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maintain a financial management system as re-
quired by Federal rules or regulations. 
‘‘(D) Willful obstruction of the audit proc-
ess. 
‘‘(E) Failure to provide services to appli-
cants as agreed to in a current or recent grant 
or to meet applicable performance measures. 
‘‘(F) 
Failure 
to 
correct 
deficiencies 
brought to the grantee’s attention in writing as 
a result of monitoring activities, reviews, assess-
ments, or other activities. 
‘‘(G) Failure to return a grant closeout 
package or outstanding advances within 90 
days of the grant expiration date or receipt of 
closeout package, whichever is later, unless an 
extension has been requested and granted. 
‘‘(H) Failure to submit required reports. 
‘‘(I) Failure to properly report and dispose 
of Government property as instructed by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(J) Failure to have maintained effective 
cash management or cost controls resulting in 
excess cash on hand. 
‘‘(K) Failure to ensure that a subrecipient 
complies with its Office of Management and 
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Budget Circular A-133 audit requirements 
specified at section 667.200(b) of title 20, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(L) Failure to audit a subrecipient within 
the required period. 
‘‘(M) Final disallowed costs in excess of 5 
percent of the grant or contract award if, in the 
judgment of the grant officer, the disallowances 
are egregious findings. 
‘‘(N) Failure to establish a mechanism to 
resolve a subrecipient’s audit in a timely fash-
ion. 
‘‘(5) DETERMINATION.—Applicants that are de-
termined to be not responsible shall not be selected 
as grantees. 
‘‘(6) DISALLOWED
COSTS.—Interest on dis-
allowed costs shall accrue in accordance with the 
Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996. 
‘‘SEC. 515. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this title such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. 
‘‘(b) Amounts appropriated under this section for any 
fiscal year shall be available for obligation during the an-
nual period that begins on July 1 of the calendar year 
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immediately following the beginning of such fiscal year 
and that ends on June 30 of the following calendar year. 
The Secretary may extend the period during which such 
amounts may be obligated or expended in the case of a 
particular organization or agency that receives funds 
under this title if the Secretary determines that such ex-
tension is necessary to ensure the effective use of such 
funds by such organization or agency. 
‘‘(c) At the end of the program year, the Secretary 
may recapture any unexpended funds for the program 
year, and reobligate such funds within the 2 succeeding 
program years for— 
‘‘(1) technical assistance; or 
‘‘(2) grants or contracts for any other program 
under this title. 
‘‘SEC. 516. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘For purposes of this title: 
‘‘(1) COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT-BASED 
TRAINING.—The term ‘community service employ-
ment-based training’ means work experience that is 
related to providing social, health, welfare, and edu-
cational services (including literacy tutoring), legal 
and other counseling services and assistance, includ-
ing tax counseling and assistance and financial 
counseling, and library, recreational, and other simi-
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lar services; conservation, maintenance, or restora-
tion of natural resources; community betterment or 
beautification; antipollution and environmental qual-
ity efforts; weatherization activities; economic devel-
opment; and such other services essential and nec-
essary to the community as the Secretary determines 
by rule. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible 
individual’ means an individual who is 55 years of 
age or older and who has a low income (including 
any such individual whose income is not more that 
125 percent of the poverty line), excluding any in-
come that is unemployment compensation, benefits 
received under title XVI of the Social Security Act, 
veterans payments, or 25 percent of the benefits re-
ceived under title II of the Social Security Act, 
but— 
‘‘(A) pursuant to regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary, any such individual who meets 
one or more of the following criteria shall have 
priority for the work opportunities provided 
under this title— 
‘‘(i) is 65 years of age or older; or 
‘‘(ii) has one or more of the following 
barriers to employment: 
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‘‘(I) has a disability; 
‘‘(II) has limited English pro-
ficiency or low literacy skills; 
‘‘(III) resides in a rural area; 
‘‘(IV) is a veteran; 
‘‘(V) has low employment pros-
pects; or 
‘‘(VI) has failed to find employ-
ment after utilizing services provided 
under title I of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998; and 
‘‘(B) notwithstanding any other provision 
of this paragraph, excludes— 
‘‘(i) an individual who has partici-
pated in projects under this title for a pe-
riod of 48 months in the aggregate (wheth-
er or not consecutive) after the date of the 
enactment of the Senior Independence Act 
of 2006; and 
‘‘(ii) an individual who has partici-
pated in projects under this title for a pe-
riod of 24 months in the aggregate (wheth-
er or not consecutive) after the date of the 
enactment of the Senior Independence Act 
of 2006 if such individual participated 
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more than 24 months in the aggregate 
(whether or not consecutive) under title V 
of this Act, as in effect before the date of 
the enactment of the Senior Independence 
Act of 2006. 
‘‘(3) INCOME.—The term ‘income’ means in-
come received during the 12-month period (or, at 
the option of the grantee involved, the 6-month pe-
riod that is not multiplied) ending on the date an el-
igible individual submits an application to partici-
pate in the project carried out under this title by 
such grantee. 
‘‘(4) PACIFIC ISLAND AND ASIAN AMERICANS.— 
The term ‘Pacific Island and Asian Americans’ 
means Americans having origins in any of the origi-
nal peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the In-
dian Subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands. 
‘‘(5) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means 
the older American community service employment- 
based training program established under this title. 
‘‘(6) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—The term ‘sup-
portive services’ means services such as transpor-
tation, child care, dependent care, housing, and 
needs-related payments, that are necessary to enable 
an individual to participate in activities authorized 
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under this title, consistent with the provisions of this 
title. 
‘‘(7) UNEMPLOYED
INDIVIDUAL.—The term 
‘unemployed individual’ means an individual who is 
without a job and who wants and is available for 
work, including an individual who may have occa-
sional employment that does not result in a constant 
source of income.’’. 
SEC. 40. NATIVE AMERICANS CAREGIVER SUPPORT PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 643 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3057n) is amended by striking ‘‘title—’’ and all 
that follows through the period at the end, and inserting 
‘‘title such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2007, 
2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. 
SEC. 41. VULNERABLE ELDER RIGHTS PROTECTION ACTIVI-
TIES. 
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. 42. NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATION PROVISIONS. 
Section 751(d) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3058aa(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘2001’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2007’’. 
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SEC. 43. ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION PRE-
VENTION. 
Section 721 (b) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3058i(b)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) providing for public education and out-
reach to promote financial literacy and prevent iden-
tity theft and financial exploitation of older individ-
uals;’’; and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(8) as paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively. 
SEC. 44. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
The Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2001 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 202(e)(1)(A) by striking the 
semicolon at the end and inserting a period, and 
(2) by inserting before section 401 the fol-
lowing: 
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