Notes on 29 U.S.C. § 702 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 29 U.S.C. § 702 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 93-112, Sec. 3, as added Pub. L. 105-220, title IV, Sec.
403, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1096.)
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 702, Pub. L. 93-112, Sec. 3, Sept. 26, 1973, 87
Stat. 357; Pub. L. 93-516, title I, Sec. 101(a), Dec. 7, 1974, 88
Stat. 1617; Pub. L. 93-651, title I, Sec. 101(a), Nov. 21, 1974, 89
Stat. 2-3; Pub. L. 95-602, title I, Sec. 122(a)(2), (3), Nov. 6,
1978, 92 Stat. 2984; Pub. L. 99-506, title I, Sec. 102, title X,
Sec. 1001(a)(1), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1808, 1841; Pub. L. 100-
630, title II, Sec. 201(a), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3303, related
to the Rehabilitation Services Administration, prior to repeal by
Pub. L. 105-220, title IV, Sec. 403, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1093.
ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL FOR OFFICE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY
HANDICAPPED
Pub. L. 93-516, title II, Sec. 208(a), Dec. 7, 1974, 88 Stat.
1629, provided that: "The Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare [now Secretary of Education] is directed to assign to the
Office for the Blind and Visually Handicapped of the Rehabilitation
Services Administration of the Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare [now Department of Education] ten additional full-time
personnel (or their equivalent), five of whom shall be supportive
personnel, to carry out duties related to the administration of the
Randolph-Sheppard Act [section 107 et seq. of Title 20,
Education]."
An identical provision is contained in Pub. L. 93-651, title II,
Sec. 208(a), Nov. 21, 1974, 89 Stat. 2-14.
PREFERENCE TO BLIND IN SELECTING PERSONNEL
Pub. L. 93-516, title II, Sec. 208(c), Dec. 7, 1974, 88 Stat.
1629, provided that: "In selecting personnel to fill any position
under this section [authorizing assignment of 11 additional full-
time personnel to the Office for the Blind and Visually
Handicapped of the Rehabilitation Service Administration of the
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under subsecs. (a) and
(b) of Pub. L. 93-516], the Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare [now Secretary of Education] shall give preference to blind
individuals."
An identical provision is contained in Pub. L. 93-651, title II,
Sec. 208(c), Nov. 21, 1974, 89 Stat. 2-14.