Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15001 et seq.) and 
any regulations issued under such Act, including the 
authority to access individuals, records, and edu-
cational settings. 
(e) APPLICATION.—A protection and advocacy sys-
tem shall submit an application to address the needs of 
children, youth, and adults with disabilities in educational 
settings described in subsection (b) to the Secretary at 
such time, in such form and manner, and accompanied 
by such information as the Secretary may require. 
(f) APPROPRIATIONS LESS THAN $6,600,000.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to any fiscal 
year in which the amount appropriated pursuant to 
subsection (k) to carry out this section is less than 
$6,600,000, the Secretary shall make grants from 
such amount among protection and advocacy sys-
tems that apply for a grant under this section. 
(2) AMOUNT
OF
GRANT.—The amount of a 
grant under paragraph (1) shall not be less than— 
(A) $120,000 for a protection and advo-
cacy system located in 1 of the several States, 
the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico; and 
(B) $60,000 for a protection and advocacy 
system located in American Samoa, the Com-
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monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, or the 
American Indian Consortium. 
(g) APPROPRIATIONS OF $6,600,000 OR MORE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to any fiscal 
year in which the amount appropriated pursuant to 
subsection (k) to carry out this section is not less 
than $6,600,000, the Secretary shall make grants 
from such amount not later than October 1 of the 
fiscal year to protection and advocacy systems that 
apply for a grant under this section. 
(2) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—Subject to paragraph 
(3), the amount of a grant to a protection and advo-
cacy system under paragraph (1) shall be equal to 
an amount bearing the same ratio to the total 
amount appropriated for the fiscal year involved 
pursuant to subsection (k) as the population of the 
State in which the grantee is located bears to the 
population of all States. 
(3) MINIMUMS.—The amount of a grant under 
paragraph (1) shall not be less than— 
(A) $120,000 for a protection and advo-
cacy system located in one of the several States, 
the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico; and 
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(B) $60,000 for a protection and advocacy 
system located in American Samoa, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, or the 
American Indian Consortium. 
(4) ADJUSTMENT.—For each fiscal year in 
which the total amount appropriated under sub-
section (k) to carry out this section is $10,000,000 
or more, and such appropriated amount exceeds the 
total amount appropriated to carry out this section 
in the preceding fiscal year, the Secretary shall in-
crease each of the minimum grant amounts de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph 
(3) by a percentage equal to the percentage increase 
in the total amount appropriated under subsection 
(k) to carry out this section between the preceding 
fiscal year and the fiscal year involved. 
(h) DIRECT PAYMENT.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary shall pay directly to any 
protection and advocacy system that complies with this 
section, the total amount of the grant for such system, 
unless the system provides otherwise for such payment. 
(i) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each protection and advocacy 
system that receives a grant under this section shall sub-
mit an annual report to the Secretary concerning the serv-
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ices provided to protect and advocate for the educational 
needs of children, youth, and adults who are (or may be) 
eligible for services under the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) or section 504 
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), or the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 
et seq.). 
(j) ADMINISTRATIVE, REPORTING, AND OVERSIGHT 
REQUIREMENTS.—To the extent possible, reporting, moni-
toring, program financing, and other administrative and 
oversight requirements established by the Secretary under 
this section shall be consistent with the administrative, re-
porting, and oversight requirements for a protection and 
advocacy system under the Developmental Disabilities As-
sistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 150001 
et seq.). 
(k) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the provisions in this section for 
each of fiscal years 2021 through 2030. 
(l) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) 
APPROPRIATIONS
OF
LESS
THAN 
$6,750,000.—For any fiscal year in which the amount 
appropriated to carry out this section is less than 
$6,750,000, the Secretary shall set aside 1 percent 
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of the funds appropriated (but not less than 
$50,000) to make a grant to a national organization 
with experience in providing training and technical 
assistance to protection and advocacy systems to 
provide such training and technical assistance. 
(2) APPROPRIATIONS
OF
NOT
LESS
THAN 
$6,750,000.—For any fiscal year in which the amount 
appropriated to carry out this section is not less 
than $6,750,000, the Secretary shall set aside 2 per-
cent of the funds appropriated to make a grant to 
a national organization with experience in providing 
training and technical assistance to protection and 
advocacy systems to provide such training and tech-
nical assistance. 
(m) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—A protection 
and advocacy system shall use funds under this section 
only to supplement the funds that would, in the absence 
of such funds, be made available from non-Federal funds 
for the uses described in subsection (c), and not to sup-
plant such funds. 
(n) CARRYOVER
AND
PROGRAM
INCOME.—Any 
amount paid to a protection and advocacy 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. 
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Program income generated from such amount shall re-
main available for 2 additional fiscal years after the year 
in which such amount was paid to the protection and advo-
cacy system. 
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