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[CITE: 29USC796]

 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
 CHAPTER 16--VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND OTHER REHABILITATION SERVICES
 
SUBCHAPTER VII--INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES AND CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT 
                                 LIVING
 
            Part A--Individuals With Significant Disabilities
 
                      subpart 1--general provisions
 
Sec. 796. Purpose

    The purpose of this part is to promote a philosophy of independent 
living, including a philosophy of consumer control, peer support, self-
help, self-determination, equal access, and individual and system 
advocacy, in order to maximize the leadership, empowerment, 
independence, and productivity of individuals with disabilities, and the 
integration and full inclusion of individuals with disabilities into the 
mainstream of American society, by--
        (1) providing financial assistance to States for providing, 
    expanding, and improving the provision of independent living 
    services;
        (2) providing financial assistance to develop and support 
    statewide networks of centers for independent living; and
        (3) providing financial assistance to States for improving 
    working relationships among State independent living rehabilitation 
    service programs, centers for independent living, Statewide 
    Independent Living Councils established under section 796d of this 
    title, State vocational rehabilitation programs receiving assistance 
    under subchapter I of this chapter, State programs of supported 
    employment services receiving assistance under part B of subchapter 
    VI of this chapter, client assistance programs receiving assistance 
    under section 732 of this title, programs funded under other 
    subchapters of this chapter, programs funded under other Federal 
    law, and programs funded through non-Federal sources.

(Pub. L. 93-112, title VII, Sec. 701, as added Pub. L. 105-220, title 
IV, Sec. 410, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1217.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 796, Pub. L. 93-112, title VII, Sec. 701, as added 
Pub. L. 102-569, title VII, Sec. 701(2), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4443; 
amended Pub. L. 103-73, title I, Sec. 114(a), Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 
728, related to purpose of program to provide assistance for independent 
living for individuals with severe disabilities, prior to the general 
amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105-220.
    Another prior section 796, Pub. L. 93-112, title VII, Sec. 701, as 
added Pub. L. 95-602, title III, Sec. 301, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2995, 
provided Congressional statement of purpose of former subchapter VII, 
prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102-569, Sec. 701(1).
