A bill to provide for a Federal loan guarantee and grant program to enable educational institutions and individuals to purchase electronic reading aids for the blind.

Summary

Title I: Guaranteed Loans for Electronic Reading Aids - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into an agreement for the establishment of a loan fund with any public or private nonprofit educational institution to be used for the purchase or rental of electronic reading aids. Limits a loan to the value of one such reading aid, and specifies the terms upon which a loan shall be made to a blind person by such institution. Title II: Grants for Electronic Reading Aids - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to such institutions for the purchase of electronic reading aids. Provides that such grants shall not cover more than 50% of the cost of purchasing the optacon.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 26 March 1973

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