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quire recipients of financial assistance under this title to
submit relevant information to evaluate program outcomes
with respect to the measurable goals described in section
204(d)(2).’’; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(m)(1) Not later than December 31 of each year, the
Director shall prepare, and submit to the Secretary, the
Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House
of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, a report on the
activities funded under this title.
‘‘(2) Such report shall include—
‘‘(A) a compilation and summary of the infor-
mation provided by recipients of financial assistance
for such activities under this title; and
‘‘(B) a summary of the applications for finan-
cial assistance received under this title and the
progress of the recipients of financial assistance in
achieving the measurable goals described in section
204(d)(2).
‘‘(n)(1) If the Director determines that an entity that
receives financial assistance under this title fails to comply
with the applicable requirements of this Act, or to make
progress toward achieving the measurable goals described
in section 204(d)(2), with respect to the covered activities
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involved, the Director shall assist the entity through tech-
nical assistance or other means, within 90 days after such
determination, to develop a corrective action plan.
‘‘(2) If the entity fails to develop and comply with a
corrective action plan described in paragraph (1) during
a fiscal year, the entity shall be subject to 1 of the following
corrective actions selected by the Director:
‘‘(A) Partial or complete termination of finan-
cial assistance for the covered activities, until the en-
tity develops and complies with such a plan.
‘‘(B) Ineligibility to receive financial assistance
for such covered activities for the following year.
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall establish appeals procedures
for entities described in paragraph (1) that the Secretary
determines fail to comply with the applicable requirements
of this Act, or to make progress toward achieving the meas-
urable goals.
‘‘(4) As part of the annual report required under sub-
section (m), the Director shall describe each action taken
by the Director under paragraph (1) or (2) and the out-
comes of such action.’’.
SEC. 434. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE.
Section 203 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 763) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘and the Di-
rector of the National Science Foundation’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Director of the National Science Founda-
tion, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Adminis-
trator of the Small Business Administration’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(2)—
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon;
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(F) conduct a study, on the assistive technology
industry, for which the Committee shall—
‘‘(i) determine the number of individuals
who use assistive technology and the scope of the
technologies they use;
‘‘(ii) separately identify categories of assist-
ive technology companies by the disability group
served, and the type of product or service pro-
vided, categorized by—
‘‘(I) size (small, medium, and large) of
the companies;
‘‘(II) capitalization of the companies;
‘‘(III) region in which the companies
are located; and
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‘‘(IV) products or services produced by
the companies;
‘‘(iii) compile aggregate data on revenues
and unit sales of such companies, including in-
formation on international sales, for a recent re-
porting period, categorized by institution or user
type acquiring the products or services, dis-
ability for which the products or services are
used, and industry segment for the companies;
‘‘(iv) identify platform availability and
usage, for those products and services that are
electronic and information technology-related;
‘‘(v) identify the types of clients of the com-
panies, such as Government, school, business,
private payor, and charitable clients, and fund-
ing sources for the clients; and
‘‘(vi) specify geographic segments for the
companies, to determine whether there are sig-
nificant distinctions in industry opportunities
on the basis of geography, other than distinctions
related to population.’’.
SEC. 435. RESEARCH AND OTHER COVERED ACTIVITIES.
Section 204 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 764) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) in paragraph (2)(B)—
(i) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon;
(ii) in clause (vii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(viii) studies, analyses, and other activities af-
fecting employment outcomes, including self-employ-
ment and telecommuting, of individuals with disabil-
ities.’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) In carrying out this section, the Director shall
emphasize covered activities that are collaborations
between—
‘‘(A) for-profit companies working in the assist-
ive technology, rehabilitative engineering, or informa-
tion technology fields; and
‘‘(B) States or public or private agencies and or-
ganizations.
‘‘(4) In carrying out this section, the Director shall
emphasize covered activities that include plans for—
‘‘(A) dissemination of educational materials, re-
search results, or findings, conclusions, and rec-
ommendations resulting from covered activities; or
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‘‘(B) the commercialization of marketable prod-
ucts resulting from the covered activities.’’;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(18)’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘(19)’’;
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking
‘‘rehabilitation services or’’ and inserting
‘‘rehabilitation services, developers or pro-
viders of assistive technology devices, assist-
ive technology services, or information tech-
nology devices or services, or providers of’’;
(ii) in subparagraph (B)—
(I) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘im-
prove the evaluation process for deter-
mining the assistive technology needs
of individuals with disabilities,’’after
‘‘conditions,’’;
(II) in clause (ii), by inserting
‘‘and assistive technology services’’ be-
fore the semicolon; and
(III) in clause (iii), by inserting
‘‘, assistive technology services per-
sonnel,’’ before ‘‘and other’’;
(iii) in subparagraph (C)—