An Act to establish a register of blind persons in the District of Columbia, to provide for the mandatory reporting of information concerning such persons, and for other purposes
PL 90-458 (S.1224), enacted 08/03/1968

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under a Medical Facilities Act) recovery by the United States would 
be authorized, the unpaid balance of the loan shall become immediately 
due and payable by the applicant, and any transferee of the facility 
for which such loan was made shall be liable to the United States for 
such repayment. 
MEANING OF TERMS 
SEC. 6. The terms used in this Act shall have the same meaning as 
when used in the applicable Medical Facilities Act. 
Approved August 3, 1968. 
Public Law 90-458 
AN ACT 
To establish a register of blind persons in the District of Columbia, to provide 
for the mandatory reporting of information concerning such persons, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the> Senate and House of Re-presentatwes of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled, That the Com-
missioner of the District of^Columbia shall establish and maintain a 
register of blind persons residing in the District of Columbia. Such 
register shall, under regulations prescribed by the District of Columbia 
Council, provide information of such nature as will or may be of 
assistance in the planning of improved facilities and services for blind 
persons and in the restoration and conservation of sight. 
SEC. 2. Each— 
(1) health, educational, and social service agency or institution 
operating in the District of Columbia and having in its care or 
custody (either full or part time), or rendering service to, any 
blind person, 
(2) physician and osteopath licensed or registered by the Dis-
trict of Columbia who has in his professional care for diagnosis 
or treatment such a person, and 
(3) optometrist licensed by the District of Columbia who, in the 
course of his practice of optometry, ascertains that a person is 
blind, 
shall report in writing to the Commissioner the name, age, and resi-
dence of such person and such additional information as the Council 
may, by regulation, require for incorporation in the register referred 
to in the first section. Such register and reports shall not be open to 
public inspection. The Commissioner may make available in the form 
of statistical abstracts or digests information contained in such register 
and reports if the identity of persons referred to in such register or 
reports is not disclosed in such abstracts or digests. 
SEC. 3. For the purpose of this Act— 
(1) the term "blind person" means, and the term "blind" refers 
to, a person who (A) is totally blind, (B) has impaired vision of 
not more than 20/200 visual acuity in the better eye and for whom 
vision cannot be improved to better than 20/200, or (C) who has 
loss of vision due wholly or in part to impairment of field vision 
or to other factors which affect the usefulness of vision to a like 
degree, 
(2) the term "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the 
District of Columbia or his designated agent, and 
(3) the term "Council" means the District of Columbia Council. 
SEC. 4. Any person who in good faith makes a report pursuant to 
this Act or pursuant to any regulation promulgated under the author-
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blind persons. 
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ity of this Act, shall not, by reason thereof, be personally liable in 
damages. 
SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first month 
which begins on or after the thirtieth day after the date of its 
enactment. 
Approved August 3, 1968. 
August 3, 1968 
[H. R. 9606] 
Public Law 90-459 
AN ACT 
To exempt from taxation certain property of the National Society of the Colonial 
Dames of America in the District of Columbia. 
D.C. 
National Society 
of the Colonial 
Dames of America. 
Effective date. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That Public Law 
299, Eighty-first Congress, first session, approved September 7, 1949 
(63 Stat. 694, ch. 564) appearing in the District of Columbia Code, 
1961 edition, as section 47-801a-2, be and the same is hereby amended 
by adding a new sentence at the end thereof as follows: "There shall 
also be exempt from taxation upon the same terms and conditions the 
adjoining property owned by the National Society of the Colonial 
Dames of America, now designated on the records of the Assessor of 
the District of Columbia as Lots 813 and 814 in Square 1285, together 
with any improvements which may hereafter be erected thereon by said 
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America." 
SEC. 2. This amendment shall apply with respect to taxable years 
beginning after June 30,1968. 
Approved August 3, 1968. 
Augusta,1968 
[H.R. 16729] 
Public Law 90-460 
. AN ACT 
To extend for two years certain programs providing assistance to students at 
institutions of higher education, to modify such programs, and to provide for 
planning, evaluation, and adequate leadtime in such programs. 
Higher educa-
tion. 
Student assist-
ance programs, 
extension. 
79 Stat. 1237. 
20 use 1074. 
20 u s e 1078. 
79 Stat. 1038. 
20 use 984. 
Be it enacted hy tfie Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
EXTENSION OF STUDENT LOAN INSURANCE PROGRAMS 
SECTION 1. (a) (1) Section 424(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 is amended (A) in the first sentence by striking out "fiscal year 
ending June 30,1968" and inserting in lieu thereof "period thereafter 
ending October 31, 1968", and (B) in the second sentence by striking 
out "June 30, 1972" and inserting "October 31, 1968". 
(2) Section 428(a) of such Act is amended by striking out "June 30, 
1968" and all that follows down through the period and inserting in 
lieu thereof "October 31,1968." 
(b)(1) Section 5(a) of the National Vocational Student Loan 
Insurance Act of 1965 is amended (A) in the first sentence by,strik-
ing out "and in each of the two succeeding fiscal years" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and in the 
l>eriod thereafter ending October 31, 1968", and (B) in the second 
sentence by striking out "June 30, 1972" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"October 31, 1968".