---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 15005"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "15005"
heading: "Reports of the Secretary"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/15005"
units:
  - "Chapter 144 — Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights"
  - "Subchapter I — Programs for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities"
  - "Part A — General Provisions"
---

# §15005. Reports of the Secretary


At least once every 2 years, the [Secretary](/usc/42/15002.md?p=26), using information submitted in the reports and information required under parts B, C, D, and E, shall prepare and submit to the President, Congress, and the National Council on Disability, a report that describes the goals and outcomes of programs supported under parts B, C, D, and E. In preparing the report, the [Secretary](/usc/42/15002.md?p=26) shall provide—

- (1) meaningful examples of how the councils, [protection and advocacy systems](/usc/42/15002.md?p=22), [centers](/usc/42/15002.md?p=5), and entities funded under parts B, C, D, and E, respectively—
  - (A) have undertaken coordinated activities with each other;
  - (B) have enhanced the ability of individuals with [developmental disabilities](/usc/42/15002.md?p=8-A) and their [families](/usc/42/15092.md?p=a-2-A) to participate in the design of and have access to needed community services, [individualized supports](/usc/42/15002.md?p=16), and other forms of assistance that promote self-determination, [independence](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=1-B), [productivity](/usc/42/15002.md?p=21), and [integration](/usc/42/15002.md?p=17) and [inclusion](/usc/42/15002.md?p=15) in all facets of community life;
  - (C) have brought about advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change activities (including policy reform), and other actions on behalf of individuals with [developmental disabilities](/usc/42/15002.md?p=8-A) and their [families](/usc/42/15092.md?p=a-2-A), including individuals who are traditionally unserved or underserved, particularly individuals who are members of ethnic and racial minority groups and individuals from underserved geographic areas; and
  - (D) have brought about advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change activities that affect individuals with disabilities other than individuals with [developmental disabilities](/usc/42/15002.md?p=8-A);
- (2) information on the extent to which programs authorized under this subchapter have addressed—
  - (A) protecting individuals with [developmental disabilities](/usc/42/15002.md?p=8-A) from abuse, neglect, sexual and financial exploitation, and [violations](/usc/42/2000e–16a.md?p=c) of legal and human rights, so that those individuals are at no greater risk of harm than other persons in the general population; and
  - (B) reports of deaths of and serious injuries to individuals with [developmental disabilities](/usc/42/15002.md?p=8-A); and
- (3) a summary of any incidents of noncompliance of the programs authorized under this subchapter with the provisions of this subchapter, and corrections made or actions taken to obtain compliance.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–402, title I, § 105, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1690.)