equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay payable for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5. (c) Administrative support services The Administrator of General Services shall provide to the National Council on a reimbursable basis such administrative support services as the Council may request. (Pub. L. 93-112, title IV, § 403, as added Pub. L. 95–602, title I, § 117, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2978.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, referred to in subsec. (a), are classified generally to section 3301 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 783, Pub. L. 93-112, title IV, § 403, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 387; Pub. L. 93-516, title I, § 108, Dec. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1619; Pub. L. 93-651, title I, § 108, Nov. 21, 1974, 89 Stat. 2-4; Pub. L. 94-230, §§ 8, 11(b)(11), Mar. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 212, 213, which authorized appropriations to conduct program and project evaluations, was repealed by Pub. L. 95-602, title I, § 117, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2977. § 784. Administrative powers of National Council (a) Bylaws and rules The National Council may prescribe such bylaws and rules as may be necessary to carry out its duties under this subchapter. (b) Hearings The National Council may hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence as it deems advisable. (c) Advisory committees The National Council may appoint advisory committees to assist the National Council in carrying out its duties. The members thereof shall serve without compensation. (d) Use of mails The National Council may use the United States mails in the same manner and upon the same conditions as other departments and agencies of the United States. (Pub. L. 93-112, title IV, § 404, as added Pub. L. 95-602, title I, § 117, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2979.) PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 784, Pub. L. 93-112, title IV, § 404, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 387, which required the Secretary to submit annual reports to the President and to Congress on activities carried out under this chapter, was repealed by Pub. L. 95-602, title I, § 117, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2977. TERMINATION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the twoyear period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such two-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 785. Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subchapter such sums as may be necessary. (Pub. L. 93-112, title IV, § 405, as added Pub. L. 95-602, title I, § 117, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2979.) PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 785, Pub. L. 93-112, title IV, § 405, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 388; Pub. L. 93-516, title I, §§ 109, 111(m), Dec. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1619, 1621; Pub. L. 93-651, title I, §§ 109, 111(m), Nov. 21, 1974, 89 Stat. 2-4, 2-6; Pub. L. 94-230, §§ 9, 11(b)(12), Mar. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 212, 213, which specified certain responsibilities of the Secretary, was repealed by Pub. L. 95-602, title I, § 117, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2977. LIMITATION ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1982 AND 1983 Authorization of appropriations or limitations on authorization for carrying out programs, see sections 603 and 604(p) of Pub. L. 97-35, set out as a note under section 701 of this title. §8 786, 787. Repealed. Pub. L. 95-602, title I, § 117, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2977 Section 786, Pub. L. 93-112, title IV, § 406, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 389; S. Res. 4, Feb. 4, 1977, provided that the Secretary conduct a study on the role of sheltered workshops in the rehabilitation and employment of handicapped individuals and report the results of this study to Congress within twenty-four months after Sept. 26, 1973. Section 787, Pub. L. 93-112, title IV, § 407, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 389, provided that the Secretary conduct a study on allotment of funds among the States for grants for basic vocational rehabilitation and report the results of this study to Congress not later than June 30, 1974. SUBCHAPTER V-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SUBCHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This subchapter is referred to in sections 702, 706 of this title; title 38 section 1516; title 42 section 5057. 8790. Existing law affected; references in other provisions; availability of unexpended appropriations; savings provision; extension of appropriations (a) The Vocational Rehabilitation Act is repealed ninety days after September 26, 1973, and references to such Vocational Rehabilitation Act in any other provision of law shall, ninety days after such date, be deemed to be references to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Unexpended appropriations for carrying out the Vocational Rehabilitation Act may be made available to carry out this chapter, as directed by the President. Approved State plans for vocational rehabilitation, approved projects, and contractual arrangements authorized under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act will be recognized under comparable provisions of this chapter so that there is no disruption of ongoing activities for which there is continuing authority. (b) The authorizations of appropriations in the Vocational Rehabilitation Act are hereby extended at the level specified for the fiscal year 1972 for the fiscal year 1973. (Pub. L. 93-112, title V, § 500, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 390.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The Vocational Rehabilitation Act, referred to in text, is act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, 41 Stat. 735, as amended, which was classified generally to chapter 4 (§ 31 et seq.) of this title. For compiete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 93-112, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 355, as amended, which is classified generally to this chapter (§ 701 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 701 of this title and Tables. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT For the designation and empowering of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to exercise, without approval, ratification, or any other action of the President, the authority of the President under subsec. (a) of this section with respect to the transfer of unexpended appropriations, see Ex. Ord. No. 11758, Jan. 15, 1974, 39 F.R. 2075, as amended, set out as a note under section 701 of this title. § 791. Employment of handicapped individuals (a) Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees; establishment; membership; co-chairinen; availability of other Committee resources; purpose and functions There is established within the Federal Government an Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Committee"), comprised of such members as the President may select, including the following (or their designees whose positions are Executive Level IV or higher): the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, and the Secretaries of Labor and Education. The Secretary of Education and the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission shall serve as cochairmen of the Committee. The resources of the President's Committees on Employment of the Handicapped and on Mental Retardation shall be made fully available to the Committee. It shall be the purpose and function of the Committee (1) to provide a focus for Federal and other employment of handicapped individuals, and to review, on a periodic basis, in cooperation with the Civil Service Commission, the adequacy of hiring, placement, and advancement practices with respect to handicapped individuals, by each department, agency, and instrumentality in the executive branch of Government, and to insure that the special needs of such individuals are being met; and (2) to consult with the Civil Service Commission to assist the Commission to carry out its responsibilities under subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section. On the basis of such review and consultation, the Committee shall periodically make to the Civil Service Commission such recommendations for legislative and administrative changes as it deems necessary or desirable. The Civil Service Commission shall timely transmit to the appropriate committees of Congress any such recommendations. (b) Federal agencies; affirmative action program plans Each department, agency, and instrumentality (including the United States Postal Service and the Postal Rate Commission) in the executive branch shall, within one hundred and eighty days after September 26, 1973, submit to the Civil Service Commission and to the Committee an affirmative action program plan for the hiring, placement, and advancement of handicapped individuals in such department, agency, or instrumentality. Such plan shall include a description of the extent to which and methods whereby the special needs of handicapped employees are being met. Such plan shall be updated annually, and shall be reviewed annually and approved by the Commission, if the Commission determines, after consultation with the Committee, that such plan provides sufficient assurances, procedures and commitments to provide adequate hiring, placement, and advancement opportunities for handicapped individuals. (c) State agencies; rehabilitated individuals, employment The Civil Service Commission, after consultation with the Committee, shall develop and recommend to the Secretary for referral to the appropriate State agencies, policies and procedures which will facilitate the hiring, placement, and advancement in employment of individuals who have received rehabilitation services under State vocational rehabilitation programs, veterans' programs, or any other program for handicapped individuals, including the promotion of job opportunities for such individuals. The Secretary shall encourage such State agencies to adopt and implement such policies and procedures. (d) Report to Congressional committees The Civil Service Commission, after consultation with the Committee, shall, on June 30, 1974, and at the end of each subsequent fiscal year, make a complete report to the appropriate committees of the Congress with respect to the practices of and achievements in hiring, placement, and advancement of handicapped individuals by each department, agency, and instrumentality and the effectiveness of the affirmative action programs required by subsection (b) of this section, together with recommendations as to legislation which have been submitted to the Civil Service Commission under subsection (a) of this section, or other appropriate action to insure the adequacy of such practices. Such report shall also include an evaluation by the Committee of the effectiveness of the Civil Service Commission's activities under subsections (b) and (c) of this section. (e) Federal work experience without pay; non-Federal status An individual who, as a part of his individualized written rehabilitation program under a State plan approved under this chapter, participates in a program of unpaid work experience in a Federal agency, shall not, by reason thereof, be considered to be a Federal employee or to be subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal employment, including those relating to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment compensation, and Federal employee benefits. (f) Federal agency cooperation; special consideration for positions on President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped (1) The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education are authorized and directed to cooperate with the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped in carrying out its functions. (2) In selecting personnel to fill all positions on the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, special consideration shall be given to qualified handicapped individuals. (Pub. L. 93-112, title V, § 501, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 390; Pub. L. 96-88, title III, § 301(a)(4)(A), title V, § 507, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 678, 692.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Level IV of the Executive Schedule, referred to in subsec. (a), is set out in section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. PRIOR PROVISIONS Prior similar provisions were set out in section 38 of this title. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS All functions vested by statute in the United States Civil Service Commission or the Chairman thereof were transferred to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (except as otherwise specified) by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1978, § 102, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783, set out under section 1101 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section 1-102 of Ex. Ord. No. 12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, set out under section 1101 of Title 5. All Federal employment of handicapped individuals enforcement functions and related functions vested by this section in the Civil Service Commission were transferred to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the function of being co-chairman of the Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees, vested by this section in the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, was transferred to the Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1978, § 4, 43 F.R. 19807, 92 Stat. 3781, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section 1-101 of Ex. Ord. No. 12106, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1053. "Secretaries of Labor and Education" was substituted for "Secretaries of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare" in subsec. (a), and “Secretary of Education" was substituted for "Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare" in subsecs. (a) and (f) pursuant to sections 301(a)(4)(A) and 507 of Pub. L. 96-88, which are classified to sections 3441(a)(4)(A) and 3507 of Title 20, Education. FISCAL YEAR TRANSITION PERIOD OF JULY 1, 1976, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 1976, DEEMED PART OF FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1976 Fiscal year transition period of July 1, 1976, through Sept. 30, 1976, deemed part of fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 1976, for purposes of subsec. (d) of this section, see section 205(11) of Pub. L. 94-274, set out as a note under section 5532 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 10640 Ex. Ord. No. 10640, Oct. 10, 1955, 20 F.R. 7717, formerly set out as a note under section 39 of this title, which related to President's Committee on Employ ment of the Physically Handicapped, was superseded by section 6(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 10994, Feb. 14, 1962, 27 F.R. 1447, which established President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 10994 Ex. Ord. No. 10994, Feb. 14, 1962, 27 F.R. 1447, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 11018, Apr. 27, 1962, 27 F.R. 4143, which established the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, was superseded by Ex. Ord. No. 11480, Sept. 9, 1969, 34 F.R. 14273, set out as a note below. EX. ORD. No. 11480. PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON Ex. Ord. No. 11480, Sept. 9, 1969, 34 F.R. 14273, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 12106, Dec. 26, 1978, 44 F.R. 1053, provided: By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in order to provide for the carrying out of the provisions of the Joint Resolution approved July 11, 1949, ch. 302, 63 Stat. 409, as amended, and the provisions of section 8 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended (29 U.S.C. 38), it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Establishment and composition of the President's Committee. (a) There is hereby established the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped (hereinafter referred to as the Committee or as the President's Committee). (b) The Committee shall be composed of a Chairman and not more than four Vice Chairmen, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the President, and of so many other members as may be appointed thereto from time to time by the Chairman of the President's Committee from among persons (including representatives of organizations) who can contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Committee. Members appointed by the Chairman shall be appointed for a term of three years and may be reappointed. The Chairman of the President's Committee may at any time terminate the service of any member of the President's Committee, except any member appointed by the President. (c) The Chairman of the President's Committee, upon the advice of the Executive Committee (hereinafter provided for), may designate as, or invite to be, associate members of the President's Committee any heads of Federal departments and agencies which have responsibility for rehabilitation services or promotional activities touching the field of interest of the Committee or which are leading employers of handicapped personnel. (d) Representatives of industry, labor, public and private agencies, and other concerned organizations and individuals may be invited to attend meetings of the Committee. SEC. 2. Functions of the Committee. The President's Committee shall facilitate the development of maximum employment opportunities for the physically handicapped, mentally retarded, and mentally restored. To this end the Committee shall supply information to employers, labor unions, and national and international organizations, conduct a program of public education, promote cooperation between organizations and agencies, and enlist the support of Federal officials, State and local officials, Governors' and local Committees on Employment of the Handicapped, professional organizations, organized labor, and appropriate international organizations. In carrying out the functions vested in it by section 8 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, the Committee shall work closely with the Department of Labor, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [now Department of Education], the Veterans Administration, State employment-security agencies, and State vocational rehabilitation agencies. SEC. 3. Executive Committee. (a) There is hereby established the Executive Committee of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. The Executive Committee shall be composed of the Chairman of the President's Committee, who shall also be the Chairman of the Executive Committee, the Vice Chairmen of the President's Committee, and so many additional members as will provide an Executive Committee of not less than fifteen and not more than fifty members. The said additional members shall be appointed annually by the Chairman of the President's Committee, from among the members of the President's Committee or otherwise. The Chairman of the President's Committee may at any time terminate the service of any member of the Executive Committee. (b) The Executive Committee shall advise and assist the Chairman of the President's Committee in the conduct of the business of the President's Committee and, as authorized by the President's Committee or the Chairman thereof (with due regard for the responsibilities of other Federal agencies), shall study the problems of the handicapped in obtaining and retaining suitable employment, invite authorities in the various professional, technical, and other pertinent fields to assist in the exploration of those problems, and review and develop plans and projects for promoting the employment of the handicapped. SEC. 4. Advisory Council. There is hereby established the Advisory Council on Employment of the Handicapped, which shall advise the President's Committee with respect to the responsibilities of the Committee. The Council shall be composed of the Chairman of the President's Committee, who shall also be the Chairman of the Council, and of the following-named officers, or their respective alternatives: The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare [now Secretary of Education], the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and the Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. SEC. 5. Administrative and incidental matters. (a) The President's Committee, the Executive Committee, and the Advisory Council shall each meet on call of the Chairman of the President's Committee at a time and place designated by him. In the case of the President's Committee and the Executive Committee, the Chairman shall call at least one meeting and two meetings, respectively, to be held during each calendar year. (b) In the absence of designation by the President, the Chairman of the President's Committee may from time to time designate a Vice Chairman of the President's Committee to be one or more of the followingnamed in the absence of the Chairman: Acting Chairman of the President's Committee, Acting Chairman of the Executive Committee, and Acting Chairman of the Advisory Council. The Chairman of the President's Committee shall from time to time assign other duties to the Vice Chairman thereof. (c) The Chairman of the President's Committee shall on behalf of the President direct the President's Committee and its functions. (d) The Chairman may from time to time prescribe such necessary rules, procedures, and policies relating to the President's Committee, the Executive Committee, and the Advisory Council, and their affairs, as are not inconsistent with law or with the provisions of this order. (e) The Vice Chairmen shall advise and counsel the Committee and shall represent the Committee on appropriate occasions. (f) All members (including the Chairman and Vice Chairmen) of the President's Committee, the Executive Committee, and the Advisory Council shall serve without compensation. The Chairman and the Vice Chairmen of the President's Committee may receive transportation and per diem allowances as authorized by law for persons serving without compensation. (g) Employees of the President's Committee shall be appointed, subject to law, and shall be directed, by the Chairman of the Committee. To such extent as may be mutually arranged by the Chairman of the Committee and the Secretary of Labor, employees of the Committee shall be subject to the administrative rules, regulations, and procedures of the Department of Labor. (h) The Department of Labor is requested to make available to the President's Committee necessary office space and to furnish the Committee, under such arrangements respecting financing as may be appropriate, necessary equipment, supplies, and services. The estimates of appropriations for the operations of the Committee shall be included within the framework of the appropriation structure of the Department of Labor, in such manner as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget may prescribe. The Chairman of the Committee, in cooperation with the Assistant Secretary for Administration of the Department of Labor, shall be responsible for the preparation and justification of the estimates of appropriations for the Committee. SEC. 6. Prior orders; transitions. (a) To the extent that this order is inconsistent with any provision of any prior order, or with any provision of any regula tion or other measure or disposition, heretofore issued, made, or taken by the President or by any other officer of the executive branch of the Government, this order shall control. Executive Order No. 10994 of February 14, 1962, and Executive Order No. 11018 of April 27, 1962, are hereby superseded. (b) Without further action by the President or the Chairman of the Committee, all members, employees, records, property, funds, and pending business of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped provided for in Executive Order No. 10994 of February 14, 1962, as amended, shall on the date of this order become members, employees, records, property, funds and pending business of the Committee established by this order. (c) The tenure of persons as members of the Committee in pursuance of the provisions of section 6(b) of this order, (i), in the case of persons appointed to the predecessor Committee by the President, shall be at the pleasure of the President, and (ii), in the case of other members, shall be for periods equal to their respective unexpired terms under Executive Order No. 10994, as amended, but shall also be subject to the provisions of the last sentence of section 1(b) of this order. EX. ORD. NO. 11830. ENLARGING MEMBERSHIP OF INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON HANDICAPPED EMPLOYEES Ex. Ord. No. 11830, Jan. 9, 1975, 40 F.R. 2411, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 12106, Dec. 26, 1978, 44 F.R. 1053, provided: By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 501(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-112; 87 Stat. 390) [subsec. (a) of this section), it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. In accord with Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791) and Section 4 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1978 (43 FR 19808) [set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees], the Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees is enlarged and composed of the following, or their designees whose positions are Executive level IV or higher: (1) Secretary of Defense. (2) Secretary of Labor. (3) Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare [now Secretary of Education], Co-Chairman. (4) Director of the Office of Personnel Management. (5) Administrator of Veterans Affairs. (6) Administrator of General Services. (7) Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. (8) Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Co-Chairman. (9) Such other members as the President may designate. SEC. 2. [Deleted.] SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 794a of this title; title 5 sections 2302, 3102, 7702; title 22 section 3905; title 38 section 2014; title 42 section 5057. § 792. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (a) Establishment; membership; chairman; term of office; termination of membership; reappointment; compensation and travel expenses (1) There is established within the Federal Government the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (hereinafter referred to as the "Board") which shall be composed as follows: (A) Eleven members shall be appointed by the President from among members of the general public of whom five shall be handicapped individuals. (B) The remaining members shall be the heads of each of the following departments or agencies (or their designees whose positions are executive level IV or higher): (i) Department of Health and Human Services. (ii) Department of Transportation. (iii) Department of Housing and Urban Development. (iv) Department of Labor. (v) Department of the Interior. (vi) Department of Defense. (vii) Department of Justice. (viii) General Services Administration. (x) United States Postal Service. The President shall appoint the first Chairman of such Board who shall serve for a term of not more than two years; thereafter, the Chairman shall be elected by a vote of a majority of the Board for a term of one year. (2) The term of office of each appointed member of the Board shall be three years; except that (i) the members first taking office shall serve, as designated by the President at the time of appointment, four for a term of one year, four for a term of two years, and three for a term of three years, and (ii) any member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the term for which his predecessor was appointed. (3) If any appointed member of the Board becomes a Federal employee, such member may continue as a member of the Board for not longer than the sixty-day period beginning on the date he becomes such an employee. (4) No individual appointed under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection who has served as a member of the Board may be reappointed to the Board more than once unless such individual has not served on the Board for a period of two years prior to the effective date of such individual's appointment. (5)(A) Members of the Board who are not regular full-time employees of the United States shall, while serving on the business of the Board, be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the President, but not to exceed the daily rate prescribed for GS-18 under section 5332 of title 5, including traveltime, for each day they are engaged in the performance of their duties as members of the Board; and shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in carrying out their duties under this section. (B) Members of the Board who are employed by the Federal Government shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in carrying out their duties under this section. (b) Functions It shall be the function of the Board to: (1) insure compliance with the standards prescribed pursuant to the Act of August 12, 1968, commonly known as the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 [42 U.S.C. 4151 et seq.] (including the application of that Act to the United States Postal Service) including but not limited to enforcing all standards under that Act, and insuring that all waivers and modifications of standards are based upon findings of fact and are not inconsistent with the provisions of such Act and this section; (2) investigate and examine alternative approaches to the architectural, transportation, communication, and attitudinal barriers confronting handicapped individuals, particularly with respect to telecommunication devices, public buildings and monuments, parks and parklands, public transportation (including air, water, and surface transportation whether interstate, foreign, intrastate, or local), and residential and institutional housing; (3) determine what measures are being taken by Federal, State, and local governments and by other public or nonprofit agencies to eliminate the barriers described in clause (2) of this subsection; (4) promote the use of the International Accessibility Symbol in all public facilities that are in compliance with the standards prescribed by the Administrator of the General Services Administration, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968; (5) make to the President and to Congress reports which shall describe in detail the results to its investigations under clauses (2) and (3) of this subsection; (6) make to the President and to the Congress such recommendations for legislation and administration as it deems necessary or desirable to eliminate the barriers described in clause (2) of this subsection; (7) establish minimum guidelines and requirements for the standards issued pursuant to the Act of August 12, 1968, as amended, commonly known as the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968; and (8) insure that public conveyances, including rolling stock, are readily accessible to, and usable by, physically handicapped persons. |