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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 780a. Independent status of National Council on the Handicapped
(1) Council as independent agency within Federal Government
Effective on February 22, 1984, the National Council on the
Handicapped shall be an independent agency within the Federal
Government and shall not be an agency within the Department of
Education or any other department or agency of the United States.
(2) Transfer of functions to Council Chairman
There are transferred to the Chairman of the National Council on
the Handicapped all functions relating to the Council which were
vested in the Secretary of Education on the day before February 22,
1984. The Chairman of the National Council on the Handicapped shall
continue to exercise all the functions under the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 [29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.] or any other law or authority which
the Chairman was performing before February 22, 1984.
(3) Changes in statutory and other references
References in any statute, reorganization plan, Executive order,
regulation, or other official document or proceeding to the
Department of Education or the Secretary of Education with respect
to functions or activities relating to the National Council on the
Handicapped shall be deemed to refer to the National Council on the
Handicapped or the Chairman of the National Council on the
Handicapped, respectively.
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