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[CITE: 29USC774]

 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
 CHAPTER 16--VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND OTHER REHABILITATION SERVICES
 
   SUBCHAPTER III--PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SPECIAL PROJECTS AND 
                             DEMONSTRATIONS
 
Sec. 774. Migrant and seasonal farmworkers


(a) Grants

                            (1) Authority

        The Commissioner, subject to the provisions of section 776 of 
    this title, may make grants to eligible entities to pay up to 90 
    percent of the cost of projects or demonstration programs for the 
    provision of vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with 
    disabilities who are migrant or seasonal farmworkers, as determined 
    in accordance with rules prescribed by the Secretary of Labor, and 
    to the family members who are residing with such individuals 
    (whether or not such family members are individuals with 
    disabilities).

                        (2) Eligible entities

        To be eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1), an entity 
    shall be--
            (A) a State designated agency;
            (B) a nonprofit agency working in collaboration with a State 
        agency described in subparagraph (A); or
            (C) a local agency working in collaboration with a State 
        agency described in subparagraph (A).

                 (3) Maintenance and transportation

        (A) In general

            Amounts provided under a grant under this section may be 
        used to provide for the maintenance of and transportation for 
        individuals and family members described in paragraph (1) as 
        necessary for the rehabilitation of such individuals.

        (B) Requirement

            Maintenance payments under this paragraph shall be provided 
        in a manner consistent with any maintenance payments provided to 
        other individuals with disabilities in the State under this 
        chapter.

                    (4) Assurance of cooperation

        To be eligible to receive a grant under this section an entity 
    shall provide assurances (satisfactory to the Commissioner) that in 
    the provision of services under the grant 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 migrant or seasonal farmworkers or 
    their families.

                (5) Coordination with other programs

        The Commissioner shall administer this section in coordination 
    with other programs serving migrant 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 254b of 
    title 42, the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection 
    Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), and the Workforce Investment Act of 
    1998.

(b) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section, for each of the fiscal years 1999 
through 2003.

(Pub. L. 93-112, title III, Sec. 304, as added Pub. L. 105-220, title 
IV, Sec. 406, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1195.)

                       References in Text

    The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, referred to in 
subsec. (a)(5), is Pub. L. 89-10, Apr. 11, 1965, 79 Stat. 27, as amended 
generally by Pub. L. 103-382, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 
Stat. 3519. Title I of the Act is classified generally to subchapter I 
(Sec. 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.
    The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, 
referred to in subsec. (a)(5), is Pub. L. 97-470, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 
Stat. 2584, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 20 
(Sec. 1801 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1801 of this 
title and Tables.
    The Workforce Investment Act of 1998, referred to in subsec. (a)(5), 
is Pub. L. 105-220, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 936, as amended. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 9201 of Title 20, Education, and Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 777b of 
this title prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 
105-220.
    A prior section 774, Pub. L. 93-112, title III, Sec. 304, formerly 
title II, Sec. 203, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 376, renumbered and 
amended, which related to Federal grants, contracts, and programs for 
training in rehabilitation services, was renumbered section 302 of Pub. 
L. 93-112, by Pub. L. 102-569, title III, Sec. 301(b)(3), Oct. 29, 1992, 
106 Stat. 4411, and transferred to section 771a of this title, prior to 
the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105-220.
    Another prior section 774, Pub. L. 93-112, title III, Sec. 304, 
Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 381; Pub. L. 93-516, title I, Secs. 106, 
111(i)-(k), Dec. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1619, 1621; Pub. L. 93-651, title I, 
Secs. 106, 111(i)-(k), Nov. 21, 1974, 89 Stat. 2-4, 2-6; Pub. L. 94-230, 
Secs. 6, 11(b)(9), Mar. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 212, 213, related to special 
projects and demonstrations, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 95-602, title I, 
Sec. 109(1), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2962.
