Page 263 TITLE 29—LABOR § 775

Subsec. (f)(2)(C). Pub. L. 99–506, §1001(d)(2)(G), substituted ‘‘and for that purpose may use’’ for ‘‘and for

that purpose he may use’’ and ‘‘acquired by the Secretary’’ for ‘‘acquired by him’’.

1978—Pub. L. 95–602 substituted provisions guaranteeing the payment of principal and interest on loans

made to nonprofit private entities by non-Federal lenders and by the Federal Financing Bank for construction

of rehabilitation facilities but restricting the total

amount of principal of loans outstanding at any one

time to an amount not to exceed $100,000,000 for provisions authorizing the Secretary to insure mortgages for

rehabilitation facilities and establishing a Rehabilitation Facilities Insurance Fund.

§ 774. Transferred

CODIFICATION

Section, Pub. L. 93–112, title III, §304, formerly title

II, §203, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 376, renumbered and

amended, which related to Federal grants, contracts,

and programs for training in rehabilitation services,

was renumbered section 302 of Pub. L. 93–112, by Pub. L.

102–569, title III, §301(b)(3), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4411,

and transferred to section 771a of this title.

§ 775. Comprehensive rehabilitation centers

(a) Establishment and operation; grants to designated State units; information and technical assistance to local governmental units

and public and private nonprofit entities

(1) In order to provide a focal point in communities for the development and delivery of services designed primarily for individuals with disabilities, the Commissioner may make grants to

any designated State unit to establish and operate comprehensive rehabilitation centers. The

centers shall be established in order to provide

a broad range of services to individuals with disabilities, including information and referral

services, counseling services, and job placement,

health, educational, social, and recreational

services, as well as to provide facilities for recreational activities.

(2) To the maximum extent practicable, such

centers shall provide, upon request, to local governmental units and other public and private

nonprofit entities located in the area such information and technical assistance (including support personnel such as interpreters for individuals who are deaf) as may be necessary to assist

those entities in complying with this chapter,

particularly the requirements of section 794 of

this title.

(b) Application for grant; approval by Commissioner

No grant may be made under this section unless an application therefor has been submitted

to and approved by the Commissioner. The Commissioner may not approve an application for a

grant unless the application—

(1) contains assurances that the designated

State unit will use funds provided by such

grant in accordance with subsections (c) and

(d) of this section; and

(2) contains such other information, and is

submitted in such form and in accordance

with such procedures, as the Commissioner

may require.

(c) Grants or contracts by designated State unit;

operation of facilities by designated State

unit; personnel and equipment

(1) The designated State unit may—

(A) in accordance with subsection (c) of this

section make grants to units of general purpose local government or to other public or

nonprofit private agencies or organizations

and may make contracts with any agency or

organization to pay not to exceed 80 percent of

the cost of—

(i) leasing facilities to serve as comprehensive rehabilitation centers;

(ii) expanding, remodeling, or altering facilities to the extent necessary to adapt

them to serve as comprehensive rehabilitation centers;

(iii) operating such centers; or

(iv) carrying out any combination of the

activities specified in this subparagraph; and

(B) directly carry out the activities described in subparagraph (A), except that not

more than 80 percent of the costs of providing

any comprehensive rehabilitation center may

be provided from funds under this section.

(2) Funds made available to any designated

State unit under this section for the purpose of

assisting in the operation of a comprehensive rehabilitation center may be used to compensate

professional and technical personnel required to

operate the center and to deliver services in the

center, and to provide equipment for the center.

(d) Application requirements for approval of

grant or contract by designated State unit;

use of funds by designated State unit

(1) The designated State unit may approve a

grant or enter into a contract under subsection

(c) of this section only if the application for

such grant or contract meets the requirements

specified in paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5) of section 776(b) of this title and if the application

contains assurances that any center assisted by

such grant or contract shall be in reasonably

close proximity to the majority of individuals

eligible to use the comprehensive rehabilitation

center.

(2) Any designated State unit which directly

provides for comprehensive rehabilitation centers under subsection (c)(1)(B) of this section

shall use funds under this section in the same

manner as any other grant recipient is required

to use such funds.

(e) Failure of owner or facility to continue to

qualify; recovery by United States; determination of amount

If within 20 years after the completion of any

construction project for which funds have been

paid under this section—

(1) the owner of the facility ceases to be a

public or nonprofit private agency or organization, or

(2) the facility ceases to be used for the purposes for which it was leased or constructed

(unless the Commissioner determines, in accordance with regulations, that there is good

cause for releasing the applicant or other

owner from the obligation to do so),

the United States shall be entitled to recover

from the grant recipient or other owner of the

facility an amount which bears the same ratio

to the value of the facility (or so much thereof

as constituted an approved project or projects)