H. R. 3864
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and five 
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 Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assistance for Individuals 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 resided in an area, in which the 
President has declared that a major disaster exists. 
(2) COMMISSIONER.—The term ‘‘Commissioner’’ means the 
Commissioner of the Rehabilitation 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 Hurricane Katrina 
exists. 
(5) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY AFFECTED BY HURRICANE 
RITA.—The term ‘‘individual with a disability affected by Hurri-
cane Rita’’ means an individual 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 disaster’’ means 
a major disaster declared by the President in accordance with 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), related to Hurricane Katrina 
or Rita. 
(b) REALLOTMENTS OF AMOUNTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In reallotting 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 affected States. 
(2) WAIVERS.—If the Commissioner reallots amounts under 
section 110(b)(2) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to an affected
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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-Federal 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 individuals with disabilities affected by 
Hurricane Katrina or individuals with disabilities affected by 
Hurricane Rita, that contribute to the economic growth and 
development of communities; 
(2) to enable—
(A) individuals with disabilities affected by Hurricane 
Katrina to participate in reconstruction or other major 
disaster assistance activities in the areas in which the 
individuals resided on August 22, 2005; and 
(B) individuals with disabilities affected by Hurricane 
Rita to participate in reconstruction or other major disaster 
assistance activities in the areas in which the individuals 
resided 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 areas; 
(3) to pay for vocational rehabilitation services described 
in section 103 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 for individuals 
with disabilities affected by Hurricane Katrina, or individuals 
with disabilities affected by Hurricane Rita, who do not meet 
the affected State’s order of selection criteria for the affected 
State’s order of selection under section 101(a)(5) of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 721(a)(5)); or