COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan, Chairman JOSEPH M. GAYDOS, Pennsylvania MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California JOHN W.OLVER, Massachusetts ED PASTOR, Arizona RON DE LUGO, Virgin Islands WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania CASS BALLENGER, North Carolina MICKEY EDWARDS, Oklahoma RANDY "DUKE” CUNNINGHAM, California CONTENTS Hearing held in Washington, DC, October 31, 1991. Davila, Robert, Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education and Re- habilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education; accompanied by Nell Carney, Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration ...... Humphreys, Robert R., Attorney, Affiliated Leadership League of and for the Blind of America; Durward McDaniel, Counsel, Randolph-Sheppard Vendors of America; and George Abbott, Vendor, Bethesda National Walker, Tom, Assistant Commissioner, Real Property Management and Safety, Public Building Service, General Services Administration; ac- companied by Robert Marcus, Deputy Director, Facility Management Division; and Carl McCoy, Director, Florida Division of Blind Services, Florida Department of Education Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et cetera: Abbott, George, Vendor, Bethesda National Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, prepared statement of........... Ballenger, Hon. Cass, a Representative in Congress from the State of Davila, Robert, Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education and Re- habilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education, prepared state- Gray, Vincent C., Director, District of Columbia Department of Human Services, prepared statement of.. Humphreys, Robert R., Attorney, Affiliated Leadership League of and for McCoy, Carl, Director, Florida Division of Blind Services, Florida Depart- |