To amend the Act entitled "An Act To provide books for the adult blind" to provide clarification with respect to the individuals who may make diagnoses of dyslexia under such Act, and for other purposes.

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Amends Federal law relating to the provision of books for the adult blind to provide that the certification of dyslexia, for purposes of eligibility for a loan of books published on sound reproduction recordings, may be made by a competent authority only through the use of a test: (1) approved by the Director of the National Institutes of Health; and (2) administered by an individual (who does not have to be a doctor of medicine) qualified to administer and evaluate such a test.

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