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1 be suitable for and in need of such training services by the 2 State agency or agencies designated as provided in section 3 5(a)(1) of the State in which the workshop is located, (C) 4 the full range of training services will be made available to 5 each such individual, to the extent of his need for such serv6 ices, and (D) the project, including the participating work7 shop and the training services provided, meet such other 8 requirements as he may prescribe for carrying out the pur9 poses of this subsection.

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"(4) Payments under this subsection may be made in 11 installments, and in advance or by way of reimbursement, 12 as may be determined by the Secretary, and shall be made 13 on such conditions as he finds necessary to carry out the 14 purposes of this subsection.

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"Workshop Improvement Grants

16 "(b) (1) The Secretary is authorized to make grants 17 to workshops during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, 18 and each of the four succeeding fiscal years to pay part of 19 the cost of projects to analyze, improve, and increase their 20 professional services to handicapped individuals, their busi21 ness management, or any other part of their operations affect22 ing their capacity to provide employment and services for 23 handicapped individuals.

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"(2) No part of any grant made pursuant to this sub

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1 section may be used to pay costs of acquiring, constructing, 2 expanding, remodeling, or altering any building.

3 "(3) Payments under this subsection may be made in 4 installments, and in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be determined by the Secretary, and shall be made 6 on such conditions as he finds necessary to carry out the 7 purposes of this subsection.

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"Technical Assistance to Workshops

9 "(c) (1) The Secretary is authorized, directly or by 10 contract with experts or consultants or groups thereof, to 11 provide technical assistance to workshops.

12 "(2) Any such experts or consultants shall, while 13 serving pursuant to such contracts, be entitled to receive com14 pensation at rates fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding 15 $100 per diem, including travel time, and while so serving 16 away from their homes or regular places of business they may 17 be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 18 subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Administrative 19 Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the

20 Government service employed intermittently.

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"National Policy and Performance Council

“(d) (1) There is hereby established in the Depart23 ment of Health, Education, and Welfare a National Policy 24 and Performance Council, consisting of twelve members,

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1 not otherwise in the employ of the United States, appointed 2 by the Secretary without regard to the civil service laws. 3 The Secretary shall from time to time appoint one of the 4 members to serve as Chairman. The appointed members 5 shall be selected from among leaders in the vocational 6 rehabilitation or workshop fields, State or local government, 7 and business and from among representatives of related 8 professions, labor leaders, and the general public. Each 9 appointed member shall hold office for a term of four years, 10 except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring 11 prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such 13 term, and except that, of the twelve members first appointed, 14 three shall hold office for a term of three years, three shall 15 hold office for a term of two years, and three shall hold 16 office for a term of one year, as designated by the Secretary 17 at the time of appointment. None of such twelve members 18 shall be eligible for reappointment until a year has elapsed

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"(2) The Council shall (A) advise the Secretary with 21 respect to the policies and criteria to be used by him in 22 determining whether or not to make grants under sub23 section (a); (B) make recommendations to the Secretary 24 with respect to workshop improvement and the extent

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1 to which this section is effective in accomplishing this pur

2 pose; and (C) perform such other services with respect to 3 workshops as the Secretary may request.

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"(3) The Secretary shall make available to the Council

5 such technical, administrative, and other assistance as it may 6 require to carry out its functions.

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"(4) Appointed members of the Council, while attend8 ing meetings or conferences thereof or otherwise serving on 9 business of the Council, shall be entitled to receive compensa10 tion at rates fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding $100 11 per day, including travel time, and while so serving away 12 from their homes or regular places of business they may be 13 allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub14 sistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Administrative 15 Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the 16 Government service employed intermittently.

17 "WAIVER OF STATEWIDENESS REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCALLY

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FINANCED ACTIVITY

"SEC. 15. In the case of any activity which, in the judg20 ment of the Secretary, is likely to assist in promoting the 21 vocational rehabilitation of substantially larger numbers of 22 physically handicapped individuals or the vocational reha23 bilitation of individuals with particular types of disabilities in 24 a State or States, the Secretary may waive compliance, with 25 respect to vocational rehabilitation services furnished as part

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1 of such activity, with the requirement of section 5 (a) (3) 2 that the plan be in effect in all political subdivisions of the 3 State to the extent and for such period as may be provided 4 in accordance with regulations prescribed by him, but only 5 if the non-Federal share of the cost of such vocational reha6 bilitation services is met from funds made available by a 7 political subdivision of the State (including, to the extent 8 permitted by such regulations, funds contributed to such 9 subdivision by a private agency, organization, or individual). 10 "NATIONAL COMMISSION ON ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS TO

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REHABILITATION OF THE HANDICAPPED

"SEC. 16. (a) There is hereby established in the Depart13 ment of Health, Education, and Welfare a National Com14 mission on Architectural Barriers to Rehabilitation of the 15 Handicapped, consisting of the Secretary, or his designee, 16 who shall be Chairman, and not more than fifteen members 17 appointed by the Secretary without regard to the civil serv18 ice laws. The fifteen appointed members shall be repre19 sentative of the general public, and of private and profes20 sional groups having an interest in and able to contribute 21 to the solution of architectural problems which impede the 22 rehabilitation of handicapped individuals.

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"(b) The Commission shall (1) determine how and to 24 what extent architectural barriers impede access to or use 25 of facilities in buildings of all types by handicapped persons;