A bill to extend and improve the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to provide for the operation of the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults, to create a select commission on Federal Assistance to Disabled Americans, and to increase certain authorizations of appropriations for programs within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Education and Labor.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Title I: Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to extend the authorization of appropriations for grants to States for basic vocational rehabilitation services in specified amounts through FY 1987, and for FY 1988 in an amount to be determined by any increase in the consumer price index for the previous fiscal year. Eliminates the requirement that the determination of eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services under the State grants program be demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt following initial evaluation. Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants to States for innovation and expansion of vocational rehabilitation services through FY 1986 in such sums as may be necessary. Extends through FY 1986 the authorization of appropriations for grants to Indian tribes for vocational rehabilitation services. Extends through FY 1986 the authorization of appropriations, in specified minimum amounts, for client assistance projects. Extends the authorization of appropriations for research and training in vocational rehabilitation services through FY 1986 in such amounts as may be necess…