Handicapped Individuals Services and Training Act
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Handicapped Individuals Services and Training Act - Title I: Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults - Establishes a Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults to: (1) provide specialized intensive services for deaf-blind persons; (2) train personnel to provide such services; and (3) conduct applied research, development, and demonstrations relating to communication techniques, teaching methods, aids, and devices, and delivery of services. Requires an annual audit of the Center. Directs the Secretary of Education to ensure that: (1) Center Service and training programs are monitored regularly; and (2) Center operation is evaluated annually, with written reports to the President and the Congress submitted by specified deadlines. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and succeeding fiscal years for Center operation and maintenance in accordance with guidelines or regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Title II: Vinland National Center for Healthsports and Physical Fitness for Handicapped Individuals - Establishes the Vinland National Center for Healthsports and Physical Fitness for Handicapped Individuals to: (1) provide training for handicapped individuals and training and technical assistance for the establishment of healthsport and physical fitness activities and programs for the handicapped in States and local communities; and (2) conduct basic and applied research and collect and disseminate information. Directs the Center to establish a National Advisory Panel on Healthsports and Physical Fitness for Handicapped Individuals. Exempts the Panel from the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) Center construction and program plans and reports; (2) Center expenditures from non-Federal support; (3) limits on Center use of funds; and (4) auditing of the Center's records and monitoring, and evaluation of its activities. Directs the Secretary of Education, acting through the Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services Administration, to administer the provisions of this title. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1984 through 1988. Title III: Regional Postsecondary Educational Programs - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and contracts with: (1) specified institutions of higher education for regional programs of academic, vocational, and supportive education services for deaf students and for graduate occupational placement; and (2) other institutions of higher education and appropriate nonprofit education agencies for model postsecondary programs for serving handicapped (other than deaf) individuals. Directs the Secretary to give priority to programs: (1) serving multistate regions or large population centers; (2) adapting existing programs of vocational, technical, postsecondary, or adult education to the special needs of handicapped individuals; (3) designed to serve areas where a need for such services is clearly demonstrated; and (4) that have demonstrated proven effectiveness. Sets forth provisions for auditing, monitoring, and continuing evaluation of each program assisted under this title. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of Special Education Programs, to administer the provisions of this title. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1984 through 1988. Sets forth formulas for allotment of such funds. Title IV: Captioned Films and Related Services for Deaf and Other Handicapped Individuals - Directs the Secretary to establish a loan service of captioned films and educational media for handicapped individuals, their parents, and others directly involved in activities for the advancement of the handicapped. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) acquire such films, educational media, and equipment; (2) provide, by grant or contract, for film captioning, for distribution of media and equipment to State schools and other appropriate local or regional agencies, for production and distribution of such media, and for research and training in their use; (3) utilize other governmental agencies' facilities and services; and (4) accept gifts, contributions, and voluntary and uncompensated services of individuals and organizations. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, to administer the provisions of this title. Authorizes appropriations for the provision of services under this title for FY 1984 and succeeding fiscal years. Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth definitions under this Act and this Act's effect on specified provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Education of the Handicapped Act.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on August 17, 1982. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on September 1, 1982: Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; GAO; OMB.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 97th Congress (1981-82), 473 of the 11,489 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.1 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
RUDOLF BOSCHWITZ (R-MN) introduced it on August 17, 1982, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Democrat.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on August 17, 1982, 16095 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16080 days ago, on September 1, 1982.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 97th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1983 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers