datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
‘‘(A) collaborating, coordinating, and con-
sulting with other agencies in such State respon-
sible for formulating, implementing, and admin-
istering programs, benefits, and services related 
to providing long-term care; 
‘‘(B) participating in any State government 
activities concerning long-term care, including 
reviewing and commenting on any State rules, 
regulations, and policies related thereto; 
‘‘(C) conducting analyses, making rec-
ommendations, and implementing programs and 
strategies to modify the State’s system of long- 
term care to better— 
‘‘(i) respond to the needs and pref-
erences of older individuals and family 
caregivers; 
‘‘(ii) facilitate the provision of long- 
term care in home and community-based 
settings through service providers; 
‘‘(iii) target services to individuals at 
risk for institutional placement, to permit 
such individuals to remain in home and 
community-based care settings; and 
‘‘(iv) implement (through area agencies 
on aging, service providers, and such other
entities as the State determines to be appro-
priate) evidence-based programs to assist 
older individuals and their family care-
givers in learning about and making behav-
ioral changes intended to reduce the risk of 
injury, disease, and disability among older 
individuals; and 
‘‘(D) providing for the availability and dis-
tribution (through public education campaigns, 
aging and disability resource centers, area agen-
cies on aging, and other appropriate means) of 
information relating to— 
‘‘(i) the need to plan in advance for 
long-term care; and 
‘‘(ii) the range of available public and 
private long-term care programs, options, 
and resources.’’. 
SEC. 16. AREA PLANS. 
Section 306 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3026) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(with particular atten-
tion to low-income minority individuals 
and older individuals residing in rural
areas)’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘(with particular attention to low-income 
older 
individuals, 
low-income 
minority 
older individuals, older individuals with 
limited English proficiency, and older indi-
viduals residing in rural areas)’’, and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘the number of older 
individuals at risk for institutional place-
ment residing in such area,’’ after ‘‘individ-
uals) residing in such area,’’, 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting 
‘‘health services (including mental health serv-
ices),’’ after ‘‘transportation,’’ 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by amending clause (i) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(i) provide assurances that the area agency on 
aging will— 
‘‘(I) set specific objectives, consistent with 
State policy, for providing services to older indi-
viduals with greatest economic need, older indi-
viduals with greatest social need, and older indi-
viduals at risk for institutional placement;
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘is a fel-
ony and’’ after ‘‘offense’’ and by striking ‘‘para-
graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by inserting ‘‘is a fel-
ony and’’ after ‘‘offense’’, and by striking ‘‘para-
graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting ‘‘is a fel-
ony and’’ after ‘‘offense’’, and by inserting ‘‘under 
subsection (a)’’ before the semicolon; and 
(4) in subsection (d)(4), by inserting ‘‘is a fel-
ony and’’ after ‘‘offense’’. 
SEC. 202. HARMONIZATION OF FORFEITURE PROCEDURES 
FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFENSES. 
(a) TRAFFICKING IN COUNTERFEIT LABELS.—Sec-
tion 2318 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) FORFEITURE
AND DESTRUCTION; RESTITU-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) CIVIL
FORFEITURE
PROCEEDINGS.—(A) 
The following property is subject to forfeiture to the 
United States: 
‘‘(i) Any counterfeit documentation or 
packaging, and any counterfeit label or illicit 
label and any article to which a counterfeit 
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‘‘(II) include in the area plan specific objec-
tives for providing services to low-income minor-
ity older individuals and older individuals resid-
ing in rural areas; and 
‘‘(III) include in the area plan proposed 
methods to achieve such objectives;’’, and 
(II) in clause (ii) by inserting 
‘‘(including older individuals with lim-
ited English proficiency)’’ after ‘‘low 
income minority individuals’’ each 
place it appears; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by moving the left margin of 
each of subparagraph (B), clauses (i) 
and (ii), and subclauses (I) through 
(VI) of clause (i), 2 ems to the left, 
(II) in clause (i)— 
(aa) in subclause (V) by 
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(bb) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(VI) older individuals at risk for in-
stitutional placement; and’’, and 
(III) by striking ‘‘(VI)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(VII)’’,
label or illicit label has been affixed, or which 
a counterfeit label or illicit label encloses or ac-
companies, or which was intended to have had 
such label affixed, enclosing, or accompanying. 
‘‘(ii) Any property constituting or derived 
from any proceeds obtained directly or indi-
rectly as a result of a violation of subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(iii) Any property used, or intended to be 
used, to commit or facilitate the commission of 
a violation of subsection (a) that is owned or 
predominantly controlled by the violator or by a 
person conspiring with or aiding and abetting 
the violator in committing the violation. 
‘‘(B) The provisions of chapter 46 relating to 
civil forfeitures shall extend to any seizure or civil 
forfeiture under subparagraph (A). At the conclusion 
of the forfeiture proceedings, the court shall order 
that any forfeited counterfeit labels or illicit labels 
and any article to which a counterfeit label or illicit 
label has been affixed, or which a counterfeit label 
or illicit label encloses or accompanies, or which was 
intended to have had such label affixed, enclosing, or 
accompanying, be destroyed or otherwise disposed of 
according to law. 
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(D) in paragraph (5) by inserting ‘‘and in-
dividuals at risk for institutional placement’’ 
after ‘‘severe disabilities’’, 
(E) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end, 
(II) in clause (ii) by adding 
‘‘and’’ at the end, and 
(III) by inserting after clause (ii) 
the following: 
‘‘(iii) make use of trained volunteers in pro-
viding direct services delivered to elderly and 
disabled individuals needing such care and, if 
possible, work in coordination with volunteer 
programs (including programs administered by 
the Corporation for National Service) designed to 
provide training, placement, and stipends for 
volunteers in community service settings.’’, 
(ii) in subparagraph (D)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘family care-
givers of such individuals,’’ after 
‘‘Act,’’, and
(II) by inserting ‘‘service pro-
viders, the business community,’’ after 
‘‘individuals,’’, and 
(iii) in subparagraph (F) by inserting 
‘‘(including mental health screening)’’ after 
‘‘provided’’ the 1st place it appears, 
(F) by amending paragraph (7) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(7) provide that the area agency on aging shall, 
consistent with this section, facilitate the area-wide 
development and implementation of a comprehensive, 
coordinated system for providing long-term care in 
home and community-based settings, in a manner re-
sponsive to the needs and preferences of older individ-
uals and their family caregivers, by— 
‘‘(A) collaborating, coordinating, and con-
sulting with other local public and private agen-
cies and organizations responsible for admin-
istering programs, benefits, and services related 
to providing long-term care; 
‘‘(B) conducting analyses and making rec-
ommendations with respect to strategies for 
modifying the local system of long-term care to 
better—
‘‘(i) respond to the needs and pref-
erences of older individuals and family 
caregivers; 
‘‘(ii) facilitate the provision, through 
service providers, of long-term care in home 
and community-based settings; and 
‘‘(iii) target services to older individ-
uals at risk for institutional placement, to 
permit such individuals to remain in home 
and community-based care settings; 
‘‘(C) implement, through the agency or serv-
ice providers, evidence-based programs to assist 
older individuals and their family caregivers in 
learning about and making behavioral changes 
intended to reduce the risk of injury, disease, 
and disability among older individuals; and 
‘‘(D) provide for the availability and dis-
tribution (through public education campaigns, 
aging and disability resource centers, and other 
appropriate means) of information relating to— 
‘‘(i) the need to plan in advance for 
long-term care; and 
‘‘(ii) the range of available public and 
private long-term care programs, options, 
and resources;’’,
(G) by striking paragraph (14) and the 2 
paragraphs (15), 
(H) by redesignating paragraph (16) as 
paragraph (14), and 
(I) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(15) provide assurances that funds received 
under this title will be used— 
‘‘(A) in a manner, consistent with para-
graph (4), that gives priority in furnishing bene-
fits and services to older individuals with great-
est economic need, older individuals with great-
est social need, and older individuals at risk for 
institutional placement; and 
‘‘(B) in compliance with the assurances 
specified in paragraph (13) and the limitations 
specified in section 212(b); and 
‘‘(16) provide, to the maximum extent feasible, 
for the furnishing of services under this Act consistent 
with self-directed care.’’, 
(2) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), and 
(e) as subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b)(1) An area agency on aging may include in the 
area plan an assessment of how prepared the planning and
service area is for any anticipated change in the number 
of older individual during the 10-year period following the 
fiscal year for which the plan is submitted. Such assessment 
may include— 
‘‘(A) the projected change in the number of older 
individuals in the planning and service area; 
‘‘(B) an analysis of how such change may affect 
such individuals, including such individuals with low 
incomes, such individuals with greatest economic 
need, minority older individuals, older individuals re-
siding in rural areas, and older individuals with lim-
ited English proficiency; 
‘‘(C) an analysis of how the programs, policies, 
and services provided in the planning and service 
area can be improved, and how resource levels can be 
adjusted, to meet the needs of the changing population 
of older individuals in such area; and 
‘‘(D) an analysis of how the change in the num-
ber of individuals 85 years of age and older is ex-
pected to affect the need for supportive services. 
‘‘(2) An area agency on aging, in cooperation with 
government officials, State agencies, tribal organizations, or 
local entities, may make recommendations to government 
officials in the planning and service area and the State, 
on actions determined by the area agency to build the ca-
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$3,122,889,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2010. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and modi-
fication of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 
private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized 
by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc-
tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro-
curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 
and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 
$2,208,976,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2010. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and modi-
fication of vehicles, including tactical, support, and non- 
tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger motor ve-
hicles for replacement only; and the purchase of 3 vehicles 
required for physical security of personnel, notwithstanding 
price limitations applicable to passenger vehicles but not 
to exceed $255,000 per vehicle; communications and elec-
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pacity in the planning and service area to meet the needs 
of older individuals for— 
‘‘(A) health and human services; 
‘‘(B) land use; 
‘‘(C) housing; 
‘‘(D) transportation; 
‘‘(E) public safety; 
‘‘(F) workforce and economic development; 
‘‘(G) recreation; 
‘‘(H) education; 
‘‘(I) civic engagement; and 
‘‘(J) any other service as determined by such 
agency.’’. 
SEC. 17. STATE PLANS. 
Section 307(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3027(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘with par-
ticular attention to low-income minority individuals 
and older individuals residing in rural areas’’ and 
inserting ‘‘low-income minority older individuals, 
older individuals with limited English proficiency, 
and older individuals residing in rural areas’’, 
(2) by striking paragraph (15), 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (14) as para-
graph (15),
(4) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(14) The plan shall, with respect to the fiscal 
year preceding the fiscal year for which such plan is 
prepared— 
‘‘(A) identify the number of low-income mi-
nority older individuals in the State, including 
the number of low-income older individuals with 
limited English proficiency; and 
‘‘(B) describe the methods used to satisfy the 
service needs of such minority older individuals, 
including the plan to service the needs of older 
individuals with limited English proficiency.’’, 
(5) in clauses (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (16)(A) 
by striking ‘‘(with particular attention to low-income 
minority individuals and older individuals residing 
in rural areas)’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘(with particular attention to low-income older indi-
viduals, low-income minority older individuals, older 
individuals with limited English proficiency, and 
older individuals residing in rural areas)’’, and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(27) The plan shall provide assurances that 
area agencies on aging will, to the maximum extent
feasible, provide for the furnishing of services under 
this Act consistent with self-directed care. 
‘‘(28)(A) The plan shall include, at the election 
of the State, an assessment of how prepared the State 
is, under the State’s statewide service delivery model, 
for a change in the number of older individuals dur-
ing the 10-year period following the fiscal year for 
which the plan is submitted. 
‘‘(B) Such assessment may include— 
‘‘(i) the projected change in the number of 
older individuals in the State; 
‘‘(ii) an analysis of how such change may 
affect such individuals, including individuals 
with low incomes,
individuals with great eco-
nomic need, minority older individuals, older in-
dividuals residing in rural areas, and older in-
dividuals with limited English proficiency; 
‘‘(iii) an analysis of how the programs, 
policies, and services provided by the State can 
be improved, including coordinating with area 
agencies on aging, and how resource levels can be 
adjusted to meet the needs of the changing popu-
lation of older individuals in the State; and 
‘‘(iv) an analysis of how the change in the 
number of individuals 85 years of age and older
in the State is expected to affect the need for sup-
portive services.’’. 
SEC. 18. PAYMENTS. 
Section 309(b)(2) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3029(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘the non- 
Federal share required prior to fiscal year 1981’’ and in-
serting ‘‘10 percent of the cost of the services specified in 
such section 304(d)(1)(D)’’. 
SEC. 19. NUTRITION SERVICES INCENTIVE PROGRAM. 
(a) CASH ONLY PROGRAM; AUTHORITY TO USE PRO-
GRAM FUNDS TO PURCHASE FOOD THROUGH SCHOOL 
FOOD AUTHORITIES.—Section 311 of the Older Americans 
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030a) is amended-— 
(1) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) Each State agency shall promptly and equitably 
disburse amounts received under this subsection to recipi-
ents of grants and contracts.’’, 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘(includ-
ing bonus commodities)’’ after ‘‘commodities’’, 
(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘(includ-
ing bonus commodities)’’ after ‘‘commodities’’, 
(C) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘(includ-
ing bonus commodities)’’ after ‘‘products’’, and
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) Among the commodities delivered under this sub-
section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall give special em-
phasis to high protein foods. The Secretary of Agriculture, 
in consultation with the Assistant Secretary, is authorized 
to prescribe the terms and conditions respecting the dona-
tion of commodities under this subsection.’’, 
(3) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d)(1) Amounts provided under subsection (b) to 
State grantees and contractors, and to title VI grantees, 
shall be available only for the purchase by such entities of 
United States agricultural commodities and other foods for 
their respective nutrition projects, subject to paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) Part or all of the amounts received by an entity 
specified in paragraph (1) may be used to pay a school 
food authority (as referred to under the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.1751 et seq.) to ob-
tain United States agricultural commodities for such enti-
ty’s nutrition projects, in accordance with an agreement be-
tween the entity and the school food authority, under which 
such payments— 
‘‘(A) shall cover the cost of such commodities; 
and
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tronic equipment; other support equipment; spare parts, 
ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment 
and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the fore-
going purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may 
be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
approval of title; and procurement and installation of 
equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 
private plants; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses nec-
essary for the foregoing purposes, $11,697,265,000, to re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 2010. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 
ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ-
ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter-
ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and in-
stallation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in 
public and private plants; reserve plant and Government 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway, 
$12,599,744,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2010. 
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‘‘(2) nutrition education, nutrition counseling, 
and other nutrition services as appropriate, based on 
the needs of meal recipients.’’. 
SEC. 25. CRITERIA. 
Section 337 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3030g) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 337. CRITERIA. 
‘‘The Assistant Secretary, in consultation with experts 
in the field of nutrition science, dietetics, meal planning 
and food service management, and aging, shall develop 
minimum criteria of efficiency and quality for the fur-
nishing of home delivered meal services for projects de-
scribed in section 336.’’. 
SEC. 26. NUTRITION. 
Section 339 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3030g–21) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) solicit the expertise of a dietitian or other 
individual with equivalent education and training in 
nutrition science, or if such an individual is not 
available, an individual with comparable expertise in 
the planning of nutritional services, and’’, and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5150 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reduce interest rates for 
student and parent borrowers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2006 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. TIERNEY, 
Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. BISHOP of New 
York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reduce 
interest rates for student and parent borrowers. 
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 ‘‘Reverse the Raid on 
Student Aid Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. INTEREST RATE REDUCTIONS. 
(a) FFEL INTEREST RATES.—Section 427A(l) (20 
U.S.C. 1077a(l)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘6.8 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘3.4 percent’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ‘‘, except that for any loan 
made pursuant to section 428H for which the 
first disbursement is made on or after July 1, 
2006, the applicable rate of interest shall be 6.8 
percent on the unpaid principal balance of the 
loan’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘8.5 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘4.25 percent’’. 
(b) DIRECT LOANS.—Section 455(b)(7) (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(b)(7)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and Federal Direct Un-
subsidized Stafford Loans’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘6.8 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘3.4 percent’’; and 
(C) by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ‘‘, and for any Federal Direct 
Unsubsidized Loan made for which the first 
disbursement is made on or after July 1, 2006, 
the applicable rate of interest shall be 6.8 per-
cent on the unpaid principal balance of the 
loan’’; and 
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cent’’ and inserting ‘‘4.25 percent.’’ 
Æ 
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