I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 773
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to extend the authorizations
of appropriations for that Act, and to make technical corrections.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 23, 1999
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ALLEN,
Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin,
Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr.
BONIOR, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BRADY of
Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. CAMP-
BELL, Ms. CARSON, Mr. CAPUANO, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr.
COSTELLO, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DANNER,
Mr. DICKEY, Mr. DIXON, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DEUTSCH,
Mr. DOYLE, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ENGLISH, Ms. ESHOO, Mr.
ETHERIDGE, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FARR of California, Mr.
THOMPSON of California, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. TRAFICANT,
Mr. TURNER, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. VENTO, Mr. WAL-
DEN of Oregon, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WATKINS, Mr. WALSH, Mr. WAXMAN,
Mr. WEINER, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. WEYGAND, Mr. WHITFIELD, Ms. WOOL-
SEY, Mr. WU, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FORBES, Mr. FORD, Mr. FRANK of Mas-
sachusetts, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. FROST, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr.
GEJDENSON, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. HALL of Ohio,
Mr. HAYES, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr.
HOEFFEL, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mrs.
JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. KANJORSKI, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. KIL-
PATRICK, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr.
LAMPSON, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LOBIONDO,
Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MAR-
KEY, Mr. MASCARA, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MALONEY of Con-
necticut, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. METCALF, Mr.
GEORGE MILLER of California, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr.
MORAN of Kansas, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. MUR-
THA, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr.
NEY, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OLVER, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASTOR, Ms.
PELOSI, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. PICKETT, Mr. POMEROY, Mr.
PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. QUINN, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. REGULA, Mr.
REYES, Mr. ROEMER, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SABO, Ms. SANCHEZ,
Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SAWYER, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SHERMAN,
Mr. SHOWS, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SCHAKOWKSY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr.
SKELTON, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr.
SNYDER, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. STARK, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. TAYLOR of
North Carolina, Mrs. TAUSCHER, and Mr. TIERNEY) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to extend the
authorizations of appropriations for that Act, and to
make technical corrections.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) EXPIRED PROVISIONS.—(1) Section 202(a)(27)
of the Older Americans Act of 1995 (42 U.S.C.
3012(a)(27)) is amended by striking subparagraph (C).
(2) Section 205 of the Older Americans Act of 1995
(42 U.S.C. 3016) is amended—
(A) by striking subsection (c), and
(B) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as
subsections (c) and (d), respectively.
(3) Section 206(g) of the Older Americans Act of
1995 (42 U.S.C. 3017(g)) is amended—
(A) by striking paragraph (1), and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.
(b) NAME CHANGES.—Section 207(b)(2) of the Older
Americans Act of 1995 (42 U.S.C. 3018(b)(2)) is
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B) by striking
‘‘Labor’’ and inserting ‘‘the Workforce’’, and
(2) in subparagraph (C) by striking
‘‘Labor and Human Resources’’ and inserting
‘‘Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) FEDERAL COUNCIL
ON
THE AGING.—Section
204(g) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.
3015(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘$300, 000 for fiscal year
1992 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years
1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as may
be necessary for fiscal years 2000 through 2002’’.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 215 of the Older
Americans Act of 1995 (42 U.S.C. 3020f) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘1992, 1993,
1994, and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘2000 through
2002’’, and
(2) in subsection (b) by amending paragraph
(1) to read as follows:
‘‘(1) $29,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
2000 through 2002; and’’.
(c) GRANTS FOR STATE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
ON AGING.—Section 303 of the Older Americans Act of
1995 (42 U.S.C. 3023) is amended—
(1) 
in 
subsection 
(a)(1) 
by 
striking
‘‘$461,376,000 for fiscal year 1992 and such sums
as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and
1995’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be nec-
essary for fiscal years 2000 through 2002’’,
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(1) 
by 
striking
‘‘$505,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 and such
sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993,
1994, and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as
may be necessary for fiscal years 2000 through
2002’’,
(B) 
in 
paragraph 
(2) 
by 
striking
‘‘$120,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 and such
sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993,
1994, and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as
may be necessary for fiscal years 2000 through
2002’’, and
(C) 
in 
paragraph 
(3) 
by 
striking
‘‘$15,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 and such
sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993,
1994, and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as
may be necessary for fiscal years 2000 through
2002’’,
(3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘$45,388,000
for fiscal year 1992 and such sums as may be nec-
essary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and
inserting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
years 2000 through 2002’’,
(4) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘the fiscal
years 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and inserting
‘‘fiscal years 2000 through 2002’’,
(5) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘$25,000,000
for fiscal year 1992 and such sums as may be nec-
essary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and
inserting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
years 2000 through 2002’’, and
(6) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘$15,000,000
for fiscal year 1992 and such sums as may be nec-
essary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and
inserting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
years 2000 through 2002’’.
(d) AVAILABILITY OF SURPLUS COMMODITIES.—Sec-
tion 311(c)(1)(A) of the Older Americans Act of 1995 (42
U.S.C. 
3030a(c)(1)(A)) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking
‘‘$250,000,000 for fiscal year 1992, $310,000,000 for fis-
cal year 1993, $380,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and
$460,000,000 for fiscal year 1995’’ and inserting
‘‘$460,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000 through
2002’’.
(e) TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND
DISCRETIONARY
PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS.—Section 431 of the Older
Americans Act of 1995 (42 U.S.C. 3037) is amended—
(1) 
in 
subsection 
(a)(1) 
by 
striking
‘‘$72,000,000 for fiscal year 1992, and such sums
as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and
1995’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be nec-
essary for fiscal years 2000 through 2002’’, and
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘$450,000 for
each of the fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, and
1995’’ and inserting ‘‘$450,000 for each of the fiscal
years 2000 through 2002’’.
(f) COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER
AMERICANS.—Section 508(a)(1) of the Older Americans
Act of 1995 (42 U.S.C. 3056f(a)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$470,671,000 for fiscal year 1992, and such sums
as may be necessary for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and
1995’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for
fiscal years 2000 through 2002’’.
(g) GRANTS
FOR
NATIVE
AMERICANS.—Section
633(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1995 (42 U.S.C.
3057n(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘$30,000,000 for fiscal