Sec. 11. Grants to small entities

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The purpose of this section is to award grants to provide assistance to small entities to enable the entities to remediate or replace existing (as of the date of application for the award) web content and applications to enable the small entities to comply with the regulations established under this Act. From amounts made available under section 13, for each of the first 5 years after the date of issuance, the recipient of the award under section 9 (relating to a technical assistance center), in coordination with the Attorney General and the Commission, shall award grants, in amounts not to exceed $10,000, to small entities to support auditing, testing, and remediating inaccessible web content or applications or to support procurement of accessible web content and applications to replace inaccessible web content or applications, in accordance with this Act.

In this subsection, the term date of issuance means the date that is the earlier of the first day on which a final rule is issued under section 5(a) and the first day on which a final rule is issued under section 5(b). To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a small entity shall submit an application to the Attorney General and the Commission (or the recipient of the award under section 9) at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General and the Commission (or the recipient of the award under section 9) may require.

At a minimum, the applicant shall demonstrate— that the entity is a small entity; if the entity is a covered entity, that it owns, operates, or utilizes inaccessible web content or an application that requires remediation or replacement for the entity to comply with this Act; or if the entity is a commercial provider, that it provides, to a covered entity, inaccessible web content or an application that requires remediation for the provider to comply with this Act; and that the small entity has a plan to remediate or replace, as appropriate, the inaccessible web content or application, so that the entity complies with this Act.

A small entity receiving a grant under this section— may use the grant funds, directly or through a subgrant, to audit, test, or remediate the inaccessible web content or application or procure new accessible web content or an application to replace the inaccessible web content or application; shall use the grant funds to demonstrate that the resulting web content or application is accessible; and may not use the grant funds to design, develop, or procure inaccessible web content or an inaccessible application.