H. R. 5610 
One Hundred Eleventh Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten 
An Act 
To provide a technical adjustment with respect to funding for independent living 
centers under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 in order to ensure stability for 
such centers. 
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 ‘‘Independent Living Centers 
Technical Adjustment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT. 
(a) GRANTS TO CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING IN STATES 
IN WHICH FEDERAL FUNDING EXCEEDS STATE FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the conditions described in paragraph 
(2) are satisfied with respect to a State, in awarding funds 
to existing centers for independent living (described in section 
722(c) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 796f–1(c))) 
in the State, the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services 
Administration— 
(A) in fiscal year 2010— 
(i) shall distribute among such centers funds 
appropriated for the centers for independent living pro-
gram under part C of title VII of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 796f et seq.) by any Act other 
than the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) in the same proportion 
as such funds were distributed among such centers 
in the State in fiscal year 2009, notwithstanding sec-
tion 722(e) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
796f–1(e)) and any contrary provision of a State plan 
submitted under section 704 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
796c); and 
(ii) shall disregard any funds provided to such 
centers from funds appropriated by the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for the centers 
for independent living program under part C of title 
VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 796f 
et seq.); and 
(B) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent fiscal years, 
shall disregard any funds provided to such centers from 
funds appropriated by the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) for the cen-
ters for independent living program under part C of title
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VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 796f et 
seq.). 
(2) CONDITIONS.—The conditions described in this para-
graph are the following: 
(A) The Commissioner receives a request from the 
State, not later than August 5, 2010, jointly signed by 
the State’s designated State unit (referred to in section 
704(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 796c(c))) and the State’s 
Statewide Independent Living Council (established under 
section 705 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 796d)), for the Commis-
sioner to disregard any funds provided to centers for inde-
pendent living in the State from funds appropriated by 
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for 
the centers for independent living program under part C 
of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
796f et seq.). 
(B) The Commissioner is not conducting a competition 
to establish a new part C center for independent living 
with funds appropriated by the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 in the State. 
(b) GRANTS TO CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING IN STATES 
IN
WHICH
STATE
FUNDING
EQUALS
OR
EXCEEDS
FEDERAL 
FUNDING.—In awarding funds to existing centers for independent 
living (described in section 723(c) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 796f–2(c))) in a State, the director of the designated 
State unit that has approval to make such awards— 
(1) in fiscal year 2010— 
(A) may distribute among such centers funds appro-
priated for the centers for independent living program 
under part C of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 796f et seq.) by any Act other than the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 in the same propor-
tion as such funds were distributed among such centers 
in the State in fiscal year 2009, notwithstanding section 
723(e) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 796f– 
2(e)) and any contrary provision of a State plan submitted 
under section 704 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 796c); and 
(B) may disregard any funds provided to such centers 
from funds appropriated by the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 for the centers for independent 
living program under part C of title VII of the Rehabilita-
tion Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 796f et seq.); and 
(2) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent fiscal years, may 
disregard any funds provided to such centers from funds appro-
priated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
2009 for the centers for independent living program under
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part C of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
796f et seq.). 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.