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(a) The Secretary of Labor may direct a permanently disabled individual
whose disability is compensable under this subchapter to undergo
vocational rehabilitation. The Secretary shall provide for furnishing the
vocational rehabilitation services. In providing for these services, the
Secretary, insofar as practicable, shall use the services or facilities of
State agencies and corresponding agencies which cooperate with the
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in carrying out the purposes
of chapter 4 of title 29, except to the extent that the Secretary of Labor
provides for furnishing these services under section 8103 of this title.
The cost of providing these services to individuals undergoing vocational
rehabilitation under this section shall be paid from the Employees'
Compensation Fund. However, in reimbursing a State or corresponding agency
under an arrangement pursuant to this section the cost to the agency
reimbursable in full under section 32(b)(1) of title 29 is excluded.
(b) Notwithstanding section 8106, individuals directed to undergo
vocational rehabilitation by the Secretary shall, while undergoing such
rehabilitation, receive compensation at the rate provided in sections 8105
and 8110 of this title, less the amount of any earnings received from
remunerative employment, other than employment undertaken pursuant to such
rehabilitation.
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