section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Port-
ability and Accountability Act of 1996 and 
State and local privacy regulations (as applica-
ble). 
‘‘(2) SHARING OF DATA AND REPORTS.—The 
advisory board may secure from any entity pursuing 
elder justice activities under the Elder Justice Act or 
an amendment made by that Act, any data, reports, 
or recommendations generated in connection with 
such activities. 
‘‘(3) POSTAL
SERVICES.—The advisory board 
may use the United States mails in the same man-
ner and under the same conditions as other depart-
ments and agencies of the Federal Government. 
‘‘(4) GIFTS.—The advisory board may accept, 
use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services or 
property. 
‘‘(h) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the advi-
sory board shall not receive compensation for the perform-
ance of services for the advisory board, but shall be al-
lowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies 
under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
Code, while away from their homes or regular places of 
business in the performance of services for the advisory 
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board. Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United 
States Code, the Secretary and the Attorney General may 
accept the voluntary and uncompensated services of the 
members of the advisory board. 
‘‘(i) DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—Any 
Federal Government employee may be detailed to the advi-
sory board without reimbursement, and such detail shall 
be without interruption or loss of civil service status or 
privilege. 
‘‘(j) STATUS
AS
PERMANENT
ADVISORY
COM-
MITTEE.—Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the advisory board. 
‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sub-
section— 
‘‘(1) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
‘‘(2) $7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2013. 
‘‘Subtitle B—Activities to Promote 
Elder Justice 
‘‘SEC. 2221. DATA COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION. 
‘‘(a) ELDER JUSTICE RESOURCE CENTER.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, after 
consultation with the Attorney General, shall estab-
lish within the Office of Elder Justice, an Elder Jus-
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tice Resource Center (in this section referred to as 
the ‘Center’) to be the central repository for infor-
mation regarding elder abuse, neglect, and exploi-
tation. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Center shall— 
‘‘(A) develop the capacity and procedures 
to collect, maintain, and disseminate informa-
tion relevant to consumers, families, providers, 
clinicians, advocates, regulators, law enforce-
ment, policymakers, researchers, fiduciaries in-
cluding guardians, judges, and lawyers, relevant 
to the prevention, detection, assessment, identi-
fication, and treatment of, intervention in, and 
prosecution of, elder abuse, neglect, and exploi-
tation; 
‘‘(B) provide, in a user-friendly manner, 
information on— 
‘‘(i) ways to promote autonomy in the 
face of aging or diminishing capacity and 
mobility; 
‘‘(ii) how to avoid becoming a victim 
of elder abuse, neglect, or exploitation; and 
‘‘(iii) advance planning and how to 
avoid the need for a fiduciary; 
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‘‘(C) provide links and references to other 
sources of information; 
‘‘(D) compile, analyze, and publish a sum-
mary of research conducted on elder abuse, ne-
glect, and exploitation and information on how 
to obtain the original research materials; 
‘‘(E) solicit public comment and comment 
from the advisory board established under sec-
tion 2213 on the activities of the Center; 
‘‘(F) establish a toll-free number for infor-
mation and referrals; 
‘‘(G) coordinate activities with resource 
centers and clearinghouses on elder justice top-
ics; and 
‘‘(H) provide funding to public and private 
agencies and entities to develop or continue the 
efforts of specialized elder justice-related clear-
inghouses and information repositories, to be 
linked to the Center, that address topics such 
as those enumerated in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) and that provide effective services. 
‘‘(3) 
COORDINATION
OF
AVAILABLE
RE-
SOURCES.—In establishing the Center under this 
subsection the Secretary, after consultation with the 
Attorney General, shall— 
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‘‘(A) consult with other Federal agencies 
that operate similar resource centers; 
‘‘(B) consult with private entities that op-
erate resource centers or clearinghouses on 
elder justice-related topics; 
‘‘(C) consult with the head of each agency 
participating in the Elder Justice Coordinating 
Council established under section 2212, as well 
as other agencies with clearinghouses com-
parable to the Center, such as clearinghouses 
relating to child abuse and neglect, to deter-
mine the most efficient and effective manner for 
collecting, maintaining, and disseminating in-
formation on elder abuse, neglect, and exploi-
tation; and 
‘‘(D) solicit public comment on the compo-
nents of such Center. 
‘‘(4) NATIONAL ELDER JUSTICE LIBRARY.— 
‘‘(A) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Secretary 
shall establish within the Center a National 
Elder Justice Library (in this paragraph re-
ferred to as the ‘Library’) to serve as a central-
ized repository for all types of appropriate ma-
terials concerning training, technical assistance, 
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