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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 enact-
ment of the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1992,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Older Americans Act
Technical Amendments of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE OLDER AMERI-
CANS ACT OF 1965.
The Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001–
3058ee) is amended—
(1) in section 102(3) by inserting ‘‘of the
United States’’ after ‘‘Virgin Islands’’,
(2) in section 202(a)(18)—
(A) by striking ‘‘, and service providers,’’,
and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and service providers,’’
after ‘‘on aging’’,
(3) in section 202(a)(27)(C) by striking ‘‘1994’’
and inserting ‘‘1995’’,
(4) in section 203(a)(3) by striking ‘‘Federal’’
the first place it appears,
(5) in section 206(g)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘1994’’
and inserting ‘‘1995’’,
(B) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking
‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘1994’’, and
(C) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘1994’’
and inserting ‘‘1995’’,
(6) in section 302 by striking paragraph (10),
(7) in section 305(b)(1) by striking ‘‘clause (1)
of subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’,
(8) in section 307—
(A) in subsection (a)(24) by striking the
semicolon at the end and inserting a period,
and
(B) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ‘‘the
requirement described in clause (3)(B) of sub-
section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘such requirement’’,
(9) in section 310(a)(1) by striking ‘‘Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act’’ and inserting
‘‘Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act’’,
(10) in section 314(a) by striking ‘‘(a) PRO-
MOTION.—’’,
(11) in section 321(a)(15) by striking ‘‘clause
(16) of section 307(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 3 of
subtitle A of title VII and section 307(a)(16)’’,
(12) in section 402(b) by striking ‘‘Alcohol,
Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration’’
and inserting ‘‘Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration’’,
(13) in the first sentence of section 421(a) by
striking ‘‘purposes’’ the last place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘objectives’’,
(14) in section 510 by striking ‘‘section 203 of
such Act (29 U.S.C. 1603)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections
203 and 204(d)(5)(A) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1603,
1604(d)(5)(A))’’, and
(15) in subsections (c) and (d) of section 614
by striking ‘‘Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant
Secretary’’.
SEC. 3. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AGING.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT
OF 1965.—The Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.
3001–3058ee) is amended—
(1) by amending section 102(2) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(2) The term ‘Assistant Secretary’ means the
Assistant Secretary for Aging.’’,
(2) in section 201—
(A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘a Com-
missioner on’’ and inserting ‘‘an Assistant Sec-
retary for’’,
(B) in subsection (c)—
(i) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘an
Associate Commissioner on’’ and inserting
‘‘a Director of the Office for’’, and
(ii) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘As-
sociate Commissioner on’’ and inserting
‘‘Director of the Office for’’,
(C) in subsection (d)—
(i) by striking ‘‘an Associate Commis-
sioner for Ombudsman Programs’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a Director of the Office of Long-
Term Care Ombudsman Programs’’, and
(ii) by striking ‘‘Associate Commis-
sioner’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘Director’’, and
(D) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,
(3) in section 202—
(A) in the heading by striking ‘‘COMMIS-
SIONER’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘ASSISTANT
SEC-
RETARY’’,
(B) in subsection (a)(21)(A) by striking
‘‘Associate Commissioner for Ombudsman Pro-
grams’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the Office of
Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs’’,
(C) in subsection (e)(1)(A)(iv) by striking
‘‘Associate Commissioner on’’ and inserting
‘‘Director of the Office for’’, and
(D) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,
(4) in sections 212 and 429E—
(A) by striking ‘‘Associate Commissioner
on’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the Office for’’,
and
(B) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,
(5) in section 307—
(A) in subsections (d) and (e) by striking
‘‘Commissioner’s’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’s’’, and
(B) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,
(6) in section 311(a)(4)(B) by striking ‘‘Com-
missioner’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary for
Aging’’,
(7) in section 427—
(A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Commis-
sioner’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,
and
(B) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Commis-
sioner on Aging’’ each place is appears and in-
serting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,
(8) in sections 503(a) and 505(a) by striking
‘‘Commissioner’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary
for Aging’’,
(9) in section 712—
(A) in subsection (h)(4)(A) by striking
‘‘Associate Commissioner for Ombudsman Pro-
grams’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the Office of
Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs’’, and
(B) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,
(10) in section 751—
(A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Associ-
ate Commissioner on’’ and inserting ‘‘Director
of the Office for’’, and
(B) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Commis-
sioner’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘As-
sistant Secretary’’, and
(11) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place it
appears, and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’, in sec-
tions 203(a), 203A, 204(d), 205, 207, 211, 214,
215(b)(2), 301, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309(a),
310, 312, 313(a), 321, 331, 336, 337, 338(a),
338A, 338B, 341, 351, 361, 381, 402, 411, 412,
421, 422, 423, 424, 425(a), 428, 429, 429A, 429B,
429C, 429D, 429E, 429F, 429G, 429H, 429I,
429J, 431, 432, 433, 505(b), 613, 614, 614A, 624,
631, 632, 701, 703, and 705(a)(7)(D), 713,
741(a)(4)(G), 763, and 764(a).
(b) AMENDMENTS
TO OTHER LAW.—(1) Section
5315 of title 5 of the United States Code is amended in
the item relating to Assistant Secretaries of Health and
Human Services by striking ‘‘(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘(6)’’.
(2) Section 9(b) of the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 958(b))
is amended by striking ‘‘Commissioner on Aging’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Aging’’.
(3) Sections 911(a)(8) and 921(a)(2) of the Alz-
heimers’ Disease and Related Dementias Services Re-
search Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 11211(a)(8), 11221(a)(2))
are amended by striking ‘‘Commissioner on Aging’’ and
inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Aging’’.
(4) Section 17(o)(3)(A) of the National School Lunch
Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(o)(3)(A)) is amended by striking
‘‘Commissioner on Aging’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Sec-
retary for Aging’’.
(c) REFERENCES.—Any reference to the Commis-
sioner on Aging in any order, rule, guideline, contract,
grant, suit, or proceeding that is pending, enforceable, or
in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act shall
be deemed to be a reference to the Assistant Secretary
for Aging.
SEC. 4. MATTERS RELATING TO THE OLDER AMERICANS
ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1992.
(a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Older Ameri-
cans Act Amendments of 1992 (Public Law 102–375; 106
Stat. 1195–1310) is amended—
(1) in section 202(g) by striking ‘‘1993’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘1994’’, and
(2) in section 211 by striking ‘‘1994’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1995’’.
(b) DELAYED APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN AMEND-
MENTS.—The amendments made by—
(1) sections 303(a)(2), 303(a)(3), 304 (exclud-
ing subsection (a)(2)), 305, 306, 307, and 317, and
(2) title VII,
of the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1992 (Public
Law 102–375; 106 Stat. 1221 et seq.) shall not apply with
respect to fiscal year 1993.
SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIVE AMER-
ICAN PROGRAMS ACT OF 1974.
The Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 2991–2992d) is amended—
(1) in section 802 by striking ‘‘Alaskan’’ and
inserting ‘‘Alaska’’, and
(2) in the first sentence of section 803(a) by
striking ‘‘nonreservation areas’’ and inserting ‘‘areas