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[CITE: 29USC3036]

 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
   CHAPTER 31--ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
 
                   SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL ACTIVITIES
 
Sec. 3036. President's Committee on Employment of People With 
        Disabilities
        

(a) Programs

    The President's Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities 
(referred to in this section as ``the Committee'') may design, develop, 
and implement programs to increase the voluntary participation of the 
private sector in making information technology accessible to 
individuals with disabilities, including increasing the involvement of 
individuals with disabilities in the design, development, and 
manufacturing of information technology.

(b) Activities

    The Committee may carry out activities through the programs that may 
include--
        (1) the development and coordination of a task force, which--
            (A) shall develop and disseminate information on voluntary 
        best practices for universal accessibility in information 
        technology; and
            (B) shall consist of members of the public and private 
        sectors, including--
                (i) representatives of organizations representing 
            individuals with disabilities; and
                (ii) individuals with disabilities; and

        (2) the design, development, and implementation of outreach 
    programs to promote the adoption of best practices referred to in 
    paragraph (1)(B).

(c) Coordination

    The Committee shall coordinate the activities of the Committee under 
this section, as appropriate, with the activities of the National 
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the activities 
of the Department of Labor.

(d) Technical assistance

    The Committee may provide technical assistance concerning the 
programs carried out under this section and may reserve such portion of 
the funds appropriated to carry out this section as the Committee 
determines to be necessary to provide the technical assistance.

(e) Definition

    In this section, the term ``information technology'' means any 
equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment, that is 
used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, 
movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or 
reception of data or information, including a computer, ancillary 
equipment, software, firmware and similar procedures, services 
(including support services), and related resources.

(Pub. L. 105-394, title II, Sec. 216, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3656.)
