Oversight Hearings on the Rehabilitation Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session, Hearings Held in Washington, DC, on June 11, June 25, and July 17; Bozeman, MT, August 27; and Honolulu, HI, November 26, 1985, Volume 4

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Page 238 - Section 223 (d) (1) (2) (3) defines disability as the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
Page 231 - An individual shall be considered to be disabled for purposes of this title if he is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months...
Page 227 - Act; (3) sets forth the plans, policies, and methods to be followed in carrying out the State (or interstate...
Page 267 - Welfare, is authorized to make grants to and contracts with States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations, including institutions of higher education, to pay part of the cost of projects for...
Page 64 - The establishment of long-range studies of the potential benefits to be gained from, the opportunities for, and the problems involved in the utilization of aeronautical and space activities for peaceful and scientific purposes; 5.
Page 249 - Act, is a federal-state matching program providing medical assistance for low-income persons who are aged, blind, disabled, or members of families with dependent children.
Page 222 - (c)(l) The Secretary is authorized, directly, or by contract with State vocational rehabilitation agencies or experts or consultants or groups thereof, to provide technical assistance to workshops. "(2) Any such experts or consultants shall, while serving pursuant to such contracts, be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding $100 per diem...
Page 267 - In making such grants or contracts, funds made available for any year will be utilized to provide a balanced program of assistance to meet the medical, vocational, and other personnel training needs of both public and private rehabilitation programs and institutions, to...
Page 277 - I" means the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and the District of Columbia. (c) "Districts II-IV" means all of the States of the United States except those States within district I and district V.
Page 227 - Grants are made to States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations, including institutions of higher education, to increase the number of skilled personnel available for employment in the field of rehabilitation.

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