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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3161

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 to the Committee on Education and Labor

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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

5 Technical Amendments of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE OLDER AMERI2 CANS ACT OF 1965.

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

4 3058ee) is amended—

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

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

7 (2) in section 202(a)(18)—

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

9 and

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

11 after ‘‘on aging’’,

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

13 and inserting ‘‘1995’’,

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

15 the first place it appears,

16 (5) in section 206(g)—

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

18 and inserting ‘‘1995’’,

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

20 ‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘1994’’, and

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

22 and inserting ‘‘1995’’,

23 (6) in section 302 by striking paragraph (10),

24 (7) in section 305(b)(1) by striking ‘‘clause (1)

25 of subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’,

26 (8) in section 307—
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1 (A) in subsection (a)(24) by striking the

2 semicolon at the end and inserting a period,

3 and

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

5 requirement described in clause (3)(B) of sub6 section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘such requirement’’,

7 (9) in section 310(a)(1) by striking ‘‘Disaster

8 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

10 Assistance Act’’,

11 (10) in section 314(a) by striking ‘‘(a) PRO12 MOTION.—’’,

13 (11) in section 321(a)(15) by striking ‘‘clause

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

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

16 (12) in section 402(b) by striking ‘‘Alcohol,

17 Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration’’

18 and inserting ‘‘Substance Abuse and Mental Health

19 Services Administration’’,

20 (13) in the first sentence of section 421(a) by

21 striking ‘‘purposes’’ the last place it appears and in22 serting ‘‘objectives’’,

23 (14) in section 510 by striking ‘‘section 203 of

24 such Act (29 U.S.C. 1603)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections
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1 203 and 204(d)(5)(A) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1603,

2 1604(d)(5)(A))’’, and

3 (15) in subsections (c) and (d) of section 614

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

5 Secretary’’.

6 SEC. 3. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AGING.

7 (a) AMENDMENTS TO THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT

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

9 3001–3058ee) is amended—

10 (1) by amending section 102(2) to read as fol11 lows:

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

13 Assistant Secretary for Aging.’’,

14 (2) in section 201—

15 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘a Com16 missioner on’’ and inserting ‘‘an Assistant Sec17 retary for’’,

18 (B) in subsection (c)—

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

20 Associate Commissioner on’’ and inserting

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

22 (ii) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘As23 sociate Commissioner on’’ and inserting

24 ‘‘Director of the Office for’’,

25 (C) in subsection (d)—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘an Associate Commis2 sioner for Ombudsman Programs’’ and in3 serting ‘‘a Director of the Office of Long4 Term Care Ombudsman Programs’’, and

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘Associate Commis6 sioner’’ each place it appears and inserting

7 ‘‘Director’’, and

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

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

10 (3) in section 202—

11 (A) in the heading by striking ‘‘COMMIS12 SIONER’’ and inserting ‘‘ASSISTANT SEC13 RETARY’’,

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

15 ‘‘Associate Commissioner for Ombudsman Pro16 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the Office of

17 Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs’’,

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

19 ‘‘Associate Commissioner on’’ and inserting

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

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

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

23 (4) in sections 212 and 429E—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘Associate Commissioner

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

3 and

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

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

6 (5) in section 307—

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

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

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

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

12 (6) in section 311(a)(4)(B) by striking ‘‘Com13 missioner’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary for

14 Aging’’,

15 (7) in section 427—

16 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Commis17 sioner’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,

18 and

19 (B) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Commis20 sioner on Aging’’ each place is appears and in21 serting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,

22 (8) in sections 503(a) and 505(a) by striking

23 ‘‘Commissioner’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary

24 for Aging’’,

25 (9) in section 712—
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1 (A) in subsection (h)(4)(A) by striking

2 ‘‘Associate Commissioner for Ombudsman Pro3 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the Office of

4 Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs’’, and

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

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

7 (10) in section 751—

8 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Associ9 ate Commissioner on’’ and inserting ‘‘Director

10 of the Office for’’, and

11 (B) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Commis12 sioner’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘As13 sistant Secretary’’, and

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

15 appears, and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’, in sec16 tions 203(a), 203A, 204(d), 205, 207, 211, 214,

17 215(b)(2), 301, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309(a),

18 310, 312, 313(a), 321, 331, 336, 337, 338(a),

19 338A, 338B, 341, 351, 361, 381, 402, 411, 412,

20 421, 422, 423, 424, 425(a), 428, 429, 429A, 429B,

21 429C, 429D, 429E, 429F, 429G, 429H, 429I,

22 429J, 431, 432, 433, 505(b), 613, 614, 614A, 624,

23 631, 632, 701, 703, and 705(a)(7)(D), 713,

24 741(a)(4)(G), 763, and 764(a).
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1 (b) AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAW.—(1) Section

2 5315 of title 5 of the United States Code is amended in

3 the item relating to Assistant Secretaries of Health and

4 Human 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 Alz10 heimers’ Disease and Related Dementias Services Re11 search Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 11211(a)(8), 11221(a)(2))

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

13 inserting ‘‘Assistant 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 on Aging’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Sec17 retary for Aging’’.

18 (c) REFERENCES.—Any reference to the Commis19 sioner on Aging in any order, rule, guideline, contract,

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

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

22 be deemed to be a reference to the Assistant Secretary

23 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 Ameri4 cans Act Amendments of 1992 (Public Law 102–375; 106

5 Stat. 1195–1310) is amended—

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

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

8 (2) in section 211 by striking ‘‘1994’’ and in9 serting ‘‘1995’’.

10 (b) DELAYED APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN AMEND11 MENTS.—The amendments made by—

12 (1) sections 303(a)(2), 303(a)(3), 304 (exclud13 ing subsection (a)(2)), 305, 306, 307, and 317, and

14 (2) title VII,

15 of the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1992 (Public

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

17 respect to fiscal year 1993.

18 SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIVE AMER19 ICAN PROGRAMS ACT OF 1974.

20 The Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42

21 U.S.C. 2991–2992d) is amended—

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

23 inserting ‘‘Alaska’’, and

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

25 striking ‘‘nonreservation areas’’ and inserting ‘‘areas
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1 that are not Indian reservations or Alaska Native

2 villages’’,

3 (3) in section 803A—

4 (A) in subsections (b), (c), and (d) by

5 striking ‘‘to which a grant is awarded under

6 subsection (a)(1)’’ each place it appears, and

7 (B) in subsection (f)(1) by striking ‘‘for

8 fiscal years 1988, 1989, and 1990 the aggre9 gate amount $3,000,000 for all such fiscal

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

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

12 (4) in section 806(a)(2) by striking ‘‘Alaskan’’

13 and inserting ‘‘Alaska’’,

14 (5) in section 815—

15 (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘Alas16 kan’’ and inserting ‘‘Alaska’’, and

17 (B) in paragraph (4) by adding a semi18 colon at the end, and

19 (6) in section 816—

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

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

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

23 inserting ‘‘is’’,
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1 (C) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘fiscal

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

3 year 1994’’, and

4 (D) by redesignating subsections (e) and

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

6 SEC. 6. AMENDMENTS REGARDING THE WHITE HOUSE CON7 FERENCE ON AGING.

8 Title II of the Older Americans Amendments of 1987

9 (42 U.S.C. 3001 note) is amended—

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

11 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘May 31, 1995’’,

12 (2) in section 203(b)—

13 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘sub14 section (a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection

15 (a)(3)’’, and

16 (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘sub17 section (a)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection

18 (a)(6)’’,

19 (3) in section 204—

20 (A) in subsection (a)—

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

22 days after the enactment of the Older

23 Americans Act Amendments of 1992’’ and

24 inserting ‘‘December 31, 1993’’, and
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1 (ii) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking

2 ‘‘60 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days’’,

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

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

5 as to align such margin with the left margin of

6 paragraph (1), and

7 (C) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘pre8 scribed rate for GS–18 under section 5332’’

9 and inserting ‘‘equivalent of the maximum rate

10 of pay payable under section 5376’’,

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

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

13 (5) in section 207—

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

15 ‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1996’’, and

16 (B) in subsection (b)—

17 (i) in paragraphs (1) and (2) by strik18 ing ‘‘June 30, 1995’’ each place it appears

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

20 (ii) in paragraph (3) by striking

21 ‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1995’’.
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1 SEC. 7. AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES

2 BLOCK GRANT ACT.

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

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

5 9910(a)(2)) is amended—

6 (1) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘(includ7 ing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘facilities’’, and in8 serting ‘‘, including rental housing for low-income

9 individuals’’,

10 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and

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

12 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol13 lowing:

14 ‘‘(E) technical assistance and training pro15 grams regarding the planning and development

16 of community facilities (in selecting entities to

17 carry out such programs, the Secretary shall

18 give priority to organizations described in sub19 paragraph (D));’’.

20 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 682 of the Commu21 nity Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9911) is amend22 ed—

23 (1) in subsection (a)—

24 (A) in paragraph (1)—

25 (i) by striking ‘‘contract with’’ and in26 serting ‘‘making a grant to’’,
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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘this subtitle’’ and in2 serting ‘‘section 674’’, and

3 (iii) by striking subparagraphs (A)

4 and (B) and inserting the following:

5 ‘‘(A) the uses of the Community Services Block

6 Grant to the States that are related to the purposes

7 of the subtitle;

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

9 under this subtitle, the number of low-income per10 sons served under this subtitle, and that amount of

11 information concerning the demographics of the low12 income populations served by such eligible entities as

13 is determined to be feasible.

14 ‘‘(C) Any additional information that the Sec15 retary considers to be appropriate to carry out this

16 subtitle, except that the Secretary may not require

17 a State to provide such additional information until

18 the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on the

19 date on which the Secretary notifies such State that

20 such additional information will be required to be

21 provided.’’,

22 (B) in paragraphs (2) by striking ‘‘, by

23 contract,’’, and

24 (C) by amending paragraph (3) to read as

25 follows:
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1 ‘‘(3)(A) In selecting an entity to prepare a report

2 under this subsection, the Secretary shall give a preference

3 to any nonprofit entity that has demonstrated the ability

4 to secure the voluntary cooperation of grantees under this

5 subtitle in designing and implementing national Commu6 nity Block Grant information systems.

7 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall award a grant under this

8 subsection not later than 180 days after the first day of

9 the first fiscal year beginning after the year for which the

10 report is being prepared.’’, and

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

12 and all that follows through ‘‘prepared, the’’, and in13 serting ‘‘The’’.

14 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Community

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

16 amended—

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

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

19 (2) in section 674(a)—

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

21 striking ‘‘681(c)’’ each place it appears and in22 serting ‘‘681(d)’’, and

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

24 United States’’ after ‘‘Virgin Islands’’,
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1 (3) in section 680(a) by striking ‘‘681(c)’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘681(d)’’, and

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

4 and inserting ‘‘statewide’’.

5 SEC. 8. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS WITH RESPECT TO

6 CHILD CARE.

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

8 striking ‘‘Child Care and Development Block Grant Act

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

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

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