§5531 — Title 2 The Congress | U.S. Code

Summary

The Chief Administrative Officer of the House can make one or more contracts with private groups so people with disabilities can provide services to House offices. The Officer can also pay for reasonable accommodations, such as assistive technology devices and services, so those individuals can do the work. When making these contracts, the Officer must try to use both traditional and new outreach to find people with disabilities, make sure the private groups give training and education to improve job chances, and work to tell House offices about hiring opportunities. Up to $500,000 may be spent from House accounts for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2007.

Title 2, §5531

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(a)In order to promote an increase in opportunities for individuals with disabilities to provide services to the House of Representatives, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives is authorized to—

(1)enter into 1 or more contracts with nongovernmental entities to provide for the performance of services for offices of the House of Representatives by individuals with disabilities who are employees of, or under contract with, such entities; and

(2)provide reasonable accommodations, including assistive technology devices and assistive technology services, to enable such individuals to perform such services under such contracts.

(b)The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, in entering into any contract under subsection (a), shall seek to ensure that—

(1)traditional and nontraditional outreach efforts are used to attract individuals with disabilities for educational benefit and employment opportunities in the House;

(2)the non-governmental entity provides adequate education and training for individuals with disabilities to enhance such employment opportunities; and

(3)efforts are made to educate employing offices in the House about opportunities to employ individuals with disabilities.

(c)There are authorized to be appropriated from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives $500,000 to carry out this section for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2007.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 130j of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003, which is div. H of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003.

§5531 Program to Increase Employment Opportunities in House of Representatives for Individuals with Disabilities

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Title 2, §5531

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