29 U.S.C. § 714
Section 714 · State administration
Viewing 29 U.S.C. § 714 as in effect on October 29, 1992. The text changed in 1 later edition (most recent October 21, 1998).
View current version →The Secretary shall establish a central clearinghouse for information and resource availability for individuals with disabilities which shall provide information and data regarding (1) the location, provision, and availability of services and programs for individuals with disabilities, (2) research and recent medical and scientific developments bearing on disabilities (and their prevention, amelioration, causes, and cures), and (3) the current numbers of individuals with disabilities and their needs. The clearinghouse shall also provide any other relevant information and data which the Secretary considers appropriate.
The Commissioner may assist the Secretary to develop within the Department of Education a coordinated system of information and data retrieval, which will have the capacity and responsibility to provide information regarding the information and data referred to in subsection (a) of this section to the Congress, public and private agencies and organizations, individuals with disabilities and their families, professionals in fields serving such individuals, and the general public.
The office established to carry out the provisions of this section shall be known as the “Office of Information and Resources for Individuals with Disabilities”.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary.
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Amendments
1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–569, §102(p)(6)(A), (B), substituted “individuals with disabilities” for “individuals with handicaps” wherever appearing and “scientific developments bearing on disabilities” for “scientific developments bearing on handicapping conditions”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–569, §102(p)(6)(A), substituted “disabilities” for “handicaps”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–569, §102(p)(6)(C), substituted “Individuals with Disabilities” for “the Handicapped”.
1986—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 99–506 substituted “individuals with handicaps” for “handicapped individuals” wherever appearing.
1984—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–221 substituted “Department of Education” for “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare”.
1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–374, §1322(a), substituted “The Secretary shall establish” for “The Secretary may establish”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–374, §1322(b), substituted “The office” for “Any office”.
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–374 effective Oct. 1, 1980, see section 1393(a) of Pub. L. 96–374, set out as a note under section 1001 of Title 20, Education.