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The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (), is a federal law, codified as . The principal sponsor of the bill was Rep. John Brademas (). The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 replaces the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to extend and revise the authorization of grants to States for vocational rehabilitation services, with special emphasis on services to those with the most severe disabilities, to expand special Federal responsibilities and research and training programs with respect to individuals with disabilities, to establish special responsibilities in the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for coordination of all programs with respect to individuals with disabilities within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and for other purposes. President Richard Nixon signed into law on September 26, 1973. Significant amendments were made to the Rehabilitation Act in 1974. The most important was the expansion of the definition of “handicapped individual.” Section 111, Pub L. 93-516, Dec. 7, 1974. The original 1973 Act defined a “handicapped individual” as “any individual who (A) has a physical or mental disability which for such individual constitutes or results in a substantial handicap to employment and (B) can reasonably be expected to benefit in terms of employability from vocational rehabilitation services provided pursuant to titles I and III of this Act.” Section 7(6), Pub. L. 93-112. The 1974 amendments substituted a much broader definition of “handicapped individual” applicable to employment by the federal government (Section 501), modification or elimination of architectural and transportation barriers (Section 502), employment by federal contractors (section 503) and to programs receiving federal financial assistance (Section 504) that was not related to employability through vocational rehabilitation services. The 1974 amendments provided a handicapped individual meant “any person who (A) has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person's major life activities, (B) has a record of such an impairment, or (C) is regarded as having such an impairment.” Congress adopted that definition in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, substituting the term “disability” for “handicapped.” Section 3(2), Pub. L. 101-336, July 26, 1990. The Rehabilitation Act requires affirmative action in employment by the federal government and by government contractors and prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment, and in the employment practices of federal contractors. The standards for determining employment discrimination under the Rehabilitation Act are the same as those used in title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act.〔(ADA Web Site )〕 ==Section 501== Section 501 requires affirmative action and nondiscrimination in employment by Federal agencies of the executive branch. To obtain more information or to file a complaint, employees should contact their agency's Equal Employment Opportunity Office.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rehabilitation Act of 1973」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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