PUBLIC LAW 105-394—NOV. 13, 1998 112 STAT. 3651 technology service delivery or systems, interagency coordination, and capacity building and advocacy activities, (e) APPLICATION.— To be eligible to receive a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section, an entity shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. SEC. 105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL. — There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $36,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2004. (b) RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS. — (1) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), of the amount appropriated under subsection (a) for a fiscal year— (A) 87.5 percent of the amount shall be reserved to fund grants under section 101; (B) 7.9 percent shall be reserved to fund grants under section 102; and (C) 4.6 percent shall be reserved for activities funded under section 104. (2) RESERVATION FOR CONTINUATION OF TECHNICAL ASSIST- ANCE INITIATIVES. — For fiscal year 1999, the Secretary may use funds reserved under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) to continue funding technical assistance initiatives that were funded in fiscal year 1998 under the Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 1988. (3) RESERVATION FOR ONSITE VISITS. —The Secretary may reserve, from the amount appropriated under subsection (a) for any fiscal year, such sums as the Secretary considers to be necessary for the purposes of conducting onsite visits as required by section 103(a)(2). TITLE II—NATIONAL ACTIVITIES Subtitle A—Rehabilitation Act of 1973 SEC. 201. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL RESEARCH EFFORTS. Section 203 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended by section 405 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1988) is amend- 29 USC 763. ed— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting after "programs," insert "including programs relating to assistive technology research and research that incorporates the principles of universal design,"; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by inserting "(1)" before "After receiving"; (B) by striking "from individuals with disabilities and the individuals' representatives" and inserting "from tsirgeted individuals"; (C) by inserting after "research" the following: "(including assistive technology research and research that incorporates the principles of universal design)"; and (D) by adding at the end the following: "(2) In carrying out its duties with respect to the conduct of Federal research (including assistive technology resesirch and
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