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(b) PROGRAM OF INITIAL RESETTLEMENT.—Section 
412(b)(2) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(b)(2)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘:orientation, instruction’’ and 
inserting ‘‘orientation and instruction’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘, and job training for refugees, 
and such other education and training of refugees, 
as facilitates’’ and inserting ‘‘for refugees to facili-
tate’’. 
(c) PROJECT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR SERV-
ICES FOR REFUGEES.—Section 412(c) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting 
‘‘and training’’ after ‘‘employment’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘para-
graph—’’ through ‘‘in a manner’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph in a manner’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) In carrying out this section, the Director shall 
ensure that employment and training services are provided 
through the statewide workforce development system, as 
appropriate, authorized by the Workforce Investment Act 
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of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.). Such action may in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) making employment and training services 
as described under section 134 of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2864) available to refugees; and 
‘‘(B) providing refugees with access to a one- 
stop delivery system under section 121 of such Act 
(29 U.S.C. 2841).’’. 
(d) CASH ASSISTANCE AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO 
REFUGEES.—Section 412(e) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1522(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(A)(i), by inserting ‘‘and 
training’’ after ‘‘providing employment’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘The’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Consistent with subsection (c)(3), the’’. 
SEC. 405. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE SECOND 
CHANCE ACT OF 2007. 
(a) FEDERAL PRISONER REENTRY INITIATIVE.— 
Section 231 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
17541) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(E)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘the Department of Labor 
and’’ before ‘‘other Federal agencies’’; and 
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(B) by inserting ‘‘State and local work-
force investment boards,’’ after ‘‘community- 
based organizations,’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking at the 
end ‘‘and’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking at the 
end the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) to coordinate reentry programs with the 
employment and training services provided through 
the statewide workforce investment system under 
subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Investment Act 
of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2811 et seq.).’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) INTERACTION WITH THE WORKFORCE IN-
VESTMENT SYSTEM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this 
section, the Director shall ensure that employ-
ment and training services, including such em-
ployment and services offered through reentry 
programs, are provided, as appropriate, through 
the statewide workforce investment system 
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under subtitle B of title I of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2811 et seq.). 
Such action may include— 
‘‘(i) making employment and training 
services available to prisoners prior to and 
immediately following the release of such 
prisoners; or 
‘‘(ii) providing prisoners with access 
by remote means to a one-stop delivery 
system under section 121 of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2841) 
in the State in which the prison involved is 
located. 
‘‘(B) SERVICE
DEFINED.—In this para-
graph, the term ‘employment and training serv-
ices’ means those services described in section 
134 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2864) offered by the Bureau of 
Prisons, including— 
‘‘(i) the skills assessment described in 
subsection (a)(1)(A); 
‘‘(ii) the skills development plan de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1)(B); and 
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‘‘(iii) the enhancement, development, 
and implementation of reentry and skills 
development programs.’’. 
(b) DUTIES OF THE BUREAU OF PRISONS.—Section 
4042(a)(5)(E) of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘Employment’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Employment and training services (as 
defined in paragraph (6) of section 231(d) of the 
Second Chance Act of 2007), including basic skills 
attainment, consistent with such paragraph’’; 
(2) by striking clause (iii); and 
(3) by redesignating clauses (iv), (v), (vi), and 
(vii) as clauses (iii), (iv), (v), and (vi), respectively. 
SEC. 406. AMENDMENTS TO THE OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL 
AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968. 
Section 2976 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘voca-
tional’’ and inserting ‘‘career and technical edu-
cation (as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. 
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 
2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302)) and training’’; 
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(B) by redesignating each of paragraphs 
(4) through (7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), 
respectively; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) coordinating employment and training 
services provided through the statewide workforce 
investment system under subtitle B of title I of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2811 
et seq.), including a one-stop delivery system under 
section 121 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2841), for of-
fenders upon release from prison, jail, or a juvenile 
facility, as appropriate;’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing local workforce investment boards established 
under section 117 of the Workforce Investment Act 
of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2832),’’ after ‘‘nonprofit organi-
zations’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘victim 
services, and employment services’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and victim services’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 
(5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 
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(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) provides employment and training services 
through the statewide workforce investment system 
under subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2811 et seq.), includ-
ing a one-stop delivery system under section 121 of 
such Act (29 U.S.C. 2841); and’’; 
(4) in subsection (k)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, in 
accordance with paragraph (2)’’ after ‘‘under 
this section’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.—The Attor-
ney General shall require each grantee under this 
section to measure the core indicators of perform-
ance as described in section 136(b)(2)(A) of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2871(b)(2)(A)) with respect to the program of such 
grantee funded with a grant under this section.’’. 
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SEC. 407. H–1B NONIMMIGRANT PETITIONER ACCOUNT. 
Section 286(s) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(s)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 
(3) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘30 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘50 percent’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3)(A) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘25 percent’’; 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(4) USE OF FEES FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED 
STUDENT GRANT PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—15 percent of the 
amounts deposited into the H–1B Non-
immigrant Petitioner Account shall be trans-
ferred to the Department of Education to re-
main available until expended to make grants to 
States, local educational agencies, and institu-
tions of higher education to carry out activities 
that build the capacity of elementary schools 
and secondary schools to meet the academic 
needs of gifted and talented students. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a 
grant under this paragraph, a State, local edu-
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cational agency, or institution of higher edu-
cation shall submit an application to the Sec-
retary of Education at such time and in such 
manner as the Secretary of Education shall re-
quire. Such application shall describe how the 
State, local educational agency, or institution of 
higher education will— 
‘‘(i) use funds received under this 
paragraph to meet the needs of gifted and 
talented students; and 
‘‘(ii) coordinate funds received under 
this paragraph with funds received under 
other Federal education laws. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of 
this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the terms ‘State’, ‘local edu-
cational agency’, ‘elementary school’, and 
‘secondary school’ have the meanings given 
such terms in section 9101 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965; and 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘institution of higher 
education’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 102(a) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965.’’; and 
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(6) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 1999,’’and 
all that follows through ‘‘Beginning with fiscal 
year 2000, 5 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 per-
cent’’; and 
(B) in the last sentence, by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘and for carrying 
out the Secretary’s responsibilities under sec-
tion 212(n)(2).’’. 
SEC. 408. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED 
STATES CODE. 
Title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the item relating to section 
4103A and section 4104 in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 41 of such title; 
(2) in section 4102A— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking paragraphs (5), (6), 
and (7); 
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (8) as 
paragraph (5); 
(B) by striking subsections (c) and (h); 
(C) by redesignating subsection (d), (e), 
(f), and (g) as subsection (c), (d), (e), and (f); 
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(D) in subsection (e)(1) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘, including disabled 
veterans’ outreach program specialists and 
local veterans’ employment representatives 
providing employment, training, and place-
ment services under this chapter in a 
State’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘for purposes of sub-
section (c)’’. 
(3) in section 4109(a), by striking ‘‘disabled 
veterans’ outreach program specialists, local vet-
erans’ employment representatives’’ and inserting 
‘‘veteran employment specialists appointed under 
section 134(f) of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998’’; 
(4) in section 4109(d)(1), by striking ‘‘disabled 
veterans’ outreach program specialists and local vet-
erans’ employment representatives’’ and inserting 
‘‘veteran employment specialists appointed under 
section 134(f) of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998’’; 
(5) in section 4112(d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘disabled 
veterans’ outreach program specialist’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘veteran employment specialist ap-
pointed under section 134(f) of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig-
nating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); 
(6) in section 3672(d)(1), by striking ‘‘disabled 
veterans’ outreach program specialists under section 
4103A’’ and inserting ‘‘veteran employment special-
ists appointed under section 134(f) of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998’’; and 
(7) in section 4104A— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking sub-
paragraph (A) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) the appropriate veteran employment 
specialist (in carrying out the functions de-
scribed in section 134(f) of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998);’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking sub-
paragraph (A) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) collaborate with the appropriate vet-
eran employment specialist (as described in sec-
tion 134(f)) and the appropriate State boards 
and local boards (as such terms are defined in 
section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801));’’. 
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SEC. 409. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CON-
TENTS. 
The table of contents in section 1(b) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
‘‘TITLE I—WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEMS 
‘‘Subtitle A—Workforce Investment Definitions 
‘‘Sec. 101. Definitions. 
‘‘Subtitle B—Statewide and Local Workforce Investment Systems 
‘‘Sec. 106. Purpose. 
‘‘CHAPTER 1—STATE PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 111. State workforce investment boards. 
‘‘Sec. 112. State plan. 
‘‘CHAPTER 2—LOCAL PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 116. Local workforce investment areas. 
‘‘Sec. 117. Local workforce investment boards. 
‘‘Sec. 118. Local plan. 
‘‘CHAPTER 3—WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES PROVIDERS 
‘‘Sec. 121. Establishment of one-stop delivery systems. 
‘‘Sec. 122. Identification of eligible providers of training services. 
‘‘Sec. 123. [Repealed]. 
‘‘CHAPTER 4—[REPEALED] 
‘‘CHAPTER 5—EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES 
‘‘Sec. 131. General authorization. 
‘‘Sec. 132. State allotments. 
‘‘Sec. 133. Within State allocations. 
‘‘Sec. 134. Use of funds for employment and training activities. 
‘‘CHAPTER 6—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 136. Performance accountability system. 
‘‘Sec. 137. Authorization of appropriations. 
‘‘Subtitle C—Job Corps 
‘‘Sec. 141. Purposes. 
‘‘Sec. 142. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 143. Establishment. 
‘‘Sec. 144. Individuals eligible for the Job Corps. 
‘‘Sec. 145. Recruitment, screening, selection, and assignment of enrollees. 
‘‘Sec. 146. Enrollment. 
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‘‘Sec. 147. Job Corps centers. 
‘‘Sec. 148. Program activities. 
‘‘Sec. 149. Counseling and job placement. 
‘‘Sec. 150. Support. 
‘‘Sec. 151. Operations. 
‘‘Sec. 152. Standards of conduct. 
‘‘Sec. 153. Community participation. 
‘‘Sec. 154. Workforce councils. 
‘‘Sec. 155. [Repealed]. 
‘‘Sec. 156. Technical assistance to centers. 
‘‘Sec. 157. Application of provisions of Federal law. 
‘‘Sec. 158. Special provisions. 
‘‘Sec. 159. Management information. 
‘‘Sec. 160. General provisions. 
‘‘Sec. 161. Closure of low-performing Job Corps centers. 
‘‘Sec. 162. Reforms to remove political favoritism in the opening of new Job 
Corps centers. 
‘‘Subtitle D—National Programs 
‘‘Sec. 166. [Repealed]. 
‘‘Sec. 167. [Repealed]. 
‘‘Sec. 168. [Repealed]. 
‘‘Sec. 169. [Repealed]. 
‘‘Sec. 170. Technical assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 171. [Repealed]. 
‘‘Sec. 172. Evaluations. 
‘‘Sec. 173. [Repealed]. 
‘‘Sec. 173A. [Repealed]. 
‘‘Sec. 174. [Repealed]. 
‘‘Subtitle E—Administration 
‘‘Sec. 181. Requirements and restrictions. 
‘‘Sec. 182. Prompt allocation of funds. 
‘‘Sec. 183. Monitoring. 
‘‘Sec. 184. Fiscal controls; sanctions. 
‘‘Sec. 185. Reports; recordkeeping; investigations. 
‘‘Sec. 186. Administrative adjudication. 
‘‘Sec. 187. Judicial review. 
‘‘Sec. 188. Nondiscrimination. 
‘‘Sec. 189. Administrative provisions. 
‘‘Sec. 190. References. 
‘‘Sec. 191. State legislative authority. 
‘‘Sec. 192. [Repealed]. 
‘‘Sec. 193. Use of certain real property. 
‘‘Sec. 194. [Repealed]. 
‘‘Sec. 195. General program requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 196. Department Staff. 
‘‘Subtitle F—Repeals and Conforming Amendments 
‘‘Sec. 199. Repeals. 
‘‘Sec. 199A. Conforming amendments. 
‘‘TITLE II—ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY 
EDUCATION 
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‘‘Sec. 201. Short title. 
‘‘Sec. 202. Purpose. 
‘‘Sec. 203. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 204. Home schools. 
‘‘Sec. 205. Authorization of appropriations. 
‘‘Subtitle A—Federal Provisions 
‘‘Sec. 211. Reservation of funds; grants to eligible agencies; allotments. 
‘‘Sec. 212. Performance accountability system. 
‘‘Subtitle B—State Provisions 
‘‘Sec. 221. State administration. 
‘‘Sec. 222. State distribution of funds; matching requirement. 
‘‘Sec. 223. State leadership activities. 
‘‘Sec. 224. State plan. 
‘‘Sec. 225. Programs for corrections education and other institutionalized indi-
viduals. 
‘‘Subtitle C—Local Provisions 
‘‘Sec. 231. Grants and contracts for eligible providers. 
‘‘Sec. 232. Local application. 
‘‘Sec. 233. Local administrative cost limits. 
‘‘Subtitle D—General Provisions 
‘‘Sec. 241. Administrative provisions. 
‘‘Sec. 242. National activities. 
‘‘TITLE III—WORKFORCE INVESTMENT-RELATED ACTIVITIES 
‘‘Subtitle A—Wagner-Peyser Act 
‘‘Sec. 301. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 302. Functions. 
‘‘Sec. 303. Designation of State agencies. 
‘‘Sec. 304. Appropriations. 
‘‘Sec. 305. Disposition of allotted funds. 
‘‘Sec. 306. State plans. 
‘‘Sec. 307. Repeal of Federal advisory council. 
‘‘Sec. 308. Regulations. 
‘‘Sec. 309. Employment statistics. 
‘‘Sec. 310. Technical amendments. 
‘‘Sec. 311. Effective date. 
‘‘Subtitle B—Linkages With Other Programs 
‘‘Sec. 321. Trade Act of 1974. 
‘‘Sec. 322. Veterans’ employment programs. 
‘‘Sec. 323. Older Americans Act of 1965. 
‘‘Subtitle C—Twenty-First Century Workforce Commission 
‘‘Sec. 331. Short title. 
‘‘Sec. 332. Findings. 
‘‘Sec. 333. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 334. Establishment of Twenty-First Century Workforce Commission. 
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‘‘Sec. 335. Duties of the Commission. 
‘‘Sec. 336. Powers of the Commission. 
‘‘Sec. 337. Commission personnel matters. 
‘‘Sec. 338. Termination of the Commission. 
‘‘Sec. 339. Authorization of appropriations. 
‘‘Subtitle D—Application of Civil Rights and Labor-Management Laws to the 
Smithsonian Institution 
‘‘Sec. 341. Application of civil rights and labor-management laws to the Smith-
sonian Institution. 
‘‘TITLE IV—REHABILITATION ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1998 
‘‘Sec. 401. Short title. 
‘‘Sec. 402. Title. 
‘‘Sec. 403. General provisions. 
‘‘Sec. 404. Vocational rehabilitation services. 
‘‘Sec. 405. Research and training. 
‘‘Sec. 406. Professional development and special projects and demonstrations. 
‘‘Sec. 407. National Council on Disability. 
‘‘Sec. 408. Rights and advocacy. 
‘‘Sec. 409. Employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. 
‘‘Sec. 410. Independent living services and centers for independent living. 
‘‘Sec. 411. Repeal. 
‘‘Sec. 412. Helen Keller National Center Act. 
‘‘Sec. 413. President’s Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities. 
‘‘Sec. 414. Conforming amendments. 
‘‘TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 501. State unified plan. 
‘‘Sec. 502. [Repealed]. 
‘‘Sec. 503. [Repealed]. 
‘‘Sec. 504. Privacy. 
‘‘Sec. 505. Buy-American requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 506. [Repealed]. 
‘‘Sec. 507. Effective date.’’. 
TITLE V—AMENDMENTS TO THE 
REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 
SEC. 501. FINDINGS. 
Section 2(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 701(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
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(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) there is a substantial need to improve and 
expand services for students with disabilities under 
this Act.’’. 
SEC. 502. REHABILITATION SERVICES ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) REHABILITATION SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.— 
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) in section 3(a) (29 U.S.C. 702(a))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Department of Education’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘President by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate’’ and inserting 
‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘, and the Commissioner 
shall be the principal officer,’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place it 
appears (except in section 21) and inserting ‘‘Direc-
tor’’; 
(3) in section 12(c) (29 U.S.C. 709), by strik-
ing ‘‘Commissioner’s’’ and inserting ‘‘Director’s’’; 
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(4) in the heading for subparagraph (B) of sec-
tion 100(d)(2), by striking ‘‘COMMISSIONER’’ and in-
serting ‘‘DIRECTOR’’; 
(5) in the heading for section 706, by striking 
‘‘COMMISSIONER’’ and inserting ‘‘DIRECTOR’’; 
(6) in the heading for paragraph (3) of section 
723(a), by striking ‘‘COMMISSIONER’’ and inserting 
‘‘DIRECTOR’’; and 
(7) in section 21 (29 U.S.C. 718)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ the 
first place it appears and inserting ‘‘Direc-
tor of the Rehabilitation Services Adminis-
tration’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(referred to in this 
subsection as the ‘Director’)’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘The Commissioner 
and the Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Both 
such Directors’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Commissioner and the 
Director’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘both such Directors’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.—The amend-
ments made by subsection (a) shall— 
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(1) take effect on the date of the enactment of 
this Act; and 
(2) apply with respect to the appointments of 
Directors of the Rehabilitation Services Administra-
tion made on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act, and the Directors so appointed. 
SEC. 503. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 7 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 705) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (35) through 
(39) as paragraphs (36) through (40), respectively; 
(2) in subparagraph (A)(ii) of paragraph (36) 
(as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (36)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(37)(C)’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (34) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(35)(A) The term ‘student with a disability’ 
means an individual with a disability who— 
‘‘(i) is not younger than 16 and not 
older than 21; 
‘‘(ii) has been determined to be eligi-
ble under section 102(a) for assistance 
under this title; and 
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‘‘(iii)(I) is eligible for, and is receiv-
ing, special education under part B of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.); or 
‘‘(II) is an individual with a disability, 
for purposes of section 504. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘students with disabilities’ 
means more than 1 student with a disability.’’. 
SEC. 504. STATE PLAN. 
Section 101(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 721(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (10)(B) by striking ‘‘on the el-
igible individuals’’ and all that follows through ‘‘sec-
tion 136(d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘of information nec-
essary to assess the State’s performance on the core 
indicators of performance described in section 
136(b)(2)(A)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (11)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D)(i), by inserting 
before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, which 
may be provided using alternative means of 
meeting participation (such as video conferences 
and conference calls)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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