‘‘(C) a plan for measuring progress in 
achieving such objectives specified in subpara-
graph (A), including a strategy to collect data 
that can be used to measure the project’s effec-
tiveness; 
‘‘(D) identification of relevant community 
or other organizations with which the applicant 
will coordinate or partner and a description of 
the proposed coordination or partnership; 
‘‘(E) assurances satisfactory to the Sec-
retary that the applicant has conducted an as-
sessment of community needs related to opioid 
misuse and addiction among low-income individ-
uals and families, and that the proposed uses of 
the grant funds will address unmet needs iden-
tified by the assessment; 
‘‘(F) assurances satisfactory to the Sec-
retary that funds awarded through the grant 
will not supplant other programs or resources 
in the community with similar objectives; and 
‘‘(G) assurances satisfactory to the Sec-
retary that evidence-based approaches will be 
used to the maximum extent practicable. 
‘‘(2) COMMUNITY
ACTION
OPIOID
RESPONSE 
GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW PANEL.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 
days after the effective date of this section, the 
Secretary shall establish a Community Action 
Opioid Response Grant Application Review 
Panel of not fewer than 15 individuals, includ-
ing not more than 5 employees from the De-
partment of Health and Human Services and 
other Federal agencies, with expert knowledge 
of the opioid epidemic, drug treatment, commu-
nity responses to poverty prevention, child pro-
tection, or post-recovery employment and train-
ing. 
‘‘(B) DUTIES.—Such review panel shall re-
view and evaluate applications for grants under 
this section and recommend to the Secretary 
which of such applications should be awarded a 
grant under this section. 
‘‘(C) GRANT SELECTION PRIORITIES.—In 
reviewing and recommending applications for a 
grant, such review panel shall consider and give 
priority to applications that demonstrate one or 
more of the following: 
‘‘(i) Evidence of coordination and 
partnership with agencies or entities with 
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experience or expertise in addressing 
opioid-related issues. 
‘‘(ii) Evidence of leveraging non-Fed-
eral funds or in-kind resources to extend 
the reach or duration (or both) of the pro-
gram proposed by the application. 
‘‘(iii) Quality of methodology proposed 
to monitor the outcomes of the program 
proposed by the application and effective-
ness in achieving goals of the program and 
mitigating the harmful health and socio-
economic impacts of opioid addiction. 
‘‘(iv) Evidence of capacity-building 
and strengthening of community responses 
to the opioid crisis. 
‘‘(v) Efforts to minimize the trauma 
and negative impact of foster care on chil-
dren of addicted individuals. 
‘‘(vi) The applicant has a dem-
onstrated 
knowledge 
of 
opioid-related 
needs in the target community. 
‘‘(vii) Use of innovative or evidence- 
based approaches to address unmet opioid- 
related needs, including to promote self- 
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sufficiency and well-being for families with 
children impacted by opioid addiction. 
‘‘(D) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall use 
amounts appropriated to the Office of the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services to pay 
for all expenses associated with the Community 
Action Opioid Response Grant Application Re-
view Panel. 
‘‘(3) TIMING
FOR
AWARDING
GRANTS.—With 
respect to a year for which amounts are appro-
priated to carry out this section pursuant to sub-
section (h), not later than 120 days after such 
amounts are made available for such year, the Sec-
retary shall award all such amounts for grants 
under this section for such year. 
‘‘(4) TRIBAL SET ASIDE.—Of the amount ap-
propriated for a year pursuant to section 691(b)(2) 
to carry out this section, not more than 7 percent 
shall be designated for such year for grants to In-
dian tribes or tribal organizations that receive direct 
payments under section 677 of this Act. 
‘‘SEC. 691. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this subtitle (not including sections 
690 and 690A)— 
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‘‘(1) $850,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2023; and 
‘‘(2) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
years 2024 through 2028. 
‘‘(b) DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated— 
‘‘(1) to carry out section 690, such sums as 
may be necessary for fiscal years 2019 through 
2028; and 
‘‘(2) to carry out section 690A, $50,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 and such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2024 
through 2028. 
‘‘(c) RESERVATIONS BY THE SECRETARY.—Of the 
amounts appropriated under subsection (a) for each fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall reserve— 
‘‘(1) 1⁄2 of 1 percent for carrying out section 
675 (relating to grants to territories); and 
‘‘(2) 2 percent for activities authorized in sec-
tion 682, of which— 
‘‘(A) not less than 50 percent of the 
amount reserved by the Secretary under this 
paragraph shall be awarded through grants, 
contracts, or cooperative agreements under sec-
tion 682(c) to eligible entities, community ac-
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tion agencies, and State and regional commu-
nity service network organizations, for the pur-
pose of carrying out activities described in sec-
tion 682(a)(1)(A); and 
‘‘(B) the remainder of the amount reserved 
under this paragraph shall be distributed under 
section 682(a)(1)(B) to States, eligible entities, 
other community services network organiza-
tions, or other entities, for the purpose of car-
rying 
out 
activities 
described 
in 
section 
682(a)(1)(B). 
‘‘SEC. 692. REFERENCES. 
‘‘Any reference in any provision of law to the poverty 
line set forth in section 624 or 625 of the Economic Op-
portunity Act of 1964 shall be construed to be a reference 
to the poverty line defined in section 673 of this subtitle. 
Any reference in any provision of law to the poverty line 
defined in section 673(2) of the Community Services 
Block Grant Act as in effect immediately before the effec-
tive date of this subtitle shall be construed to be a ref-
erence to the poverty line defined in section 673(11) of 
this subtitle. Except as otherwise provided, any reference 
in any provision of law to any community action agency 
designated under title II of the Economic Opportunity Act 
of 1964 shall be construed to be a reference to an entity 
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eligible to receive funds under the community services 
block grant program.’’. 
SEC. 3. TRANSITION PERIOD. 
(a) TRANSITION PERIOD.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall expeditiously announce a tran-
sition period for the implementation of any changes in reg-
ulations, procedures, and reporting requirements of the 
Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et 
seq.) as amended by this Act, from the regulations, proce-
dures, and reporting requirements of the Community 
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) as in 
effect immediately before the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) UNIFORM
ADMINISTRATIVE
REQUIREMENTS, 
COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS; FED-
ERAL TRAINING.—The transition period shall include— 
(1) a schedule for implementation of require-
ments relating to adoption of the uniform adminis-
trative requirements, cost principles, and audit re-
quirements described in section 674(c) of the Com-
munity Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901) 
as amended by this Act; and 
(2) the availability of Federal training for 
States and eligible entities regarding compliance 
with new requirements under the Community Serv-
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ices Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) as 
amended by this Act. 
(c) TIMING.—The transition period described in this 
section— 
(1) may not extend later than the date that is 
3 months prior to the start of the second fiscal year 
after the date of enactment of the Community Serv-
ices Block Grant Reauthorization Act of 2019; and 
(2) may require that certain regulations, proce-
dures, and reporting requirements be adopted before 
other regulations, procedures, or reporting require-
ments. 
SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
Section 306(a)(6)(C)(ii) of the Older Americans Act 
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3026(a)(6)(C)(ii)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘or subsequent years’’ after ‘‘fiscal year 1982’’ 
and by striking ‘‘section 676B of the Community Services 
Block Grant Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 680(c) of the 
Community Services Block Grant Act’’. 
Æ 
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