2014 US Code
Title 29 - Labor (Sections 1 - 3361)
Chapter 16 - Vocational Rehabilitation and Other Rehabilitation Services (Sections 701 - 797b)
Subchapter VII - Independent Living Services and Centers for Independent Living (Sections 796 - 796l)
Part B - Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind (Sections 796j - 796l)
Sec. 796j - "Older individual who is blind" defined

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 29 - LABOR
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 29 - LABOR
CHAPTER 16 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND OTHER REHABILITATION SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER VII - INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES AND CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
Part B - Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind
Sec. 796j - Older individual who is blind" defined
Containssection 796j
Date2014
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 5, 2015
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 93-112, title VII, §751, as added Pub. L. 105-220, title IV, §410, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1237.
Statutes at Large References106 Stat. 4464
112 Stat. 1237
Public and Private LawsPublic Law 93-112, Public Law 102-569, Public Law 105-220

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29 U.S.C. § 796j (2014)
§796j. "Older individual who is blind" defined

For purposes of this part, the term "older individual who is blind" means an individual age 55 or older whose significant visual impairment makes competitive employment extremely difficult to attain but for whom independent living goals are feasible.

(Pub. L. 93–112, title VII, §751, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, §410, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1237.)

PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 796j, Pub. L. 93–112, title VII, §751, as added Pub. L. 102–569, title VII, §703(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4464, defined "older individual who is blind", prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105–220.

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