**(a)** There is established in the Office of the Secretary in the Department of Education a Rehabilitation Services Administration which shall be headed by a Commissioner (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Commissioner”) appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Such Administration shall be the principal agency, and the Commissioner shall be the principal officer, of the Department for purposes of carrying out subchapters I, III, VI, and part B of subchapter VII. The Commissioner shall be an individual with substantial experience in rehabilitation and in rehabilitation program management. In the performance of the functions of the office, the Commissioner shall be directly responsible to the Secretary of Education or to the Under Secretary or an appropriate Assistant Secretary of such Department, as designated by the Secretary. The functions of the Commissioner shall not be delegated to any officer not directly responsible, both with respect to program operation and administration, to the Commissioner. Any reference in this chapter to duties to be carried out by the Commissioner shall be considered to be a reference to duties to be carried out by the Secretary of Education acting through the Commissioner. In carrying out any of the functions of the office under this chapter, the Commissioner shall be guided by general policies of the National Council on Disability established under subchapter IV of this chapter.
**(b)** The Secretary of Education shall take whatever action is necessary to ensure that funds appropriated pursuant to this chapter are expended only for the programs, personnel, and administration of programs carried out under this chapter.
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**(a)** There is established in the Office of the Secretary in the Department of Education a Rehabilitation Services Administration which shall be headed by a Commissioner (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Commissioner”) appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Such Administration shall be the principal agency, and the Commissioner shall be the principal officer, of the Department for purposes of carrying out subchapters I, III, VI, and part B of subchapter VII. The Commissioner shall be an individual with substantial experience in rehabilitation and in rehabilitation program management. In the performance of the functions of the office, the Commissioner shall be directly responsible to the Secretary of Education or to the Under Secretary or an appropriate Assistant Secretary of such Department, as designated by the Secretary. The functions of the Commissioner shall not be delegated to any officer not directly responsible, both with respect to program operation and administration, to the Commissioner. Any reference in this chapter to duties to be carried out by the Commissioner shall be considered to be a reference to duties to be carried out by the Secretary of Education acting through the Commissioner. In carrying out any of the functions of the office under this chapter, the Commissioner shall be guided by general policies of the National Council on Disability established under subchapter IV of this chapter.
**(b)** The Secretary of Education shall take whatever action is necessary to ensure that funds appropriated pursuant to this chapter are expended only for the programs, personnel, and administration of programs carried out under this chapter.
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§ 721. State plans
(a) Plan requirements
(1) In general
(A) Submission
To be eligible to receive funds under this
subchapter for a fiscal year, a State shall
submit, and have approved by the Secretary
and the Secretary of Labor, a unified State
plan in accordance with section 102, or a
combined State plan in accordance with sec-
tion 103, of the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act [29 U.S.C. 3112, 3113]. The
unified or combined State plan shall include,
in the portion of the plan described in sec-
tion 102(b)(2)(D) of such Act [29 U.S.C.
3112(b)(2)(D)] (referred to in this subsection
as the ‘‘vocational rehabilitation services
portion’’), the provisions of a State plan for
vocational rehabilitation services, described
in this subsection.
(B) Nonduplication
The State shall not be required to submit,
as part of the vocational rehabilitation serv-
ices portion of the unified or combined State
plan submitted in accordance with subpara-
graph (A), policies, procedures, or descrip-
tions required under this subchapter that
have been previously submitted to the Com-
missioner and that demonstrate that such
State meets the requirements of this sub-
chapter, including any policies, procedures,
or descriptions submitted under this sub-
chapter as in effect on the day before the ef-
fective date of the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act.
(C) Duration
The vocational rehabilitation services por-
tion of the unified or combined State plan
submitted in accordance with subparagraph
(A) shall remain in effect until the State
submits and receives approval of a new State
plan in accordance with subparagraph (A), or
until the submission of such modifications
as the State determines to be necessary or
as the Commissioner may require based on a