3.0.0 2595 2023-01-15T04:49:22Z 2023-01-15T04:49:22Z Senate S S 2004-06-24 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-06-24T22:19:56Z 2004-06-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/25/2004 S7463-7472) IntroReferral 2004-06-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/25/2004 S7461-7463) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000445 Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] Judd Gregg R NH N H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2004-06-24 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2004-06-24 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2004-06-24 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2004-06-24 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2004-06-24 True J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2004-06-24 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2004-06-24 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2004-06-24 True D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH 2004-07-15 False Health Access to health care American Samoa Colleges Commerce Computer industry Computer software Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Curricula Data banks Disabled Economics and Public Finance Education Educational technology Electronic data interchange Electronic government information Elementary and secondary education Employment of the disabled Exports Families Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to education Federal aid to research Federally-assisted loans Finance and Financial Sector Foreign Trade and International Finance Gifts Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government paperwork Government publicity Government statistics Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Guam Higher education Income tax Industries Information technology Interest rates Internet Labor and Employment Lease and rental services Loan defaults Loans Maintenance and repair Medical technology Minorities Native Americans Nonprofit organizations Northern Mariana Islands Performance measurement Public-private partnerships Reading Research and development Revolving funds Science, Technology, Communications Self-help devices for the disabled Small business Special education Standards Statistics Students Subsidies Tax credits Taxation Teacher education Technical education Technology assessment Telecommunication industry Teleconferencing Telephone Virgin Islands Vocational rehabilitation Web sites Health 00 2004-06-24 Introduced in Senate 2004-09-22T18:12:09Z Improving Access to Assistive Technology for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to States for programs for: (1) assistive technology (AT), with required uses of funds for State financing systems to increase access to and funding for AT devices and services, and for device demonstrations, loans, reutilization, training, and technical assistance; and (2) AT-related protection and advocacy services.

Authorizes competitive grants for AT-related: (1) supplementary activities; (2) national projects, including research and public awareness; (3) State training, technical assistance, data collection, and reporting; and (4) updating of the National Public Internet Site.

Authorizes an assessment of the AT industry.

Directs the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration to administer this Act.

Repeals the Assistive Technology Act of 1998.

]]> Improving Access to Assistive Technology for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 Display Title Improving Access to Assistive Technology for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish State grant programs related to assistive technology and protection and advocacy services, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Improving Access to Assistive Technology for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-06-24T04:00:00Z 2004-06-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/25/2004 S7463-7472) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.