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H.R. 9516 117th Congress House

AACCENT Act

Official title: To support national training, technical assistance, and resource centers, to ensure that all individuals with significant expressive communication disabilities… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To support national training, technical assistance, and resource centers, to ensure that all individuals with significant expressive communication disabilities have access to the augmentative and alternative communication the individuals need to interact with others, in order to learn, work, socialize, and take advantage of all aspects of life in the United States.

Introduced: December 13, 2022 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 117th Congress ended
It never became law before the 117th Congress (2021–2022) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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 Latest action December 13, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Centers to Establish National Training Act or the AACCENT Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award three grants in geographically diverse regions to establish a network of resource centers to improve access to tools, technologies, strategies, training, and other methods used to supplement or replace speech (i.e., augmentative and alternative communication) for individuals with significant expressive communication disabilities. These are communication disabilities (other than communication disabilities that are primarily visual or auditory in nature) that prevent or significantly limit an individual from understanding or being understood using spoken words, resulting in the need for or benefit from augmentative and alternative communication.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9516: AACCENT Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9516/
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"H.R. 9516: AACCENT Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9516/.
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H.R. 9516, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9516/.
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