---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 U.S.C. § 796f–5"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
number: "796f–5"
heading: "“Eligible agency” defined"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/796f-5"
units:
  - "Chapter 16 — Vocational Rehabilitation and Other Rehabilitation Services"
  - "Subchapter VII — Independent Living Services and Centers for Independent Living"
  - "Part A — Individuals With Significant Disabilities"
  - "Subpart 3 — centers for independent living"
---

# §796f–5. “Eligible agency” defined


As used in this subpart, the term “eligible agency” means a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-[disability](/usc/29/705.md?p=9), nonresidential private [nonprofit](/usc/29/705.md?p=26) agency.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–112, title VII, § 726, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 410, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1237.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 796f–5, Pub. L. 93–112, title VII, § 726, as added Pub. L. 102–569, title VII, § 701(2), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4464, defined “eligible agency”, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105–220.