109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3864
AN ACT 
To assist individuals with disabilities affected by Hurricane 
Katrina or Rita through vocational rehabilitation services.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assistance for Individ-
uals with Disabilities Affected by Hurricane Katrina or 
Rita Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AFFECTED
STATE.—The term ‘‘affected 
State’’ means a State that contains an area, or that 
received a significant number of individuals who re-
sided in an area, in which the President has declared 
that a major disaster exists. 
(2) 
COMMISSIONER.—The 
term 
‘‘Commis-
sioner’’ means the Commissioner of the Rehabilita-
tion Services Administration. 
(3) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.—The term 
‘‘individual with a disability’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 7(20)(A) of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 705(20)(A)). 
(4) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY AFFECTED 
BY
HURRICANE
KATRINA.—The term ‘‘individual 
with a disability affected by Hurricane Katrina’’ 
means an individual with a disability who resided on 
August 22, 2005, in an area in which the President 
has declared that a major disaster related to Hurri-
cane Katrina exists.
(5) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY AFFECTED 
BY HURRICANE RITA.—The term ‘‘individual with a 
disability affected by Hurricane Rita’’ means an in-
dividual with a disability who resided in an area on 
the date that was 7 days before the date on which 
the President declared that a major disaster related 
to Hurricane Rita exists in such area. 
(6) MAJOR DISASTER.—The term ‘‘major dis-
aster’’ means a major disaster declared by the Presi-
dent in accordance with the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), related to Hurricane Katrina 
or Rita. 
(b) REALLOTMENTS OF AMOUNTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In realloting amounts to 
States under section 110(b)(2) of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 730(b)(2)) for fiscal year 
2005, the Commissioner shall give preference to af-
fected States. 
(2) WAIVERS.—If the Commissioner reallots 
amounts under section 110(b)(2) of the Rehabilita-
tion Act of 1973 to an affected State for fiscal year 
2005, or returns to the State of Louisiana for fiscal 
year 2005 the funds that Louisiana had previously 
relinquished pursuant to section 110(b)(1) of that
Act (29 U.S.C. 730(b)(1)) due to an inability to 
meet the non-Federal share requirements requiring 
Louisiana to contribute $3,942,821 for fiscal year 
2005, the Commissioner may grant a waiver of non-
Federal share requirements for fiscal year 2005 for 
the affected State or Louisiana, respectively. 
(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘non-Federal share requirements’’ means non-Fed-
eral share requirements applicable to programs 
under title I of such Act (29 U.S.C. 720 et seq.). 
(c) USE OF AMOUNTS REALLOTTED UNDER TITLE 
I OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973.—An affected 
State that receives amounts reallotted under section 
110(b)(2) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
730(b)(2)) for fiscal year 2005 (as described in subsection 
(b)) or returned under subsection (b) may use the 
amounts—
(1) to pay for vocational rehabilitation services 
described in section 103 of the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973 (29 U.S.C. 723) (which may include training, 
mentoring, or job shadowing opportunities), for indi-
viduals with disabilities affected by Hurricane 
Katrina or individuals with disabilities affected by 
Hurricane Rita, that contribute to the economic 
growth and development of communities;