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‘‘(B) has limited English proficiency or low lit-
eracy skills; 
‘‘(C) resides in a rural area; 
‘‘(D) is a veteran; 
‘‘(E) has low employment prospects; 
‘‘(F) has failed to find employment after uti-
lizing services provided under title I of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et 
seq.); or 
‘‘(G) is homeless or at risk for homelessness.’’. 
SEC. 502. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Older Americans 
Act of 1965 (as amended by section 501) takes effect July 
1, 2007. 
(b) REGULATIONS AND EXPECTED LEVELS OF PER-
FORMANCE.— 
(1) REGULATIONS.—Effective on the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor may 
issue rules and regulations authorized in such title 
V. 
(2) EXPECTED
LEVELS
OF
PERFORMANCE.— 
Prior to July 1, 2007, the Secretary of Labor may 
carry out the activities authorized in section 
513(a)(2) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (as 
so amended), in preparation for program year 2007. 
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TITLE VI—NATIVE AMERICANS 
SEC. 601. CLARIFICATION OF MAINTENANCE REQUIRE-
MENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 614A of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3057e–1) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) CLARIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘covered year’ means fiscal year 2006 or a subse-
quent fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) CONSORTIA OF TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.— 
If a tribal organization received a grant under this 
part for fiscal year 1991 as part of a consortium, 
the Assistant Secretary shall consider the tribal or-
ganization to have received a grant under this part 
for fiscal year 1991 for purposes of subsections (a) 
and (b), and shall apply the provisions of subsections 
(a) and (b)(1) (under the conditions described in 
subsection (b)) to the tribal organization for each 
covered year for which the tribal organization sub-
mits an application under this part, even if the tribal 
organization submits— 
‘‘(A) a separate application from the re-
maining members of the consortium; or 
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‘‘(B) an application as 1 of the remaining 
members of the consortium.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to grants awarded under part 
A of title VI of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3057b et seq.) during the grant period beginning 
April 1, 2008, and all subsequent grant periods. 
SEC. 602. NATIVE AMERICANS CAREGIVER SUPPORT PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 643 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3057n) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2001’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2007’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘$6,500,000 for fiscal year 2007, 
$6,800,000 for fiscal year 2008, $7,200,000 for fis-
cal year 2009, $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2010, and 
$7,900,000 for fiscal year 2011.’’. 
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TITLE 
VII—ALLOTMENTS 
FOR 
VULNERABLE ELDER RIGHTS 
PROTECTION ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 701. VULNERABLE ELDER RIGHTS PROTECTION AC-
TIVITIES. 
Section 702 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3058a) is amended by striking ‘‘2001’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘2007’’. 
SEC. 702. ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION. 
Section 721 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3058i) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘programs for 
the prevention of’’ and inserting ‘‘programs to ad-
dress’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘programs for’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘including—’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘programs for the prevention, detection, 
assessment, and treatment of, intervention in, 
investigation of, and response to elder abuse, 
neglect, and exploitation (including financial ex-
ploitation), including—’’; 
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(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (8) as paragraphs (3) through (9), re-
spectively; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) providing for public education and out-
reach to promote financial literacy and prevent iden-
tity theft and financial exploitation of older individ-
uals;’’; 
(D) in paragraph (8), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(E) in paragraph (9), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) examining various types of shelters serv-
ing older individuals (in this paragraph referred to 
as ‘safe havens’), and testing various safe haven 
models for establishing safe havens (at home or else-
where), that recognize autonomy and self-determina-
tion, and fully protect the due process rights of older 
individuals; 
‘‘(11) supporting multidisciplinary elder justice 
activities, such as— 
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‘‘(A) supporting and studying team ap-
proaches for bringing a coordinated multidisci-
plinary or interdisciplinary response to elder 
abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including a re-
sponse from individuals in social service, health 
care, public safety, and legal disciplines; 
‘‘(B) establishing a State coordinating 
council, which shall identify the individual 
State’s needs and provide the Assistant Sec-
retary with information and recommendations 
relating to efforts by the State to combat elder 
abuse, neglect, and exploitation; 
‘‘(C) providing training, technical assist-
ance, and other methods of support to groups 
carrying out multidisciplinary efforts at the 
State (referred to in some States as ‘State 
Working Groups’); 
‘‘(D) broadening and studying various 
models for elder fatality and serious injury re-
view teams, to make recommendations about 
their composition, protocols, functions, timing, 
roles, and responsibilities, with a goal of pro-
ducing models and information that will allow 
for replication based on the needs of States and 
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communities (other than the ones in which the 
review teams were used); and 
‘‘(E) developing best practices, for use in 
long-term care facilities, that reduce the risk of 
elder abuse for residents, including the risk of 
resident-to-resident abuse; and 
‘‘(12) addressing underserved populations of 
older individuals, such as— 
‘‘(A) older individuals living in rural loca-
tions; 
‘‘(B) older individuals in minority popu-
lations; or 
‘‘(C) low-income older individuals.’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(8)(B)(i)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(9)(B)(i)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(8)(B)(ii)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(9)(B)(ii)’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end of the section the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(h) ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.—The Assistant 
Secretary shall develop accountability measures to ensure 
the effectiveness of the activities carried out under this 
section. 
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‘‘(i) EVALUATING PROGRAMS.—The Assistant Sec-
retary shall evaluate the activities carried out under this 
section, using funds made available under section 206(g). 
‘‘(j) COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS.—In 
order to receive funds made available to carry out this sec-
tion, an entity shall comply with all applicable laws, regu-
lations, and guidelines.’’. 
SEC. 703. NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATION PROVISIONS. 
Section 751 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3058aa) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) enabling the eligible entities to support 
multidisciplinary elder justice activities, such as— 
‘‘(A) establishing a coordinating council, 
which shall identify the needs of an individual 
Indian tribe or other Native American group 
and provide the Assistant Secretary with infor-
mation and recommendations relating to efforts 
by the Indian tribe or the governing entity of 
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the Native American group to combat elder 
abuse, neglect, and exploitation; 
‘‘(B) providing training, technical assist-
ance, and other methods of support to groups 
carrying out multidisciplinary efforts for an In-
dian tribe or other Native American group; and 
‘‘(C) broadening and studying various 
models for elder fatality and serious injury re-
view teams, to make recommendations about 
their composition, protocols, functions, timing, 
roles, and responsibilities, with a goal of pro-
ducing models and information that will allow 
for replication based on the needs of Indian 
tribes and other Native American groups (other 
than the ones in which the review teams were 
used).’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘this subtitle’’ 
and inserting ‘‘this section’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘this section’’ and inserting 
‘‘this subtitle’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2001’’ and inserting 
‘‘2007’’. 
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SEC. 704. ELDER JUSTICE PROGRAMS. 
Subtitle B of title VII of the Older Americans Act 
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3058aa) is amended— 
(1) by striking the subtitle heading and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘Subtitle B—Native American Or-
ganization and Elder Justice 
Provisions’’; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 751 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 752. GRANTS TO PROMOTE COMPREHENSIVE STATE 
ELDER JUSTICE SYSTEMS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY.—For each fiscal 
year, the Assistant Secretary may make grants to States, 
on a competitive basis, in accordance with this section, to 
promote the development and implementation, within each 
such State, of a comprehensive elder justice system, as de-
fined in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) COMPREHENSIVE ELDER JUSTICE SYSTEM DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘comprehensive elder 
justice system’ means an integrated, multidisciplinary, 
and collaborative system for preventing, detecting, and ad-
dressing elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation in a manner 
that— 
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‘‘(1) provides for widespread, convenient public 
access to the range of available elder justice infor-
mation, programs, and services; 
‘‘(2) coordinates the efforts of public health, so-
cial service, and law enforcement authorities, as well 
as other appropriate public and private entities, to 
identify and diminish duplication and gaps in the 
system; 
‘‘(3) provides a uniform method for the stand-
ardization, collection, management, analysis, and re-
porting of data; and 
‘‘(4) provides such other elements as the Assist-
ant Secretary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section for a fiscal year, a State shall submit 
an application to the Assistant Secretary, at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information and as-
surances as the Assistant Secretary determines appro-
priate. 
‘‘(d) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—The amount of a grant 
to a State with an application approved under this section 
for a fiscal year shall be such amount as the Assistant 
Secretary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A State that receives a 
grant under this section shall use funds made avail-
able through such grant to promote the development 
and implementation of a comprehensive elder justice 
system by— 
‘‘(A) establishing formal working relation-
ships among public and private providers of 
elder justice programs, service providers, and 
stakeholders in order to create a unified elder 
justice network across such State to coordinate 
programmatic efforts; 
‘‘(B) facilitating and supporting the devel-
opment of a management information system 
and standard data elements; 
‘‘(C) providing for appropriate education 
(including educating the public about the range 
of available elder justice information, programs, 
and services), training, and technical assistance; 
and 
‘‘(D) taking such other steps as the Assist-
ant Secretary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(2) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—Funds made 
available to States pursuant to this section shall be 
used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, 
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State, and local funds expended to support activities 
described in paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 705. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Subtitle C of title VII of the Older Americans Act 
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3058bb et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 765. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘Nothing in this title shall be construed to interfere 
with or abridge the right of an older individual to practice 
the individual’s religion through reliance on prayer alone 
for healing, in a case in which a decision to so practice 
the religion— 
‘‘(1) is contemporaneously expressed by the 
older individual— 
‘‘(A) either orally or in writing; 
‘‘(B) with respect to a specific illness or in-
jury that the older individual has at the time of 
the decision; and 
‘‘(C) when the older individual is com-
petent to make the decision; 
‘‘(2) is set forth prior to the occurrence of the 
illness or injury in a living will, health care proxy, 
or other advance directive document that is validly 
executed and applied under State law; or 
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‘‘(3) may be unambiguously deduced from the 
older individual’s life history.’’. 
TITLE VIII—FEDERAL YOUTH 
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 
SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Tom Osborne Federal 
Youth Coordination Act’’. 
SEC. 802. ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSHIP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Fed-
eral Youth Development Council (in this title referred to 
as the ‘‘Council’’). 
(b) MEMBERS AND TERMS.— 
(1) 
FEDERAL
EMPLOYEE
MEMBERS.—The 
members of the Council shall include the Attorney 
General, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary 
of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of 
the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Director of National Drug 
Control Policy, and the Chief Executive Officer of 
the Corporation for National and Community Serv-
ice, or a designee of each such individual who holds 
significant decision-making authority, and other 
Federal officials as directed by the President. 
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(2) ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The members of the 
Council shall include any additional members as 
the President shall appoint from among rep-
resentatives of community-based organizations, 
including faith-based organizations, child and 
youth focused foundations, institutions of high-
er education, non-profit organizations, youth 
service providers, State and local government, 
and youth in disadvantaged situations. 
(B) CONSULTATION.—In making the ap-
pointments under this paragraph, the Presi-
dent, as determined appropriate by the Presi-
dent, shall consult with— 
(i) the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives, who shall take into account 
the recommendations of the majority lead-
er and the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(ii) the president pro tempore of the 
Senate, who shall take into account the 
recommendations of the majority leader 
and the minority leader of the Senate. 
(3) LENGTH OF TERM.—Each member of the 
Council shall serve for the life of the Council. 
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(c) COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.— 
(1) NO COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE ON COUN-
CIL.—Each member of the Council appointed under 
section 802 who is not an officer or employee of the 
United States shall not receive pay by reason of the 
member’s service on the Council, and shall not be 
considered an employee of the Federal Government 
by reason of such service. Each member of the 
Council who is an officer or employee of the United 
States shall serve without compensation in addition 
to that received for the member’s service as an offi-
cer or employee of the United States. 
(2) 
TRAVEL
AND
TRANSPORTATION
EX-
PENSES.—Each member of the Council may be al-
lowed travel or transportation expenses in accord-
ance with section 5703 of title 5, United States 
Code, while away from the member’s home or reg-
ular place of business in the performance of services 
for the Council. 
(d) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the Council 
shall be the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
(e) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet at the call 
of the Chairperson, not less frequently than 4 times each 
year. The first meeting shall be not less than 4 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 803. DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The duties of the Council shall be 
to provide advice and recommendations, including— 
(1) ensuring communication among agencies 
administering programs designed to serve youth, es-
pecially those in disadvantaged situations; 
(2) assessing the needs of youth, especially 
those in disadvantaged situations, and those who 
work with youth, and the quantity and quality of 
Federal programs offering services, supports, and 
opportunities to help youth in their educational, so-
cial, emotional, physical, vocational, and civic devel-
opment, in coordination with the Federal Inter-
agency Forum on Child and Family Statistics; 
(3) recommending quantifiable goals and objec-
tives for such programs; 
(4) making recommendations for the allocation 
of resources in support of such goals and objectives; 
(5) identifying possible areas of overlap or du-
plication in the purpose and operation of programs 
serving youth and recommending ways to better fa-
cilitate the coordination and consultation among, 
and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of, such 
programs; 
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