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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 178 

To prevent elder abuse and exploitation and improve the justice system’s 

response to victims in elder abuse and exploitation cases. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 20, 2017 

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, 

Mr. CORNYN, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. BENNET, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To prevent elder abuse and exploitation and improve the 

justice system’s response to victims in elder abuse and 

exploitation cases. 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 


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TITLE I—SUPPORTING FEDERAL CASES INVOLVING ELDER 

JUSTICE 

Sec. 101. Supporting Federal cases involving elder justice. 

TITLE II—IMPROVED DATA COLLECTION AND FEDERAL 

COORDINATION 

Sec. 201. Establishment of best practices for local, State, and Federal data collection. 

Sec. 202. Effective interagency coordination and Federal data collection. 

TITLE III—ENHANCED VICTIM ASSISTANCE TO ELDER ABUSE 

SURVIVORS 

Sec. 301. Sense of the Senate. 

Sec. 302. Report. 

TITLE IV—ROBERT MATAVA ELDER ABUSE PROSECUTION ACT 

OF 2017 

Sec. 401. Short title. 

Sec. 402. Enhanced penalty for telemarketing and email marketing fraud directed at elders. 

Sec. 403. Training and technical assistance for States. 

Sec. 404. Interstate initiatives. 

TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 

Sec. 501. Court-appointed guardianship oversight activities under the Elder 

Justice Act of 2009. 

Sec. 502. GAO reports. 

Sec. 503. Outreach to State and local law enforcement agencies. 

Sec. 504. Model power of attorney legislation. 

Sec. 505. Best practices and model legislation for guardianship proceedings. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act— 

3 (1) the terms ‘‘abuse’’, ‘‘adult protective serv4 ices’’, ‘‘elder’’, ‘‘elder justice’’, ‘‘exploitation’’, ‘‘law 

5 enforcement’’, and ‘‘neglect’’ have the meanings 

6 given those terms in section 2011 of the Social Secu7 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1397j); 

8 (2) the term ‘‘elder abuse’’ includes abuse, ne9 glect, and exploitation of an elder; and 


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1 (3) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 

2 States of the United States, the District of Colum3 bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any 

4 other territory or possession of the United States. 

5 TITLE I—SUPPORTING FEDERAL 

6 CASES INVOLVING ELDER 

7 JUSTICE 

8 SEC. 101. SUPPORTING FEDERAL CASES INVOLVING ELDER 

9 JUSTICE. 

10 (a) SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE.— 

11 (1) ELDER JUSTICE COORDINATORS.—The At12 torney General shall designate in each Federal judi13 cial district not less than one Assistant United 

14 States Attorney to serve as the Elder Justice Coor15 dinator for the district, who, in addition to any other 

16 responsibilities, shall be responsible for— 

17 (A) serving as the legal counsel for the 

18 Federal judicial district on matters relating to 

19 elder abuse; 

20 (B) prosecuting, or assisting in the pros21 ecution of, elder abuse cases; 

22 (C) conducting public outreach and aware23 ness activities relating to elder abuse; and 

24 (D) ensuring the collection of data re25 quired to be collected under section 202. 


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1 (2) INVESTIGATIVE SUPPORT.—The Attorney 

2 General, in consultation with the Director of the 

3 Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall, with respect 

4 to crimes relating to elder abuse, ensure the imple5 mentation of a regular and comprehensive training 

6 program to train agents of the Federal Bureau of 

7 Investigation in the investigation and prosecution of 

8 such crimes and the enforcement of laws related to 

9 elder abuse, which shall include— 

10 (A) specialized strategies for commu11 nicating with and assisting elder abuse victims; 

12 and 

13 (B) relevant forensic training relating to 

14 elder abuse. 

15 (3) RESOURCE GROUP.—The Attorney General, 

16 through the Executive Office for United States At17 torneys, shall ensure the operation of a resource 

18 group to facilitate the sharing of knowledge, experi19 ence, sample pleadings and other case documents, 

20 training materials, and any other resources to assist 

21 prosecutors throughout the United States in pur22 suing cases relating to elder abuse. 

23 (4) DESIGNATED ELDER JUSTICE WORKING

24 GROUP OR SUBCOMMITTEE TO THE ATTORNEY GEN25 ERAL’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF UNITED STATES


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1 ATTORNEYS.—Not later than 60 days after the date 

2 of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in 

3 consultation with the Director of the Executive Of4 fice for United States Attorneys, shall establish a 

5 subcommittee or working group to the Attorney 

6 General’s Advisory Committee of United States At7 torneys, as established under section 0.10 of title 28, 

8 Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor there9 to, for the purposes of advising the Attorney General 

10 on policies of the Department of Justice relating to 

11 elder abuse. 

12 (b) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ELDER JUSTICE CO13 ORDINATOR.—Not later than 60 days after the date of en14 actment of this Act, the Attorney General shall designate 

15 an Elder Justice Coordinator within the Department of 

16 Justice who, in addition to any other responsibilities, shall 

17 be responsible for— 

18 (1) coordinating and supporting the law en19 forcement efforts and policy activities for the De20 partment of Justice on elder justice issues; 

21 (2) evaluating training models to determine 

22 best practices and creating or compiling and making 

23 publicly available replication guides and training ma24 terials for law enforcement officers, prosecutors, 

25 judges, emergency responders, individuals working in 


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1 victim services, adult protective services, social serv2 ices, and public safety, medical personnel, mental 

3 health personnel, financial services personnel, and 

4 any other individuals whose work may bring them in 

5 contact with elder abuse regarding how to— 

6 (A) conduct investigations in elder abuse 

7 cases; 

8 (B) address evidentiary issues and other 

9 legal issues; and 

10 (C) appropriately assess, respond to, and 

11 interact with victims and witnesses in elder 

12 abuse cases, including in administrative, civil, 

13 and criminal judicial proceedings; and 

14 (3) carrying out such other duties as the Attor15 ney General determines necessary in connection with 

16 enhancing the understanding, prevention, and detec17 tion of, and response to, elder abuse. 

18 (c) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.— 

19 (1) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ELDER JUS20 TICE COORDINATOR.—Not later than 60 days after 

21 the date of enactment of this Act, the Chairman of 

22 the Federal Trade Commission shall designate with23 in the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Fed24 eral Trade Commission an Elder Justice CoordiVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:44 Jan 31, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S178.IS S178

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1 nator who, in addition to any other responsibilities, 

2 shall be responsible for— 

3 (A) coordinating and supporting the en4 forcement and consumer education efforts and 

5 policy activities of the Federal Trade Commis6 sion on elder justice issues; and 

7 (B) serving as, or ensuring the availability 

8 of, a central point of contact for individuals, 

9 units of local government, States, and other 

10 Federal agencies on matters relating to the en11 forcement and consumer education efforts and 

12 policy activities of the Federal Trade Commis13 sion on elder justice issues. 

14 (2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 

15 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and 

16 once every year thereafter, the Chairman of the Fed17 eral Trade Commission and the Attorney General 

18 shall each submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 

19 of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 

20 of the House of Representatives a report detailing 

21 the enforcement actions taken by the Federal Trade 

22 Commission and the Department of Justice, respec23 tively, over the preceding year in each case in which 

24 not less than one victim was an elder or that in25 volved a financial scheme or scam that was either 


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1 targeted directly toward or largely affected elders, 

2 including— 

3 (A) the name of the district where the case 

4 originated; 

5 (B) the style of the case, including the case 

6 name and number; 

7 (C) a description of the scheme or scam; 

8 and 

9 (D) the outcome of the case. 

10 (d) USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—No additional 

11 funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 

12 section. 

13 TITLE II—IMPROVED DATA COL14 LECTION AND FEDERAL CO15 ORDINATION 

16 SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF BEST PRACTICES FOR 

17 LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL DATA COLLEC18 TION. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in con20 sultation with Federal, State, and local law enforcement 

21 agencies, shall— 

22 (1) establish best practices for data collection to 

23 focus on elder abuse; and 


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1 (2) provide technical assistance to State, local, 

2 and tribal governments in adopting the best prac3 tices established under paragraph (1). 

4 (b) DEADLINE.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

5 of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall pub6 lish the best practices established under subsection (a)(1) 

7 on the website of the Department of Justice in a publicly 

8 accessible manner. 

9 (c) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section shall be 

10 construed to require or obligate compliance with the best 

11 practices established under subsection (a)(1). 

12 SEC. 202. EFFECTIVE INTERAGENCY COORDINATION AND 

13 FEDERAL DATA COLLECTION. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in con15 sultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Serv16 ices shall, on an annual basis— 

17 (1) collect from Federal law enforcement agen18 cies, other agencies as appropriate, and Federal 

19 prosecutors’ offices statistical data related to elder 

20 abuse cases, including cases or investigations where 

21 one or more victims were elders, or the case or in22 vestigation involved a financial scheme or scam that 

23 was either targeted directly toward or largely af24 fected elders; and 


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1 (2) publish on the website of the Department of 

2 Justice in a publicly accessible manner— 

3 (A) a summary of the data collected under 

4 paragraph (1); and 

5 (B) recommendations for collecting addi6 tional data relating to elder abuse, including 

7 recommendations for ways to improve data re8 porting across Federal, State, and local agen9 cies. 

10 (b) REQUIREMENT.—The data collected under sub11 section (a)(1) shall include— 

12 (1) the total number of investigations initiated 

13 by Federal law enforcement agencies, other agencies 

14 as appropriate, and Federal prosecutors’ offices re15 lated to elder abuse; 

16 (2) the total number and types of elder abuse 

17 cases filed in Federal courts; and 

18 (3) for each case described in paragraph (2)— 

19 (A) the name of the district where the case 

20 originated; 

21 (B) the style of the case, including the case 

22 name and number; 

23 (C) a description of the act or acts giving 

24 rise to the elder abuse; 


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1 (D) in the case of a scheme or scam, a de2 scription of such scheme or scam giving rise to 

3 the elder abuse; 

4 (E) information about each alleged perpe5 trator of the elder abuse; and 

6 (F) the outcome of the case. 

7 (c) HHS REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Health 

8 and Human Services shall, on an annual basis, provide 

9 to the Attorney General statistical data collected by the 

10 Secretary relating to elder abuse cases investigated by 

11 adult protective services, which shall be included in the 

12 summary published under subsection (a)(2). 

13 (d) PROHIBITION ON INDIVIDUAL DATA.—None of 

14 the information reported under this section shall include 

15 specific individual identifiable data. 

16 TITLE III—ENHANCED VICTIM 

17 ASSISTANCE TO ELDER 

18 ABUSE SURVIVORS 

19 SEC. 301. SENSE OF THE SENATE. 

20 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following: 

21 (1) The vast majority of cases of abuse, neglect, 

22 and exploitation of older adults in the United States 

23 go unidentified and unreported. 


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1 (2) Not less than $2,900,000,000 is taken from 

2 older adults each year due to financial abuse and ex3 ploitation. 

4 (3) Elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation have 

5 no boundaries and cross all racial, social, class, gen6 der, and geographic lines. 

7 (4) Older adults who are abused are 3 times 

8 more likely to die earlier than older adults of the 

9 same age who are not abused. 

10 (5) Up to half of all older adults with dementia 

11 will experience abuse. 

12 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the 

13 Senate that— 

14 (1) elder abuse involves the exploitation of po15 tentially vulnerable individuals with devastating 

16 physical, mental, emotional, and financial con17 sequences to the victims and their loved ones; 

18 (2) to combat this affront to America’s older 

19 adults, we must do everything possible to both sup20 port victims of elder abuse and prevent the abuse 

21 from occurring in the first place; and 

22 (3) the Senate supports a multipronged ap23 proach to prevent elder abuse and exploitation, pro24 tect the victims of elder abuse and exploitation from 


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1 further harm, and bring the perpetrators of such 

2 crimes to justice. 

3 SEC. 302. REPORT. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

5 date on which the collection of statistical data under sec6 tion 202(a)(1) begins and once each year thereafter, the 

7 Director of the Office for Victims of Crime shall submit 

8 a report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 

9 and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep10 resentatives that addresses, to the extent data are avail11 able, the nature, extent, and amount of funding under the 

12 Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601 et seq.) 

13 for victims of crime who are elders. 

14 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub15 section (a) shall include— 

16 (1) an analysis of victims’ assistance, victims’ 

17 compensation, and discretionary grants under which 

18 elder abuse victims (including elder victims of finan19 cial abuse, financial exploitation, and fraud) received 

20 assistance; and 

21 (2) recommendations for improving services for 

22 victims of elder abuse. 


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1 TITLE IV—ROBERT MATAVA 

2 ELDER ABUSE PROSECUTION 

3 ACT OF 2017 

4 SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Robert Matava Elder 

6 Abuse Prosecution Act of 2017’’. 

7 SEC. 402. ENHANCED PENALTY FOR TELEMARKETING AND 

8 EMAIL MARKETING FRAUD DIRECTED AT EL9 DERS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 113A of title 18, United 

11 States Code, is amended— 

12 (1) in the chapter heading, by inserting ‘‘AND 

13 EMAIL MARKETING’’ after ‘‘TELE14 MARKETING’’; 

15 (2) by striking section 2325 and inserting the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘§ 2325. Definition 

18 ‘‘In this chapter, the term ‘telemarketing or email 

19 marketing’— 

20 ‘‘(1) means a plan, program, promotion, or 

21 campaign that is conducted to induce— 

22 ‘‘(A) purchases of goods or services; 

23 ‘‘(B) participation in a contest or sweep24 stakes; 


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1 ‘‘(C) a charitable contribution, donation, or 

2 gift of money or any other thing of value; 

3 ‘‘(D) investment for financial profit; 

4 ‘‘(E) participation in a business oppor5 tunity; 

6 ‘‘(F) commitment to a loan; or 

7 ‘‘(G) participation in a fraudulent medical 

8 study, research study, or pilot study, 

9 by use of one or more interstate telephone calls, 

10 emails, text messages, or electronic instant messages 

11 initiated either by a person who is conducting the 

12 plan, program, promotion, or campaign or by a pro13 spective purchaser or contest or sweepstakes partici14 pant or charitable contributor, donor, or investor; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(2) does not include the solicitation through 

17 the posting, publication, or mailing of a catalog or 

18 brochure that— 

19 ‘‘(A) contains a written description or il20 lustration of the goods, services, or other oppor21 tunities being offered; 

22 ‘‘(B) includes the business address of the 

23 solicitor; 

24 ‘‘(C) includes multiple pages of written 

25 material or illustration; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) has been issued not less frequently 

2 than once a year, 

3 if the person making the solicitation does not solicit 

4 customers by telephone, email, text message, or elec5 tronic instant message, but only receives interstate 

6 telephone calls, emails, text messages, or electronic 

7 instant messages initiated by customers in response 

8 to the written materials, whether in hard copy or 

9 digital format, and in response to those interstate 

10 telephone calls, emails, text messages, or electronic 

11 instant messages does not conduct further solicita12 tion.’’; 

13 (3) in section 2326, in the matter preceding 

14 paragraph (1)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘or 1344’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘1344, or 1347 or section 1128B of the Social 

17 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b)’’; and 

18 (B) by inserting ‘‘or email marketing’’ 

19 after ‘‘telemarketing’’; and 

20 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘§ 2328. Mandatory forfeiture 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The court, in imposing sentence 

23 on a person who is convicted of any offense for which an 

24 enhanced penalty is provided under section 2326, shall 

25 order that the defendant forfeit to the United States— 


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1 ‘‘(1) any property, real or personal, constituting 

2 or traceable to gross proceeds obtained from such of3 fense; and 

4 ‘‘(2) any equipment, software, or other tech5 nology used or intended to be used to commit or to 

6 facilitate the commission of such offense. 

7 ‘‘(b) PROCEDURES.—The procedures set forth in sec8 tion 413 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

9 853), other than subsection (d) of that section, and in 

10 Rule 32.2 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 

11 shall apply to all stages of a criminal forfeiture proceeding 

12 under this section.’’. 

13 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

14 (1) The table of chapters at the beginning of 

15 part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

16 by striking the item relating to chapter 113A and 

17 inserting the following: 

‘‘113A. Telemarketing and email marketing fraud ................................. 2325’’. 

18 (2) The table of sections for chapter 113A of 

19 title 18, United States Code, is amended by insert20 ing after the item relating to section 2327 the fol21 lowing: 

‘‘2328. Mandatory forfeiture.’’. 


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1 SEC. 403. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR 

2 STATES. 

3 The Attorney General, in consultation with the Sec4 retary of Health and Human Services and in coordination 

5 with the Elder Justice Coordinating Council (established 

6 under section 2021 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 1397k)), shall create, compile, evaluate, and disseminate 

8 materials and information, and provide the necessary 

9 training and technical assistance, to assist States and 

10 units of local government in— 

11 (1) investigating, prosecuting, pursuing, pre12 venting, understanding, and mitigating the impact 

13 of— 

14 (A) physical, sexual, and psychological 

15 abuse of elders; 

16 (B) exploitation of elders, including finan17 cial abuse and scams targeting elders; and 

18 (C) neglect of elders; and 

19 (2) assessing, addressing, and mitigating the 

20 physical and psychological trauma to victims of elder 

21 abuse. 

22 SEC. 404. INTERSTATE INITIATIVES. 

23 (a) INTERSTATE AGREEMENTS AND COMPACTS.— 

24 The consent of Congress is given to any two or more 

25 States (acting through State agencies with jurisdiction 


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1 over adult protective services) to enter into agreements or 

2 compacts for cooperative effort and mutual assistance— 

3 (1) in promoting the safety and well-being of el4 ders; and 

5 (2) in enforcing their respective laws and poli6 cies to promote such safety and well-being. 

7 (b) RECOMMENDATIONS ON INTERSTATE COMMU8 NICATION.—The Executive Director of the State Justice 

9 Institute, in consultation with State or local adult protec10 tive services, aging, social, and human services and law 

11 enforcement agencies, nationally recognized nonprofit as12 sociations with expertise in data sharing among criminal 

13 justice agencies and familiarity with the issues raised in 

14 elder abuse cases, and the Secretary of Health and 

15 Human Services, shall submit to Congress legislative pro16 posals relating to the facilitation of interstate agreements 

17 and compacts. 

18 TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 

19 SEC. 501. COURT-APPOINTED GUARDIANSHIP OVERSIGHT 

20 ACTIVITIES UNDER THE ELDER JUSTICE ACT 

21 OF 2009. 

22 Section 2042(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 1397m–1(c)) is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(and, in the 

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1 graph (2)(E), to the highest courts of States)’’ after 

2 ‘‘States’’; 

3 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

4 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

5 (A), by inserting ‘‘(and the highest courts of 

6 States, in the case of demonstration programs 

7 described in subparagraph (E))’’ after ‘‘local 

8 units of government’’; 

9 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

10 after the semicolon; 

11 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 

12 subparagraph (F); and 

13 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (D), 

14 the following new subparagraph: 

15 ‘‘(E) subject to paragraph (3), programs 

16 to assess the fairness, effectiveness, timeliness, 

17 safety, integrity, and accessibility of adult 

18 guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, 

19 including the appointment and the monitoring 

20 of the performance of court-appointed guard21 ians and conservators, and to implement 

22 changes deemed necessary as a result of the as23 sessments such as mandating background 

24 checks for all potential guardians and conserva25 tors, and implementing systems to enable the 


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1 annual accountings and other required con2 servatorship and guardianship filings to be com3 pleted, filed, and reviewed electronically in order 

4 to simplify the filing process for conservators 

5 and guardians and better enable courts to iden6 tify discrepancies and detect fraud and the ex7 ploitation of protected persons; or’’; 

8 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and 

9 (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; 

10 (4) by inserting after paragraph (2), the fol11 lowing new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR COURT-APPOINTED

13 GUARDIANSHIP OVERSIGHT DEMONSTRATION PRO14 GRAMS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) AWARD OF GRANTS.—In awarding 

16 grants to the highest courts of States for dem17 onstration programs described in paragraph 

18 (2)(E), the Secretary shall consider the rec19 ommendations of the Attorney General and the 

20 State Justice Institute, as established by sec21 tion 203 of the State Justice Institute Act of 

22 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10702). 

23 ‘‘(B) COLLABORATION.—The highest court 

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1 (2)(E) shall collaborate with the State Unit on 

2 Aging for the State and the Adult Protective 

3 Services agency for the State in conducting the 

4 demonstration program.’’; 

5 (5) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by para6 graph (3) of this section), by inserting ‘‘(and, in the 

7 case of demonstration programs described in para8 graph (2)(E), the highest court of a State)’’ after ‘‘a 

9 State’’; and 

10 (6) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by 

11 inserting ‘‘(or, in the case of demonstration pro12 grams described in paragraph (2)(E), the highest 

13 court of a State)’’ after ‘‘State’’ each place it ap14 pears. 

15 SEC. 502. GAO REPORTS. 

16 (a) ELDER JUSTICE RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later 

17 than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

18 the Comptroller General of the United States shall review 

19 existing Federal programs and initiatives in the Federal 

20 criminal justice system relevant to elder justice and shall 

21 submit to Congress— 

22 (1) a report on such programs and initiatives; 

23 and 


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1 (2) any recommendations the Comptroller Gen2 eral determines are appropriate to improve elder jus3 tice in the United States. 

4 (b) REPORT ON ELDER ABUSE AND INTERNATIONAL

5 CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES.—Not later than 18 months 

6 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

7 General of the United States shall submit to Congress a 

8 report on— 

9 (1) the extent to which older adults of the 

10 United States are being exploited in global drug 

11 trafficking schemes and other international criminal 

12 enterprises; 

13 (2) the extent to which the exploitation of older 

14 adults of the United States by international criminal 

15 enterprises has resulted in the incarceration of these 

16 citizens of the United States in foreign court sys17 tems, including a description of the total number of 

18 such cases pending in foreign court systems; and 

19 (3) whether, and to what extent, the Federal 

20 Government has intervened with foreign officials on 

21 behalf of citizens of the United States who are elder 

22 abuse victims in international criminal enterprises, 

23 including a description, to the extent such data is 

24 available, of— 


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1 (A) the total annual number of elder abuse 

2 cases pending in the United States and foreign 

3 court systems; and 

4 (B) the total annual number of citizens of 

5 the United States who are over the age of 60 

6 years and who are incarcerated overseas as a 

7 result of their exploitation in global drug traf8 ficking schemes or other international criminal 

9 enterprises. 

10 SEC. 503. OUTREACH TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCE11 MENT AGENCIES. 

12 The Attorney General shall submit to the Committee 

13 on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the 

14 Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on ef15 forts by the Department of Justice to conduct outreach 

16 to State and local law enforcement agencies on the process 

17 for collaborating with the Federal Government for the 

18 purpose of investigating and prosecuting interstate and 

19 international elder financial exploitation cases. 

20 SEC. 504. MODEL POWER OF ATTORNEY LEGISLATION. 

21 The Attorney General shall publish model power of 

22 attorney legislation for the purpose of preventing elder 

23 abuse. 


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1 SEC. 505. BEST PRACTICES AND MODEL LEGISLATION FOR 

2 GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS. 

3 The Attorney General shall publish best practices for 

4 improving guardianship proceedings and model legislation 

5 relating to guardianship proceedings for the purpose of 

6 preventing elder abuse. 

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