---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 6106a"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "6106a"
heading: "Reports to the Secretary and Congress"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/6106a"
units:
  - "Chapter 76 — Age Discrimination in Federally Assisted Programs"
---

# §6106a. Reports to the Secretary and Congress

- (a) Not later than December 31 of each year (beginning in 1979), the head of each [Federal department or agency](/usc/42/6107.md?p=3) shall submit to the [Secretary](/usc/42/6107.md?p=2) of Health and Human Services a report (1) describing in detail the steps taken during the preceding fiscal year by such department or [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) to carry out the provisions of [section 6102 of this title](/usc/42/6102.md); and (2) containing specific data about program participants or beneficiaries, by age, sufficient to permit analysis of how well the department or [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) is carrying out the provisions of [section 6102 of this title](/usc/42/6102.md).
- (b) Not later than March 31 of each year (beginning in 1980), the [Secretary](/usc/42/6107.md?p=2) of Health and Human Services shall compile the reports made pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) and shall submit them to the Congress, together with an evaluation of the performance of each department or [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) with respect to carrying out the provisions of [section 6102 of this title](/usc/42/6102.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–135, title III, § 308, as added Pub. L. 95–478, title IV, § 401(e), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1556; amended Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 308 of Pub. L. 94–135 was renumbered section 309 and is classified to section 6107 of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

### Effective Date

Section effective at close of Sept. 30, 1978, see section 504 of Pub. L. 95–478, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 3001 of this title.