103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3161
AN ACT
To make technical amendments necessitated by the
enactment of the Older Americans Act Amend-
ments of 1992, and for other purposes.
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3161
AN ACT
To make technical amendments necessitated by the enact-
ment of the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1992,
and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Older Americans Act
Technical Amendments of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE OLDER AMERI-
CANS 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 strik-
ing ‘‘agencies,’’ 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 insert-
ing ‘‘knowledgeable’’, and
(ii) in paragraph (24) by striking the
semicolon at the end and inserting a pe-
riod, and
(B) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ‘‘the
requirement described in clause (3)(B) of sub-
section (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) PRO-
MOTION.—’’,
(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 Pre-
vention’’ 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 in-
serting ‘‘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 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
SEC-
RETARY’’,
(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
‘‘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 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 ‘‘Com-
missioner’’ 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
‘‘Associate 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 ‘‘Associ-
ate 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
‘‘COMMISSIONER’’ and inserting ‘‘ASSISTANT SEC-
RETARY’’,
(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, 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 Alz-
heimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Services Re-
search 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 Commis-
sioner 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 AMENDMENTS OF 1992.
(a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Older Ameri-
cans 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 in-
serting ‘‘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 AMEND-
MENTS.—The amendments made by—
(1) sections 303(a)(2), 303(a)(3), 304 (exclud-
ing 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 AMER-
ICAN PROGRAMS 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 ‘‘nonreservation areas’’ and inserting ‘‘areas
that are not Indian reservations or Alaska Native
villages’’,
(3) in section 803A—
(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 aggre-
gate 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 ‘‘individ-
uals who’’ and inserting ‘‘agencies described in
section 803(a) that’’, and
(B) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘such in-
dividuals’’ 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 ‘‘Alas-
kan’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Alas-
ka’’, and
(B) in paragraph (4) by adding a semi-
colon 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 subsections (d) and (e), respectively.
SEC. 6. AMENDMENTS REGARDING THE WHITE HOUSE CON-
FERENCE 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 ‘‘sub-
section 
(a)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection
(a)(3)’’, and
(B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘sub-
section 
(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 Amendments 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 ‘‘pre-
scribed rate for GS–18 under section 5332’’
and inserting ‘‘equivalent of the maximum rate
of pay payable under section 5376’’,
(4) in section 206(5) by inserting ‘‘of the
United States’’ after ‘‘Virgin Islands’’, and
(5) in section 207—
(A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking
‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1996’’, and
(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) in paragraph (1)—
(I) by striking ‘‘June 30, 1995,
or’’, and
(II) by striking ‘‘, whichever oc-
curs earlier’’,
(ii) in paragraph (2)—
(I) by striking ‘‘June 30, 1995,
or’’, and
(II) by striking ‘‘, whichever oc-
curs earlier,’’, and
(iii) in paragraph (3) by striking
‘‘June 30, 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘December
31, 1995’’.
SEC. 7. AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES
BLOCK GRANT ACT.
(a) DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY.—Section 681(a)(2)
of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C.
9910(a)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘(includ-
ing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘facilities’’, and in-
serting ‘‘, including rental housing for low-income
individuals’’,
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and
(F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively, and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(E) technical assistance and training pro-
grams regarding the planning and development
of rural community facilities (in selecting enti-
ties to carry out such programs, the Secretary
shall give priority to organizations described in
subparagraph (D));’’.
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 682 of the Commu-
nity Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9911) is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘contract with’’ and in-
serting ‘‘awarding a grant or contract to’’,
(ii) by striking ‘‘this subtitle’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 674’’, and
(iii) by striking subparagraphs (A)
and (B) and inserting the following:
‘‘(A) The uses of the Community Services Block
Grant to the States that are related to the purposes
of the subtitle.
‘‘(B) The number of entities eligible for funds
under this subtitle, the number of low-income per-
sons served under this subtitle, and that amount of
information concerning the demographics of the low-
income populations served by such eligible entities as
is determined to be feasible.
‘‘(C) Any information in addition to that de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) that the Secretary con-
siders to be appropriate to carry out this subtitle,
except that the Secretary may not require a State to
provide such additional information until the expira-
tion of the 1-year period beginning on the date on
which the Secretary notifies such State that such
additional information will be required to be pro-
vided.’’,
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3),
and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) In selecting an entity to prepare a report under
this subsection, the Secretary shall give a preference to
any nonprofit entity that has demonstrated the ability to
secure the voluntary cooperation of grantees under this
subtitle in designing and implementing national Commu-
nity Services Block Grant information systems.’’, and
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Not later’’
and all that follows through ‘‘prepared, the’’, and in-
serting ‘‘The’’.
(c) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—The Community
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901–9912) is
amended—
(1) in section 673(4) by inserting ‘‘of the
United States’’ after ‘‘Virgin Islands’’,
(2) in section 674(a)—
(A) in paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(A)(ii) by
striking ‘‘681(c)’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘681(d)’’, and
(B) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘of the
United States’’ after ‘‘Virgin Islands’’,
(3) in section 680(a) by striking ‘‘681(c)’’ and
inserting ‘‘681(d)’’, and
(4) in section 681A by striking ‘‘Statewide’’
and inserting ‘‘statewide’’.
SEC. 8. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS WITH RESPECT TO
CHILD CARE.
Section 8 of Public Law 102–586 is amended by
striking ‘‘Child Care and Development Block Grant Act
Amendments of 1992’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990’’.
SEC. 9. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION
AND TREATMENT ACT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of section
114(d) of the Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Adoption
and Family Services Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 5106a note;
Public Law 102-295) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘on October 1, 1993, or’’, and
(2) by striking ‘‘, whichever occurs first’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) take effect on September 30, 1993.
Passed the House of Representatives November 8,
1993.
Attest:
Clerk.
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