2013 US Code
Title 29 - Labor
Chapter 16 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND OTHER REHABILITATION SERVICES (§§ 701 - 797b)
Subchapter IV - NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY (§§ 780 - 785)
Section 780a - Independent status of National Council on the Handicapped
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 29 - LABOR |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | 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 |
| Contains | section 780a |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 98-221, title I, §141(b), Feb. 22, 1984, 98 Stat. 26. |
| Statutes at Large References | 87 Stat. 355 98 Stat. 26 102 Stat. 3310 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 93-112, Public Law 98-221, Public Law 100-630 |
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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 ChairmanThere 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 referencesReferences 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, §141(b), Feb. 22, 1984, 98 Stat. 26.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe 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 (§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.
CODIFICATIONSection 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 NAMEThe 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, §205(b), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3310.
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