WHEREAS, H.R. 6529 is a bill known as the Jobs and Business Opportunities for the Handicapped Act of 1982 introduced in the second session of the 97th Congress; and
WHEREAS, the enactment of this legislation would be a giant step toward the promotion of fair employment practices for blind and handicapped people who work in sheltered workshops and would also provide incentive for more jobs in the competitive labor market; and
WHEREAS, this legislation will also encourage employment advancement opportunities for blind and handicapped people to work in management and supervisory positions in industry; and
WHEREAS, Maryland has become a model State in support of the principles of H.R. 6529 as exemplified by the reforms made over the past seven years by Blind
Industries and Services of Maryland (BISM); and
WHEREAS, the blind of Maryland are proud of BISM's national leadership in providing fair employment opportunities for the blind: now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland in convention assembled in the City of Baltimore this 29th day of August 1982, that this organization urge all members of the United States House of
Representatives from Maryland to become co-sponsors of H.R. 6529; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we commend Representative Clarence Long for being the first, and so far, the only, member of our Congressional Delegation to co-sponsor this vital legislation.