (2) in subsection (a)(3), by striking “he” and inserting “the member”; (3) in subsection (a)(5)(A), by striking “traveltime” and inserting “travel time”; (4) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting a comma after “surface transportation”; (5) in subsection (b)(4), by striking “Administrator of the General Services Administration” and inserting “Administrator of General Services”; (6) in subsection (b)(5), by striking “results to” and inserting “results of”; (7) in subsection (b)(8), by striking “physically handicapped persons” and inserting “individuals with physical handicaps”; (8) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting a comma after “new or expanded transportation systems”; (9) in subsection (d)(2)(B), by striking “which related to” and inserting “that relate to”; (10) in the last sentence of subsection (f)— (A) by striking the comma after “daily pay rate”; (B) by striking “title 45” and inserting “title 5”; and (C) by striking “traveltime” and inserting “travel time”; and (11) in subsection (g)— 102 STAT. 3312 (A) by striking “transportation barriers to individuals with handicaps” in the fourth sentence and inserting “transportation barriers facing individuals with handicaps”; and (B) in the seventh sentence— (i) by striking “transportation barriers of handicapped individuals” and inserting “transportation barriers facing individuals with handicaps”; and (ii) by striking “housing needs of handicapped individuals” and inserting “housing needs of individuals with handicaps”. (c) Employment Under Federal Contracts.— Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 7931 is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting a comma in the first sentence after “to carry out such contract”; (2) in subsection (b), by striking “refuses” in the first sentence and inserting “refused”; and (3) in subsection (c), by striking “The President” each place it appears and inserting “the President”. (d) Nondiscrimination Under Federal Grants and Programs.— Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) is amended— (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by striking “his handicap” and inserting “her or his handicap”; and (2) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking “section 198(a)(10)” and inserting “section 1471(12)”. (e) Secretarial Responsibilities.— Section 506 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794b) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as subsections (a) through (d), respectively; (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a) (as redesignated by paragraph (D) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; (3) in subsection (b) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by striking “traveltime” and inserting “travel time”; and (4) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by inserting a comma after “the President” in the first sentence. (f) Electronic Equipment Accessability.— Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)— (A) by inserting “the Director of” before “the National Institute”; (B) by striking “the General Services” and inserting “General Services”; and (C) by striking “handicapped individuals” and inserting “individuals with handicaps”; (2) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting after “revised” the following: “by the Director of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the Administrator of General Services in consultation with the electronics industry and the Interagency Committee for Computer Support of Handicapped Employees”; and (3) in subsection (c), by striking “a handicapped individual” and inserting “an individual with handicaps”.