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10 USC § 1582 - Assistive technology, assistive technology devices, and assistive technology services 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s1582"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 1582 - Assistive technology, assistive technology devices, and assistive technology services"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1582"
section_name: "Assistive technology, assistive technology devices, and assistive technology services"
chapter_number: 81
chapter_name: "CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title XI, § 1102(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–311.)"
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# § 1582. Assistive technology, assistive technology devices, and assistive technology services

**(a)** **Authority.—** The Secretary of Defense may provide assistive technology, assistive technology devices, and assistive technology services to the following:

**(1)** Department of Defense employees with disabilities.

**(2)** Organizations within the Department that have requirements to make programs or facilities accessible to, and usable by, persons with disabilities.

**(3)** Any other department or agency of the Federal Government, upon the request of the head of that department or agency, for its employees with disabilities or for satisfying a requirement to make its programs or facilities accessible to, and usable by, persons with disabilities.

**(b)** **Definitions.—** In this section, the terms “assistive technology”, “assistive technology device”, “assistive technology service”, and “disability” have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 3002).

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title XI, § 1102(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–311.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1582, acts , ; , , ; , , , directed Secretary of Defense to report annually to Congress on civilian research and development personnel employed by Department of Defense under former , prior to repeal by , , .