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Union Calendar No. 359 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5756 
[Report No. 111–617] 
To amend title I of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of 
Rights Act of 2000 to provide for grants and technical assistance to 
improve services rendered to children and adults with autism, and their 
families, and to expand the number of University Centers for Excellence 
in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2010 
Mr. DOYLE (for himself and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 22, 2010] 
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A BILL 
To amend title I of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance 
and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 to provide for grants 
and technical assistance to improve services rendered 
to children and adults with autism, and their families, 
and to expand the number of University Centers for 
Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Re-
search, and Service. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Training and Research 
for Autism Improvements Nationwide Act of 2010’’ or the 
‘‘TRAIN Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. UNIVERSITY CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE INITIATIVES 
ON AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title I of the Develop-
mental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 
2000 (42 U.S.C. 15061 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by inserting before section 151 the following: 
‘‘PART 1—GENERAL GRANT PROGRAMS FOR 
UNIVERSITY CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE’’ 
; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART 2—UNIVERSITY CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE 
INITIATIVES ON AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS 
‘‘SEC. 157. AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS INITIATIVE 
GRANTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
multiyear grants for the purpose described in para-
graph (2) to University Centers for Excellence in De-
velopmental Disabilities Education, Research, and 
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Service that are funded under part 1 and engaged in 
the core functions described in section 153(a)(2). 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose described in this 
paragraph is to provide individuals with inter-
disciplinary training, continuing education, technical 
assistance, and information for the purpose of im-
proving services rendered to children and adults on 
the autism spectrum, and their families, to address 
unmet needs related to autism spectrum disorder. For 
purposes of the previous sentence, individuals shall 
include children and adults on the autism spectrum, 
families of such children and adults, health profes-
sionals (including allied health professionals), and vo-
cational training and educational professionals. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—A Univer-
sity Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabil-
ities Education, Research, and Service that desires to 
receive a grant under this section shall submit to the 
Secretary an application— 
‘‘(A) demonstrating that the Center has ca-
pacity to— 
‘‘(i) provide training and technical as-
sistance in evidence-based practices to 
evaluate, and provide effective interventions, 
services, treatments, and supports to, chil-
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dren and adults on the autism spectrum 
and their families; 
‘‘(ii) provide individuals on the autism 
spectrum, and the families of such individ-
uals, opportunities to advise and direct ac-
tivities under the grant to ensure that an 
individual-centered, and family-centered, 
approach is used; 
‘‘(iii) share and disseminate materials 
and practices that are developed for, and 
evaluated to be effective in, the provision of 
training and technical assistance; and 
‘‘(iv) provide training, technical assist-
ance, interventions, services, treatments, 
and supports under this section statewide; 
‘‘(B) providing assurances that the Center 
will— 
‘‘(i) provide trainees under this section 
with an appropriate balance of inter-
disciplinary didactic and community-based 
experiences; and 
‘‘(ii) provide to the Secretary, in the 
manner prescribed by the Secretary, data 
regarding the number of individuals who 
have benefitted from, and outcomes of, the 
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provision of training and technical assist-
ance under this section; 
‘‘(C) providing assurances that training, 
technical assistance, dissemination of informa-
tion, and services under this section will— 
‘‘(i) be consistent with the goals of this 
Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990, the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act, and the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965; 
‘‘(ii) supplement, and not supplant, 
activities funded under this subtitle (other 
than this section); 
‘‘(iii) be planned and designed with 
the participation of individuals on the au-
tism spectrum and the families of such in-
dividuals; and 
‘‘(iv) be conducted in coordination 
with relevant State agencies, institutions of 
higher education, and service providers; and 
‘‘(D) containing such other information and 
assurances as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(4) AMOUNT
OF
GRANTS.—The amount of a 
grant to a University Center for Excellence in Devel-
opmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Serv-
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ice for a fiscal year under this section shall be not less 
than $250,000. 
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may re-
serve not more than 2 percent of the amount appropriated 
to carry out this section for a fiscal year to make a grant 
to a national organization with demonstrated capacity for 
providing training and technical assistance to— 
‘‘(1) assist in national dissemination of specific 
information, including evidence-based best practices, 
from interdisciplinary training programs, and when 
appropriate, other entities whose findings would in-
form the work performed by University Centers for 
Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, 
Research, and Service awarded grants under this sec-
tion; 
‘‘(2) compile and disseminate strategies and ma-
terials that prove to be effective in the provision of 
training and technical assistance so that the entire 
network can benefit from the models, materials, and 
practices developed in individual centers; 
‘‘(3) assist in the coordination of activities of 
grantees under this section; 
‘‘(4) develop a (or enhance an existing) Web por-
tal that will provide linkages to each of the individual 
training initiatives and provide access to training 
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modules, promising training, and technical assistance 
practices and other materials developed by grantees; 
‘‘(5) serve as a research-based resource for Fed-
eral and State policymakers on information con-
cerning the provision of training and technical assist-
ance for the assessment, and provision of supports 
and services for, children and adults on the autism 
spectrum; 
‘‘(6) convene experts from multiple interdiscipli-
nary training programs, individuals on the autism 
spectrum, and the families of such individuals to dis-
cuss and make recommendations with regard to train-
ing issues related to assessment, interventions, serv-
ices, treatment, and supports for children and adults 
on the autism spectrum; and 
‘‘(7) undertake any other functions that the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
$17,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 
‘‘SEC. 158. CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall award multiyear 
grants to not more than 4 University Centers for Excellence 
in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and 
Service described in paragraph (1) of section 157(a) to— 
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‘‘(1) collaborate with minority institutions to— 
‘‘(A) provide services described in such sec-
tion to individuals on the autism spectrum who 
are from racial and ethnic minority populations 
and to their families; and 
‘‘(B) conduct research and education fo-
cused on racial and ethnic minority populations; 
and 
‘‘(2) build capacity within such institutions to 
enable such institutions to apply to become Univer-
sity Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabil-
ities Education, Research, and Service capable of pro-
viding such services, research, and education. 
‘‘(b) APPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The provisions of 
paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 157(a) shall apply with 
respect to grants under this section to the same extent and 
in the same manner as such provisions apply with respect 
to grants under section 157. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITIZATION.—In awarding grants under this 
section, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that 
demonstrate collaboration with minority institutions 
that— 
‘‘(1) have demonstrated capacity to meet the re-
quirements of this section and provide services to in-
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dividuals on the autism spectrum and their families; 
or 
‘‘(2) are located in a State with one or more un-
derserved populations. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 
‘‘SEC. 159. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘interventions’ means educational 
methods and positive behavioral support strategies de-
signed to improve or ameliorate symptoms associated 
on the autism spectrum. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘minority institution’ has the 
meaning given to such term in section 365 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘services’ means services to assist 
individuals on the autism spectrum to live more inde-
pendently in their communities. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘treatments’ means health services, 
including mental health services, designed to improve 
or ameliorate symptoms associated on the autism 
spectrum.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Such subtitle is 
further amended— 
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(A) in section 152(a)(1), by striking ‘‘subtitle’’ 
and inserting ‘‘part’’; 
(B) in section 153(a)(2)(D), by striking ‘‘sub-
title’’ and inserting ‘‘part’’; 
(C) in each of subparagraphs (B) and (D) of sec-
tion 154(a)(3), by striking ‘‘subtitle’’ and inserting 
‘‘part’’; 
(D) in each of paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 
154(d), by striking ‘‘subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘part’’; 
and 
(E) in each of subsections (a)(1) and (b) of sec-
tion 156, by striking ‘‘subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘part’’. 
(2) The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Develop-
mental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 
2000 is amended— 
(A) by inserting before the item relating to sec-
tion 151 the following: 
‘‘PART 1—GENERAL GRANT PROGRAMS FOR UNIVERSITY CENTERS OF 
EXCELLENCE’’ 
; and 
(B) by inserting at the end of the items relating 
to subtitle D of title I the following: 
‘‘PART 2—UNIVERSITY CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE INITIATIVES ON AUTISM 
SPECTRUM DISORDERS 
‘‘Sec. 157. Autism spectrum disorders initiative grants and technical assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 158. Capacity building grants. 
‘‘Sec. 159. Definitions.’’. 
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Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend sub-
title D of title I of the Developmental Disabilities Assist-
ance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 to provide grants 
and technical assistance to University Centers for Excel-
lence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, 
and Service to improve services rendered to children and 
adults on the autism spectrum, and their families, and 
for other purposes.’’. 
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