A bill to amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to authorize the Director of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research to conduct research on the development of advanced technology prosthetic and orthotic devices.
Claude Pepper Act for Amputees - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to authorize the Director of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation to conduct a research program to finance development of advanced technology prosthetic and orthotic devices by Federal, State, and local government agencies and qualified private organizations.
Requires such program to include research on: (1) the development of lower and upper limb devices; (2) useful applications of modern materials; and (3) new methods of utilizing body power.
Directs the Secretary of Education to prescribe regulations for such program within 90 days of the enactment of this Act.
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for such research program. Requires that at least ten percent of such funds be used to make grants to providers of prosthetic and orthotic services who are approved under agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
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