103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3161

AN ACT

To make technical amendments necessitated by the

ments of 1992, and for other purposes.enactment of the Older Americans Act Amend-
103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3161

AN ACT

To make technical amendments necessitated by the enactment of the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1992,

and for other purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Older Americans Act

5 Technical Amendments of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE OLDER AMERI7 CANS ACT OF 1965.

8 The Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001–

9 3058ee) is amended—
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1 (1) in section 102(3) by inserting ‘‘of the

2 United States’’ after ‘‘Virgin Islands’’,

3 (2) in section 202(a)(18)—

4 (A) by striking ‘‘, and service providers,’’,

5 and

6 (B) by inserting ‘‘, and service providers,’’

7 after ‘‘on aging’’,

8 (3) in section 202(a)(27)(C) by striking ‘‘1994’’

9 and inserting ‘‘1995’’,

10 (4) in section 203(a)(3) by striking ‘‘Federal’’

11 the first place it appears,

12 (5) in section 206(g)—

13 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘1994’’

14 and inserting ‘‘1995’’,

15 (B) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking

16 ‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘1994’’, and

17 (C) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘1994’’

18 and inserting ‘‘1995’’,

19 (6) in the first sentence of section 211 by strik20 ing ‘‘agencies,’’ and inserting ‘‘agencies’’,

21 (7) in section 302 by striking paragraph (10),

22 (8) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 305(b)

23 by striking ‘‘clause (1) of subsection (a)’’ each place

24 it appears, and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’,

25 (9) in section 307—
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1 (A) in section 307(a)—

2 (i) in the last sentence of paragraph

3 (8) by striking ‘‘knowledgable’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘knowledgeable’’, and

5 (ii) in paragraph (24) by striking the

6 semicolon at the end and inserting a pe7 riod, and

8 (B) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ‘‘the

9 requirement described in clause (3)(B) of sub10 section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘such requirement’’,

11 (10) in section 310(a)(1) by striking ‘‘Disaster

12 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

14 Assistance Act’’,

15 (11) in section 314(a) by striking ‘‘(a) PRO16 MOTION.—’’,

17 (12) in section 321(a)(15) by striking ‘‘clause

18 (16) of section 307(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 3 of

19 subtitle A of title VII and section 307(a)(16)’’,

20 (13) in section 361(a) by inserting ‘‘and Pre21 vention’’ after ‘‘Control’’,

22 (14) in section 402(b) by striking ‘‘Alcohol,

23 Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration’’

24 and inserting ‘‘Substance Abuse and Mental Health

25 Services Administration’’,
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1 (15) in section 411(e) by striking ‘‘431(b)’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘section 431(b)’’,

3 (16) in the first sentence of section 421(a) by

4 striking ‘‘purposes’’ the last place it appears and in5 serting ‘‘purpose’’,

6 (17) in section 429G(a)(2)(B)(v)(X) by striking

7 ‘‘and’’ at the end,

8 (18) in subsections (a) and (b)(2) of section

9 429I by striking ‘‘black’’ and inserting ‘‘Black’’,

10 (19) in section 429J(a)(2)(D) by inserting ‘‘of

11 1974’’ after ‘‘Act’’,

12 (20) in section 510 by striking ‘‘section 203 of

13 such Act (29 U.S.C. 1603)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections

14 203 and 204(d)(5)(A) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1603,

15 1604(d)(5)(A))’’, and

16 (21) in subsections (c) and (d) of section 614

17 by striking ‘‘Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant

18 Secretary’’.

19 SEC. 3. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AGING.

20 (a) AMENDMENTS TO THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT

21 OF 1965.—The Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.

22 3001–3058ee) is amended—

23 (1) by amending section 102(2) to read as fol24 lows:
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1 ‘‘(2) The term ‘Assistant Secretary’ means the

2 Assistant Secretary for Aging.’’,

3 (2) in section 201—

4 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘a Com5 missioner on’’ and inserting ‘‘an Assistant Sec6 retary for’’,

7 (B) in subsection (c)—

8 (i) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘an

9 Associate Commissioner on’’ and inserting

10 ‘‘a Director of the Office for’’, and

11 (ii) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘As12 sociate Commissioner on’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘Director of the Office for’’,

14 (C) in subsection (d)—

15 (i) by striking ‘‘an Associate Commis16 sioner for Ombudsman Programs’’ and in17 serting ‘‘a Director of the Office of Long18 Term Care Ombudsman Programs’’, and

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘Associate Commis20 sioner’’ each place it appears and inserting

21 ‘‘Director’’, and

22 (D) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place

23 it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,

24 (3) in section 202—
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1 (A) in the heading by striking ‘‘COMMIS2 SIONER’’ and inserting ‘‘ASSISTANT SEC3 RETARY’’,

4 (B) in subsection (a)(21)(A) by striking

5 ‘‘Associate Commissioner for Ombudsman Pro6 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the Office of

7 Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs’’,

8 (C) in subsection (e)(1)(A)(iv) by striking

9 ‘‘Associate Commissioner on’’ and inserting

10 ‘‘Director of the Office for’’, and

11 (D) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place

12 it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,

13 (4) in sections 212 and 429E—

14 (A) by striking ‘‘Associate Commissioner

15 on’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the Office for’’,

16 and

17 (B) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place

18 it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,

19 (5) in section 307—

20 (A) in subsections (d) and (e) by striking

21 ‘‘Commissioner’s’’ each place it appears and in22 serting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’s’’, and

23 (B) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place

24 it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,
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1 (6) in section 311(a)(4)(B) by striking ‘‘Com2 missioner’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary for

3 Aging’’,

4 (7) in section 427—

5 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Commis6 sioner’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,

7 and

8 (B) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Commis9 sioner on Aging’’ each place is appears and in10 serting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,

11 (8) in subsections (a) and (b)(1) of section 503,

12 and in section 505(a), by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’

13 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Sec14 retary for Aging’’,

15 (9) in section 712—

16 (A) in subsection (h)(4)(A) by striking

17 ‘‘Associate Commissioner for Ombudsman Pro18 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the Office of

19 Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs’’, and

20 (B) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place

21 it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,

22 (10) in section 751—

23 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Associ24 ate Commissioner on’’ and inserting ‘‘Director

25 of the Office for’’, and
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1 (B) in subsections (a) and (b) by striking

2 ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place it appears and in3 serting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,

4 (11) in the headings of sections 338B(b),

5 429A(g)(2), 429G(c)(2), and 763(b) by striking

6 ‘‘COMMISSIONER’’ and inserting ‘‘ASSISTANT SEC7 RETARY’’,

8 (12) in the heading of section 433 by striking

9 ‘‘COMMISSIONER’’ and inserting ‘‘ASSISTANT SEC10 RETARY’’, and

11 (13) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place it

12 appears, and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’, in sec13 tions 203(a), 203A, 204(d), 205, 206(g), 207, 211,

14 214, 215(b)(2), 301, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309(a),

15 310, 312, 313(a), 314, 321, 331, 336, 337, 338(a),

16 338A, 338B, 341, 351, 361, 381, 402, 411, 412,

17 421, 422, 423, 424, 425(a), 428, 429, 429A, 429B,

18 429C, 429D, 429F, 429G, 429H, 429I, 429J, 431,

19 432, 433, 613, 614, 614A, 623, 624, 631, 632, 701,

20 703, 705(a)(7)(D), 713, 741(a)(4)(G), 763, and

21 764(a).

22 (b) AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAW.—(1) Section

23 5315 of title 5 of the United States Code is amended in

24 the item relating to Assistant Secretaries of Health and

25 Human Services by striking ‘‘(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘(6)’’.
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1 (2) Section 9(b) of the National Foundation on the

2 Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 958(b))

3 is amended by striking ‘‘Commissioner on Aging’’ and in4 serting ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Aging’’.

5 (3) Sections 911(a)(8) and 921(a)(2) of the Alz6 heimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Services Re7 search Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11211(a)(8), 11221(a)(2))

8 are amended by striking ‘‘Commissioner on Aging’’ and

9 inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Aging’’.

10 (4) Section 17(o)(3)(A) of the National School Lunch

11 Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(o)(3)(A)) is amended by striking

12 ‘‘Commissioner of Aging’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Sec13 retary for Aging’’.

14 (c) REFERENCES.—Any reference to the Commis15 sioner on Aging in any order, rule, guideline, contract,

16 grant, suit, or proceeding that is pending, enforceable, or

17 in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act shall

18 be deemed to be a reference to the Assistant Secretary

19 for Aging.

20 SEC. 4. MATTERS RELATING TO THE OLDER AMERICANS

21 ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1992.

22 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Older Ameri23 cans Act Amendments of 1992 (Public Law 102–375; 106

24 Stat. 1195–1310) is amended—
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1 (1) in section 202(g) by striking ‘‘1993’’ each

2 place it appears and inserting ‘‘1994’’,

3 (2) in section 211 by striking ‘‘1994’’ and in4 serting ‘‘1995’’, and

5 (3) in section 502(b)—

6 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)

7 by striking ‘‘The first sentence of section’’ and

8 inserting ‘‘Section’’, and

9 (B) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘in the

10 first sentence’’ after ‘‘(1)’’.

11 (b) DELAYED APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN AMEND12 MENTS.—The amendments made by—

13 (1) sections 303(a)(2), 303(a)(3), 304 (exclud14 ing paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a)), 305,

15 306, 307, and 317, and

16 (2) title VII,

17 of the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1992 (Public

18 Law 102–375; 106 Stat. 1221 et seq.) shall not apply with

19 respect to fiscal year 1993.

20 SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIVE AMER21 ICAN PROGRAMS ACT OF 1974.

22 The Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42

23 U.S.C. 2991–2992d) is amended—

24 (1) in section 802 by striking ‘‘Alaskan’’ and

25 inserting ‘‘Alaska’’, and
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1 (2) in the first sentence of section 803(a) by

2 striking ‘‘nonreservation areas’’ and inserting ‘‘areas

3 that are not Indian reservations or Alaska Native

4 villages’’,

5 (3) in section 803A—

6 (A) in subsections (b), (c), and (d)(1) by

7 striking ‘‘to which a grant is awarded under

8 subsection (a)(1)’’ each place it appears,

9 (B) in subsection (d)(2) by striking ‘‘to

10 which a grant is made under subsection

11 (a)(1)’’, and

12 (C) in subsection (f)(1) by striking ‘‘for

13 fiscal years 1988, 1989, and 1990 the aggre14 gate amount $3,000,000 for all such fiscal

15 years’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of the fiscal

16 years 1992, 1993, and 1994, $1,000,000’’,

17 (4) in section 803B(c)—

18 (A) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘individ19 uals who’’ and inserting ‘‘agencies described in

20 section 803(a) that’’, and

21 (B) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘such in22 dividuals’’ and inserting ‘‘Native Americans,’’,

23 (5) in section 806(a)(2) by striking ‘‘Alaskan’’

24 and inserting ‘‘Alaska’’,

25 (6) in section 815—
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1 (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘Alas2 kan’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Alas3 ka’’, and

4 (B) in paragraph (4) by adding a semi5 colon at the end, and

6 (6) in section 816—

7 (A) in subsections (a) and (b) by inserting

8 a comma after ‘‘803A’’ each place it appears,

9 (B) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘are’’ and

10 inserting ‘‘is’’,

11 (C) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘fiscal

12 years 1992 and 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal

13 year 1994’’, and

14 (D) by redesignating subsections (e) and

15 (f) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively.

16 SEC. 6. AMENDMENTS REGARDING THE WHITE HOUSE CON17 FERENCE ON AGING.

18 Title II of the Older Americans Amendments of 1987

19 (42 U.S.C. 3001 note) is amended—

20 (1) in section 202(a) by striking ‘‘December 31,

21 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘May 31, 1995,’’,

22 (2) in section 203(b)—

23 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘sub24 section (a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection

25 (a)(3)’’, and
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1 (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘sub2 section (a)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection

3 (a)(6)’’,

4 (3) in section 204—

5 (A) in subsection (a)—

6 (i) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘90

7 days after the enactment of the Older

8 Americans Act Amendments of 1992’’ and

9 inserting ‘‘December 31, 1993’’, and

10 (ii) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking

11 ‘‘60 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days’’,

12 (B) in subsection (b) by moving the left

13 margin of paragraph (2) 2 ems to the right so

14 as to align such margin with the left margin of

15 paragraph (1), and

16 (C) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘pre17 scribed rate for GS–18 under section 5332’’

18 and inserting ‘‘equivalent of the maximum rate

19 of pay payable under section 5376’’,

20 (4) in section 206(5) by inserting ‘‘of the

21 United States’’ after ‘‘Virgin Islands’’, and

22 (5) in section 207—

23 (A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking

24 ‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1996’’, and

25 (B) in subsection (b)—
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1 (i) in paragraph (1)—

2 (I) by striking ‘‘June 30, 1995,

3 or’’, and

4 (II) by striking ‘‘, whichever oc5 curs earlier’’,

6 (ii) in paragraph (2)—

7 (I) by striking ‘‘June 30, 1995,

8 or’’, and

9 (II) by striking ‘‘, whichever oc10 curs earlier,’’, and

11 (iii) in paragraph (3) by striking

12 ‘‘June 30, 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘December

13 31, 1995’’.

14 SEC. 7. AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES

15 BLOCK GRANT ACT.

16 (a) DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY.—Section 681(a)(2)

17 of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C.

18 9910(a)(2)) is amended—

19 (1) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘(includ20 ing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘facilities’’, and in21 serting ‘‘, including rental housing for low-income

22 individuals’’,

23 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and

24 (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively, and
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1 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol2 lowing:

3 ‘‘(E) technical assistance and training pro4 grams regarding the planning and development

5 of rural community facilities (in selecting enti6 ties to carry out such programs, the Secretary

7 shall give priority to organizations described in

8 subparagraph (D));’’.

9 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 682 of the Commu10 nity Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9911) is amend11 ed—

12 (1) in subsection (a)—

13 (A) in paragraph (1)—

14 (i) by striking ‘‘contract with’’ and in15 serting ‘‘awarding a grant or contract to’’,

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘this subtitle’’ and in17 serting ‘‘section 674’’, and

18 (iii) by striking subparagraphs (A)

19 and (B) and inserting the following:

20 ‘‘(A) The uses of the Community Services Block

21 Grant to the States that are related to the purposes

22 of the subtitle.

23 ‘‘(B) The number of entities eligible for funds

24 under this subtitle, the number of low-income per25 sons served under this subtitle, and that amount of
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1 information concerning the demographics of the low2 income populations served by such eligible entities as

3 is determined to be feasible.

4 ‘‘(C) Any information in addition to that de5 scribed in subparagraph (B) that the Secretary con6 siders to be appropriate to carry out this subtitle,

7 except that the Secretary may not require a State to

8 provide such additional information until the expira9 tion of the 1-year period beginning on the date on

10 which the Secretary notifies such State that such

11 additional information will be required to be pro12 vided.’’,

13 (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3),

14 and

15 (C) by adding at the end the following:

16 ‘‘(2) In selecting an entity to prepare a report under

17 this subsection, the Secretary shall give a preference to

18 any nonprofit entity that has demonstrated the ability to

19 secure the voluntary cooperation of grantees under this

20 subtitle in designing and implementing national Commu21 nity Services Block Grant information systems.’’, and

22 (2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Not later’’

23 and all that follows through ‘‘prepared, the’’, and in24 serting ‘‘The’’.
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1 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Community

2 Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901–9912) is

3 amended—

4 (1) in section 673(4) by inserting ‘‘of the

5 United States’’ after ‘‘Virgin Islands’’,

6 (2) in section 674(a)—

7 (A) in paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(A)(ii) by

8 striking ‘‘681(c)’’ each place it appears and in9 serting ‘‘681(d)’’, and

10 (B) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘of the

11 United States’’ after ‘‘Virgin Islands’’,

12 (3) in section 680(a) by striking ‘‘681(c)’’ and

13 inserting ‘‘681(d)’’, and

14 (4) in section 681A by striking ‘‘Statewide’’

15 and inserting ‘‘statewide’’.

16 SEC. 8. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS WITH RESPECT TO

17 CHILD CARE.

18 Section 8 of Public Law 102–586 is amended by

19 striking ‘‘Child Care and Development Block Grant Act

20 Amendments of 1992’’ each place it appears and inserting

21 ‘‘Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990’’.

22 SEC. 9. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION

23 AND TREATMENT ACT.

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of section

25 114(d) of the Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Adoption
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1 and Family Services Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 5106a note;

2 Public Law 102-295) is amended—

3 (1) by striking ‘‘on October 1, 1993, or’’, and

4 (2) by striking ‘‘, whichever occurs first’’.

5 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

6 subsection (a) take effect on September 30, 1993.

Passed the House of Representatives November 8,

1993.

Attest:

Clerk.

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