§ 3036. — President's Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC3036]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 31--ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Sec. 3036. President's Committee on Employment of People With
Disabilities
(a) Programs
The President's Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities
(referred to in this section as ``the Committee'') may design, develop,
and implement programs to increase the voluntary participation of the
private sector in making information technology accessible to
individuals with disabilities, including increasing the involvement of
individuals with disabilities in the design, development, and
manufacturing of information technology.
(b) Activities
The Committee may carry out activities through the programs that may
include--
(1) the development and coordination of a task force, which--
(A) shall develop and disseminate information on voluntary
best practices for universal accessibility in information
technology; and
(B) shall consist of members of the public and private
sectors, including--
(i) representatives of organizations representing
individuals with disabilities; and
(ii) individuals with disabilities; and
(2) the design, development, and implementation of outreach
programs to promote the adoption of best practices referred to in
paragraph (1)(B).
(c) Coordination
The Committee shall coordinate the activities of the Committee under
this section, as appropriate, with the activities of the National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the activities
of the Department of Labor.
(d) Technical assistance
The Committee may provide technical assistance concerning the
programs carried out under this section and may reserve such portion of
the funds appropriated to carry out this section as the Committee
determines to be necessary to provide the technical assistance.
(e) Definition
In this section, the term ``information technology'' means any
equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment, that is
used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management,
movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or
reception of data or information, including a computer, ancillary
equipment, software, firmware and similar procedures, services
(including support services), and related resources.
(Pub. L. 105-394, title II, Sec. 216, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3656.)
