section (b)(1), for the activities described in
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such subsection.
‘‘(E) ASSURANCE.—An assurance that the
physical location of the entity responsible for
conducting the State activities under this Act
meets the requirements of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 regarding accessibility
for individuals with disabilities.
‘‘(F) OTHER
INFORMATION.—Such other
information as the Secretary may reasonably
require.
‘‘SEC. 5. GRANTS TO STATES FOR PROTECTION AND ADVO-
CACY RELATED TO ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY.
‘‘(a) GRANTS TO STATES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make a
grant to an entity in each State to support protec-
tion and advocacy services through the systems es-
tablished to provide protection and advocacy services
under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and
Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 6000 et seq.) for the
purposes of assisting in the acquisition, utilization,
or maintenance of assistive technology or assistive
technology services for individuals with disabilities.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL
RULE.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1), for a State that, on the day before the
date of the enactment of the Improving Access to
Assistive Technology for Individuals with Disabilities
Act of 2004, was described in section 102(a)(2) of
this Act, the Secretary shall make the grant to the
lead agency designated under section 4(d). The lead
agency shall determine how the funds made available
under this section shall be divided among the enti-
ties that were providing protection and advocacy
services in that State on that day, and distribute the
funds to the entities. In distributing the funds, the
lead agency shall not establish any further eligibility
or procedural requirements for an entity in that
State that supports protection and advocacy services
through the systems established to provide protec-
tion and advocacy services under the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of
2000 (42 U.S.C. 15001 et seq.). Such an entity
shall comply with the same requirements (including
reporting and enforcement requirements) as any
other entity that received funding under paragraph
(1).
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) GRANTS TO OUTLYING AREAS AND AMER-
ICAN INDIAN CONSORTIUM.—
‘‘(A) OUTLYING AREAS.—From the funds
appropriated under section 8(b) for any fiscal
year, the Secretary shall make a grant in an
amount of not more than $30,000 to each eligi-
ble system within an outlying area.
‘‘(B) AMERICAN
INDIAN
CONSORTIUM.—
From the funds appropriated under section 8(b)
for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall make a
grant in an amount of not more than $30,000
to the American Indian Consortium to provide
services in the same manner as an eligible sys-
tem described under this section. If the amount
appropriated under section 8(b) for a fiscal year
exceeds the amount appropriated under such
section for the preceding fiscal year, then the
amount referred to in the preceding sentence
shall be increased for such fiscal year by the
same percentage as such amount appropriated
under section 8(b) exceeds the amount appro-
priated under such section for the preceding fis-
cal year.
‘‘(2) GRANTS TO STATES.—For any fiscal year,
after reserving funds to make grants under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall make allotments from
the remainder of the funds in accordance with para-
graph (3) to eligible systems within States to sup-
port protection and advocacy services as described in
subsection (a). The Secretary shall make grants to
the eligible systems from the allotments.
‘‘(3) SYSTEMS WITHIN STATES.—
‘‘(A) POPULATION BASIS.—Except as pro-
vided in subparagraph (B), from such remain-
der for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall
make an allotment to the eligible system within
a State of an amount bearing the same ratio to
such remainder as the population of the State
bears to the population of all States.
‘‘(B) MINIMUMS.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations to carry out this sec-
tion, the allotment to any system under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be not less than $50,000,
and the allotment to any system under this
paragraph for any fiscal year that is less than
$50,000 shall be increased to $50,000.
‘‘(4) REALLOTMENT.—Whenever the Secretary
determines that any amount of an allotment under
paragraph (3) to a system within a State for any fis-
cal year will not be expended by such system in car-
rying out the provisions of this section, the Sec-
retary shall make such amount available for carrying
out the provisions of this section to all other systems
in the same proportion such amounts were first allo-
cated to such systems.
‘‘(5) CARRYOVER.—Any amount paid to an eli-
gible system for a fiscal year under this section that
remains unobligated at the end of such fiscal year
shall remain available to such system for obligation
during the subsequent fiscal year, except that pro-
gram income generated from such amount shall re-
main available for two additional fiscal years and
may only be used to improve the awareness of indi-
viduals with disabilities on the accessibility of assist-
ive technology and assisting such individuals in the
acquisition, utilization, or maintenance of assistive
technology or assistive technology services.
‘‘(c) REPORT TO SECRETARY.—An entity that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall annually prepare
and submit to the Secretary a report that contains such
information as the Secretary may require, including docu-
mentation of the progress of the entity in—
‘‘(1) conducting consumer-responsive activities,
including activities that will lead to increased access,
for individuals with disabilities, to funding for assist-
ive technology devices and assistive technology serv-
ices;
‘‘(2) engaging in informal advocacy to assist in
securing assistive technology and assistive tech-
nology services for individuals with disabilities;
‘‘(3) engaging in formal representation for indi-
viduals with disabilities to secure systems change,
and in advocacy activities to secure assistive tech-
nology and assistive technology services for individ-
uals with disabilities;
‘‘(4) developing and implementing strategies to
enhance the long-term abilities of individuals with
disabilities and their family members, guardians, ad-
vocates, and authorized representatives to advocate
the provision of assistive technology devices and as-
sistive technology services to which the individuals
with disabilities are entitled under law other than
this Act;
‘‘(5) coordinating activities with protection and
advocacy services funded through sources other than
this Act, and coordinating activities with the capac-
ity building and advocacy activities carried out by
the lead agency; and
‘‘(6) effectively allocating carryover funds de-
scribed in subsection (b)(5) to improve the aware-
ness of individuals with disabilities on the accessi-
bility of assistive technology and assisting them in
the acquisition, utilization, or maintenance of assist-
ive technology or assistive technology services.
‘‘(d) REPORTS
AND UPDATES
TO STATE AGEN-
CIES.—An entity that receives a grant under this section
shall prepare and submit to the lead agency the report
described in subsection (c) and quarterly updates con-
cerning the activities described in subsection (c).
‘‘(e) COORDINATION.—On making a grant under this
section to an entity in a State, the Secretary shall solicit
and consider the opinions of the lead agency of the State
designated under section 4(d) with respect to efforts at
coordination, collaboration, and promoting outcomes be-
tween the lead agency and the entity that receives the
grant under this section.
‘‘SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
‘‘(a) GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Rehabilitation Services Ad-
ministration in the Office of Special Education and Reha-
bilitative Services of the Department of Education shall
be responsible for the administration of this Act.
‘‘(b) REVIEW OF PARTICIPATING ENTITIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall assess
the extent to which entities that receive grants pur-
suant to this Act are complying with the applicable
requirements of this Act and achieving the quantifi-
able, measurable goals that are consistent with the
requirements of the grant programs under which the
entities applied for the grants.
‘‘(2) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—To assist
the Secretary in carrying out the responsibilities of
the Secretary under this section, the Secretary may
require States to provide relevant information, in-
cluding the information required under subsection
(d).
‘‘(c) CORRECTIVE ACTION AND SANCTIONS.—
‘‘(1) CORRECTIVE
ACTION.—If the Secretary
determines that an entity fails to substantially com-
ply with the requirements of this Act or to substan-
tially make progress towards meeting the goals es-
tablished under section 4(e)(2)(B) with respect to a
grant program, the Secretary shall assist the entity
through technical assistance funded under section 7
or other means, within 90 days after such deter-
mination, to develop a corrective action plan.
‘‘(2) SANCTIONS.—An entity that fails to de-
velop and comply with a corrective action plan as de-
scribed in paragraph (1) during a fiscal year shall
be subject to one of the following corrective actions
selected by the Secretary:
‘‘(A) Partial or complete withholding of
funds under the grant program until such plan
is developed and implemented.
‘‘(B) Reduction in the amount of funding
that may be used for indirect costs under sec-
tion 4(b)(4) for the following year under the
grant program.
‘‘(C) Required redesignation of the lead
agency designated under section 4(d) or an en-
tity responsible for administering the grant pro-
gram.
‘‘(3) APPEALS
PROCEDURES.—The Secretary
shall establish appeals procedures for entities that
are found to be in noncompliance with the require-
ments of this Act or have not substantially made
progress towards meeting the goals established
under section 4(e)(2)(B).
‘‘(4) SECRETARIAL ACTION.—As part of the an-
nual report required under subsection (d), the Sec-
retary shall describe each such action taken under
paragraph (1) or (2) and the outcomes of each such
action.
‘‘(5) PUBLIC
NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary
shall notify the public by posting on the Internet
website of the Department of Education of each ac-
tion taken by the Secretary under paragraph (1) or
(2). As a part of such notification, the Secretary
shall describe each such action taken under para-
graph (1) or (2) and the outcomes of each such ac-
tion.
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December
31 of each year, the Secretary shall prepare, and
submit to the President and to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, a report
on the activities funded under this Act to improve
the access of individuals with disabilities to assistive
technology devices and assistive technology services.
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Such report shall include in-
formation on—
‘‘(A) the type of alternative financing
mechanisms used by each State under the pro-
gram;
‘‘(B) the amount and type of assistance
given to consumers (who shall be classified by
age, type of disability, type of assistive tech-
nology device or assistive technology service fi-
nanced through the program, geographic dis-
tribution within the State, gender, and whether
the consumers are part of an underrepresented
population or rural population), including—
‘‘(i) the number of applications for as-
sistance received;
‘‘(ii) the number of applications ap-
proved and rejected;
‘‘(iii) the default rate;
‘‘(iv) the range and average interest
rate;
‘‘(v) the range and average income of
approved loan applicants; and
‘‘(vi) the types and dollar amounts of
assistive technology financed;
‘‘(C) the number, type, and length of time
of loans of assistive technology devices provided
to individuals with disabilities, employers, public
agencies, or public accomodations, including an
analysis of the individuals with disabilities who
have benefited from the device loan program;
‘‘(D) the number, type, estimated value,
and scope of device reutilization programs, in-
cluding an analysis of the individuals with dis-
abilities that have benefited from the device
loan program;
‘‘(E) the number and type of equipment
demonstrations provided, including an analysis
of individuals with disabilities who have bene-
fited from the program;
‘‘(F) a summary of the State plans and
annual reports submitted by the States, includ-
ing an analysis of the progress of the States in
meeting their goals established in the State ap-
plication;
‘‘(G) the number of individuals who re-
ceived training and the topics of such training;
‘‘(H) the frequency and nature of technical
assistance provided to State and local govern-
mental agencies and other entities; and
‘‘(I) the outcomes of interagency coordina-
tion and collaboration activities carried out by
the State, as applicable, that support access to
assistive technology including the type, purpose,
and source of leveraged funding or other con-
tributed resources from public and private enti-
ties.
‘‘(e) EFFECT
ON OTHER ASSISTANCE.—This Act
may not be construed as authorizing a Federal or a State
agency to reduce medical or other assistance available, or
to alter eligibility for a benefit or service, under any other
Federal law.
‘‘SEC. 7. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Through grants, contracts, or
cooperative agreements, awarded on a competitive basis,
the Secretary is authorized to provide technical assistance
to entities, principally entities funded under section 4 or
5.
‘‘(b) INPUT.—In designing the program to be funded
under this section, and in deciding the differences in func-
tion between national and regionally based technical as-
sistance efforts carried out through the program, the Sec-
retary shall consider the input of the directors of com-
prehensive statewide programs of technology-related as-
sistance and other individuals the Secretary determines to
be appropriate, especially—
‘‘(1) individuals with disabilities who use assist-
ive technology and understand the barriers to the ac-
quisition of such technology and assistive technology
services;
‘‘(2) family members, guardians, advocates, and
authorized representatives of such individuals; and
‘‘(3) individuals employed by protection and ad-
vocacy systems funded under section 5.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall
support activities designed to maximize the impact and
benefit of assistive technology devices and assistive tech-
nology services for individuals with disabilities, including
the following activities:
‘‘(1) NATIONAL PUBLIC INTERNET SITE.—
‘‘(A) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
INTERNET
SITE.—The Secretary shall fund the establish-
ment and maintenance of a National Public
Internet Site for the purposes of providing to
individuals with disabilities and the general
public technical assistance and information on
increased access to assistive technology devices,
assistive technology services, and other dis-
ability-related resources.
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—To be eligible to
receive a grant or enter into a contract or coop-
erative agreement under subsection (a) to es-
tablish and maintain the Internet site, an entity
shall be an institution of higher education that
emphasizes research and engineering, has a
multidisciplinary research center, and has dem-
onstrated expertise in—
‘‘(i) working with assistive technology
and intelligent agent interactive informa-
tion dissemination systems;
‘‘(ii) managing libraries of assistive
technology and disability-related resources;
‘‘(iii) delivering education, informa-
tion, and referral services to individuals
with 
disabilities, 
including 
technology-
based curriculum development services for
adults with low-level reading skills;
‘‘(iv) developing cooperative partner-
ships with the private sector, particularly
with private sector computer software,
hardware, and Internet services entities;
and
‘‘(v) developing and designing ad-
vanced Internet sites.
‘‘(C) FEATURES OF INTERNET SITE.—The
National Public Internet Site described in sub-
paragraph (A) shall contain the following fea-
tures:
‘‘(i) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION
AT ANY TIME.—The site shall be designed
so that any member of the public may ob-
tain information posted on the site at any
time.
‘‘(ii) INNOVATIVE AUTOMATED INTEL-
LIGENT
AGENT.—The site shall be con-
structed with an innovative automated in-
telligent agent that is a diagnostic tool for
assisting users in problem definition and
the selection of appropriate assistive tech-
nology devices and assistive technology
services resources.
‘‘(iii) RESOURCES.—
‘‘(I) 
LIBRARY
ON
ASSISTIVE
TECHNOLOGY.—The site shall include
access to a comprehensive working li-
brary on assistive technology for all
environments, including home, work-
place, transportation, and other envi-
ronments.
‘‘(II) RESOURCES FOR A NUMBER
OF DISABILITIES.—The site shall in-
clude resources relating to the largest
possible number of disabilities, includ-
ing resources relating to low-level
reading skills.
‘‘(iv) LINKS TO PRIVATE SECTOR RE-
SOURCES AND INFORMATION.—To the ex-
tent feasible, the site shall be linked to rel-
evant private sector resources and informa-
tion, under agreements developed between
the institution of higher education and co-
operating private sector entities.
‘‘(D) MINIMUM LIBRARY COMPONENTS.—
At a minimum, the Internet site shall maintain
updated information on—
‘‘(i) how to plan, develop, implement,
and evaluate activities to further extend
comprehensive statewide programs of tech-
nology-related assistance, including the de-
velopment and replication of effective ap-
proaches to—
‘‘(I) providing information and
referral services;
‘‘(II) promoting interagency co-
ordination of training and service de-
livery among public and private enti-
ties;
‘‘(III) conducting outreach to
underrepresented 
populations 
and
rural populations;
‘‘(IV) mounting successful public
awareness activities;
‘‘(V) improving capacity building
in service delivery;
‘‘(VI) training personnel from a
variety of disciplines; and
‘‘(VII) 
improving 
evaluation
strategies, research, and data collec-
tion;
‘‘(ii) effective approaches to the devel-
opment of consumer-controlled systems
that increase access to, funding for, and
awareness of, assistive technology devices
and assistive technology services;
‘‘(iii) successful approaches to increas-
ing the availability of public and private
funding for and access to the provision of
assistive technology devices and assistive
technology services by appropriate State
agencies; and
‘‘(iv) demonstration sites where indi-
viduals may try out assistive technology.
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EFFORTS.—The
Secretary shall, on a competitive basis, make grants