Union Calendar No. 181

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3161

[Report No. 103–330]

A BILL

To make technical amendments necessitated by the

ments of 1992, and for other purposes.enactment of the Older Americans Act AmendNOVEMBER 8, 1993

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
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Union Calendar No. 181

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3161

[Report No. 103–330]

To make technical amendments necessitated by the enactment of the Older

Americans Act Amendments of 1992, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 28, 1993

Mr. MARTINEZ (for himself and Ms. MOLINARI) introduced the following bill;

which was referred jointly to the Committees on Education and Labor

and Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 1993

Rereferred solely to the Committee on Education and Labor

NOVEMBER 8, 1993

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 28, 1993]

A BILL

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

3 Technical Amendments of 1993’’.

4 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE OLDER AMERI5 CANS ACT OF 1965.

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

7 3058ee) is amended—

8 (1) in section 102(3) by inserting ‘‘of the United

9 States’’ after ‘‘Virgin Islands’’,

10 (2) in section 202(a)(18)—

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

12 and

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

14 after ‘‘on aging’’,

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

16 and inserting ‘‘1995’’,

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

18 the first place it appears,

19 (5) in section 206(g)—

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

21 and inserting ‘‘1995’’,

22 (B) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking ‘‘1993’’

23 and inserting ‘‘1994’’, and

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

25 and inserting ‘‘1995’’,
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1 (6) in the first sentence of section 211 by striking

2 ‘‘agencies,’’ and inserting ‘‘agencies’’,

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

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

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

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

7 (9) in section 307—

8 (A) in section 307(a)—

9 (i) in the last sentence of paragraph

10 (8) by striking ‘‘knowledgable’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘knowledgeable’’, and

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

13 semicolon at the end and inserting a period,

14 and

15 (B) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ‘‘the re16 quirement described in clause (3)(B) of sub17 section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘such requirement’’,

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

19 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act’’ and inserting

20 ‘‘Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

21 Assistance Act’’,

22 (11) in section 314(a) by striking ‘‘(a) PRO23 MOTION.—’’,
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1 (12) in section 321(a)(15) by striking ‘‘clause

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

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

4 (13) in section 361(a) by inserting ‘‘and Preven5 tion’’ after ‘‘Control’’,

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

7 Abuse, and Mental Health Administration’’ and in8 serting ‘‘Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

9 Administration’’,

10 (15) in section 411(e) by striking ‘‘431(b)’’ and

11 inserting ‘‘section 431(b)’’,

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

13 striking ‘‘purposes’’ the last place it appears and in14 serting ‘‘purpose’’,

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

16 ‘‘and’’ at the end,

17 (18) in subsections (a) and (b)(2) of section 429I

18 by striking ‘‘black’’ and inserting ‘‘Black’’,

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

20 1974’’ after ‘‘Act’’, and

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

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

23 203 and 204(d)(5)(A) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1603,

24 1604(d)(5)(A))’’, and
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1 (21) in subsections (c) and (d) of section 614 by

2 striking ‘‘Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Sec3 retary’’.

4 SEC. 3. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AGING.

5 (a) AMENDMENTS TO THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF

6 1965.—The Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001–

7 3058ee) is amended—

8 (1) by amending section 102(2) to read as fol9 lows:

10 ‘‘(2) The term ‘Assistant Secretary’ means the

11 Assistant Secretary for Aging.’’,

12 (2) in section 201—

13 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘a Com14 missioner on’’ and inserting ‘‘an Assistant Sec15 retary for’’,

16 (B) in subsection (c)—

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

18 Associate Commissioner on’’ and inserting

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

20 (ii) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘As21 sociate Commissioner on’’ and inserting

22 ‘‘Director of the Office for’’,

23 (C) in subsection (d)—

24 (i) by striking ‘‘an Associate Commis25 sioner for Ombudsman Programs’’ and in-
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1 serting ‘‘a Director of the Office of Long2 Term Care Ombudsman Programs’’, and

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘Associate Commis4 sioner’’ each place it appears and inserting

5 ‘‘Director’’, and

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

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

8 (3) in section 202—

9 (A) in the heading by striking ‘‘COMMIS10 SIONER’’ and inserting ‘‘ASSISTANT SECRETARY’’,

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

12 ‘‘Associate Commissioner for Ombudsman Pro13 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the Office of

14 Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs’’,

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

16 ‘‘Associate Commissioner on’’ and inserting ‘‘Di17 rector of the Office for’’, and

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

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

20 (4) in sections 212 and 429E—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘Associate Commissioner

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

23 and

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

25 it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,
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1 (5) in section 307—

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

3 ‘‘Commissioner’s’’ each place it appears and in4 serting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’s’’, and

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

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

7 (6) in section 311(a)(4)(B) by striking ‘‘Commis8 sioner’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary for

9 Aging’’,

10 (7) in section 427—

11 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Commis12 sioner’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’, and

13 (B) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Commis14 sioner on Aging’’ each place is appears and in15 serting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,

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

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

18 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Sec19 retary for Aging’’,

20 (9) in section 712—

21 (A) in subsection (h)(4)(A) by striking ‘‘As22 sociate Commissioner for Ombudsman Pro23 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the Office of

24 Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs’’, and
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place

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

3 (10) in section 751—

4 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Associate

5 Commissioner on’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the

6 Office for’’, and

7 (B) in subsections (a) and (b) by striking

8 ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place it appears and in9 serting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,

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

11 429A(g)(2), 429G(c)(2), and 763(b) by striking ‘‘COM12 MISSIONER’’ and inserting ‘‘ASSISTANT SECRETARY’’,

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

14 ‘‘COMMISSIONER’’ and inserting ‘‘ASSISTANT SEC15 RETARY’’, and

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

17 appears, and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’, in sec18 tions 203(a), 203A, 204(d), 205, 206(g), 207, 211,

19 214, 215(b)(2), 301, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309(a), 310,

20 312, 313(a), 314, 321, 331, 336, 337, 338(a), 338A,

21 338B, 341, 351, 361, 381, 402, 411, 412, 421, 422,

22 423, 424, 425(a), 428, 429, 429A, 429B, 429C, 429D,

23 429F, 429G, 429H, 429I, 429J, 431, 432, 433, 613,

24 614, 614A, 623, 624, 631, 632, 701, 703, and

25 705(a)(7)(D), 713, 741(a)(4)(G), 763, and 764(a).
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1 (b) AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAW.—(1) Section 5315

2 of title 5 of the United States Code is amended in the item

3 relating to Assistant Secretaries of Health and Human

4 Services by striking ‘‘(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘(6)’’.

5 (2) Section 9(b) of the National Foundation on the

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

7 is amended by striking ‘‘Commissioner on Aging’’ and in8 serting ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Aging’’.

9 (3) Sections 911(a)(8) and 921(a)(2) of the Alzheimer’s

10 Disease and Related Dementias Services Research Act of

11 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11211(a)(8), 11221(a)(2)) are amended by

12 striking ‘‘Commissioner on Aging’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant

13 Secretary for Aging’’.

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

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

16 ‘‘Commissioner of Aging’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Sec17 retary for Aging’’.

18 (c) REFERENCES.—Any reference to the Commissioner

19 on Aging in any order, rule, guideline, contract, grant, suit,

20 or proceeding that is pending, enforceable, or in effect on

21 the date of the enactment of this Act shall be deemed to

22 be a reference to the Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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1 SEC. 4. MATTERS RELATING TO THE OLDER AMERICANS

2 ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1992.

3 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Older Americans

4 Act Amendments of 1992 (Public Law 102–375; 106 Stat.

5 1195–1310) is amended—

6 (1) in section 202(g) by striking ‘‘1993’’ each

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

8 (2) in section 211 by striking ‘‘1994’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘1995’’, and

10 (3) in section 502(b)—

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

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

13 inserting ‘‘Section’’, and

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

15 first sentence’’ after ‘‘(1)’’.

16 (b) DELAYED APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN AMEND17 MENTS.—The amendments made by—

18 (1) sections 303(a)(2), 303(a)(3), 304 (excluding

19 paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a)), 305, 306,

20 307, and 317, and

21 (2) title VII,

22 of the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1992 (Public

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

24 respect to fiscal year 1993.
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1 SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIVE AMER2 ICAN PROGRAMS ACT OF 1974.

3 The Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.

4 2991–2992d) is amended—

5 (1) in section 802 by striking ‘‘Alaskan’’ and in6 serting ‘‘Alaska’’, and

7 (2) in the first sentence of section 803(a) by

8 striking ‘‘nonreservation areas’’ and inserting ‘‘areas

9 that are not Indian reservations or Alaska Native vil10 lages’’,

11 (3) in section 803A—

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

13 striking ‘‘to which a grant is awarded under

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

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

16 which a grant is made under subsection (a)(1)’’,

17 and

18 (C) in subsection (f)(1) by striking ‘‘for fis19 cal years 1988, 1989, and 1990 the aggregate

20 amount $3,000,000 for all such fiscal years’’ and

21 inserting ‘‘for each of the fiscal years 1992, 1993,

22 and 1994, $1,000,000’’,

23 (4) in section 803B(c)—

24 (A) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘individ25 uals who’’ and inserting ‘‘agencies described in

26 section 803(a) that’’, and
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1 (B) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘such in2 dividuals’’ and inserting ‘‘Native Americans,’’,

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

4 and inserting ‘‘Alaska’’,

5 (6) in section 815—

6 (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘Alaskan’’

7 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Alaska’’,

8 and

9 (B) in paragraph (4) by adding a semi10 colon at the end, and

11 (7) in section 816—

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

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

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

15 inserting ‘‘is’’,

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

17 years 1992 and 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year

18 1994’’, and

19 (D) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f)

20 as subsections (d) and (e), respectively.

21 SEC. 6. AMENDMENTS REGARDING THE WHITE HOUSE CON22 FERENCE ON AGING.

23 Title II of the Older Americans Amendments of 1987

24 (42 U.S.C. 3001 note) is amended—
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1 (1) in section 202(a) by striking ‘‘December 31,

2 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘May 31, 1995,’’,

3 (2) in section 203(b)—

4 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘sub5 section (a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(3)’’,

6 and

7 (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘sub8 section (a)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(6)’’,

9 (3) in section 204—

10 (A) in subsection (a)—

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

12 days after the enactment of the Older Amer13 icans Act Amendments of 1992’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘December 31, 1993’’, and

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

16 ‘‘60 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days’’,

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

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

19 as to align such margin with the left margin of

20 paragraph (1), and

21 (C) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘prescribed

22 rate for GS–18 under section 5332’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘equivalent of the maximum rate of pay

24 payable under section 5376’’,
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1 (4) in section 206(5) by inserting ‘‘of the United

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

3 (5) in section 207—

4 (A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘1994’’

5 and inserting ‘‘1996’’, and

6 (B) in subsection (b)—

7 (i) in paragraphs (1) and (2) by strik8 ing ‘‘June 30, 1995’’ each place it appears

9 and inserting ‘‘December 30, 1995’’, and

10 (ii) in paragraph (3) by striking

11 ‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1995’’.

12 SEC. 7. AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES

13 BLOCK GRANT ACT.

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

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

16 9910(a)(2)) is amended—

17 (1) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘(includ18 ing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘facilities’’, and in19 serting ‘‘, including rental housing for low-income in20 dividuals’’,

21 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F)

22 as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively, and

23 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol24 lowing:
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1 ‘‘(E) technical assistance and training pro2 grams regarding the planning and development

3 of rural community facilities (in selecting enti4 ties to carry out such programs, the Secretary

5 shall give priority to organizations described in

6 subparagraph (D));’’.

7 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 682 of the Community

8 Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9911) is amended—

9 (1) in subsection (a)—

10 (A) in paragraph (1)—

11 (i) by striking ‘‘contract with’’ and in12 serting ‘‘awarding a grant or contract to’’,

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘this subtitle’’ and in14 serting ‘‘section 674’’, and

15 (iii) by striking subparagraphs (A)

16 and (B) and inserting the following:

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

18 Grant to the States that are related to the purposes

19 of the subtitle.

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

21 under this subtitle, the number of low-income persons

22 served under this subtitle, and that amount of infor23 mation concerning the demographics of the low-in24 come populations served by such eligible entities as is

25 determined to be feasible.
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1 ‘‘(C) Any information in addition to that de2 scribed in subparagraph (B) that the Secretary con3 siders to be appropriate to carry out this subtitle, ex4 cept that the Secretary may not require a State to

5 provide such additional information until the expira6 tion of the 1-year period beginning on the date on

7 which the Secretary notifies such State that such ad8 ditional information will be required to be provided.’’,

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

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

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

12 this subsection, the Secretary shall give a preference to any

13 nonprofit entity that has demonstrated the ability to secure

14 the voluntary cooperation of grantees under this subtitle in

15 designing and implementing national Community Services

16 Block Grant information systems.’’, and

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

18 all that follows through ‘‘prepared, the’’, and insert19 ing ‘‘The’’.

20 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Community Serv21 ices Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901–9912) is amended—

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

23 States’’ after ‘‘Virgin Islands’’,

24 (2) in section 674(a)—
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1 (A) in paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(A)(ii) by

2 striking ‘‘681(c)’’ each place it appears and in3 serting ‘‘681(d)’’, and

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

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

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

7 inserting ‘‘681(d)’’, and

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

9 inserting ‘‘statewide’’.

10 SEC. 8. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS WITH RESPECT TO

11 CHILD CARE.

12 Section 8 of Public Law 102–586 is amended by strik13 ing ‘‘Child Care and Development Block Grant Act Amend14 ments of 1992’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Child

15 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990’’.

16 SEC. 9. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION

17 AND TREATMENT ACT.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of section 114(d)

19 of the Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Adoption and Fam20 ily Services Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 5106a note; Public Law

21 102-295) is amended—

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

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

24 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub25 section (a) take effect on September 30, 1993.
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