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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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(6) identifying target populations of youth who 
are disproportionately at risk and assisting agencies 
in focusing additional resources on such youth; 
(7) developing a plan, including common indica-
tors of youth well-being that are consistent with the 
indicators tracked by the Federal Interagency 
Forum on Child and Family Statistics, and assisting 
Federal agencies, at the request of 1 or more such 
agencies, in coordinating to achieve the goals and 
objectives described in paragraph (3); 
(8) assisting Federal agencies, at the request of 
1 or more such agencies, in collaborating on— 
(A) model programs and demonstration 
projects focusing on special populations, includ-
ing youth in foster care and migrant youth; 
(B) projects to promote parental involve-
ment; and 
(C) projects that work to involve young 
people in service programs; 
(9) soliciting and documenting ongoing input 
and recommendations from— 
(A) youth, especially youth in disadvan-
taged situations; 
(B) national youth development experts, 
researchers, parents, community-based organi-
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zations, including faith-based organizations, 
foundations, business leaders, youth service pro-
viders, and teachers; and 
(C) State and local government agencies, 
particularly agencies serving children and 
youth; and 
(10) working with Federal agencies— 
(A) to promote high-quality research and 
evaluation, identify and replicate model pro-
grams and promising practices, and provide 
technical assistance relating to the needs of 
youth; and 
(B) to coordinate the collection and dis-
semination of youth services-related data and 
research. 
(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Council may pro-
vide technical assistance to a State at the request of a 
State to support a State-funded council for coordinating 
State youth efforts. 
SEC. 804. COORDINATION WITH EXISTING INTERAGENCY 
COORDINATION ENTITIES. 
In carrying out the duties described in section 803, 
the Council shall coordinate the efforts of the Council with 
other Federal, State, and local coordinating entities in 
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order to complement and not duplicate efforts, including 
the following: 
(1) Coordinating with the Federal Interagency 
Forum on Child and Family Statistics, established 
under Executive Order 13045 (42 U.S.C. 4321 note; 
relating to protection of children from environmental 
health risks and safety risks), on matters pertaining 
to data collection. 
(2) Coordinating with the United States Inter-
agency Council on Homelessness, established under 
section 201 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311), on matters pertaining 
to homelessness. 
(3) Coordinating with the Coordinating Council 
on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, es-
tablished under section 206 of the Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5616), on matters pertaining to programs for at-risk 
youth. 
SEC. 805. ASSISTANCE OF STAFF. 
(a) DESIGNATION OF INDIVIDUAL.—The Chairperson 
is authorized to designate an individual to have responsi-
bility for assisting in carrying out the duties of the Council 
under this title. 
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(b) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon request 
of the Council, the head of any Federal department or 
agency may detail, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable 
basis, any of the personnel of the department or agency 
to the Council to assist in carrying out the Council’s duties 
under this title. 
SEC. 806. POWERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
(a) MAILS.—The Council may use the United States 
mails in the same manner and under the same conditions 
as other departments and agencies of the United States. 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.—Upon 
the request of the Council, the Administrator of General 
Services shall provide to the Council, on a reimbursable 
basis, the administrative support services necessary for the 
Council to carry out its responsibilities under this title. 
SEC. 807. REPORT. 
(a) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the first meeting of the Council, the Council shall transmit 
to the relevant committees of Congress an interim report 
of the findings of the Council. 
(b) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
first meeting of the Council, the Council shall transmit 
to the relevant committees of Congress a final report of 
the Council’s findings and recommendations, which report 
shall— 
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(1) include a comprehensive list of recent re-
search and statistical reporting by various Federal 
agencies on the overall well-being of youth; 
(2) include the assessment of the needs of 
youth and those who serve youth; 
(3) include a summary of the plan described in 
section 803(a)(7); 
(4) recommend ways to coordinate and improve 
Federal training and technical assistance, informa-
tion sharing, and communication among the various 
Federal programs and agencies serving youth, as the 
Chairperson determines appropriate; 
(5) include recommendations to better integrate 
and coordinate policies across agencies at the Fed-
eral, State, and local levels, including any rec-
ommendations the Chairperson determines appro-
priate, if any, for legislation and administrative ac-
tions; 
(6) include a summary of actions the Council 
has taken at the request of Federal agencies to fa-
cilitate collaboration and coordination on youth serv-
ing programs and the results of those collaborations, 
if available; 
(7) include a summary of the action the Council 
has taken at the request of States to provide tech-
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nical assistance under section 803(b), if applicable; 
and 
(8) include a summary of the input and rec-
ommendations from the groups identified in section 
803(a)(9). 
SEC. 808. TERMINATION. 
The Council shall terminate 60 days after transmit-
ting the final report under section 807(b). 
SEC. 809. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 and 
2008. 
TITLE IX—CONFORMING 
AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 901. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS. 
(a) OLDER
AMERICANS
ACT
AMENDMENTS
OF 
1987.—Section 205(1) of the Older Americans Act 
Amendments of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3001 note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 102(17) of the Older Americans Act 
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002(17))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 102 
of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002)’’. 
(b) ENERGY
CONSERVATION
AND
PRODUCTION 
ACT.—Section 412(6) of the Energy Conservation and 
Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6862(6)) is amended by strik-
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ing ‘‘paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively, of section 
102’’ and inserting ‘‘section 102’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 
2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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