Chief Patron: Van Landingham
Washington Metro. Ear-Restore Reading Svs. Grant

Item 373 #1h

Language
Page 295, line 7, strike "$9,022,000" and insert "$9,037,000".
Page 295, line 7, strike "$9,022,000" and insert "$9,037,000".
Page 295, after line 16, insert:
"Out of this appropriation, $15,000 the first year and $15,000 the second year from the general fund is provided to the Washington Metropolitan Ear reading services to toll-free access to reading materials for blind and visually impaired Virginians living in Northern Virginia."

Explanation
(This amendment restores funding to the Department of Blind and Visually Impaired to provide a grant to the Washington Metropolitan Ear reading services for toll-free access to reading materials such as newspapers and magazines for the blind and visually impaired. Funding was eliminated in fiscal year 2004 due to budget reductions.)