§ 780a. — Independent status of National Council on the Handicapped.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC780a]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 16--VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND OTHER REHABILITATION SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER IV--NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
Sec. 780a. Independent status of National Council on the
Handicapped
(1) Council as independent agency within Federal Government
Effective on February 22, 1984, the National Council on the
Handicapped shall be an independent agency within the Federal Government
and shall not be an agency within the Department of Education or any
other department or agency of the United States.
(2) Transfer of functions to Council Chairman
There are transferred to the Chairman of the National Council on the
Handicapped all functions relating to the Council which were vested in
the Secretary of Education on the day before February 22, 1984. The
Chairman of the National Council on the Handicapped shall continue to
exercise all the functions under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 [29
U.S.C. 701 et seq.] or any other law or authority which the Chairman was
performing before February 22, 1984.
(3) Changes in statutory and other references
References in any statute, reorganization plan, Executive order,
regulation, or other official document or proceeding to the Department
of Education or the Secretary of Education with respect to functions or
activities relating to the National Council on the Handicapped shall be
deemed to refer to the National Council on the Handicapped or the
Chairman of the National Council on the Handicapped, respectively.
(Pub. L. 98-221, title I, Sec. 141(b), Feb. 22, 1984, 98 Stat. 26.)
References in Text
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, referred to in par. (2), is Pub. L.
93-112, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 355, as amended, which is classified
generally to this chapter (Sec. 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.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Rehabilitation Amendments of
1984, and not as part of Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which comprises this
chapter.
Change of Name
The National Council on the Handicapped was established by former
section 780 of this title and was redesignated the National Council on
Disability by an amendment to that section by Pub. L. 100-630, title II,
Sec. 205(b), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3310.
