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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 773

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to extend the authorizations

of appropriations for that Act, and to make technical corrections.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 23, 1999

Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ALLEN,

Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin,

Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr.

BONIOR, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BRADY of

Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. CAMPBELL, Ms. CARSON, Mr. CAPUANO, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr.

COSTELLO, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DANNER,

Mr. DICKEY, Mr. DIXON, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DEUTSCH,

Mr. DOYLE, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ENGLISH, Ms. ESHOO, Mr.

ETHERIDGE, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FARR of California, Mr.

THOMPSON of California, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. TRAFICANT,

Mr. TURNER, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. VENTO, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WATKINS, Mr. WALSH, Mr. WAXMAN,

Mr. WEINER, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. WEYGAND, Mr. WHITFIELD, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FORBES, Mr. FORD, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. FROST, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr.

GEJDENSON, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. HALL of Ohio,

Mr. HAYES, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr.

HOEFFEL, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mrs.

JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. KANJORSKI, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr.

LAMPSON, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LOBIONDO,

Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MASCARA, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. METCALF, Mr.

GEORGE MILLER of California, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr.

MORAN of Kansas, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr.

NEY, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OLVER, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASTOR, Ms.

PELOSI, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. PICKETT, Mr. POMEROY, Mr.

PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. QUINN, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. REGULA, Mr.

REYES, Mr. ROEMER, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SABO, Ms. SANCHEZ,

Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SAWYER, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SHERMAN,
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Mr. SHOWS, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SCHAKOWKSY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr.

SKELTON, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr.

SNYDER, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. STARK, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. TAYLOR of

North Carolina, Mrs. TAUSCHER, and Mr. TIERNEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the

Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to extend the

authorizations of appropriations for that Act, and to

make technical corrections.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

4 (a) EXPIRED PROVISIONS.—(1) Section 202(a)(27)

5 of the Older Americans Act of 1995 (42 U.S.C.

6 3012(a)(27)) is amended by striking subparagraph (C).

7 (2) Section 205 of the Older Americans Act of 1995

8 (42 U.S.C. 3016) is amended—

9 (A) by striking subsection (c), and

10 (B) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as

11 subsections (c) and (d), respectively.

12 (3) Section 206(g) of the Older Americans Act of

13 1995 (42 U.S.C. 3017(g)) is amended—

14 (A) by striking paragraph (1), and

15 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as

16 paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.
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1 (b) NAME CHANGES.—Section 207(b)(2) of the Older

2 Americans Act of 1995 (42 U.S.C. 3018(b)(2)) is

3 amended—

4 (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking

5 ‘‘Labor’’ and inserting ‘‘the Workforce’’, and

6 (2) in subparagraph (C) by striking

7 ‘‘Labor and Human Resources’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

9 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.

10 (a) FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING.—Section

11 204(g) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.

12 3015(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘$300, 000 for fiscal year

13 1992 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years

14 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as may

15 be necessary for fiscal years 2000 through 2002’’.

16 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 215 of the Older

17 Americans Act of 1995 (42 U.S.C. 3020f) is amended—

18 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘1992, 1993,

19 1994, and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘2000 through

20 2002’’, and

21 (2) in subsection (b) by amending paragraph

22 (1) to read as follows:

23 ‘‘(1) $29,000,000 for each of the fiscal years

24 2000 through 2002; and’’.
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1 (c) GRANTS FOR STATE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

2 ON AGING.—Section 303 of the Older Americans Act of

3 1995 (42 U.S.C. 3023) is amended—

4 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking

5 ‘‘$461,376,000 for fiscal year 1992 and such sums

6 as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and

7 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be nec8 essary for fiscal years 2000 through 2002’’,

9 (2) in subsection (b)—

10 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking

11 ‘‘$505,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 and such

12 sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993,

13 1994, and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as

14 may be necessary for fiscal years 2000 through

15 2002’’,

16 (B) in paragraph (2) by striking

17 ‘‘$120,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 and such

18 sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993,

19 1994, and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as

20 may be necessary for fiscal years 2000 through

21 2002’’, and

22 (C) in paragraph (3) by striking

23 ‘‘$15,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 and such

24 sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993,

25 1994, and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as
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1 may be necessary for fiscal years 2000 through

2 2002’’,

3 (3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘$45,388,000

4 for fiscal year 1992 and such sums as may be nec5 essary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and

6 inserting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

7 years 2000 through 2002’’,

8 (4) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘the fiscal

9 years 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and inserting

10 ‘‘fiscal years 2000 through 2002’’,

11 (5) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘$25,000,000

12 for fiscal year 1992 and such sums as may be nec13 essary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and

14 inserting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

15 years 2000 through 2002’’, and

16 (6) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘$15,000,000

17 for fiscal year 1992 and such sums as may be nec18 essary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and

19 inserting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

20 years 2000 through 2002’’.

21 (d) AVAILABILITY OF SURPLUS COMMODITIES.—Sec22 tion 311(c)(1)(A) of the Older Americans Act of 1995 (42

23 U.S.C. 3030a(c)(1)(A)) is amended by striking

24 ‘‘$250,000,000 for fiscal year 1992, $310,000,000 for fis25 cal year 1993, $380,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and
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1 $460,000,000 for fiscal year 1995’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘$460,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000 through

3 2002’’.

4 (e) TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND DISCRETIONARY

5 PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS.—Section 431 of the Older

6 Americans Act of 1995 (42 U.S.C. 3037) is amended—

7 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking

8 ‘‘$72,000,000 for fiscal year 1992, and such sums

9 as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and

10 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be nec11 essary for fiscal years 2000 through 2002’’, and

12 (2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘$450,000 for

13 each of the fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, and

14 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘$450,000 for each of the fiscal

15 years 2000 through 2002’’.

16 (f) COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER

17 AMERICANS.—Section 508(a)(1) of the Older Americans

18 Act of 1995 (42 U.S.C. 3056f(a)(1)) is amended by strik19 ing ‘‘$470,671,000 for fiscal year 1992, and such sums

20 as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and

21 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for

22 fiscal years 2000 through 2002’’.

23 (g) GRANTS FOR NATIVE AMERICANS.—Section

24 633(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1995 (42 U.S.C.

25 3057n(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘$30,000,000 for fiscal
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1 year 1992 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

2 years 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums

3 as may be necessary for fiscal years 2000 through 2002’’.

4 (h) ALLOTMENTS FOR VULNERABLE ELDER RIGHTS

5 PROTECTION ACTIVITIES.—Section 702 of the Older

6 Americans Act of 1995 (42 U.S.C. 3058a) is amended—

7 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘$40,000,000

8 for fiscal year 1992 and such sums as may be nec9 essary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and

10 inserting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

11 years 2000 through 2002’’,

12 (2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘$15,000,000

13 for fiscal year 1992 and such sums as may be nec14 essary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and

15 inserting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

16 years 2000 through 2002’’,

17 (3) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000

18 for fiscal year 1992 and such sums as may be nec19 essary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and

20 inserting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

21 years 2000 through 2002’’, and

22 (4) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘$15,000,000

23 for fiscal year 1992 and such sums as may be nec24 essary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and
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1 inserting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

2 years 2000 through 2002’’.

3 (i) NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM.—Section 751(d) of

4 the Older Americans Act of 1995 (42 U.S.C. 3058aa(d))

5 is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1992,

6 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993,

7 1994, and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be nec8 essary for fiscal years 2000 through 2002’’.

9 SEC. 3. TRANSFERS.

10 Section 308(b) of the Older Americans Act of 1965

11 (42 U.S.C. 3028(b)) is amended—

12 (1) in paragraph (4)(B)—

13 (A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1993, 1994,

14 1995, or 1996’’ and inserting ‘‘a fiscal year’’,

15 and

16 (B) by striking ‘‘need—’’ and all that fol17 lows and inserting ‘‘need, an additional 10 per18 cent of the funds so received for the fiscal

19 year.’’, and

20 (2) in paragraph (5)—

21 (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘not

22 more than 30 percent for fiscal year 1993, not

23 more than 25 percent for fiscal year 1994, not

24 more than 25 percent for fiscal year 1995, and

25 not more than 20 percent for fiscal year 1996’’
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1 and inserting ‘‘not more than 20 percent for

2 the fiscal year involved’’, and

3 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

4 (i) by striking ‘‘(B)(i)’’ and all that

5 follows through ‘‘(ii) If ’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘(B) If ’’, and

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 1996’’

8 and inserting ‘‘for a fiscal year’’.

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