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groups. A majority of the public members of each such
committee shall be 55 years of age or older.
(d) COMPENSATION.—Appointed members of any
such committee (other than any officers or employees of
the Federal Government), while attending conferences or
meetings of the committee or otherwise serving at the re-
quest of the Secretary, while away from their homes or
regular places of business, may be allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at the rate au-
thorized under section 5708 of title 5, United States Code,
for persons employed intermittently in Federal Govern-
ment services.
SEC. 204. REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE.
(a) PROPOSED REPORT.—A proposed report of the
Conference, which shall include a statement of comprehen-
sive coherent national policy on aging together with rec-
ommendations for the implementation of the policy, shall
be published and submitted to the chief executive officers
of the States not later than 90 days following the date
on which the Conference is adjourned. The findings and
recommendations included in the published proposed re-
port shall be immediately available to the public.
(b) RESPONSE TO PROPOSED REPORT.—The chief
executive officers of the States, after reviewing and solic-
iting recommendations and comments on the report of the
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Conference, shall submit to the Policy Committee, not
later than 90 days after receiving the report, their views
and findings on the recommendations of the Conference.
(c) REPORTS.—
(1) INITIAL
REPORT.—The Policy Committee
shall, after reviewing the views and recommenda-
tions of the chief executive officers of the States,
prepare and approve an initial report of the Con-
ference, which shall include a compilation of the ac-
tions of the chief executive officers of the States and
take into consideration the views and findings of
such officers.
(2) PUBLICATION OF INITIAL REPORT; FINAL
REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after such initial
report is transmitted by the Policy Committee, the
Secretary shall publish such initial report in the
Federal Register. The Secretary shall republish a
final report together with such additional views and
recommendations as the Secretary considers to be
appropriate.
(d) RECOMMENDATIONS
OF
THE
POLICY
COM-
MITTEE.—The Policy Committee shall, within 90 days
after submission of the views of the chief executive officers
of the States, publish and transmit to the President and
to the Congress recommendations for the administrative
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action and the legislation necessary to implement the rec-
ommendations contained within the report.
SEC. 205. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this title—
(1) the term ‘‘area agency on aging’’ has the
meaning given the term in section 102 of the Older
Americans Act of 1965;
(2) the term ‘‘State agency on aging’’ means
the State agency designated under section 305(a)(1)
of the Act;
(3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Health and Human Services;
(4) the term ‘‘Conference’’ means the White
House Conference on Aging; and
(5) the term ‘‘State’’ means any of the several
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin
Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands.
SEC. 206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years
2001 through 2007 to carry out this title.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated to carry
out this title and funds received as gifts under sec-
tion 303(c) shall remain available until expended.
(2) UNOBLIGATED
FUNDS.—Any funds de-
scribed in paragraph (1) that are unobligated as of
the date one year after the date the Conference ad-
journs shall be available to carry out the Older
Americans Act of 1965.
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