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[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.