111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5756 
AN ACT 
To amend subtitle D of title I of the Developmental Disabil-
ities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 to provide 
grants and technical assistance to University Centers 
for Excellence 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.
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 FOR EXCELLENCE INITIA-
TIVES ON AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title I of the Devel-
opmental 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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘PART 1—GENERAL GRANT PROGRAMS FOR 
UNIVERSITY CENTERS FOR EXCELLENCE’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART 2—UNIVERSITY CENTERS FOR EXCEL-
LENCE 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 
Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and 
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 interdiscipli-
nary training, continuing education, technical assist-
ance, and information for the purpose of improving 
services rendered to children and adults on the au-
tism spectrum, and their families, to address unmet 
needs related to autism spectrum disorder. For pur-
poses of the previous sentence, individuals shall in-
clude children and adults on the autism spectrum, 
families of such children and adults, health profes-
sionals (including allied health professionals), and 
vocational 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 
capacity to— 
‘‘(i) provide training and technical as-
sistance in evidence-based practices to
evaluate, and provide effective interven-
tions, services, treatments, and supports 
to, children and adults on the autism spec-
trum 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 sec-
tion 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 
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 Disabil-
ities 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 
Service for a fiscal year under this section shall be 
not less than $250,000. 
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may 
reserve not more than 2 percent of the amount appro-
priated to carry out this section for a fiscal year to make 
a grant to a national organization with demonstrated ca-
pacity 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 
section; 
‘‘(2) compile and disseminate strategies and 
materials that prove to be effective in the provision 
of training and technical assistance so that the en-
tire 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 
portal that will provide linkages to each of the indi-
vidual training initiatives and provide access to 
training modules, promising training, and technical 
assistance practices and other materials developed 
by grantees; 
‘‘(5) serve as a research-based resource for 
Federal and State policymakers on information con-
cerning the provision of training and technical as-
sistance for the assessment, and provision of sup-
ports 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 
training issues related to assessment, interventions, 
services, treatment, and supports for children and 
adults on the autism spectrum; and 
‘‘(7) undertake any other functions that the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $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 Excel-
lence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, 
and Service described in paragraph (1) of section 157(a) 
to— 
‘‘(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 Dis-
abilities Education, Research, and Service capable of 
providing 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 re-
spect 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-
dividuals on the autism spectrum and their families; 
or 
‘‘(2) are located in a State with one or more 
underserved populations. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 
through 2016. 
‘‘SEC. 159. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘interventions’ means edu-
cational methods and positive behavioral support 
strategies designed to improve or ameliorate symp-
toms associated with autism spectrum disorder. 
‘‘(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 as-
sist individuals on the autism spectrum to live more 
independently in their communities.
‘‘(4) The term ‘treatments’ means health serv-
ices, including mental health services, designed to 
improve or ameliorate symptoms associated with au-
tism spectrum disorder.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Such subtitle 
is further amended— 
(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 
section 154(a)(3), by striking ‘‘subtitle’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘part’’; 
(D) in each of paragraphs (1) and (3) of sec-
tion 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 Devel-
opmental 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 FOR 
EXCELLENCE’’;
and 
(B) by inserting at the end of the items relating 
to subtitle D of title I the following: 
‘‘PART 2—UNIVERSITY CENTERS FOR EXCELLENCE INITIATIVES ON AUTISM 
SPECTRUM DISORDERS 
‘‘Sec. 157. Autism spectrum disorders initiative grants and technical assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 158. Capacity building grants. 
‘‘Sec. 159. Definitions.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 23, 
2010. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5756 
AN ACT 
To amend subtitle D of title I of the Developmental 
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 
2000 to provide grants and technical assistance 
to University Centers for Excellence in Develop-
mental Disabilities Education, Research, and 
Service to improve services rendered to children 
and adults on the autism spectrum, and their 
families, and for other purposes.