29 U.S.C. § 704 — Joint funding

Page 197 TITLE 29—LABOR § 705 Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–128, § 403(2), inserted ‘‘of Edu- cation’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL FOR OFFICE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED Pub. L. 93–516, title II, § 208(a), Dec. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1629, provided that: ‘‘The Secretary of Health, Edu- cation, and Welfare [now Secretary of Education] is di- rected to assign to the Office for the Blind and Visually Handicapped of the Rehabilitation Services Adminis- tration of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [now Department of Education] ten additional full-time personnel (or their equivalent), five of whom shall be supportive personnel, to carry out duties re- lated to the administration of the Randolph-Sheppard Act [section 107 et seq. of Title 20, Education].’’ An identical provision is contained in Pub. L. 93–651, title II, § 208(a), Nov. 21, 1974, 89 Stat. 2–14. PREFERENCE TO BLIND IN SELECTING PERSONNEL Pub. L. 93–516, title II, § 208(c), Dec. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1629, provided that: ‘‘In selecting personnel to fill any position under this section [authorizing assignment of 11 additional full-time personnel to the Office for the Blind and Visually Handicapped of the Rehabilitation Service Administration of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under subsecs. (a) and (b) of Pub. L. 93–516], the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare [now Secretary of Education] shall give pref- erence to blind individuals.’’ An identical provision is contained in Pub. L. 93–651, title II, § 208(c), Nov. 21, 1974, 89 Stat. 2–14. § 703. Advance funding (a) For the purpose of affording adequate no- tice of funding available under this chapter, ap- propriations under this chapter are authorized to be included in the appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. (b) In order to effect a transition to the ad- vance funding method of timing appropriation action, the authority provided by subsection (a) of this section shall apply notwithstanding that its initial application will result in the enact- ment in the same year (whether in the same ap- propriation Act or otherwise) of two separate appropriations, one for the then current fiscal year and one for the succeeding fiscal year. (Pub. L. 93–112, § 4, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1097.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 703, Pub. L. 93–112, § 4, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 358, related to advance funding, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1093. § 704. Joint funding Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the President, and to the extent consistent with the other provisions of this chapter, where funds are provided for a single project by more than one Federal agency to an agency or organization as- sisted under this chapter, the Federal agency principally involved may be designated to act for all in administering the funds provided, and, in such cases, a single non-Federal share re- quirement may be established according to the proportion of funds advanced by each agency. When the principal agency involved is the Reha- bilitation Services Administration, it may waive any grant or contract requirement (as de- fined by such regulations) under or pursuant to any law other than this chapter, which require- ment is inconsistent with the similar require- ments of the administering agency under or pur- suant to this chapter. (Pub. L. 93–112, § 5, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1097.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 704, Pub. L. 93–112, § 5, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 359, related to joint funding, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 403, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1093. Executive Documents DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS Authority of the President under this section dele- gated to Director of Office of Management and Budget by section 1 of Ex. Ord. No. 11893, Dec. 31, 1975, 41 F.R. 1040, set out as a note under section 7103 of Title 31, Money and Finance. § 705. Definitions For the purposes of this chapter: (1) Administrative costs The term ‘‘administrative costs’’ means ex- penditures incurred in the performance of ad- ministrative functions under the vocational rehabilitation program carried out under sub- chapter I, including expenses related to pro- gram planning, development, monitoring, and evaluation, including expenses for— (A) quality assurance; (B) budgeting, accounting, financial man- agement, information systems, and related data processing; (C) providing information about the pro- gram to the public; (D) technical assistance and support serv- ices to other State agencies, private non- profit organizations, and businesses and in- dustries, except for technical assistance and support services described in section 723(b)(5) of this title; (E) the State Rehabilitation Council and other advisory committees; (F) professional organization membership dues for designated State unit employees; (G) the removal of architectural barriers in State vocational rehabilitation agency of- fices and State operated rehabilitation fa- cilities; (H) operating and maintaining designated State unit facilities, equipment, and grounds; (I) supplies; (J) administration of the comprehensive system of personnel development described in section 721(a)(7) of this title, including personnel administration, administration of affirmative action plans, and training and staff development; (K) administrative salaries, including cler- ical and other support staff salaries, in sup- port of these administrative functions;