(21) in subsections (c) and (d) of section 614 by
striking ‘‘Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Sec-
retary’’.
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 SECRETARY’’,
(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 ‘‘Di-
rector 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 ‘‘Commis-
sioner’’ 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 subsections (a) and (b)(1) of section 503,
and in section 505(a), by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Sec-
retary for Aging’’,
(9) in section 712—
(A) in subsection (h)(4)(A) by striking ‘‘As-
sociate 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 ‘‘Associate
Commissioner on’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the
Office for’’, and
(B) in subsections (a) and (b) by striking
‘‘Commissioner’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,
(11) in the headings of sections 338B(b),
429A(g)(2), 429G(c)(2), and 763(b) by striking ‘‘COM-
MISSIONER’’ and inserting ‘‘ASSISTANT SECRETARY’’,
(12) in the heading of section 433 by striking
‘‘COMMISSIONER’’ and inserting ‘‘ASSISTANT
SEC-
RETARY’’, and
(13) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place it
appears, and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’, in sec-
tions 203(a), 203A, 204(d), 205, 206(g), 207, 211,
214, 215(b)(2), 301, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309(a), 310,
312, 313(a), 314, 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,
429F, 429G, 429H, 429I, 429J, 431, 432, 433, 613,
614, 614A, 623, 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 Alzheimer’s
Disease and Related Dementias Services Research Act of
1986 (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 of Aging’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Sec-
retary for Aging’’.
(c) REFERENCES.—Any reference to the Commissioner
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.