H. R. 3161
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three
An Act
To make technical amendments necessitated by the enactment of the Older Ameri-
cans Act Amendments of 1992, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 AMERICANS 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 the first sentence of section 211 by striking ‘‘agen-
cies,’’ and inserting ‘‘agencies’’,
(7) in section 302 by striking paragraph (10),
(8) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 305(b) by striking
‘‘clause (1) of subsection (a)’’ each place it appears, and inserting
‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’,
(9) in section 307—
(A) in section 307(a)—
(i) in the last sentence of paragraph (8) by striking
‘‘knowledgable’’ and inserting ‘‘knowledgeable’’, and
(ii) in paragraph (24) by striking the semicolon
at the end and inserting a period, and
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(B) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ‘‘the requirement
described in clause (3)(B) of subsection (a)’’ and inserting
‘‘such requirement’’,
(10) in section 310(a)(1) by striking ‘‘Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act’’,
(11) in section 314(a) by striking ‘‘(a) PROMOTION.—’’,
(12) 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)’’,
(13) in section 361(a) by inserting ‘‘and Prevention’’ after
‘‘Control’’,
(14) in section 402(b) by striking ‘‘Alcohol, Drug Abuse,
and Mental Health Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’’,
(15) in section 411(e) by striking ‘‘431(b)’’ and inserting
‘‘section 431(b)’’,
(16) in the first sentence of section 421(a) by striking
‘‘purposes’’ the last place it appears and inserting ‘‘purpose’’,
(17) in section 429G(a)(2)(B)(v)(X) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end,
(18) in subsections (a) and (b)(2) of section 429I by striking
‘‘black’’ and inserting ‘‘Black’’,
(19) in section 429J(a)(2)(D) by inserting ‘‘of 1974’’ after
‘‘Act’’,
(20) 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
(21) 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 follows:
‘‘(2) The term ‘Assistant Secretary’ means the Assistant
Secretary for Aging.’’,
(2) in section 201—
(A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘a Commissioner on’’
and inserting ‘‘an Assistant Secretary 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 ‘‘Associate
Commissioner on’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the Office
for’’,
(C) in subsection (d)—
(i) by striking ‘‘an Associate Commissioner for
Ombudsman Programs’’ and inserting ‘‘a Director of
the Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs’’,
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘Associate Commissioner’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Director’’, and
(D) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’,
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(3) in section 202—
(A) in the heading by striking ‘‘COMMISSIONER’’ and
inserting ‘‘ASSISTANT SECRETARY’’,
(B) in subsection (a)(21)(A) by striking ‘‘Associate
Commissioner for Ombudsman Programs’’ 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 insert-
ing ‘‘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 ‘‘Commis-
sioner’s’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘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 ‘‘Commissioner’’ and
inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Aging’’,
(7) in section 427—
(A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ and
inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’, and
(B) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Commissioner on
Aging’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘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 Secretary for Aging’’,
(9) in section 712—
(A) in subsection (h)(4)(A) by striking ‘‘Associate
Commissioner for Ombudsman Programs’’ 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 Commis-
sioner on’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the Office for’’, and
(B) in subsections (a) and (b) by striking ‘‘Commis-
sioner’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Sec-
retary’’,
(11) in the headings of sections 338B(b), 429A(g)(2),
429G(c)(2), and 763(b) by striking ‘‘COMMISSIONER’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘ASSISTANT SECRETARY’’,
(12) in the heading of section 433 by striking ‘‘COMMIS-
SIONER’’ and inserting ‘‘ASSISTANT SECRETARY’’, and
(13) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place it appears, and
inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’, in sections 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,
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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, 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 inserting ‘‘Assistant Sec-
retary 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 Secretary 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.
SEC. 4. MATTERS RELATING TO THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT AMEND-
MENTS OF 1992.
(a) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—The Older Americans 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’’,
(2) in section 211 by striking ‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1995’’,
and
(3) in section 502(b)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking
‘‘The first sentence of section’’ and inserting ‘‘Section’’, and
(B) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘in the first sentence’’
after ‘‘(1)’’.
(b) DELAYED APPLICABILITY
OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS.—The
amendments made by—
(1) sections 303(a)(2), 303(a)(3), 304 (excluding paragraphs
(1) and (2) of subsection (a)), 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 AMERICAN PRO-
GRAMS 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 ‘‘non-
reservation areas’’ and inserting ‘‘areas that are not Indian
reservations or Alaska Native villages’’,
(3) in section 803A—
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(A) in subsections (b), (c), and (d)(1) by striking ‘‘to
which a grant is awarded under subsection (a)(1)’’ each
place it appears,
(B) in subsection (d)(2) by striking ‘‘to which a grant
is made under subsection (a)(1)’’, and
(C) in subsection (f)(1) by striking ‘‘for fiscal years
1988, 1989, and 1990 the aggregate amount $3,000,000
for all such fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of the
fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994, $1,000,000’’,
(4) in section 803B(c)—
(A) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘individuals who’’ and
inserting ‘‘agencies described in section 803(a) that’’, and
(B) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘such individuals’’
and inserting ‘‘Native Americans,’’,
(5) in section 806(a)(2) by striking ‘‘Alaskan’’ and inserting
‘‘Alaska’’,
(6) in section 815—
(A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘Alaskan’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘Alaska’’, and
(B) in paragraph (4) by adding a semicolon at the
end, and
(6) in section 816—
(A) in subsections (a) and (b) by inserting a comma
after ‘‘803A’’ each place it appears,
(B) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘are’’ and inserting
‘‘is’’,
(C) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1992
and 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 1994’’, and
(D) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as sub-
sections (d) and (e), respectively.
SEC. 6. AMENDMENTS REGARDING THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE
ON AGING.
Title II of the Older Americans Amendments of 1987 (42 U.S.C.
3001 note) is amended—
(1) in section 202(a) by striking ‘‘December 31, 1994’’ and
inserting ‘‘May 31, 1995,’’,
(2) in section 203(b)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’
and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(3)’’, and
(B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(5)’’
and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(6)’’,
(3) in section 204—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘90 days after
the enactment of the Older Americans Act Amend-
ments of 1992’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 1993’’,
and
(ii) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking ‘‘60 days’’ and
inserting ‘‘90 days’’,
(B) in subsection (b) by moving the left margin of
paragraph (2) 2 ems to the right so as to align such margin
with the left margin of paragraph (1), and
(C) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘prescribed rate for
GS–18 under section 5332’’ and inserting ‘‘equivalent of
the maximum rate of pay payable under section 5376’’,
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