A bill to establish in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office for the Handicapped to coordinate programs for the handicapped, and for other purposes.

Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office for the Handicapped whose functions shall be to: (1) provide for assistance (including staff assistance) to the Committee on Mental Retardation of the Secretary, the National Advisory Committee on Education of the Deaf, and such other advisory committees dealing with programs for handicapped persons as serve the Secretary; (2) provide a central clearinghouse for inquiries from the public concerning Federal programs serving handicapped persons; (3) provide general information regarding Federal programs for the handicapped as well as referring detailed requests to the appropriate agency; (4) provide stimulus to cooperative planning for comprehensive services for handicapped persons by all programs under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by convening meetings of planning, management, and program operation personnel for such purposes; and (5) coordinate program and budget review by the Office of Education for Federal programs with Gallaudet College, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, the Kendall Demonstration School, the National Institute for the Deaf, and the American Printing House for the Blind, to assure proper integration of programs referred to in this section with other Federal programs for education of the handicapped.

Authorizes to be appropriated for the purposes of this Act $500,000 for the fiscal year 1974; $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 1975; and $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 1976.