IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5610 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 12, 2010 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Independent Living 
Centers Technical Adjustment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS TECHNICAL AD-
JUSTMENT. 
(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 inde-
pendent 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 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 Re-
investment 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 
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section 722(e) of the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973 (29 U.S.C. 796f–1(e)) and any con-
trary 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 inde-
pendent 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 fis-
cal 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 centers for 
independent living program under part C of 
title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 796f et seq.). 
(2) CONDITIONS.—The conditions described in 
this paragraph are the following: 
(A) The Commissioner receives a request 
from the State, not later than July 30, 2010, 
jointly signed by the State’s designated State 
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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 Commissioner to disregard any funds pro-
vided to centers for independent 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 EX-
CEEDS FEDERAL FUNDING.—In awarding funds to exist-
ing 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— 
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(A) may distribute among such centers 
funds appropriated for the centers for inde-
pendent 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 proportion as such funds 
were distributed among such centers in the 
State in fiscal year 2009, notwithstanding sec-
tion 723(e) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 796f–2(e)) and any contrary provi-
sion 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 pro-
gram under part C of title VII of the Rehabili-
tation 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 appropriated by the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for the cen-
ters for independent living program under part C of 
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title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 796f et seq.). 
Passed the House of Representatives June 30, 2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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