106 STAT. 4408 PUBLIC LAW 102-569—OCT. 29, 1992

"(ii) provide encouragement and support for initiatives and
new approaches by individual and institutional investigators;
and

"(iii) establish and maintain close working relationships with
other governmental and voluntary institutions and organizations
engaged hi similar efforts in order to unify and coordinate scientific
efforts, encourage joint planning, and promote the interchange of
data and reports among spinal cord injury investigations.

"(B) Any agency or organization carrying out a project or dem-
onstration project assisted by a grant under this paragraph that
provides services to individuals with spinal cord injuries shall—
"(i) establish, on an appropriate regional basis, a multidisci-
plinary system of providing vocational and other rehabilitation
services, specifically designed to meet the special needs of
individuals with spinal cord injuries, including acute care as
well as periodic inpatient or outpatient followup and services;
"(ii) demonstrate and evaluate the benefits to individuals
with spinal cord injuries served in, and the degree of cost
effectiveness of, such a regional system;

"(iii) demonstrate and evaluate existing, new, and improved
methods and equipment essential to the care, management,
and rehabilitation of individuals with spinal cord injuries; and
"(iv) demonstrate and evaluate methods of community out-
reach for individuals with spinal cord injuries and community
education in connection with the problems of such individuals
in areas such as housing, transportation, recreation, employ-
ment, and community activities.

"(C) In awarding grants under this paragraph, the Director
shall take into account the location of any proposed Spinal Cord
Injury Center and the appropriate geographic and regional alloca-
tion of such Centers.";

(3) in paragraphs (5) through (16) (as so redesignated by
paragraph (1) of this subsection), by striking "Conduct of the
first place hi each such paragraph that the term appears and
inserting "Research grants may be used to conduct";

(4) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated by paragraph (1)
of this subsection), to read as follows:

"(9) Research grants may be used to conduct a program of
research related to the rehabilitation of children, or older individ-
uals, who are individuals with disabilities, including older American
Indians who are individuals with disabilities. Such research pro-
gram may include projects designed to assist the adjustment of,
or maintain as residents in the community, older workers who
are individuals with disabilities on leaving the work force.";

(5) in paragraph (12)(A) (as so redesignated by paragraph
(1) of this subsection), by inserting "assessment," after "early
intervention,"; and

(6) in paragraph (13) (as so redesignated by paragraph
(1) of this subsection)—

(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing "developing the employment potential" and inserting
"addressing the employment needs"; and

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking "potential" and
inserting "needs".