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VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION

ADMINISTRATION

General and special funds:

GRANTS TO STATES

For grants to States in accordance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, [$100,100,000] $124,000,000, of which [$97,100,000 $121,000,000 is for vocational rehabilitation services under section 2 of said Act; and $3,000,000 is for extension and improvement projects under section 3 of said Act: Provided, That allotments under section 2 of said Act to the States for the current fiscal year shall be made on the basis of [$175,000,000] $200,000,000, and this amount shall be considered the sum available for allotments under such section for such fiscal year: Provided further, That additional allotments, not exceeding [$900,000 $1,400,000 in the aggregate, for grants under section 2 of said Act may be made, in accordance with regulations of the Secretary, to States in which the Federal share of the costs of rehabilitation services under such section exceeds their respective allotments from such [$175,000,000 $200,000,000: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, within the limits of such allotments or additional allotments for grants under section 2 of said Act, allocate (or from time to time reallocate) among the States, in accordance with regulations, amounts not exceeding in the aggregate $5,000,000, which may be used only for paying the Federal share of expenditures for the establishment of workshops or rehabilitation facilities where the State funds used for such expenditures are derived from private contributions conditioned on use for a specified workshop or facility, and no part of the allotment or additional allotment to any State for grants under section 2 of said Act other than the allocation or reallocation to such State under this proviso may be so used: Provided further, That the allotment to any State under section 3(a)(1) of said Act shall be not less than $15,000.

Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31, of the current fiscal year, grants to States under sections 2 and 3 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made thereunder to be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year: Provided, That the payments made pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed the amount paid to the States for the first quarter of the current fiscal year. (29 U.S.C. 31-42; 68 Stat. 652; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1965.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)

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For grants and other expenses (except administrative expenses) for research, training, traineeships, and other special projects, pursuant to section 4 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, for carrying out the training functions provided for in section 7 of said Act, for studies, investigations, demonstrations, and reports, and of dissemination of information with respect thereto pursuant to section 7 of said Act, and not to exceed $100,000 for carrying out the functions of the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration under the International Health Research Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 364) [$41,065,000: Provided, That for the purpose of determining the amount of payments to States from any appropriation for carrying out sections 2 and 3 with respect to expenditures under a State plan approved under said Act (and, if made after August 3, 1954 and prior to July 1, 1965, certified by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare prior to July 1, 1965 for payment), State funds shall, subject to such limitations and conditions as may be prescribed in regulations of the Secretary, include contributions of funds made by any private agency, organization, or individual to a State to assist in meeting the costs of establishment of a public or other nonprofit workshop or rehabilitation facility, which would be regarded as State funds except for the condition, imposed by the contributor, limiting use of such funds to establishment of such workshop or facility] $45,845,000. (29 U.S.C. 34, 37; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1965.)

Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)

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Identification code 09-15-1303-0-1-659

Program by activities:

1. Vocational rehabilitation services..

2. Extension and improvement..

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15,175 17,070 18,670 16,526 19,810 22,300

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4. International research (domestic sup

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Relation of obligations to expenditures:

71 Total obligations (affecting expenditures)..

72 Obligated balance, start of year..

74 Obligated balance, end of year.

86,779 61 -199

77 Adjustments in expired amounts.

-2,360 6

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4,085 4,775

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RESEARCH AND TRAINING (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM)

For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States, for necessary expenses of the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration, as authorized by law, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropriations to such agency, for the payments in the foregoing currencies. (29 U.S.C. 34, 37; 7 U.S.C. 1704; 22 U.S.C. 2102; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1965.)

Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)

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1966 estimate Num

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518 8,099

520

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591 9,518

70 Receipts and other offsets (items 11-17)..

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160 19,810

8,657 12,622 39 160 22,300

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1,200 2,280 2,420

The Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and the International Health Research Act of 1960 authorize the conduct of research and related activities abroad. The estimate for 1966 proposes an appropriation of $2 million for payments in foreign currencies in seven excess-currency countries.

Rehabilitation research and related activities.-Research and demonstration programs are directed to the solution of problems which hold promise of contributing knowledge to the advancement of rehabilitation both in the United States and in other countries.

exchanges of rehabilitation experts are arranged between Research training and fellowships are provided and the United States and cooperating foreign countries to increase the rehabilitation research resources both here and

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SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration, [$3,140,000 $3,415,000. (7 U.S.C. 1704; 20 U.S.C., ch. 6A; 22 U.S.C. 2102; 29 U.S.C. 31-42; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1965.)

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survivors insurance disability referrals are coordinated; overall program plans are developed; and the RandolphSheppard vending stand program is administered.

2. Regional operations.-Administration of regional office activities and field relationships with States are coordinated; the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration is represented in all areas of program administration. within regions; and comprehensive evaluation of rehabilitation needs and resources in the States is developed. 3. Research and training.-A program of research to develop and demonstrate new rehabilitation methods and techniques, a program of training and traineeships to provide additional personnel to work in rehabilitation, and a program of special centers for research and training are administered by grants and contracts; technical consultation on research and training is furnished to institutions of higher learning, regional offices, State agencies and other organizations; and international research and training programs are developed and administered.

4. Executive direction and program coordination.-Direction and administration are provided for programs under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, the Randolph-Sheppard Act, and the Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act, as it pertains to rehabilitation facilities; nationwide leadership is provided in the development of policies and programs in the health and medical areas of rehabilitation; national and international program plans are developed; legislative proposals concerning the program are analyzed; and publications are prepared and distributed to assist the States in interpreting their programs to the public.

5. Management services.-General administrative and management services are provided the several program areas; statistical measurement and analysis of programs is undertaken including the development of special studies. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars)

2,800

3,232

3,415

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1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1963, $36 thousand; 1964, $18 thousand; 1965, $21 thousand; 1966, $24 thousand.

This office administers the program of grants to States for vocational rehabilitation, domestic and international research and training programs, and the program of licensing the blind to operate vending stands on Federal and other properties. Direction is provided for the Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act as it pertains to rehabilitation facilities.

1. Program services.-State plans are approved and allotments and grants are made; programs for rehabilitating blind persons, and others with special disabilities are developed; specialists in various rehabilitation fields provide technical advice and assistance to rehabilitation agencies in developing rehabilitation facilities, workshops, and programs for the severely disabled; old-age and

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Total personnel compensation

2,283

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officers in the Reserve Corps and for not to exceed two thousand eight hundred commissioned officers in the Regular Corps; expenses incident to the dissemination of health information in foreign countries through exhibits and other appropriate means; expenses of primary and secondary schooling of dependents, in foreign countries, of Public Health Service commissioned officers stationed in foreign countries, in amounts not to exceed an average of [$285] $455 per student, when it is determined by the Secretary that the schools available in the locality are unable to provide adequately for the education of such dependents, and for the transportation of such dependents between such schools and their places of residence when the schools are not accessible to such dependents by regular means of transportation; rental or lease of living quarters (for periods not exceeding 5 years), and provision of heat, fuel, and light, and maintenance, improvement, and repair of such quarters, and advance payments therefor, for civilian officers and employees of the Public Health Service who are United States citizens and who have a permanent station in a foreign country; not to exceed $1,000 for entertainment of visiting scientists when specifically approved by the Surgeon General; purchase, erection, and maintenance of temporary or portable structures; and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the payment of compensation to consultants or individual scientists appointed for limited periods of time pursuant to section 207 (f) or section 207 (g) of the Act, and to members of councils, committees and boards established, or authorized to be established, within the Public Health Service by statute, at rates established by the Surgeon General, or the Secretory where such action is required by statute, not to exceed [$24,500 per annum] the maximum per annum rate authorized under section 208 (g) of the Act; as follows: (5 U.S.C. 118a; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1965.)

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For construction, major repair, improvement, extension, and equipment of Public Health Service facilities, not otherwise provided, including plans and specifications and acquisition of sites, [$22,512,000] $7,781,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the unobligated balances of appropriations heretofore made available to the National Cancer Institute and the National Heart Institute for plans and specifications for research facilities, shall be merged with this appropriation as of June 30, 1965. (42 U.S.C. 248; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1965.)

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1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1963, $6,689 thousand (1964 adjustments, $400 thousand); 1964, $15,475 thousand; 1965, $41,971 thousand; 1966, $35,245 thousand.

This appropriation includes all proposed direct construction items of the Public Health Service except construction of Indian health facilities, and all continuing projects except construction of shellfish laboratories (appropriated under Milk, food, interstate, and community sanitation in 1962), and the following facilities of the National Institutes of Health:

1. Mental health-neurology research facility-appropriated under Mental health activities and Neurology and blindness activities, 1961.

2. Rocky Mountain Laboratory construction-appropriated under Allergy and infectious disease activities,

1962.

A distribution of appropriations for construction of

programs of the Public Health Service follows (in thousands of dollars):

Bureau of State Services..
Bureau of Medical Services.
National Institutes of Health.
National Library of Medicine.......
Funds to be requested in subsequent years..

Total......

1963

1964 1965

1966

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actual estimate estimate

5,519 4,553

471 1,593

13,400 7,205

19,800 9,106 17,467 1,529

55 106

33,200 16,311

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The following construction projects will necessitate the provision of additional funds in 1966:

1. Communicable disease facility, San Juan, P.R.-The buildings and procurement of facilities ancillary to various proposed facility will replace the inadequate, unsafe, and

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