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[CITE: 10USC1582]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                     CHAPTER 81--CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 1582. Assistive technology, assistive technology devices, 
        and assistive technology services
        
    (a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may provide assistive 
technology, assistive technology devices, and assistive technology 
services to the following:
        (1) Department of Defense employees with disabilities.
        (2) Organizations within the Department that have requirements 
    to make programs or facilities accessible to, and usable by, persons 
    with disabilities.
        (3) Any other department or agency of the Federal Government, 
    upon the request of the head of that department or agency, for its 
    employees with disabilities or for satisfying a requirement to make 
    its programs or facilities accessible to, and usable by, persons 
    with disabilities.

    (b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``assistive 
technology'', ``assistive technology device'', ``assistive technology 
service'', and ``disability'' have the meanings given those terms in 
section 3 of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 3002).

(Added Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XI, Sec. 1102(a)], Oct. 
30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-311.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1582, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 118; 
Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 1(35), 72 Stat. 1456; Sept. 23, 
1959, Pub. L. 86-377, Sec. 3, 73 Stat. 701, directed Secretary of 
Defense to report annually to Congress on civilian research and 
development personnel employed by Department of Defense under former 
section 1581 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97-295, 
Sec. 1(19)(A), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1290.
