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(5) in subsection (f), as redesignated by para-
graph (2), by striking out ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘subsection (e)(1)’’.
FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL
SEC. 413. (a) PURPOSE
OF
COUNCIL.—Section
685(a)(1) of the IDEA is amended by inserting a comma
and ‘‘including at-risk infants and toddlers,’’ after ‘‘in-
fants and toddlers with disabilities’’.
(b) 
COMPOSITION
OF
THE
COUNCIL.—Section
685(b)(18) of the IDEA is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘at least 3’’; and
(2) by inserting a comma and ‘‘who shall con-
stitute at least 20 percent of the members of the
Council’’ before the semicolon at the end thereof.
(c) 
FUNCTIONS
OF
THE
COUNCIL.—Section
685(d)(1) of the IDEA is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) advise and assist the Secretaries of Edu-
cation, Health and Human Services, Defense, Agri-
culture, and the Interior and the Commissioner of
the Social Security Administration in the perform-
ance of their responsibilities related to serving chil-
dren aged birth through five who are eligible for
services under this part or under part B of this
Act;’’.
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(d) FACA INAPPLICABLE.—Section 685 of the IDEA
is further amended by adding at the end thereof a new
subsection (f) to read as follows:
‘‘(f) The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not
apply to the establishment or operation of the Council.’’.
STUDY OF DEFINITION OF ‘‘DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY’’
SEC. 414. (a) REDESIGNATION OF SECTION.—Sec-
tion 686 of the IDEA is redesignated as section 687.
(b) DEFINITION OF ‘‘DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY’’.—
Part H of the IDEA is amended by inserting after section
685 a new section 686 to read as follows:
‘‘STUDY OF DEFINITION OF ‘DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY’
‘‘SEC. 686. (a) PANEL OF EXPERTS.—(1) Within
three months of the enactment of the Individuals with Dis-
abilities Education Act Amendments of 1995, the Federal
Interagency Coordinating Council established under sec-
tion 685 shall convene a panel of experts to develop rec-
ommendations to the Secretary for a uniform national def-
inition of the term ‘‘developmental delay’’ as that term
is used in this part.
‘‘(2) The panel shall include recognized experts in—
‘‘(A) health and child development, whose work
includes—
‘‘(i) the evaluation and assessment of in-
fants and toddlers with disabilities;
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‘‘(ii) the study of congenital or perinatal
disorders in children; or
‘‘(iii) the measurement of developmental
milestones in infants and toddlers;
‘‘(B) the administration of disability programs
for young children; and
‘‘(C) other fields that the Secretary finds ap-
propriate.
‘‘(3) The panel shall also—
‘‘(A) have no more than 12 members; and
‘‘(B) include at least one parent of a child with
a disability under the age of six.
‘‘(b) PANEL RECOMMENDATIONS.—The panel shall
report its recommendations to the Secretary not later than
nine months after the enactment of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1995.
‘‘(c) REGULATORY DEFINITION.—(1) After receiving
the panel’s recommendations, the Secretary may publish
a proposed regulatory definition of the term ‘‘developmen-
tal delay’’ for the purposes of this part.
‘‘(2) After taking comments from the public on any
definition proposed under paragraph (1), the Secretary
may issue a final regulatory definition, which shall not
take effect until at least one year after it is published.
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‘‘(d) FACA INAPPLICABLE.—The Federal Advisory
Committee Act shall not apply to the establishment or op-
eration of the panel convened under this section.’’.
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 415. Section 687 of the IDEA, as redesignated
by section 414(a), is amended to read as follows:
‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
‘‘SEC. 687. For the purpose of carrying out this part,
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may
be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1996 through
2001.’’.
TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
SEC. 416. (a) Section 672 of the IDEA is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)(H), by striking out ‘‘sec-
tion 677’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section
676’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking out ‘‘section
676(b)(1)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section
675(b)(1)’’.
(b) Subsection (e) of section 676 of the IDEA, as
redesignated by section 404(b), is amended by striking out
‘‘or guardian’’ each place it appears.
(c) Section 678 of the IDEA is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(6), by striking out ‘‘and,
for the fifth and succeeding fiscal years,’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘and’’; and
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(2) in subsection (b)(7), by striking out ‘‘begin-
ning in fiscal year 1992,’’.
(d) Section 679 of the IDEA is amended by striking
out ‘‘section 676’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section
675’’.
(e) Section 680 of the IDEA is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘or guardian’’, ‘‘or a guard-
ian’’, ‘‘or guardians’’, and ‘‘or guardian’s’’ each
place they appear; and
(2) in subsection (a), as designated by section
410(3)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘section 676(b)(12)
shall provide’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘section 675(b)(13) shall include’’; and
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking out
‘‘complaint, which action may be brought’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘complaint’’.
(f) Section 682 of the IDEA is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking out ‘‘sec-
tion 676(b)(9)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section
675(b)(10)’’;
(2) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by striking out
‘‘section 676(b)(9)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘section 675(b)(10)’’; and
(3) by striking out subsection (g).
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(g) Section 683(a) of the IDEA is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘section 676(b)(9)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘section 675(b)(10)’’.
(h) Section 684(b)(2) of the IDEA is amended by
striking out ‘‘The Secretary of the Interior’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘shall receive’’ in subparagraph (B) and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘For each fiscal year, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall distribute the entire payment
received under paragraph (1) by providing to each tribe
or tribal organization’’.
(i) Section 685(b) of the IDEA is amended—
(1) in paragraph (16), by striking out ‘‘Alcohol,
Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Substance Abuse and Men-
tal Health Services Administration’’; and
(2) in paragraph (17), by striking out ‘‘Aids’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘AIDS’’.
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