on the findings of the evidence-based study described in such 
subsection to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate. 
SEC. 28. IMPROVING INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN BUILDINGS 
WHERE SENIORS CONGREGATE. 
Section 361 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3030m) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) The Assistant Secretary shall work in consultation 
with qualified experts to provide information on methods 
of improving indoor air quality in buildings where seniors 
congregate.’’. 
SEC. 29. CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM DEFINITIONS. 
Section 372 of the National Family Caregiver Support 
Act (42 U.S.C. 3030s) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘or who is an 
individual with a disability’’ after ‘‘age’’, 
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘or an indi-
vidual with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder 
with neurological and organic brain dysfunction’’ be-
fore the period at the end, and 
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘60’’ and in-
serting ‘‘55’’.
SEC. 30. CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM. 
Section 373 of the National Family Caregiver Support 
Act (42 U.S.C. 3030s–1) is amended— 
(1) in subsection by (b)(3) by striking ‘‘care-
givers to assist’’ and all that follows through the end 
and inserting the following: ‘‘assist the caregivers in 
addressing caregiver issues related to the areas of 
health, nutrition, and financial literacy, and in mak-
ing decisions and solving problems relating to their 
caregiving roles;’’, 
(2) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) USE OF VOLUNTEERS.—In carrying out this sub-
part, each area agency on aging shall encourage the use 
of trained volunteers to expand the available services de-
scribed in subsection (b) and shall, if possible, coordinate 
with volunteer programs (including programs administered 
by the Corporation for National Service) designed to pro-
vide training, placement, and stipends for volunteers in 
community service settings.’’, 
(3) in subsection (e)(3) by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘The reports shall describe any mechanisms 
used in the State to provide family caregivers of an 
older individual and relative caregivers of a child or 
an adult child with a disability, information about
and access to various services so that caregivers can 
better carry out their care responsibilities.’’, and 
(4) in subsection (f)(1) by striking ‘‘2001 
through 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2007, 2008, 2009, 
2010, and 2011’’. 
SEC. 31. ACTIVITIES OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. 
Section 376(a) of the National Family Caregiver Sup-
port Act (42 U.S.C. 3030s–12(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’, 
(2) by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’, 
(3) by striking ‘‘program’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
grams that include’’, 
(4) by striking ‘‘research.’’ and inserting ‘‘re-
search, including— 
‘‘(1) intergenerational programs, including sup-
ports for grandparents and other older relatives rais-
ing children (such as kinship navigator programs), 
and 
sustaining 
and 
replicating 
innovative 
intergenerational family support programs that in-
volve senior volunteers; 
‘‘(2) Programs providing support and informa-
tion to families who have a child with a disability or 
chronic illness and to other families in need of such 
family support programs;
‘‘(3) programs addressing unique issues faced by 
rural caregivers; 
‘‘(4) programs focusing on the needs of older per-
sons with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia 
and their caregivers; and 
‘‘(5) programs supporting caregivers in the role 
they play in health promotion and disease preven-
tion.’’, and 
(5) by striking subsection (b). 
SEC. 32. TITLE IV GRANT PROGRAMS. 
Section 411 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3032) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (8) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end, 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (9) as 
paragraph (11), and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(9) planning activities to prepare communities 
for the aging of the population, which include— 
‘‘(A) efforts to assess the aging population; 
‘‘(B) activities to coordinate State and local 
agencies in order to meet the needs of older indi-
viduals; and
‘‘(C) training and technical assistance to 
support States, area agencies on aging, and trib-
al organizations receiving a grant under title VI, 
engage in community planning activities; and 
‘‘(10) the development, implementation, and as-
sessment of technology-based service models and best 
practices, to support the use of health monitoring and 
assessment technologies, communication devices, as-
sistive technologies, and other technologies that may 
remotely connect family and professional caregivers to 
frail elderly residing in home- and community-based 
settings or rural areas; and’’, and 
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘year’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘years’’, and inserting ‘‘years 
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011’’. 
SEC. 33. CAREER PREPARATION FOR THE FIELD OF AGING. 
Section 412(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3032a(a)) is amended by amending subsection (a) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary shall make 
grants to institutions of higher education, including histori-
cally Black colleges or universities, Hispanic serving insti-
tutions, and Hispanic Centers of Excellence in Applied Ger-
ontology, to provide education and training that prepares 
students for careers in the field of aging.’’.