[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5610 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.5610
One Hundred Eleventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten
An Act
To provide a technical adjustment with respect to funding for
independent living centers under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 in order
to ensure stability for such centers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Independent Living Centers Technical
Adjustment Act''.
SEC. 2. INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT.
(a) Grants to Centers for Independent Living in States in Which
Federal Funding Exceeds State Funding.--
(1) In general.--If the conditions described in paragraph (2)
are satisfied with respect to a State, in awarding funds to
existing centers for independent living (described in section
722(c) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 796f-1(c))) in
the State, the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services
Administration--
(A) in fiscal year 2010--
(i) shall distribute among such centers funds
appropriated for the centers for independent living program
under part C of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
(29 U.S.C. 796f et seq.) by any Act other than the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) in
the same proportion as such funds were distributed among
such centers in the State in fiscal year 2009,
notwithstanding section 722(e) of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973 (29 U.S.C. 796f-1(e)) and any contrary provision of a
State plan submitted under section 704 of such Act (29
U.S.C. 796c); and
(ii) shall disregard any funds provided to such centers
from funds appropriated by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 for the centers for independent
living program under part C of title VII of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 796f et seq.); and
(B) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent fiscal years, shall
disregard any funds provided to such centers from funds
appropriated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 (Public Law 111-5) for the centers for independent living
program under part C of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973 (29 U.S.C. 796f et seq.).
(2) Conditions.--The conditions described in this paragraph are
the following:
(A) The Commissioner receives a request from the State, not
later than August 5, 2010, jointly signed by the State's
designated State unit (referred to in section 704(c) of such
Act (29 U.S.C. 796c(c))) and the State's Statewide Independent
Living Council (established under section 705 of such Act (29
U.S.C. 796d)), for the Commissioner to disregard any funds
provided to centers for independent living in the State from
funds appropriated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 for the centers for independent living program
under part C of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 796f et seq.).
(B) The Commissioner is not conducting a competition to
establish a new part C center for independent living with funds
appropriated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 in the State.
(b) Grants to Centers for Independent Living in States in Which
State Funding Equals or Exceeds Federal Funding.--In awarding funds to
existing centers for independent living (described in section 723(c) of
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 796f-2(c))) in a State, the
director of the designated State unit that has approval to make such
awards--
(1) in fiscal year 2010--
(A) may distribute among such centers funds appropriated
for the centers for independent living program under part C of
title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 796f et
seq.) by any Act other than the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 in the same proportion as such funds
were distributed among such centers in the State in fiscal year
2009, notwithstanding section 723(e) of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 796f-2(e)) and any contrary provision of a
State plan submitted under section 704 of such Act (29 U.S.C.
796c); and
(B) may disregard any funds provided to such centers from
funds appropriated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 for the centers for independent living program
under part C of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 796f et seq.); and
(2) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent fiscal years, may
disregard any funds provided to such centers from funds
appropriated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
for the centers for independent living program under part C of
title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 796f et
seq.).
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.