‘‘(1) INFORMATION
FROM
FEDERAL
AGEN-
CIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Council may secure directly from 
any Federal department or agency such infor-
mation as the Council considers necessary to 
carry out this section. Upon request of the Co- 
Chairs of the Council, the head of such depart-
ment or agency shall furnish such information 
to the Council. 
‘‘(B) PROTECTION OF PRIVACY.—The Sec-
retary shall oversee the activities of the Council 
under this paragraph in order to ensure the 
protection of individual health privacy con-
sistent with the regulations promulgated under 
section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Port-
ability and Accountability Act of 1996 and 
State and local privacy regulations (as applica-
ble). 
‘‘(2) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Council may use 
the United States mails in the same manner and 
under the same conditions as other departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government. 
‘‘(h) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the 
Council shall not receive compensation for the perform-
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ance of services for the Council. The members shall be 
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies 
under subchapter 1 of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
Code, while away from their homes or regular places of 
business in the performance of services for the Council. 
Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United States 
Code, the Secretary may accept the voluntary and uncom-
pensated services of the members of the Council. 
‘‘(i) DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—Any 
Federal Government employee may be detailed to the 
Council without reimbursement, and such detail shall be 
without interruption or loss of civil service status or privi-
lege. 
‘‘SEC. 2213. ADVISORY BOARD ON ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT, 
AND EXPLOITATION. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a board 
to be known as the ‘Advisory Board on Elder Abuse, Ne-
glect, and Exploitation’ (in this section referred to as the 
‘advisory board’) to create a short- and long-term multi-
disciplinary strategic plan for the development of the field 
of elder justice, and to make recommendations to the Sec-
retary, the Attorney General, and the Elder Justice Co-
ordinating Council established under section 2212. 
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‘‘(b) SOLICITATION
OF NOMINATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register solic-
iting nominations for the appointment of members of the 
advisory board under subsection (c). 
‘‘(c) COMPOSITION.—The advisory board shall be 
composed of 27 members appointed by the Secretary from 
the general public who are individuals with experience and 
expertise in elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation preven-
tion, intervention, treatment, detection, or prosecution. 
‘‘(d) VACANCIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any vacancy in the Advi-
sory Board shall not affect its powers, but shall be 
filled in the same manner as the original appoint-
ment was made. 
‘‘(2) FILLING
UNEXPIRED
TERM.—An indi-
vidual chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed for 
the unexpired term of the member replaced. 
‘‘(e) ELECTION OF OFFICERS.—The advisory board 
shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson from among 
the members. The advisory board shall elect its initial 
chairperson and vice chairperson at its initial meeting. 
‘‘(f) DUTIES.—Not later than 18 months after the 
establishment of the advisory board under subsection (a), 
and annually thereafter, the advisory board shall prepare 
and submit to the Secretary, the Attorney General, and 
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the appropriate committees of Congress a report con-
taining— 
‘‘(1) information on the status of Federal, 
State, and local public and private elder justice ac-
tivities; 
‘‘(2) recommendations (including recommended 
priorities) regarding— 
‘‘(A) elder justice programs, research, 
training, services, practice, enforcement, and 
coordination; 
‘‘(B) coordination between entities pur-
suing elder justice efforts and those involved in 
related areas that may inform or overlap with 
elder justice efforts, such as activities to combat 
violence against women and child abuse and ne-
glect; and 
‘‘(C) activities relating to adult fiduciary 
systems, including guardianship and other fidu-
ciary arrangements, including the development 
of State interdisciplinary guardianship commit-
tees; 
‘‘(3) recommendations for specific modifications 
to Federal and State laws (including regulations) or 
for programs, research, and training to enhance pre-
vention, detection, diagnosis, treatment, intervention 
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in, investigation, and prosecution of elder abuse, ne-
glect, and exploitation; 
‘‘(4) recommendations for the most effective co-
ordinated national data collection with respect to 
elder justice, and elder abuse, neglect, and exploi-
tation; and 
‘‘(5) recommendations for a multidisciplinary 
strategic plan to guide the effective and efficient de-
velopment of the elder justice area. 
‘‘(g) POWERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD.— 
‘‘(1) INFORMATION
FROM
FEDERAL
AGEN-
CIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the advisory board may secure di-
rectly from any Federal department or agency 
such information as the advisory board con-
siders necessary to carry out this section. Upon 
request of the chair, the head of such depart-
ment or agency shall furnish such information 
to the advisory board. 
‘‘(B) PROTECTION OF PRIVACY.—The Sec-
retary shall oversee the activities of the advisory 
board under this paragraph in order to ensure 
the protection of individual health privacy con-
sistent with the regulations promulgated under 
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