116 STAT. 1702 PUBLIC LAW 107-252—OCT. 29, 2002 (d) PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON PROJECTS. —The Commission may provide to the Technical Guidelines Development Committee under part 3 of subtitle A such information regarding the activities funded under this part as the Commission deems necessary to assist the Committee in carrying out its duties. 42 USC 15452. SEC. 282. REPORT. (a) IN GENERAL.— Each entity which receives a grant under this part shall submit to the Commission a report describing the activities carried out with the funds provided under the grant. (b) DEADLINE.— An entity shall submit a report required under subsection (a) not later than 60 days after the end of the fiscal year for which the entity received the grant which is the subject of the report. 42 USC 15453. SEC. 283. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL.— There are authorized to be appropriated for grants under this part $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003. (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. —Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization under this section shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until expended. PART 5—PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SYSTEMS 42 USC 15461. SEC. 291. PAYMENTS FOR PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SYSTEMS. (a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other payments made under this subtitle, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall pay the protection and advocacy system (as defined in section 102 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15002)) of each State to ensure full participation in the electoral process for individuals with disabilities, including registering to vote, casting a vote and accessing polling places. In providing such services, protection and advocacy systems shall have the same general authorities as they are afforded under subtitle C of title I of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15041 et seq.). (b) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT. —The minimum amount of each grant to a protection and advocacy system shall be determined and allocated as set forth in subsections (c)(3), (c)(4), (c)(5), (e), and (g) of section 509 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794e), except that the amount of the grants to systems referred to in subsections (c)(3)(B) and (c)(4)(B) of that section shall be not less than $70,000 and $35,000, respectively. (c) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— Deadline. (1) IN GENERAL.— Not later than 90 days after the date on which the initial appropriation of funds for a fiscal year is made pursuant to the authorization under section 292, the Secretary shall set aside 7 percent of the amount appropriated under such section and use such portion to make payments to eligible entities to provide training and technical assistance with respect to the activities carried out under this section. (2) USE OF FUNDS.—^A recipient of a payment under this subsection may use the payment to support training in the use of voting systems and technologies, and to demonstrate and evaluate the use of such systems and technologies, by individuals with disabilities (including blindness) in order to
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