‘‘(ii) PLAN.—The plan described in
clause (i) shall provide for a program
that—
‘‘(I) establishes a State or area
pension rights information center,
‘‘(II) provides counseling (includ-
ing direct counseling and assistance to
individuals needing information) and
information that may assist individ-
uals in establishing rights to, obtain-
ing, and filing claims or complaints
related to, pension and other retire-
ment benefits,
‘‘(III) provides information on
sources of pension and other retire-
ment benefits, including the benefits
under programs described in para-
graph (1)(A),
‘‘(IV) makes referrals to legal
services and other advocacy programs,
‘‘(V) establishes a system of re-
ferral to State, local, and Federal de-
partments or agencies related to pen-
sion and other retirement benefits,
‘‘(VI) provides a sufficient num-
ber of staff positions (including volun-
teer positions) to ensure information,
counseling, referral, and assistance re-
garding pension and other retirement
benefits,
‘‘(VII) provides training pro-
grams for staff members, including
volunteer staff members of the pro-
grams described in paragraph (1)(A),
‘‘(VIII) makes recommendations
to the Administration, the Depart-
ment of Labor, another Federal enti-
ty, and State and local agencies con-
cerning issues for older individuals re-
lated to pension and other retirement
benefits, and
‘‘(IX) establishes an outreach
program to provide information, coun-
seling, referral, and assistance regard-
ing pension and other retirement ben-
efits, with particular emphasis on out-
reach to women, minorities, and low-
income retirees.
‘‘(4) TRAINING PROGRAM.—
‘‘(A) USE OF FUNDS.—In carrying out the
projects described in paragraph (2), the Assist-
ant Secretary shall, to the extent appropriations
are available, award a grant to an eligible entity
to establish a training program to provide—
‘‘(i) information to the staffs of enti-
ties operating pension rights information
programs, and
‘‘(ii) assistance to the entities and as-
sist such entities in the design of program
evaluation tools.
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—Entities eligible
to receive grants under this subsection include
nonprofit private organizations with records of
providing national information, referral, and ad-
vocacy in matters related to pension and other
retirement benefits.
‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this subsection, an entity
shall submit an application to the Assistant
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Assistant
Secretary may require by rule.
‘‘(5) DURATION.—The Assistant Secretary may
award grants under paragraphs (3) and (4) for peri-
ods not to exceed 18 months.
‘‘(6) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—
‘‘(A) PREPARATION.—The Assistant Sec-
retary shall prepare a report that—
‘‘(i) summarizes the distribution of
funds authorized for grants under this sec-
tion and the expenditure of such funds,
‘‘(ii) summarizes the scope and con-
tent of training and assistance provided
under a program carried out under this
subsection and the degree to which the
training and assistance can be replicated,
‘‘(iii) outlines the problems that indi-
viduals participating in programs funded
under this subsection encountered con-
cerning rights related to pension and other
retirement benefits, and
‘‘(iv) makes recommendations regard-
ing the manner in which services provided
in programs funded under this subsection
can be incorporated into the ongoing pro-
grams of State agencies, area agencies on
aging, multipurpose senior centers, and
other similar entities.
‘‘(B) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 30
months after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Assistant Secretary shall submit the
report described in subparagraph (A) to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce of
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate.
‘‘(7) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Of 
the
funds appropriated to carry out this subsection for
a fiscal year, not more than $100,000 may be used
by the Administration for administrative expenses in
carrying out this subsection.
‘‘(f) HEALTH
CARE
SERVICE
DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS IN RURAL AREAS.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Assistant Secretary,
after consultation with the State agency of the State
involved, shall make grants in accordance with para-
graph (3) to eligible public agencies and nonprofit
private organizations to pay part or all of the cost
of developing or operating model health care service
projects (including related home health care services,
adult day health care, outreach, and transportation)
through multipurpose senior centers that are located
in rural areas and that provide nutrition services
under section 331, to meet the health care needs of
medically underserved older individuals residing in
such areas.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a
grant under paragraph (1), a public agency or non-
profit private organization shall submit to the As-
sistant Secretary an application containing such in-
formation and assurances as the Secretary may re-
quire by rule, including—
‘‘(A) information describing the nature and
extent of the applicant’s—
‘‘(i) experience in providing medical
services of the kinds to be provided in the
project for which a grant is requested, and
‘‘(ii) coordination and cooperation
with—
‘‘(I) institutions of higher edu-
cation having graduate programs with
capability in public health, the medical
sciences, psychology, pharmacology,
nursing, social work, health education,
nutrition, or gerontology, for the pur-
pose of designing and developing such
project, and
‘‘(II) critical access hospitals (as
defined in section 1861(mm)(1) of the
Social Security Act) and rural health
clinics 
(as 
defined 
in 
section
1861(aa)(2) of the Social Security
Act),
‘‘(B) assurances that the applicant will
carry out the project for which a grant is re-
quested, through a multipurpose senior center
located—
‘‘(i)(I) in a rural area that has a pop-
ulation of less than 5000, or
‘‘(II) in a county that has fewer than
6 individuals per square mile, and
‘‘(ii) in a State in which—
‘‘(I) not less than 331⁄3 of the
population resides in rural areas,
‘‘(II) not less than 5 percent of
the population resides in counties with
fewer than 6 individuals per square
mile, and
‘‘(III) 
older 
individuals
comprise—
‘‘(aa) not less than 17 per-
cent of the population, and
‘‘(bb) not less than 40 per-
cent of the population residing in
areas described in subclauses (I)
and (II),
as defined and determined in accordance
with the most recent data then available
from the Bureau of the Census, and
‘‘(C) assurances that the applicant will
submit to the Assistant Secretary such evalua-
tions and reports as the Assistant Secretary
may require by rule.
‘‘(3) RULES.—Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall issue rules to carry out this subsection.
‘‘(4) REPORTS.—The Assistant Secretary shall
include in the reports required by section 117, sum-
maries of the evaluations and reports required under
paragraph (2).
‘‘SEC. 115. MISUSE OF FUNDS BY PROVIDERS.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO BAR PROVIDERS.—If, after no-
tice and an opportunity for a hearing, it is determined—
‘‘(1) by the Assistant Secretary that funds ex-
pended under this Act (excluding title V) by a State,
a State agency, or an area agency on aging, directly
or indirectly by a grant to or contract with a pro-
vider of goods or services, have not been expended
in compliance with this Act (excluding title V) or a
regulation issued to carry out this Act (excluding
title V), or
‘‘(2) by the Secretary of Labor that funds ex-
pended under title V by a recipient of a grant under
section 503(a)(1), directly or indirectly by a grant to
or contract with a provider to provide employment to
older individuals, have not been expended in compli-
ance with such title or a regulation issued to carry
out such title,
then the Assistant Secretary or the Secretary, as the case
may be, may issue an order barring such provider, for a
period not to exceed 5 years as specified in such order,
from receiving a grant, or entering into a contract, to pro-
vide goods, services, or employment with funds made avail-
able under this Act (excluding title V) or such title, as
the case may be.
‘‘(b) EFFECT OF ORDER.—For the period during
which an order issued under subsection (a) is in effect,
none of the funds made available under this Act (excluding
title V) or title V, as the case may be, may be expended
directly or indirectly by a grant to or contract with the
provider that is the subject of such order.
‘‘SEC. 116. EVALUATIONS.
‘‘(a) DUTY
OF SECRETARY.—The Secretary may
measure and evaluate the impact and effectiveness of all
programs, projects, and activities carried out with funds
provided under this Act. Evaluations shall be conducted
by persons not immediately involved in the administration
of the programs, projects, and activities evaluated.
‘‘(b) SOURCES OF EVALUATION INFORMATION.—In
carrying out evaluations under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall—
‘‘(1) to the maximum extent practicable, ar-
range to obtain the opinions of participants in the
programs, projects, and activities being evaluated,
and
‘‘(2) consult with organizations concerned with
the welfare of older individuals.
‘‘SEC. 117. REPORTS.
‘‘Not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal
year beginning after September 30, 1999, the Assistant
Secretary shall prepare and submit to the President and
to the the Speaker of the House of Representative and
the President pro tempore of the Senate, a complete report
on the programs, projects, and activities carried out under
this Act in such fiscal year. Such report shall include—
‘‘(1) statistical data reflecting services and ac-
tivities provided under this Act to older individuals
during the fiscal year for which such report is sub-
mitted,
‘‘(2) statistical data collected under section
112(9), and
‘‘(3) statistical data, and an analysis of infor-
mation, regarding the effectiveness of the State
agency and area agencies on aging in targeting serv-
ices to older individuals with greatest economic need
and older individuals with greatest social need (with
particular attention to low-income minority older in-
dividuals).
‘‘SEC. 118. REDUCTION OF PAPERWORK.
‘‘In order to reduce unnecessary, duplicative, or dis-
ruptive demands for information, the Assistant Secretary,
in consultation with State agencies and other appropriate
agencies and organizations, shall continually review and
evaluate all requests by the Administration for informa-
tion under this Act and shall take such action as may be
necessary to reduce the paperwork required under this
Act. The Assistant Secretary shall request only such infor-
mation as the Assistant Secretary deems essential to carry
out the purpose and provisions of this Act and, in gath-
ering such information, shall make use of uniform service
definitions to the extent that such definitions are available.
‘‘SEC. 119. SURPLUS PROPERTY ELIGIBILITY.
‘‘Any State or local government agency, and any non-
profit organization or institution, that receives funds ap-
propriated for programs for older individuals under this
Act, under title IV or title XX of the Social Security Act,
under title VIII or X of Public Law 88–452 (commonly
known as the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964) or the
Community Services Block Grant Act, shall be deemed to
be eligible to receive for such programs, property that is
declared surplus to the needs of the Federal Government
in accordance with laws applicable to surplus property.
‘‘SEC. 120. BENEFIT TREATMENT UNDER OTHER LAWS.
‘‘No benefit (excluding wages and cash allowances
that are not reimbursements) received under a program,
project, or activity carried out under this Act shall be
treated under any Federal, State, or local law as income
or resources of an eligible individual participating in such
program, project, or activity.
‘‘SEC. 121. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— For the expenses (including sal-
aries) of the Administration on Aging to carry out this
Act (other than subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) of section
114), there are authorized to be appropriated $15,100,000
for fiscal year 2000 and such sums as may be necessary
for fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004.
‘‘(b) RESEARCH, TRAINING, 
AND
DEMONSTRA-
TION.—(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) of section 114,
$18,400,000 for fiscal year 2000 and such sums as may
be necessary for fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.
‘‘(2) Of the amount appropriated under paragraph
(1) for each fiscal year—
‘‘(A) not more than $1,000,000 shall be avail-
able to carry out section 112(12), and
‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (3)—
‘‘(i) not less than $540,000 shall be avail-
able to make grants under section 114(d) to
Hispanic Centers of Excellence in Applied Ger-
ontology, and
‘‘(ii) not less than $1,200,000 shall be
available to make grants under section 114(d)
to historically Black colleges or universities,
‘‘(C) not less than $1,000,000 shall be available
to carry out section 114(e), and
‘‘(D) not less than $1,500,000 shall be available
to carry out section 114(f).
‘‘(3) If the amount appropriated under paragraph (1)
for any fiscal year is less than the aggregate of the
amounts specified in subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of
paragraph (2), each of such amounts shall be reduced pro
rata as necessary to cause such aggregate to equal such
amount.
‘‘TITLE II—GRANTS FOR NATIVE
AMERICAN 
PROGRAMS 
ON
AGING
‘‘SEC. 201. GRANTS FOR SERVICES TO NATIVE AMERICANS.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Assistant
Secretary may make grants to eligible organizations to pay
all of the costs for delivery of supportive services and nu-
trition services for older individuals who are Native Ameri-
cans.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY OF ORGANIZATIONS.—An organi-
zation is eligible to receive a grant under this title (exclud-
ing section 204) only if the organization is—
‘‘(1) a tribal organization that—
‘‘(A) represents at least 50 older individ-
uals, and
‘‘(B) demonstrates the ability to deliver
supportive services and nutritional services,
‘‘(2) an Alaska Native organization that—
‘‘(A) represents at least 50 older individ-
uals, and
‘‘(B) demonstrates the ability to deliver
supportive services and nutritional services, or
‘‘(3) a public or nonprofit private organization
that—
‘‘(A) will serve at least 50 older individuals
who are Native Hawaiians, and
‘‘(B) demonstrates the ability to deliver
supportive services and nutrition services.
‘‘SEC. 202. APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS.
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—A grant may not be made
under this title (excluding section 204) unless an eligible
organization submits an application to the Assistant Sec-
retary that meets such criteria as the Assistant Secretary
may establish by rule. Each such application shall—
‘‘(1) provide that such organization shall evalu-
ate the need for supportive and nutrition services
among older individuals who are—
‘‘(A) Indians represented by such organiza-
tion if such organization is a tribal organiza-
tion,
‘‘(B) Alaska Natives represented by such
organization if such organization is an Alaska
Native organization, or
‘‘(C) Native Hawaiians to be served by
such organization,
‘‘(2) provide for the use of such methods of ad-
ministration as are necessary for the proper and ef-
ficient administration of the project to be carried out
with such grant,
‘‘(3) provide an assurance that such organiza-
tion will make such reports in such form and con-
taining such information, as the Assistant Secretary
may reasonably require, and comply with such re-
quirements as the Assistant Secretary may impose
to ensure the correctness of such reports,
‘‘(4) provide for periodic evaluation of the
project to be carried out with such grant,
‘‘(5) establish objectives toward which such
project will be directed, identify obstacles to the at-
tainment of such objectives, and indicate the manner
in which such organization proposes to overcome
such obstacles,
‘‘(6) provide for establishing and maintaining
information and assistance services to ensure that
older individuals who are served by such project will
have reasonably convenient access to the services
and activities provided by such project,
‘‘(7) provide that a preference for older individ-
uals who are Native Americans for full- or part-time
staff positions will be given whenever feasible,
‘‘(8) provide an assurance that, either directly
or by way of grant or contract with appropriate enti-
ties, nutrition services will be delivered to older indi-
viduals who are—
‘‘(A) Indians represented by such organiza-
tion if such organization is a tribal organiza-
tion,
‘‘(B) Alaska Natives represented by such
organization if such organization is an Alaska
Native organization, or
‘‘(C) Native Hawaiians to be served by
such organization,
and will substantially comply with chapter 2 of sub-
title A of title III, except that in any case in which
the need of such individuals for nutritional services
is already met from other sources, such organization
may expend for supportive services the funds other-
wise required to be expended under this paragraph,
‘‘(9) provide that any legal services or ombuds-
man services made available to older individuals who
are—
‘‘(A) Indians represented by such organiza-
tion if such organization is a tribal organiza-
tion,
‘‘(B) Alaska Natives represented by such
organization if such organization is an Alaska
Native organization, or
‘‘(C) Native Hawaiians to be served by
such organization,
will be in substantial compliance with the provisions
of subtitle A of title III relating to the furnishing of
similar services,
‘‘(10) contain satisfactory assurances that fiscal
control and fund accounting procedures will be
adopted as may be necessary to ensure proper dis-
bursement of, and accounting for, Federal funds
paid under this title to such organization, including
any funds paid by such organization to a recipient
of a grant or contract,
‘‘(11) contain assurances that such organization
will coordinate services provided under this title with
services provided under subtitle A of title III in the
same geographical area, and
‘‘(12) if the organization elects to solicit vol-
untary contributions from older individuals, provide
that such organization will ensure that such con-
tributions will be—
‘‘(A) based on the ability of the older indi-
viduals to make such contributions, and
‘‘(B) used to increase, or to expand access
to, services provided under this title.
‘‘(b) POPULATION STATISTICS.—For the purpose of
any application submitted under subsection (a), an eligible
organization may develop its own population statistics,
with a certification from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in
order to establish eligibility to receive a grant under this
title.
‘‘(c) APPROVAL
OF APPLICATION.—The Assistant
Secretary shall approve any application that complies with
subsection (a).
‘‘(d) APPLICATION NOT APPROVED.—Whenever the
Assistant Secretary determines not to approve an applica-
tion submitted under subsection (a) the Assistant Sec-
retary shall—
‘‘(1) state objections in writing to the organiza-
tion within 60 days after such determination,
‘‘(2) provide, to the extent practicable, technical
assistance to the organization to overcome such stat-
ed objections, and
‘‘(3) provide the organization with a hearing,
under such rules as the Assistant Secretary may
issue.
‘‘(e) PERIOD FUNDED.—Whenever the Assistant Sec-
retary approves an application of an organization under
subsection (a), a grant shall be made for a period of not
less than 12 months.
‘‘SEC. 203. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS AMONG TRIBAL ORGA-
NIZATIONS, ALASKA NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS,
AND ORGANIZATIONS SERVING NATIVE HA-
WAIIANS.
‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE OF 1991 AMOUNTS.—Subject to
the availability of appropriations to carry out this title,
the amount of the grant (if any) made under this title
to a tribal organization, an Alaska Native organization,
or an organization serving Native Hawaiians for fiscal
year 2000 and for each subsequent fiscal year shall be not
less than the amount of the grant made under title VI
of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to the tribal organiza-
tion, the Alaska Native organization, or the organization
serving Native Hawaiians for fiscal year 1991.
‘‘(b) USE
OF
ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS
APPRO-
PRIATED.—If the amount appropriated to carry out this
title in a fiscal year subsequent to fiscal year 2000 exceeds
the amount appropriated to carry out title VI of the Older
Americans Act of 1965 in fiscal year 1991, then the
amount of the grant (if any) made under this title to a
tribal organization, an Alaska Native organization, or an
organization serving Native Hawaiians for such subse-
quent fiscal year shall be—
‘‘(1) increased by such amount as the Assistant
Secretary considers to be appropriate, in addition to
the amount of any increase required by subsection
(a), so that the grant equals or more closely ap-
proaches the amount of the grant made under title
VI of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to the tribal
organization or the Alaska Native organization for
fiscal year 1980, or to the organization serving Na-
tive Hawaiians for fiscal year 1995, or
‘‘(2) an amount the Assistant Secretary con-
siders to be sufficient if the tribal organization, the
Alaska Native organization, or the organization serv-
ing Native Hawaiians did not receive a grant under
title VI of the Older Americans Act of 1965 for ei-
ther fiscal year 1980 or fiscal year 1991.
‘‘SEC. 204. SURPLUS EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior—
‘‘(1) acting through the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs, shall make available surplus Indian edu-
cational facilities and surplus Alaska Native edu-
cational facilities to tribal organizations and Alaska
Native organizations, and to nonprofit organizations
with the approval of the Indian tribe or Alaska Na-
tive organization involved, and
‘‘(2) shall make available to organizations de-
scribed in section 201(b)(3) any other surplus edu-
cational facilities located in the State of Hawaii that
are under the control of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior,
for use as multipurpose senior centers. Such centers may
be altered so as to provide extended care facilities, commu-
nity center facilities, nutrition services, adult day care
services, child care services, and other supportive services.
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To request to receive surplus
educational facilities made available under subsection (a),
a tribal organization, an Alaska Native organization, or
an organization described in section 201(b)(3) shall sub-
mit an application to the Secretary of the Interior at such
time and in such manner, and containing such informa-
tion, as the Secretary of the Interior determines to be nec-
essary to carry out this section.
‘‘SEC. 205. ADMINISTRATION.
‘‘For the purpose of issuing rules to carry out this
title, the Assistant Secretary shall consult with the Sec-
retary of the Interior.
‘‘SEC. 206. PAYMENTS.
‘‘Payments may be made under this title (after nec-
essary adjustments on account of previously made over-
payments or underpayments) in advance or by way of re-
imbursement in such installments and on such conditions
as the Assistant Secretary may determine.
‘‘SEC. 207. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this title $18,800,000 for fiscal year 2000 and such sums
as may be necessary for fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003,
and 2004.
‘‘TITLE III—GRANTS FOR STATE
AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
ON AGING
‘‘Subtitle A—Grants for Programs
on Aging
‘‘CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS
‘‘SEC. 301. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION.
‘‘In carrying out this title, the Assistant Secretary
may request the technical assistance and cooperation of
such other Federal agencies as the Assistant Secretary
considers to be appropriate.
‘‘SEC. 302. ALLOTMENTS; FEDERAL SHARE.
‘‘(a) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS FOR SUPPORTIVE SERV-
ICES, MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR CENTERS, AND NUTRITION
SERVICES.—
‘‘(1) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—(A) Subject to
subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), the amounts ap-
propriated under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of sec-
tion 391 for fiscal years 2000 through 2004 shall be
allotted by the Assistant Secretary among the States
proportionately based on the population of individ-
uals 60 years of age or older in the States.
‘‘(B) Subject to subparagraph (C), the amounts
allotted under subparagraph (A) shall be reduced
proportionately to the extent necessary to increase
other allotments under such subparagraph (A) to
achieve the following:
‘‘(i) Each State shall be allotted 1⁄2 of 1
percent of the amount appropriated for the fis-
cal year for which the determination is made.
‘‘(ii) Guam and the Virgin Islands of the
United States shall each be allotted 1⁄4 of 1 per-
cent of the amount appropriated for the fiscal
year for which the determination is made.
‘‘(iii) American Samoa and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall
each be allotted 1⁄16 of 1 percent of the amount
private institution or organization, agency, or polit-
ical subdivision of the State submitting an approved
plan under section 304, that includes an agreement
that any such funds so disbursed shall be matched
in cash or in kind, from non-Federal sources, to pay
the remainder of the cost of carrying out chapters
2 and 3 as described in paragraph (3)(A), but not
less than 15 percent of such cost.
‘‘(3) FEDERAL SHARE.—(A) Funds received by
a State from allotments made under this subsection
for a fiscal year may be used to pay not more than
85 percent of the cost of carrying out chapters 2
and 3.
‘‘(B) The non-Federal share of such cost shall
be contributed in cash or in kind. In determining the
amount of the non-Federal share, the Assistant Sec-
retary may attribute fair market value to services
and facilities contributed from non-Federal sources.
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT
OF
ADDITIONAL
FUNDS
FOR
STATE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAMS AND
FOR SERVICES FOR THE PREVENTION AND REMEDIATION
OF ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION.—
‘‘(1) 
POPULATION.—Amounts 
appropriated
under section 493 for a fiscal year shall be allotted
by the Assistant Secretary initially among the States
proportionately based on the population of individ-
uals 60 years of age or older in the States.
‘‘(2) MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—After making the initial
allotments described in paragraph (1), the As-
sistant Secretary shall adjust the allotments on
a pro rata basis in accordance with subpara-
graphs (B) and (C).
‘‘(B) GENERAL MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS.—
‘‘(i) 
MINIMUM
ALLOTMENT
FOR
STATES.—Each State shall be allotted not
less than 1⁄2 of 1 percent of the funds ap-
propriated under section 493 for the fiscal
year for which the determination is made.
‘‘(ii) 
OTHER
MINIMUM
ALLOT-
MENTS.—Guam and the Virgin Islands of
the United States shall each be allotted not
less than 1⁄4 of 1 percent of the funds ap-
propriated under section 493 for the fiscal
year for which the determination is made.
American Samoa and the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands shall each
be allotted not less than 1⁄16 of 1 percent
of the amount appropriated under section
493 for the fiscal year for which the deter-
mination is made.
‘‘(C) MINIMUM
ALLOTMENTS
FOR
OM-
BUDSMAN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR THE
PREVENTION OF ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND
EXPLOITATION.—From 
funds 
appropriated
under section 493, each State shall be allotted
not less than the amount allotted to such State
for fiscal year 1991 under section 304 of the
Older Americans Act of 1965 to carry out State
long-term care ombudsman programs and pro-
grams with respect to the prevention of elder
abuse, neglect, and exploitation, under title III
of such Act.
‘‘(D) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of
this paragraph, the term ‘State’ does not in-
clude Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Is-
lands of the United States, and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
‘‘(c) ALLOTMENT
OF FUNDS
FOR FAMILY CARE-
GIVER SERVICES.—
‘‘(1)(A) Subject to paragraph (2), amounts ap-
propriated under section 391(d) for fiscal years
2000 through 2004 shall be allotted by the Assistant
Secretary among the States proportionately based on
the population of individuals 70 years of age or older
in the States.
‘‘(B) The number of individuals 70 years of age
or older in any State and in all States shall be deter-
mined by the Assistant Secretary on the basis of the
most recent data available from the Bureau of the
Census and other reliable demographic data satisfac-
tory to the Assistant Secretary.
‘‘(2) MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS.—
‘‘(A) The amounts allotted under para-
graph (1) shall be reduced proportionately to
the extent necessary to increase other allot-
ments under such paragraph to achieve the
amounts described in subparagraph (B).
‘‘(B)(i) Each State shall be allotted 1⁄2 of
1 percent of the amount appropriated for the
fiscal year for which the determination is made.
‘‘(ii) Guam and the Virgin Islands of the
United States shall each be allotted 1⁄4 of 1 per-
cent of the amount appropriated for the fiscal
year for which the determination is made.
‘‘(iii) American Samoa and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall
each be allotted 1⁄16 of 1 percent of the amount
appropriated for the fiscal year for which the
determination is made.
‘‘(C) For the purposes of subparagraph (B)(i),
the term ‘State’ does not include Guam, American
Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands.
‘‘(d) PERMITTED USE OF ALLOTMENTS.—
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATION OF STATE PLANS.—(A)
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 5 percent
of the allotment made to a State under subsection
(a) or $500,000, whichever is greater, shall be avail-
able to the State to use in accordance with section
306(a).
‘‘(B) In the case of an allotment made under
subsection (a) to Guam, American Samoa, the Vir-
gin Islands of the United States, and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 5 percent
of such allotment or $100,000, whichever is greater,
shall be available to each to use in accordance with
section 306(a).
‘‘(2) 
APPLICATION
TO
USE
ADDITIONAL
FUNDS.—(A) If the Assistant Secretary determines,
based upon a particularized showing of need that—
‘‘(i) the State will be unable to fully and
effectively administer its State plan and to
carry out programs, projects, and activities au-
thorized by chapters 2 and 3 unless additional
funds are made available by the Assistant Sec-
retary,
‘‘(ii) the State is making full and effective
use of its allotment under paragraph (1) and of
the personnel of the State agency and area
agencies designated under section 303(a)(2)(A)
in the administration of its State plan in ac-
cordance with section 306(a), and
‘‘(iii) the State agency and area agencies
on aging are carrying out, on a full-time basis,
programs, projects, and activities that are in
furtherance of the purpose of chapters 2 and 3,
then the Assistant Secretary may approve an appli-
cation submitted by the State to request permission
to use in accordance with section 306(a) a greater
percentage of its allotment under subsection (a).
‘‘(B) Subject to subparagraph (C), the Assist-
ant Secretary may approve any part of the greater
percentage requested in such application that the
Assistant Secretary determines is justified in such
application.