29 U.S.C. § 777b
Section 777b · Migratory workers; maintenance payments; coordination with other programs
Amended 4 times on record
The Commissioner, subject to the provisions of section 776 of this title, is authorized to make grants to any State agency designated pursuant to a State plan approved under section 721 of this title, to nonprofit agencies working in collaboration with such State agency, or to any local agency participating in the administration of such a plan, to pay up to 90 per centum of the cost of projects or demonstrations for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities, as determined in accordance with rules prescribed by the Secretary of Labor, who are migratory agricultural workers or seasonal farmworkers, and to members of their families (whether or not such family members are individuals with disabilities) who are with them, including maintenance and transportation of such individuals and members of their families where necessary to the rehabilitation of such individuals. Maintenance payments under this section shall be consistent with any maintenance payments made to other individuals with disabilities in the State under this chapter. Such grants shall be conditioned upon satisfactory assurance that in the provision of such services there will be appropriate cooperation between the grantee and other public or nonprofit agencies and organizations having special skills and experience in the provision of services to migratory agricultural workers, seasonal farmworkers, or their families. This section shall be administered in coordination with other programs serving migrant agricultural workers and seasonal farmworkers, including programs under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 [20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.], section 311 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2861], the Migrant Health Act [42 U.S.C. 254b], and the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 [7 U.S.C. 2041 et seq.].
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 1993 through 1997 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
References in Text
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 89–10, Apr. 11, 1965, 79 Stat. 27, as amended generally by Pub. L. 103–382, title I, §101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3519. Title I of the Act is classified generally to subchapter I (§6301 et seq.) of chapter 70 of Title 20, Education. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6301 of Title 20 and Tables.
Section 311 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2861], referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by Pub. L. 95–568, §8(a)(2), Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2428.
The Migrant Health Act, referred to in subsec. (a), means section 329, formerly section 310, of act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, as added by Pub. L. 87–692, Sept. 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 592, as amended, which is classified to section 254b of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
The Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 88–582, Sept. 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 920, as amended, which was classified generally to chapter 52 (§2041 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture, and was repealed by Pub. L. 97–470, title V, §523, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2600. See section 1801 et seq. of this title.
Amendments
1992—Pub. L. 102–569 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted “to nonprofit agencies working in collaboration with such State agency,” after “section 721 of this title,”, substituted “disabilities” for “handicaps” wherever appearing, and added subsec. (b).
1988—Pub. L. 100–630 substituted “such family members are individuals with handicaps)” for “handicapped)”.
1986—Pub. L. 99–506 substituted “individuals with handicaps” for “handicapped individuals” wherever appearing.