Sec. 10. Annual report
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The lead administrative center referred to in section 5(b), in coordination with the other national resource centers that receive grant funds under section 5, shall annually prepare a report containing, consistent with criteria established by the Secretary, information on— activities conducted by each national resource center funded under section 5 to achieve the purpose of this Act; collaboration by each such national resource center with other entities to achieve the purposes of this Act; barriers to and strategies for equitable access to augmentative and alternative communication and other supports for individuals who belong to racial, ethnic, and linguistic minority communities and face a greater likelihood of being born with or acquiring significant expressive communication disabilities as well as added difficulties in obtaining effective augmentative and alternative communication; identified gaps in available demographic and characteristic data on individuals with significant expressive communication disabilities in the United States; and the unmet needs of individuals with significant expressive communication disabilities, from diverse backgrounds, in the United States and policy recommendations to address such unmet needs.
The lead administrative center shall submit the report to— the Secretary; the Secretary of Education; the relevant subcommittees of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate, and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives; and the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.