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1986—Pub. L. 99–506 substituted ‘‘individuals with

handicaps’’ for ‘‘handicapped individuals’’ wherever appearing.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 777 of this title.

§ 777c. Repealed. Pub. L. 98–221, title II, § 203(a),

Feb. 22, 1984, 98 Stat. 33

Section, Pub. L. 93–112, title III, §313, as added Pub.

L. 95–602, title I, §116(2), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2974, related to Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind

Youths and Adults. See chapter 21 (§1901 et seq.) of this

title.

A prior section 777c, Pub. L. 93–112, title III, §313, formerly §305, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 383; Pub. L. 93–516,

title I, §107, Dec. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1619; Pub. L. 93–651,

title I, §107, Nov. 21, 1974, 89 Stat. 2–4; Pub. L. 94–230,

§§7, 11(b)(10), Mar. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 212, 213; Pub. L.

94–288, §§1, 2, May 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 520; renumbered §313

and amended Pub. L. 95–602, title I, §§109(1), 116(2), Nov.

6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2962, 2974, formerly classified to section

775 of this title, authorized appropriations for fiscal

years ending June 30, 1974, June 30, 1975, June 30, 1976,

Sept. 30, 1977, and Sept. 30, 1978, for establishment of

Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and

Adults, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–630, title II,

§204(k), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3309.

§ 777d. Reader services for individuals who are

blind

(a) Grants

The Commissioner may award grants to States

or to private nonprofit agencies or organizations

of national scope (as so determined by the Commissioner) to—

(1) provide reading services to individuals

who are blind and who are not otherwise eligible for such services through other State or

Federal programs; and

(2) expand the quality and scope of reading

services available to individuals who are blind,

and to assure to the maximum extent possible

that the reading services provided under this

chapter will meet the reading needs of such individuals attending institutions providing elementary, secondary, or post-secondary education, and will be adequate to assist such individuals to obtain and continue in employment.

Any State which receives a grant under this section shall administer the reading services for

which such grant is awarded through the designated State unit of the State.

(b) Application

No grant shall be awarded under this section

unless the applicant has submitted an application to the Secretary in such form, at such time,

and containing such information as the Secretary may require.

(c) ‘‘Reading services’’ defined

For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘reading services’’ means—

(1) the employment of persons who, by reading aloud, can afford individuals who are blind

ready access to printed information;

(2) the transcription of printed information

into braille or sound recordings if such transcription is performed pursuant to individual

requests from individuals who are blind for

such services;

(3) the storage and distribution of braille

materials and sound recordings;

(4) the purchase, storage, and distribution of

equipment and materials necessary for the

production, duplication, and reproduction of

braille materials and sound recordings;

(5) the purchase, storage, and distribution of

equipment to individuals who are blind to provide them with individual access to printed

materials by mechanical or electronic means;

and

(6) radio reading services for individuals who

are blind.

(Pub. L. 93–112, title III, §314, as added Pub. L.

95–602, title I, §116(2), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2975;

amended Pub. L. 100–630, title II, §204(i), Nov. 7,

1988, 102 Stat. 3309; Pub. L. 102–569, title I,

§102(p)(23), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4359.)

AMENDMENTS

1992—Pub. L. 102–569, §102(p)(23)(A), amended section

catchline.

Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102–569, §102(p)(23)(B), substituted ‘‘individuals who are blind and’’ for ‘‘blind persons’’.

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 102–569, §102(p)(23)(C), substituted ‘‘available to individuals who are blind’’ for

‘‘available to blind persons’’, ‘‘needs of such individuals’’ for ‘‘needs of blind persons’’, and ‘‘to assist such

individuals’’ for ‘‘to assist blind persons’’.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–569, §102(p)(23)(D), substituted

‘‘individuals who are blind’’ for ‘‘blind persons’’ in pars.

(1), (2), (5), and (6).

1988—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 100–630 substituted

‘‘needs’’ for ‘‘need’’.

§ 777e. Interpreter services for individuals who

are deaf

(a) Grants

The Commissioner may make grants to designated State units to establish within each

State a program of interpreter services (including interpreter referral services) which shall be

made available to individuals who are deaf and

to any public agency or private nonprofit organization involved in the delivery of assistance or

services to individuals who are deaf.

(b) Application

No grant may be made under this section unless an application therefor is submitted to the

Commissioner in such form, at such times, and

in accordance with such procedures as the Commissioner may require. Such application shall—

(1) provide assurances that the program to

be conducted under this section will be operated in areas within the State which are specifically selected to provide convenient locations for the provision of services to the maximum feasible number of individuals who are

deaf;

(2) include a plan which describes, in sufficient detail, the manner in which interpreter

referral services will be coordinated with the

information and referral programs required

under section 721(a)(22) of this title;

(3) provide assurances that the program will

seek to enter into contractual or other arrangements, to the extent appropriate, with

private nonprofit organizations comprised of

primarily hearing-impaired individuals (or private nonprofit organizations which have the