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"SEC. 12. (a) I n the case of any State which, immediately prior to July 1, 1954, was carrying on a vocational rehabilitation program under a State plan approved under this Act, such State plan shall be deemed to be a State plan approved under section 5 of this Act until (1) the Secretary finds, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing to the State agency, that such plan has been so changed that it no longer complies with any provision required to be included in such plan under this Act as in effect prior to the enactment of the Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments of 1954, or in the administration of such plan there is a failure to comply substantially with any such provision, or (2) the plan is superseded by a plan approved under section 5 of this Act, or (3) July 1, 1955, whichever occurs first. "(b) Sums appropriated for grants to States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, pursuant to the Vocational Rehabilitation Act in effect prior to the enactment of the Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments of 1954 (including the portion of sums made available to the Secretary for rehabilitation services in the District of Columbia) shall be deemed to have been made available for grants to States under section 2 of this Act. Payments made from such sums to a State prior to the enactment of the Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments of 1954 (including payments made from such sums before or after such enactment for vocational rehabilitation services in the District of Columbia) shall be deemed to have been paid under this Act from the State's allotment under such section 2. ,-;:

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SEC. 3. (a) The persouuel, property, and records wMch the Director of the Bureau of the Budget determines relate primarily to the provision of vocational rehabilitation services in the District of Columbia or the performance of functions of a State licensing agency under the Act of Juue 20, 1936 (20 TJ. S. C, ch. 6A), shall be transferred, within ninety days after the enactment of this Act, from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to the municipal government of the District of Columbia for use in providing such services and performing such functions in the District of Columbia. (b) The Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized, within available appropriations and allotted funds, to take such action as may be necessary to secure for the District of Columbia the benefits of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended by this Act, and the Act of June 20, 1936 (20 U.S.C. ch. 6A). (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 2 or any other provision of this Act, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to continue the performance of functions relating to the provision of vocational rehabilitation services in the District of Columbia and to use appropriations available therefor until completion of the transfer provided in subsection (a) in like manner as such functions were being performed and appropriations used by* such Secretary immediately prior to the enactment of this Act.