29 U.S. Code § 31 to 41c - Repealed. Pub. L. 93–112, title V, § 500(a), Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 390

Section 31, acts June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 1, 41 Stat. 735; June 5, 1924, ch. 265, 43 Stat. 431; June 9, 1930, ch. 414, § 1, 46 Stat. 524; June 30, 1932, ch. 324, § 1, 47 Stat. 448; July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 1, 57 Stat. 374; Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 2, 68 Stat. 652; Nov. 8, 1965, Pub. L. 89–333, § 2(a), 79 Stat. 1282; Oct. 3, 1967, Pub. L. 90–99, § 2, 81 Stat. 250; July 7, 1968, Pub. L. 90–391, §§ 2, 7(c), 82 Stat. 298, 300; Dec. 31, 1970, Pub. L. 91–610, § 1, 84 Stat. 1817, related to grants to assist in rehabilitating handicapped individuals, providing in subsec. (a) authorization to make grants and a statement of purpose and in subsec. (b) authorization of appropriations.

Section 32, acts June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 2, 41 Stat. 735; July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 1, 57 Stat. 374; Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 2, 68 Stat. 652; Nov. 8, 1965, Pub. L. 89–333, § 2(a), 79 Stat. 1282; July 7, 1968, Pub. L. 90–391, §§ 3, 4, 5, 82 Stat. 298, related to grants to States for vocational rehabilitation services, providing in: subsec. (a) for computation of allotments; subsec. (b) for amount of payments and adjusted Federal shares; and subsec. (c) for private contributions for construction or establishment of facilities.

Section 33, acts June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 3, 41 Stat. 736; June 5, 1924, ch. 265, 43 Stat. 431; June 9, 1930, ch. 414, § 2, 46 Stat. 524; June 30, 1932, ch. 324, § 2, 47 Stat. 449; July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 1, 57 Stat. 376; Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 2, 68 Stat. 654; Nov. 8, 1965, Pub. L. 89–333, § 2(a), 79 Stat. 1283; July 7, 1968, Pub. L. 90–391, § 6, 82 Stat. 299, related to grants for innovation of vocational rehabilitation services, providing in: subsec. (a) for the basis of allotments; subsec. (b) for duration of payments; subsec. (c) for restriction on payments; and subsec. (d) for additional amounts.

Section 34, acts June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 4, 41 Stat. 736; June 9, 1930, ch. 414, § 3, 46 Stat. 525; July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 1, 57 Stat. 377; Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 2, 68 Stat. 655; Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 903, 70 Stat. 956; Aug. 28, 1957, Pub. L. 85–198, § 1, 71 Stat. 473; Aug. 28, 1957, Pub. L. 85–213, 71 Stat. 488; Nov. 8, 1965, Pub. L. 89–333, §§ 4(a), 5(a), 12(a), (b)(1), (2), 79 Stat. 1289, 1290, 1293; Oct. 3, 1967, Pub. L. 90–99, § 3, 81 Stat. 251; July 7, 1968, Pub. L. 90–391, § 7(a), (b), (d), 82 Stat. 299, 300; Dec. 31, 1970, Pub. L. 91–610, § 2, 84 Stat. 1817, related to grants for special projects, providing in: subsec. (a) general provisions; subsec. (b) for payments; and subsec. (c) for National Advisory Council on Vocational Rehabilitation.

Section 35, acts June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 5, 41 Stat. 736; June 30, 1932, ch. 324, § 3, 47 Stat. 450; July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 1, 57 Stat. 377; Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 2, 68 Stat. 656; Nov. 8, 1965, Pub. L. 89–333, §§ 8(a), 12(b)(1), 79 Stat. 1291, 1293; Oct. 3, 1967, Pub. L. 90–99, § 6, 81 Stat. 253; July 7, 1968, Pub. L. 90–391, § 8, 82 Stat. 300, related to State plans, providing in: subsec. (a) for requirements for approval; subsec. (b) for approval; subsec. (c) for withholding or limitation of payments; and subsec. (d) for judicial review.

Section 36, acts June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 6, 41 Stat. 737; June 5, 1924, ch. 265, 43 Stat. 432; June 9, 1930, ch. 414, § 4, 46 Stat. 526; June 30, 1932, ch. 324, § 4, 47 Stat. 450; July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 1, 57 Stat. 378; Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 2, 68 Stat. 658, related to method of computing and making payments.

Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 644, repealed section 36 of this title, insofar as section 36 authorized an appropriation to finance the operation of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, and insofar as it provided for certain salary restrictions.

Section 37, acts June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 7, 41 Stat. 737; July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 1, 57 Stat. 378; Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 2, 68 Stat. 658; Aug. 28, 1957, Pub. L. 85–198, § 2, 71 Stat. 474; Nov. 8, 1965, Pub. L. 89–333, §§ 5(b), 7, 12(b)(1), 79 Stat. 1290, 1291, 1293; July 7, 1968, Pub. L. 90–391, § 9, 82 Stat. 301, related to administration, providing in: subsec. (a) general provisions; subsec. (b) for rules and regulations; subsec. (c) for research and dissemination of information; subsec. (d) for authorization of appropriations; and subsec. (e) for evaluation of vocational rehabilitation program.

Section 38, act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 8, as added July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 1, 57 Stat. 379; amended Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 2, 68 Stat. 659; Nov. 8, 1965, Pub. L. 89–333, § 12(b)(3), 79 Stat. 1293, related to promotion of employment opportunities.

Section 39, act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 9, as added July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 1, 57 Stat. 379; amended Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 2, 68 Stat. 659, related to annual reports to Congress.

Section 40, act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 10, as added July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 1, 57 Stat. 379; amended Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 2, 68 Stat. 659, related to appropriations for administration.

Section 41, act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 11, as added July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 1, 57 Stat. 379; amended Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 2, 68 Stat. 659; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 852, § 16, 70 Stat. 910; June 25, 1959, Pub. L. 86–70, § 24, 73 Stat. 147; July 12, 1960, Pub. L. 86–624, § 20, 74 Stat. 416; Nov. 8, 1965, Pub. L. 89–333, §§ 6(a), 9, 10(a), 11, 12(b)(1), (c), (d), 13, 79 Stat. 1291–1294, Oct. 3, 1967, Pub. L. 90–99, § 7, 81 Stat. 253; July 7, 1968, Pub. L. 90–391, § 10, 82 Stat. 301, related to definitions.

Section 41a, act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 12, as added Nov. 8, 1965, Pub. L. 89–333, § 3, 79 Stat. 1284; amended July 7, 1968, Pub. L. 90–391, § 11, 82 Stat. 303; Dec. 31, 1970, Pub. L. 91–610, § 3, 84 Stat. 1817, related to grants for construction and staffing of rehabilitation facilities, providing in: subsec. (a) for authorization to make grants; subsec. (b) for project requirements, assurances, plans and specifications, and labor standards; subsec. (c) for percentage shares; subsec. (d) for reservation of grant funds, payment, and additional payments; subsec. (e) for recovery of Federal share upon cessation of public or non-profit character of rehabilitation facilities; subsec. (f) for grants for staffing facilities with professional or technical personnel and limitation on Federal share; subsec. (g) for planning grants; subsec. (h) for adjustments for overpayments or underpayments; subsec. (i) for authorization of appropriations; and subsec. (j) for definitions of “construction”, “cost” of construction, and what a project for construction of a rehabilitation facility which is primarily a workshop, may include.

Section 41b, act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 13, as added Nov. 8, 1965, Pub. L. 89–333, § 3, 79 Stat. 1286; amended July 7, 1968, Pub. L. 90–391, § 12, 82 Stat. 303; Dec. 31, 1970, Pub. L. 91–610, § 4, 84 Stat. 1817, related to rehabilitation facility improvement, providing in: subsec. (a) for grants for projects for training services, authorization, definition of training services, allowances, and payments; subsec. (b) for rehabilitation facility improvement grants; authorization, improvement of service capability, and payments; subsec. (c) for technical assistance to rehabilitation facilities, and compensation of experts and consultants; subsec. (d) for National Policy and Performance Council, its establishment, membership, function, and compensation of members; subsec. (e) for labor standards; and subsec. (f) for authorization of appropriations.

Section 41c, act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, § 14, as added Nov. 8, 1965, Pub. L. 89–333, § 3, 79 Stat. 1288, related to waiver in the case of locally financed activity of requirement that plan be statewide.

Sections 31 to 41c, referred to above, and sections 42–1 to 42b of this title, were known as the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. Section 500(a) of Pub. L. 93–112, which repealed that Act, also provided that references to such Vocational Rehabilitation Act in any other provision of law would, ninety days after Sept. 26, 1973, be deemed to be references to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which is classified generally to chapter 15 (§ 701 et seq.) of this title.

On enactment of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, such former provisions were covered by various new sections of this title as follows:

Former sections	New sections
31(a)	701(1), 720(a)
31(b)(1), (2)	720(b)(1), (2)
31(b)(3)(A)	761(a), 774(a)
31(b)(3)(B)	720(b)(2)
31(b)(3)(C), (D)	774(a)(1)
31(b)(4)	See 720(b), 761(a), 774(a)
32(a)	730(a)
32(b)	731(a)
32(c)	724
33(a)(1)	740(a)(1)
33(a)(2)	741(a)
33(b)	741(b)
33(c)	709
33(d)	740(b)
34(a)	762(a), (b), 763, 774(b), 776(h)
34(a)(1)	762(a), (b)
34(a)(2)(A)	741(a), (b)
34(a)(2)(B)	774(d)
34(a)(2)(C)	763(b), 774(b)
34(a)(2)(D)	723(a)(7)
34(b)	741(c)
34(c)	Repealed
35(a)	721(a)
35(a), (1), (2)	721(a)(1), (2)
35(a)(3)	721(a)(3), (4)
35(a)(4)	721(a)(5)(A)(i)
35(a)(5), (6)	721(a)(5), (6)
35(a)(7)	723(a)(1), (2)
35(a)(8), (9)	721(a)(10), (11)
35(a)(10)	721(a)(11), (12)
35(a)(11)	721(a)(13)(A)
35(a)(12), (13)	721(a)(14), (15)
35(a)(14)	721(a)(17)
35(b)–(d)	721(b)–(d)
36	731(b)
37(a), (b)	780(a), (b)
37(c)(1)	780(c)
37(c)(2)	785(a)(5)
37(d)	See 780(d)
37(e)	783
38	See 791, 791(f)(1)
39	784
40	780(d)
41(a)(1)	706(14), 723(a)(1)
41(a)(1)(A)–(C)	723(a)(1)–(3)
41(a)(1)(D), (E)	723(a)(6), (7)
41(a)(2)	723(b)
41(a)(2)(A)(i)–(iv)	723(a)(4)(A)–(D)
41(a)(2)(B)	723(a)(5)
41(a)(2)(C)	723(a)(9)
41(a)(2)(D), (E)	723(b)(1), (2)
41(a)(2)(F)	723(a)(10)
41(a)(2)(G)	723(a)
41(a)(2)(H)	723(a)(3)
41(b)	706(4)(G), (6)
41(c)	706(10)
41(d)	See 706(L)
41(e)	706(8)
41(f)	706(3)
41(g)	706(13)
41(h)	707(a)
41(i)	706(5)
41(j)	707(b)
41(k)	706(11)
41(l)	706(1)
41a(a)	771(b)(1)
41a(b)	771(b)(2), 776
41a(b)(1)(A)–(C)	776(b)(1)(A)–(C)
41a(b)(2)	776(b)(4)
41a(b)(3)	See 780(b)
41a(b)(4)	776(b)(5)
41a(c)	771(b)(3)
41a(d), (e)	776(c), (d)
41a(f), (g)	771(c), (d)
41a(h)	776(e)
41a(i)	771(a)
41a(j)(1), (2)	706(1)
41a(j)(3)	776(f)
41b(a)(1)–(3)	772(b)(1)–(3)
41b(a)(4)	776(e)
41b(1), (2)	772(c)(1), (2)
41b(b)(3)	776(e)
41b(c)	774(e)
41b(d)(1)–(4)	Repealed
41b(e)	776(b)(4)
41b(f)	772(a), 774
41c	721(a)(4)

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of Repeal

Repeal effective 90 days after Sept. 26, 1973, see section 500(a) of Pub. L. 93–112, which is classified to section 790(a) of this title.

Increase of Allotment Percentages for Alaska

Pub. L. 86–624, § 47(g), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 424, provided that the allotment percentage determined for Alaska under section 41(h) of this title for the first to fourth years for which such percentage was based on the per capita income data for Alaska was to be increased by varying amounts each of those four years, that the Federal share for Alaska determined under section 41(i) of this title, for the first year for which such share was based on per capita income data for Alaska, was to be increased, and that where the first year for which such Federal share was based on per capital income data for Alaska was a fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1962, the adjusted Federal share for Alaska for such year for purposes of section 32(b) of this title was to be the Federal share determined pursuant to section 41(i) of this title.

Limitation on Expenditure of Funds for Special Projects

Act Aug. 1, 1955, ch. 437, title II, 69 Stat. 403, provided in part that not more than $2 of the funds made available for special projects under section 34(a)(2) of this title was to be expended for any proj­ect for each $1 that the grantee, or the grantee and the State, expended for the same purpose.

District of Columbia Vocational Rehabilitation Program

Act Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 3, 68 Stat. 662, provided that materials which the Director of the Bureau of the Budget [now the Director of the Office of Management and Budget] determined related to the provision of vocational rehabilitation services in the District of Columbia or the performance of certain functions by State licensing agencies were to be transferred within ninety days after Aug. 3, 1954, from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to the municipal government of the District of Columbia, authorized the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia [now the Mayor of the District of Columbia] to take the necessary steps to secure the benefits of act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, 41 Stat. 735, and also authorized the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to continue the performance of certain functions relating to rehabilitation services in the District of Columbia until the completion of the transfer of responsibility.

Homebound Physically Handicapped Individuals

Act Aug. 3, 1954, ch. 655, § 7, 68 Stat. 665, required the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make a thorough study of existing programs for teaching and training handicapped persons, commonly known as shut-ins, whose disabilities confine them to their homes or beds, for the purpose of ascertaining whether additional or supplementary programs or services are necessary, particularly in rural areas, in order to provide adequate general ameliorative and vocational training for such handicapped persons, and provided that the Secretary shall report to the Congress not later than six months after Aug. 3, 1954, the results of such study, together with such recommendations as may be desirable.

State Compliance With Chapter

Act July 6, 1943, ch. 190, § 3(b), 57 Stat. 380, authorized particular States which were unable to comply with the preconditions of act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, 41 Stat. 735, on July 6, 1943, to secure the benefits of such act, for a period of sixty days after their particular State legislatures meet for the first time after such date.

Appropriations for Vocational Rehabilitation

Act June 26, 1940, ch. 428, 54 Stat. 583, making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, made certain appropriations for cooperative vocational rehabilitation, and expenses connected therewith, with provisions for apportionment to the States to be computed in accordance with act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, 41 Stat. 735, and other acts.