Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000
PL 106-501 (H.R.782), enacted 11/13/2000

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PUBLIC LAW 106-501—NOV. 13, 2000 
Public Law 106-501 
106th Congress 
Nov. 13, 2000 
[H.R. 782] 
Older Americans 
Act Amendments 
of 2000. 
42 u s e 3001 
note. 
An Act 
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to extend authorizations of appropriations 
for programs under the Act, to modernize pi^grams and services for older individ-
uals, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of 
America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "Older Americans Act Amendments 
of 2000". 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENT TO TITLE I OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 
1965 
Sec. 101. Definitions. 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE II OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 
1965 AND THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1987 
Subtitle A—^Amendments to Title II of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
Sec. 201. Functions of Assistant Secretary. 
Sec. 202. Federal agency consultation. 
Sec. 203. Evaluation. 
Sec. 204. Reports. 
Sec. 205. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—^Amendments to the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1987 
Sec. 211. White House Conference. 
TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE III OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 
1965 
Sec. 301. 
Sec. 302. 
Sec. 303. 
Sec. 304. 
Sec. 305. 
Sec. 306. 
Sec. 307. 
Sec. 308. 
Sec. 309. 
Sec. 310. 
Sec. 31L 
Sec. 312. 
Sec. 313. 
Sec. 314. 
Sec. 315. 
Sec. 316. 
Purpose. 
Authorization of appropriations. 
Allotment; Federal share. 
Organization. 
Area plans. 
State plans. 
Plannmg, coordination, evaluation, and administration of State plans. 
Availability of disaster relief funds to tribal organizations. 
Nutrition services incentive program. 
Consumer contributions and waivers. 
Supportive services and senior centers. 
Nutxition services. 
Nutrition requirements. 
In-home services and additional assistance. 
Definition. 
National Family Caregiver Support program. 
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TITLE IV—TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND DISCRETIONARY PROJECTS AND 
PROGRAMS 
Sec. 401. Projects and programs. 
TITLE V—AMENDMENT TO TITLE V OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 
1965 
Sec. 501. Amendment to title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965. 
TITLE VI—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE VI OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 
1965 
Sec. 60L Eligibility. 
Sec. 602. Applications. 
Sec. 603. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 604. General provisions. 
TITLE VII—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE VII OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT 
OF 1965 
Sec. 701. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 702. Allotment. 
Sec. 703. Additional State plan requirements. 
Sec. 704. State long-term care ombudsman program. 
Sec. 705. Prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. 
Sec. 706. Assistance programs. 
Sec. 707. Native American programs. 
TITLE VIII—TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS 
Sec. 801. Technical and conforming amendments. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENT TO TITLE I OF 
THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965 
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3002) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking "the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands." and inserting "and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands."; 
(2) by striking paragraph (12) and inserting the following: 
"(12) The term 'disease prevention and health promotion 
services' means— 
"(A) health risk assessments; 
"(B) routine health screening, which may include 
hypertension, glaucoma, cholesterol, cancer, vision, hearing, 
diabetes, bone density, and nutrition screening; 
"(C) nutritional counseling and educational services 
for individuals and their primary caregivers; 
"(D) health promotion programs, including but not lim-
ited to programs relating to prevention and reduction of 
effects 
of 
chronic 
disabling 
conditions 
(including 
osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease), alcohol and sub-
stance abuse reduction, smoking cessation, weight loss and 
control, and stress management; 
"(E) programs regarding physical fitness, group exer-
cise, and music therapy, art therapy, and dance-movement 
therapy, including programs for multigenerational partici-
pation that are provided by— 
"(i) an institution of higher education; 
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"(ii) a local educational agency, as defined in sec-
tion 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801); or 
"(iii) a community-based organization; 
"(F) home injury control services, including screening 
of high-risk home environments and provision of edu-
cational programs on injury prevention (including fall and 
fracture prevention) in the home environment; 
"(G) screening for the prevention of depression, 
coordination of community mental health services, provi-
sion of educational activities, and referral to psychiatric 
and psychological services; 
"(H) educational programs on the availability, benefits, 
and appropriate use of preventive health services covered 
under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395 et seq.); 
"(I) medication management screening and education 
to prevent incorrect medication and adverse drug reactions; 
"(J) information 
concerning diagnosis, prevention, 
treatment, and rehabilitation concerning age-related dis-
eases 
and 
chronic 
disabling 
conditions, 
including 
osteoporosis, 
cardiovascular 
diseases, 
diabetes, 
and 
Alzheimer's disease and related disorders with neurological 
and organic brain dysfunction; 
"(K) ^gerontological counseling; and 
"(L) counseling regarding social services and followup 
health services based on any of the services described in 
subparagraphs (A) through (K). 
The term shall not include services for which payment may 
be made under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq., 1396 et seq.)."; 
(3) by striking paragraph (18) and redesignating para-
graphs (19), (20), (21), and (22) as paragraphs (18), (19), (20), 
and (21); 
(4) by striking paragraphs (19) and (20) (as redesignated) 
and inserting the following: 
"(19) The term 'in-home services* includes— 
"(A) services of homemakers and home health aides; 
"(B) visiting and telephone reassurance; 
"(C) chore maintenance; 
"(D) in-home respite care for families, and adult day 
care as a respite service for families; 
"(E) minor modification of homes that is necessary 
to facilitate the ability of older individuals to remain at 
home and that is not available under another program 
(other than a program carried out under this Act); 
"(F) personal care services; and 
"(G) other in-home services as defined— 
"(i) by the State agency in the State plan submitted 
in accordance with section 307; and 
"(ii) by the area agency on aging in the area plan 
submitted in accordance with section 306. 
"(20) The term 'Native American' means— 
"(A) an Indian as defined in paragraph (5); and 
"(B) a Native Hawaiian, as defined in section 625."; 
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(5) by striking paragraph (23) and redesignating para-
graphs (24) through (35) as paragraphs (22), (23), (24), (25), 
(26), (27), (28), (29), (30), (31), (32), and (33); 
(6) by striking paragraph (36) and redesignating the 
remaining paragraphs; and 
(7) by adding at the end the following: 
"(42) The term 'family violence' has the same meaning 
given the term in the Family Violence Prevention and Services 
Act (42 U.S.C. 10408). 
"(43) The term 'sexual assault' has the meaning given 
the term in section 2003 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg-2).". 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE II OF 
THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965 
AND THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT 
AMENDMENTS OF 1987 
Subtitle A—^Amendments to Title II of the 
Older Americans Act of 1965 
SEC. 201. FUNCTIONS OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 
Section 202 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3012) is amended— 
(I) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (9) and redesignating para-
graphs (10), (11), and (12) as paragraphs (9), (10), and 
(II) respectively; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (13) and (14) and redesig-
nating the remaining paragraphs; 
(C) in paragraph (15) (as redesignated), by inserting 
"and older individuals residing in rural areas" after "low-
income minority individuals"; 
(D) in paragraph (18)(B) (as redesignated), by striking 
"1990" and inserting "2000"; 
(E) by striking paragraph (19) (as redesignated) and 
inserting the following: 
"(19) conduct strict monitoring of State compliance with 
the requirements in effect, under this Act to prohibit conflicts 
of interest and to maintain the integrity and public purpose 
of services provided and service providers, under this Act in 
all contractual and commercial relationships;"; 
(F) by striking paragraph (21) (as redesignated) and 
inserting the following: 
"(21) establish information and assistance services as pri-
ority services for older individuals, and develop and operate, 
either directly or through contracts, grants, or cooperative 
agreements, a National Eldercare Locator Service, providing 
information and assistance services through a nationwide toll-
free number to identify community resources for older individ-
uals;"; 
(G) by striking paragraph (24) (as redesignated) and 
inserting the following: 
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"(24) establish and carry out pension counseling and 
information programs described in section 215;"; and 
(H) by striking paragraph (27) and redesignating the 
remaining paragraphs; 
(I) by adding a new paragraph (27): 
"(27) improve the delivery of services to older individuals 
living in rural areas through— 
"(A) synthesizing results of research on how best to 
meet the service needs of older individuals in rural areas; 
"(B) developing a resource guide on best practices for 
States, area agencies on aging, and service providers; 
"(C) providing training and technical assistance to 
States to implement these best practices of service delivery; 
and 
"(D) submitting a report on the States' experiences 
in implementing these best practices and the effect these 
innovations are having on improving service delivery in 
rural areas to the relevant committees not later than 36 
months after enactment."; 
(2) in subsection (d)(4), by striking "1990" and inserting 
"2000"; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
"(f)(1) The Assistant Secretary, in accordance with the process 
described in paragraph (2), and in collaboration with a representa-
tive group of State agencies, tribal organizations, area agencies 
on aging, and providers of services involved in the performance 
outcome measures shall develop and publish by December 31, 2001, 
a set of performance outcome measures for planning, managing, 
and evaluating activities performed and services provided under 
this Act. To the maximum extent possible, the Assistant Secretary 
shall use data currently collected (as of the date of development 
of the measures) by State agencies, area agencies on aging, and 
service providers through the National Aging Program Information 
System and other applicable sources of information in developing 
such measures. 
"(2) The process for developing the performance outcome meas-
ures described in paragraph (1) shall include— 
"(A) a review of such measures currently in use by State 
agencies and area agencies on aging (as of the date of the 
review); 
"(B) development of a proposed set of such measures that 
provides information about the major activities performed and 
services provided under this Act; 
"(C) pilot testing of the proposed set of such measures, 
including an identification of resource, infrastructure, and data 
collection issues at the State and local levels; and 
"(D) evaluation of the pilot test and recommendations for 
modification of the proposed set of such measures.". 
SEC. 
202. 
FEDERAL 
AGENCY 
CONSULTATION. 
Title II of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3011 
et seq.) is amended— 
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(1) in section 203(a)(3)(A), by inserting "and older individ-
uals residing in rural areas" after "low-income minority older 
individuals"; 
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(2) by striking section 204 and inserting the following: 
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"SEC. 204. GIFTS AND DONATIONS. 
"(a) GIFTS AND DONATIONS.—The Assistant Secretary may 
accept, use, and dispose of, on behalf of the United States, gifts 
or donations (in cash or in kind, including voluntary and uncompen-
sated services or property), which shall be available until expended 
for the purposes specified in subsection (b). Gifts of cash and pro-
ceeds of the sale of property shall be available in addition to 
amounts appropriated to carry out this Act. 
"(b) USE OF GIFTS AND DONATIONS.—Gifts and 
donations 
accepted pursuant to subsection (a) may be used either directly, 
or for grants to or contracts with public or nonprofit private entities, 
for the following activities: 
"(1) The design and implementation of demonstrations of 
innovative ideas and best practices in programs and services 
for older individuals. 
"(2) The planning and conduct of conferences for the pur-
pose of exchanging information, among concerned individuals 
and public and private entities and organizations, relating to 
programs and services provided under this Act and other pro-
grams and services for older individuals. 
"(3) The development, publication, and dissemination of 
informational materials (in print, visual, electronic, or other 
media) relating to the programs and services provided under 
this Act and other matters of concern to older individuals. 
"(c) ETHICS GUIDELINES.—^The Assistant Secretary shall estab-
lish written guidelines setting forth the criteria to be used in 
determining whether a gift or donation should be declined under 
this section because the acceptance of the gift or donation would— 
"(1) reflect unfavorably upon the ability of the Administra-
tion, the Department of Health and Human Services, or any 
employee of the Administration or Department, to carry out 
responsibilities or official duties under this Act in a fair and 
objective manner; or 
"(2) compromise the integrity or the appearance of integrity 
of programs or services provided under this Act or of any 
official involved in those programs or services."; 
(3) in section 205, by striking subsections (c) and (d) and 42USC3016. 
redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (c); 
(4) by redesignating section 215 as section 216; and 
42 USC 3020f. 
(5) by inserting after section 214 the following: 
"SEC. 215. PENSION COUNSELING AND INFORMATION PROGRAMS. 
42 USC 3020e-l. 
"(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
"(1) PENSION AND OTHER RETIREMENT BENEFITS.—The term 
'pension and other retirement benefits' means private, civil 
service, and other public pensions and retirement benefits, 
including benefits provided under— 
"(A) the Social Security program under title II of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.); 
"(B) the railroad retirement program under the Rail-
road Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231 et seq.); 
"(C) the government retirement benefits programs 
under the Civil Service Retirement System set forth in 
chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, the Federal 
Employees Retirement System set forth in chapter 84 of 
title 5, United States Code, or other Federal retirement 
systems; or 
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"(D) employee pension benefit plans as defined in sec-
tion 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(2)). 
"(2) PENSION COUNSELING AND INFORMATION PROGRAM.— 
The term 'pension counseling and information program' means 
a program described in subsection (b). 
Grants. 
"(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Assistant Secretary shall 
award grants to eligible entities to establish and carry out pension 
counseling and information programs that create or continue a 
sufficient number of pension assistance and counseling programs 
to provide outreach, information, counseling, referral, and other 
assistance regarding pension and other retirement benefits, and 
rights related to such benefits, to individuals in the United States. 
"(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—^The Assistant Secretary shall award 
grants under this section to— 
"(1) State agencies or area agencies on aging; and 
"(2) nonprofit organizations with a proven record of 
providing— 
"(A) services related to retirement of older individuals; 
"(B) services to Native Americans; or 
"(C) specific pension counseling. 
"(d) CITIZEN ADVISORY PANEL.—The Assistant Secretary shall 
establish a citizen advisory panel to advise the Assistant Secretary 
regarding which entities should receive grant awards under this 
section. Such panel shall include representatives of business, labor, 
national senior advocates, and national pension rights advocates. 
The Assistant Secretary shall consult such panel prior to awarding 
grants under this section. 
"(e) APPLICATION.—^To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, an entity shall submit an application to the Assistant 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Assistant Secretary may require, including— 
"(1) a plan to establish a pension counseling and informa-
tion program that— 
"(A) establishes or continues a State or area pension 
counseling and information program; 
"(B) serves a specific geographic area; 
"(C) provides counseling (including direct counseling 
and assistance to individuals who need 
information 
regarding pension and other retirement benefits) and 
information that may assist individuals in obtaining, or 
establishing rights to, and filing claims or complaints 
regarding, pension and other retirement benefits; 
"(D) provides information on sources of pension and 
other retirement benefits; 
"(E) establishes a system to make referrals for legal 
services and other advocacy programs; 
"(F) establishes a system of referral to Federal, State, 
and local departments or agencies related to pension and 
other retirement benefits; 
"(G) provides a sufficient number of staff positions 
(including volunteer positions) to ensure information, coun-
seling, referral, and assistance regarding pension and other 
retirement benefits; 
"(H) provides training programs for staff members, 
including volunteer staff members, of pension and other 
retirement benefits programs; 
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"(I) makes recommendations to the Administration, the 
Department of Labor and other Federal, State, and local 
agencies concerning issues for older individuals related to 
pension and other retirement benefits; and 
"(J) establishes or continues an outreach program to 
provide information, counseling, referral and assistance 
regarding pension and other retirement benefits, with par-
ticular emphasis on outreach to women, minorities, older 
individuals residing in rural areas and low income retirees; 
and 
"(2) an assurance that staff members (including volunteer 
staff members) have no conflict of interest in providing the 
services described in the plan described in paragraph (1). 
"(f) CRITERIA.—^The Assistant Secretsiry shall consider the fol-
lowing criteria in awarding grants under this section: 
"(1) Evidence of a commitment by the entity to carry out 
a proposed pension counseling and information program. 
"(2) The ability of the entity to perform effective outreach 
to affected populations, particularly populations that are identi-
fied in need of special outreach. 
"(3) Reliable information that the population to be served 
by the entity has a demonstrable need for the services proposed 
to be provided under the program. 
"(4) The ability of the entity to provide services under 
the program on a statewide or regional basis. 
"(g) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall award 
grants to eligible entities to establish training and technical 
assistance programs that shall provide information and 
technical assistance to the staffs of entities operating pen-
sion counseling and information programs described in sub-
section (b), and general assistance to such entities, 
including assistance in the design of program evaluation 
tools. 
"(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—^Entities that are eligible to 
receive a grant under this subsection include nonprofit 
private organizations with a record of providing national 
information, referral, and advocacy in matters related to 
pension and other retirement benefits. 
"(3) APPLICATION.—^To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this subsection, an entity shall submit an application 
to the Assistant Secretary at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Assistant Secretary 
may require. 
"(h) PENSION ASSISTANCE HOTLIISTE AND INTRAGENCY COORDINA-
TION.— 
"(1) HOTLINE.—^The Assistant Secretary shall enter into Contracts. 
agreements with other Federal agencies to establish and admin-
ister a national telephone hotline that shall provide information 
regarding pension and other retirement benefits, and rights 
related to such benefits. 
"(2) CONTENT.—Such hotline described in paragraph (1) 
shall provide information for individuals seeldng outreach, 
information, counseling, referral, and assistance regarding pen-
sion and other retirement benefits, and rights related to such 
benefits. 
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"(3) AGREEMENTS.—^The Assistant Secretary may enter into 
agreements with the Secretary of Labor and the heads of other 
Federal agencies that regulate the provision of pension and 
other retirement benefits in order to carry out this subsection. 
Deadline. 
"(i) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 months after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Assistant Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate a report that— 
"(1) summarizes the distribution of funds authorized for 
grants under this section and the expenditure of such funds; 
"(2) summarizes the scope and content of training and 
assistance provided under a program carried out under this 
section and the degree to wWch the training and assistance 
can be replicated; 
"(3) outlines the problems that individuals participating 
in programs funded under this section encountered concerning 
rights related to pension and other retirement benefits; and 
"(4) makes recommendations regarding the manner in 
which services provided in programs funded under this section 
can be incorporated into the ongoing programs of State agen-
cies, area agencies on aging, multipurpose senior centers and 
other similar entities. 
"(j) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Of the funds appropriated 
under section 216 to carry out this section for a fiscal year, not 
more than $100,000 may be used by the Administration for adminis-
trative expenses.". 
SEC. 203. EVALUATION. 
Section 206 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3017) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting "and older individuals 
residing in rural areas" grfter "low-income minority individuals" 
each place it appears; 
(2) in subsection (c), by inserting ", older individuals 
residing in rural areas" after "minority individuals"; 
(3) by striking subsection (g); and 
(4) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (g). 
SEC. 204. REPORTS. 
Section 207 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3018) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(4), by inserting "older individuals 
residing in rural areas," after "low-income minority individ-
uals,"; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(5) by inserting "and older individuals 
residing in rural areas" after "low-income minority individuals" 
each place it appears. 
SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 216 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3020f) (as redesignated by section 202) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking "(a) ADMINISTRATION.—" and inserting 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—"; 
(B) by striking "1992" and all that follows through 
the period and inserting "2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 
2005"; and 
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(C) by inserting "administration, salaries, and expenses 
of" ajfter "appropriated for"; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: 
"(b) ELDERCARE LOCATOR SERVICE.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out section 202(a)(24) (relating to the 
National Eldercare Locator Service) such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. 
"(c) PENSION COUNSELING AND INFORMATION PROGRAMS.—^There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 215, such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and for each of 
the 4 succeeding fiscal years.". 
Subtitle B—^Amendments to the Older 
Americans Act Amendments of 1987 
SEC. 211. WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE. 
Title II of the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1987 (42 
U.S.C. 3001 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking section 201; 
(2) by redesignating sections 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, and 
207, as sections 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, and 206, respectively; 
(3) in section 201 (as redesignated by paragraph (2))— 
(A) by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c) and inserting 
the following: 
"(a) 
AUTHORITY TO 
CALL CONFERENCE.—^Not later than Deadline. 
December 31, 2005, the President shall convene the White House 
Conference on Aging in order to fulfill the purpose set forth in 
subsection (c) and to make fundamental policy recommendations 
regarding programs that are important to older individuals and 
to the families and communities of such individuals. 
"(b) PLANNING AND DIRECTION.—^The Conference described in 
subsection (a) shall be planned and conducted under the direction 
of the Secretary, in cooperation with the Assistant Secretary for 
Aging, the Director of the National Institute on Aging, the Adminis-
trator of the Health Care Financing Administration, the Social 
Security Administrator, and the heads of such other Federal agen-
cies serving older individuals as are appropriate. Planning and 
conducting the Conference includes the assignment of personnel. 
"(c) PURPOSE.—^The purpose of the Conference described in sub-
section (a) shall be to gather individuals representing the spectrum 
of thought and experience in the field of aging to— 
"(1) evaluate the manner in which the objectives of this 
Act can be met by using the resources and talents of older 
individuals, of families and communities of such individuals, 
and of individuals from the public and private sectors; 
"(2) evaluate the manner in which national policies that 
are related to economic security and health care are prepared 
so that such policies serve individuals born from 1946 to 1964 
and later, as the individuals become older individuals, including 
an examination of the Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid 
programs carried out under titles II, XVIII, and XIX of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq., 1395 et seq., and 
1396 et seq.) in relation to providing services under this Act, 
and determine how well such policies respond to the needs 
of older individuals; and 
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"(3) develop not more than 50 recommendations to guide 
the President, Congress, and Federal agencies in serving older 
individuals."; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(2), by striking "and individuals 
from low-income families." and inserting "individuals from 
low-income families, representatives of Federal, State, and 
local governments, and individuals from rural areas. A 
majority of such delegates shall be age 55 or older."; 
(4) in section 202 (as redesignated by paragraph (2))— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) 
as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking paragraph (1); 
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and 
(5) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) respectively; 
(iii) in paragraph (1) (as redesignated by clause 
(ii))-
(I) by striking "subsection (a)(4)" and inserting 
"subsection (a)(3)"; and 
(II) by striking "regarding such agenda," and 
inserting "regarding such agenda, and"; and 
(iv) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by clause 
(ii)), by striking "subsection (a)(6)" and inserting "sub-
section (a)(5)"; and 
(C) in subsection (c), by adding at the end "Gifts may 
be earmarked by the donor or the executive committee 
for a specific purpose."; 
(5) in section 203(a) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
"(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—^There is established a Policy Com-
mittee comprised of 17 members to be selected, not later than 
2 years prior to the date on which the Conference convenes, 
as follows: 
"(A) PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES.—^Nine members shall 
be selected by the President and shall include— 
"(i) three members who are officers or employees 
of the United States; and 
"(ii) six members with experience in the field of 
aging, including providers and consumers of aging serv-
ices. 
"(B) 
HOUSE 
APPOINTEES.—^Two members 
shall 
be 
selected by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 
after consultation with the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives, and two members shall 
be selected by the Minority Leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives, after consultation with such committees. 
"(C) SENATE APPOINTEES.—^Two members shall be 
selected by the Majority Leader of the Senate, after con-
sultation with members of the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions and the Special Committee 
on Aging of the Senate, and two members shall be selected 
by the Minority Leader of the Senate, after consultation 
with members of such committees."; 
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(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking "Committee" 
and inserting "Committee for the Secretary"; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E) and 
inserting the following: 
"(D) establish the number of delegates to be selected 
under section 201(d)(2); 
"(E) establish an executive committee consisting of 
three to five members, with a majority of such members 
being age 55 or older, to work with Conference staff; and 
"(F) establish other committees as needed that have 
a majority of members who are age 55 or older."; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
"(3) VOTING; CHAIRPERSON.— 
"(A) VOTING.—^The Policy Committee shall act by the 
vote of a majority of the members present. A quorum 
of Committee members shall not be required to conduct 
Committee business. 
"(B) CHAIRPERSON.—^The President shall select the President. 
chairperson from among the members of the Policy Com-
mittee. The chairperson may vote only to break a tie vote 
of the other members of the Policy Committee."; 
(6) by striking section 204 (as redesignated by paragraph 
(2)) and inserting the following: 
"SEC, 204. REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE. 
"(a) PRELIMINARY REPORT.—^Not later than 100 days after the 
date on which the Conference adjourns, the Policy Committee shall 
publish and deliver to the chief executive officers of the States 
a preliminary report on the Conference. Comments on the prelimi-
nary report of the Conference shall be accepted by the Policy Com-
mittee. 
"(b) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
on which the Conference adjourns, the Policy Committee shall pub-
lish and transmit to the President and to Congress recommenda-
tions resulting from the Conference and suggestions for any 
administrative action and legislation necessary to implement the 
recommendations contained within the report."; and 
(7) in section 206 (as redesignated by paragraph (2))— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) and 
inserting the following: 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this section— 
"(A) such sums as may be necessary for the first fiscal 
year in which the Policy Committee plans the Conference 
and for the following fiscal year; and 
"(B) such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal 
year in which the Conference is held."; and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking "section 203(c)" 
and inserting "section 202(c)"; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking "December 31, 
1995" and inserting "December 31, 2005". 
Deadline. 
Deadline. 
Publication. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
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TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE III 
OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 
1965 
SEC. 301. PURPOSE. 
Section 301 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3021) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
"(d)(1) Any funds received under an allotment as described 
in section 304(a), or funds contributed toward the non-Federal 
share under section 304(d), shall be used only for activities and 
services to benefit older individuals and other individuals as specifi-
cally provided for in this title. 
"(2) No provision of this title shall be construed as prohibiting 
a State agency or area agency on aging from providing services 
by using funds from sources not described in paragraph (1).". 
SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 303 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C 
3023) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a)(1) and inserting the following: 
"(a)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
part B (relating to supportive services) such sums as may be nec-
essary for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary 
for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years."; 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: 
"(b)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
subpart 1 of part C (relating to congregate nutrition services) such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001, and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. 
"(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out sub-
part 2 of part C (relating to home delivered nutrition services) 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001, and such 
sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal 
years."; and 
(3) by striking subsections (d) through (g) and inserting 
the following: 
"(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part 
D (relating to disease prevention and health promotion services) 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001, and such 
sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal 
years. 
"(e)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
part E (relating to family caregiver support) $125,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2001 if the aggregate amount appropriated under subsection 
(a)(1) (relating to part B, supportive services), paragraphs (1) 
(relating to subpart 1 of part C, congregate nutrition services) 
and (2) (relating to subpart 2 of part C, home delivered nutrition 
services) of subsection (b), and (d) (relating to part D, disease 
prevention and health promotion services) of this section for fiscal 
year 2001 is not less than the aggregate amount appropriated 
under subsection (a)(1), paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), 
and subsection (d) of section 303 of the Older Americans Act of 
1965 for fiscal year 2000. 
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"(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part 
E (relating to family caregiver support) such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. 
"(3) Of the funds appropriated under paragraphs (1) and (2)— 
"(A) 4 percent of such funds shall be reserved to carry 
out activities described in section 375; and 
"(B) 1 percent of such funds shall be reserved to carry 
out activities described in section 376.". 
SEC. 303. ALLOTMENT; FEDERAL SHARE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304 of the Older Americans Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3024) is amended by striking subsection (a) and 
inserting the following: 
"(a)(1) From the sums appropriated under subsections (a) 
through (d) of section 303 for each fiscal year, each State shall 
be allotted an amount which bears the same ratio to such sums 
as the population of older individuals in such State bears to the 
population of older individuals in all States. 
"(2) In determining the amounts allotted to States from the 
sums appropriated under section 303 for a fiscal year, the Assistant 
Secretary shall first determine the amount allotted to each State 
under paragraph (1) and then proportionately adjust such amounts, 
if necessary, to meet the requirements of paragraph (3). 
"(3)(A) No State shall be allotted less than V^ of 1 percent 
of the sum appropriated for the fiscal year for which the determina-
tion is made. 
"(B) Guam and the United States Virgin Islands shall each 
be allotted not less than Vi of 1 percent of the sum appropriated 
for the fiscal year for which the determination is made. 
"(C) American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands shall each be allotted not less than Vie of 1 
percent of the sum appropriated for the fiscal year for which the 
determination is made. For the purposes of the exception contained 
in subparagraph (A) only, the term "State" does not include Guam, 
American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
"(D) No State shall be allotted less than the total amount 
allotted to the State for fiscal year 2000 and no State shall receive 
a percentage increase above the fiscal year 2000 allotment that 
is less than 20 percent of the percentage increase above the fiscal 
year 2000 allotments for all of the States. 
"(4) The number of individuals aged 60 or older in any State 
and in all States shall be determined by the Assistant Secretary 
on the basis of the most recent data available from the Bureau 
of the Census, and other reliable demographic data satisfactory 
to the Assistant Secretary. 
"(5) State allotments for a fiscal year under this section shall 
be proportionally reduced to the extent that appropriations may 
be insufficient to provide the full allotments of the prior year.". 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR REALLOTMENT.—Section 304(b) 
of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3024(b)) is amended 
in the first sentence by striking "part B or C" and inserting "part 
B or C, or subpart 1 of part E,". 
SEC. 304. ORGANIZATION. 
Section 305(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3025(a)) is amended by— 
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(1) in paragraph (1)(E), by inserting "and older individuals 
residing in rural areas" after "low-income minority individuals" 
each place it appears; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (E) by striking "," and inserting 
"and older individuals residing in rural areas," after "low-
income minority individuals"; 
(B) in subparagraph (G)(i) by inserting "and older 
individuals residing in rural areas" after "low-income 
minority older individuals"; and 
(C) in subparagraph (G)(ii) by inserting "and older 
individuals residing in rural areas" after "low-income 
minority individuals". 
SEC. 305. AREA PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 306(a) of the Older Americans Act 
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3026(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting "and older individuals 
residing in rural areas" after "low-income minority individuals" 
in each place it appears; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking 
"section 
307(a)(22)" 
and 
inserting 
"section 
307(a)(2)"; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking "services (home-
maker" and all that follows through "maintenance, and" 
and inserting "services, including"; and 
(C) in the matter following subparagraph (C), by 
striking "and specify annually in such plan, as submitted 
or as amended," and inserting "and assurances that the 
area agency on aging will report annually to the State 
agency"; 
(3) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking "paragraph (6)(E)(ii)" 
and inserting "paragraph (6)(C)"; 
(4)(A) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4); 
(5) in paragraph (4)(A)(i) (as redesignated) by inserting 
"and older individuals residing in rural areas" after "low-income 
minority individuals"; 
(6) in paragraph (4)(A)(ii) (as redesignated) by inserting 
"and older individuals residing in rural areas" after "low-income 
minority individuals" each place it appears; 
(7) in paragraph (4)(B)(i) (as redesignated) by inserting 
"and older individuals residing in rural areas" after "low-income 
minority individuals" each place it appears; 
(8) in paragraph (4)(C) (as redesignated) by inserting "and 
older individuals residing in rural areas" sifter "low-income 
minority older individuals"; 
(9) by inserting after paragraph (4) (as redesignated by 
paragraph (3)) the following: 
"(5) provide assurances that the area agency on aging 
will coordinate planning, identification, assessment of needs, 
and provision of services for older individuals with disabilities, 
with particular attention to individuals with severe disabilities, 
with agencies that develop or provide services for individuals 
with disabilities;"; 
(10) in paragraph (6)— 
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(A) by striking subparagraphs (A), (B), (G), (I), (J), 
(K), (L), (O), (P), (Q), (R), and (S); 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), (F), 
(H), (M), and (N) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), 
(F), and (G), respectively; 
(C) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated by subpara-
graph (B)), by striking "or adults" and inserting ", assist-
ance to older individuals caring for relatives who are chil-
dren"; 
(D) in subparagraph (D) (as redesignated by subpara-
graph (B)), by inserting "and older individuals residing 
in rural areas" after "minority individuals"; and 
(E) in subparagraph (F) (as redesignated by subpara-
graph (B)), by adding "and" after the semicolon; 
(11) by striking paragraphs (7) through (13) and inserting 
the following: 
"(7) provide that the area agency on aging will facilitate 
the coordination of community-based, long-term care services 
designed to enable older individuals to remain in their homes, 
by means including— 
"(A) development of case management services as a 
component of the long-term care services, consistent with 
the requirements of paragraph (8); 
"(B) involvement of long-term care providers in the 
coordination of such services; and 
"(C) increasing community awareness of and involve-
ment in addressing the needs of residents of long-term 
care facilities; 
"(8) provide that case management services provided under 
this title through the area agency on aging will— 
"(A) not duplicate case management services provided 
through other Federal and State programs; 
"(B) be coordinated with services described in subpara-
graph (A); and 
"(C) be provided by a public agency or a nonprofit 
private agency that— 
"(i) gives each older individual seeking services 
under this title a list of agencies that provide similar 
services within the jurisdiction of the area agency on 
aging; 
"(ii) gives each individual described in clause (i) 
a statement specifying that the individual has a right 
to make an independent choice of service providers 
and documents receipt by such individual of such state-
ment; 
"(iii) has case managers acting as agents for the 
individuals receiving the services and not as promoters 
for the agency providing such services; or 
"(iv) is located in a rural area and obtains a waiver 
of the requirements described in clauses (i) through 
(iii); 
"(9) provide assurances that the area agency on aging, 
in canying out the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program 
under section 307(a)(9), will expend not less than the total 
amount of funds appropriated under this Act and expended 
by the agency in fiscal year 2000 in carrying out such a program 
under tlus title; 
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"(10) provide a grievance procedure for older individuals 
who are dissatisfied with or denied services under this title; 
"(11) provide information and assurances concerning serv-
ices to older individuals who are Native Americans (referred 
to in this paragraph as 'older Native Americans'), including— 
"(A) information concerning whether there is a signifi-
cant population of older Native Americans in the planning 
and service area and if so, an assurance that the area 
agency on aging will pursue activities, including outreach, 
to increase access of those older Native Americans to pro-
grams and benefits provided under this title; 
"(B) an assurance that the area agency on aging will, 
to the maximum extent practicable, coordinate the services 
the agency provides under this title with services provided 
under title VI; and 
"(C) an assurance that the area agency on aging will 
make services under the area plan available, to the same 
extent as such services are available to older individuals 
within the planning and service area, to older Native 
Americans; and 
"(12) provide that the area agency on aging will establish 
procedures for coordination of services with entities conducting 
other Federal or federally assisted programs for older individ-
uals at the local level, with particular emphasis on entities 
conducting programs described in section 203(b) within the 
planning and service area."; 
(12) by redesignating paragraph (14) as paragraph (13); 
(13) by inserting after paragraph (13) (as redesignated 
by paragraph (7)) the following: 
"(14) provide assurances that funds received under this 
title will not be used to pay any part of a cost (including 
an administrative cost) incurred by the area agency on aging 
to carry out a contract or commercial relationship that is not 
carried out to implement this title; and 
"(15) provide assurances that preference in receiving serv-
ices under this title will not be given by the area agency 
on aging to particular older individuals as a result of a contract 
or commercial relationship that is not carried out to implement 
this title."; and 
(14) by striking paragraphs (17) through (20). 
(b) WAIVERS.—Section 306(b) of the Older Americans Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3026(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking "(1)" and inserting before 
the period "and had conducted a timely public hearing upon 
request"; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2). 
SEC. 306. STATE PLANS. 
Section 307(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3027(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (1) through (5) and inserting 
the following: 
"(1) The plan shall— 
"(A) require each area agency on aging designated 
under section 305(a)(2)(A) to develop and submit to the 
State agency for approval, in accordance with a uniform 
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format developed by the State agency, an area plan meeting 
the requirements of section 306; and 
"(B) be based on such area plans. 
"(2) The plan shall provide that the State agency will— 
"(A) evaluate, using uniform procedures described in 
section 202(a)(29), the 
need 
for 
supportive 
services 
(including legal assistance pursuant to 307(a)(ll), informa-
tion and assistance, and transportation services), nutrition 
services, and multipurpose senior centers within the State; 
"(B) develop a standardized process to determine the 
extent to which public or private programs and resources 
(including volunteers and programs and services of vol-
untary organizations) that have the capacity and actually 
meet such need; and 
"(C) specify a minimum proportion of the funds 
received by each area agency on aging in the State to 
carry out part B that will be expended (in the absence 
of a waiver under section 306(b) or 316) by such area 
agency on aging to provide each of the categories of services 
specified in section 306(a)(2). 
"(3) The plan shall— 
"(A) include (and may not be approved unless the 
Assistant Secretary approves) the statement and dem-
onstration required by paragraphs (2) and (4) of section 
305(d) (concerning intrastate distribution of funds); and 
"(B) with respect to services for older individuals 
residing in rural areas— 
"(i) provide assurances that the State agency will 
spend for each fiscal year, not less than the amount 
expended for such services for fiscal year 2000; 
"(ii) identify, for each fiscal year to which the 
plan applies, the projected costs of providing such serv-
ices (including the cost of providing access to such 
services); and 
"(iii) describe the methods used to meet the needs 
for such services in the fiscal year preceding the first 
year to which such plan applies. 
"(4) The plan shall provide that the State agency will 
conduct periodic evaluations of, and public hearings on, activi-
ties and projects carried out in the State under this title and 
title VII, including evaluations of the effectiveness of services 
provided to individuals with greatest economic need, greatest 
social need, or disabilities, with particular attention to low-
income minority individuals and older individuals residing in 
rural areas. 
"(5) The plan shall provide that the State agency will— 
"(A) afford an opportunity for a hearing upon request, 
in accordance with published procedures, to any area 
agency on aging submitting a plan under this title, to 
any provider of (or applicant to provide) services; 
"(B) issue guidelines applicable to grievance procedures 
required by section 306(a)(10); and 
"(C) afford an opportunity for a public hearing, upon 
request, by any area agency on aging, by any provider 
of (or applicant to provide) services, or by any recipient 
of services under thiis title regarding any waiver request, 
including those under section 316."; 
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(2) in paragraph (7), by striking subparagraph (C); 
(3) by striking paragraphs (8) and (9) and inserting the 
following: 
"(8)(A) The plan shall provide that no supportive services, 
nutrition services, or in-home services will be directly provided 
by the State agency or an area agency on aging in the State, 
^ ; 
unless, in the judgment of the State agency— 
"(i) provision of such services by the State agency or 
the area agency on aging is necessary to assure an adequate 
supply of such services; 
"(ii) such services are directly related to such State 
agency's or area agency on aging's administrative functions; 
or 
"(iii) such services can be provided more economically, 
and with comparable quality, by such State agency or 
area agency on aging. 
"(B) Regarding case management services, if the State 
agency or area agency on aging is already providing case 
management services (as of the date of submission of the plan) 
under a State program, the plan may specify that such agency 
is allowed to continue to provide case management services. 
"(C) The plan may specify that an area agency on aging 
is allowed to directly provide information and assistance serv-
ices and outreach. 
"(9) The plan shall provide assurances that the State 
agency will carry out, through the Office of the State Long-
Term Care Ombudsman, a State Long-Term Care Ombudsman 
program in accordance with section 712 and this title, and 
will expend for such purpose an amount that is not less than 
an amount expended by the State agency with funds received 
under this title for fiscal year 2000, and an amount that is 
not less than the amount expended by the State agency with 
funds received under title VII for fiscal year 2000."; 
(4) by striking paragraph (10) and inserting the following: 
"(10) The plan shall provide assurances that the special 
needs of older individuals residing in rural areas will be taken 
into consideration and shall describe how those needs have 
been met and describe how funds have been allocated to meet 
those needs."; 
(5) by striking paragraphs (11), (12), (13), and (14); 
(6) by redesignating paragraphs (15) and (16) as paragraphs 
(11) and (12), respectively; 
(7) by striking paragraph (17); 
(8) by redesignating paragraph (18) as paragraph (13); 
(9) by striking paragraph (19); 
(10) by redesignating paragraph (20) as paragraph (14); 
(11) by striking paragraphs (21) and (22); 
(12) by redesignating paragraphs (23), (24), (25), and (26) 
as paragraphs (15), (16), (17), and (18), respectively; 
(13) in paragraph (16) (as redesignated by paragraph (12)), 
by inserting "and older individuals residing in rural areas" 
after "low-income minority individuals" each place it appears; 
(14) in paragraph (17) (as redesignated by paragraph (12)), 
by inserting "to enhance services" before "and develop collabo-
rative programs"; 
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(15) in paragraph (18) (as redesignated by paragraph (12)), 
by 
striking 
"section 
306(a)(6)(I)" £ind inserting 
"section 
306(a)(7r; 
(16) by striking paragraphs (27), (28), (29), and (31); 
(17) by redesignating paragraphs (30) and (32) as para-
graphs (19) and (20), respectively; 
(18) by striking paragraphs (33), (34), and (35) and 
inserting the following: 
"(21) The plan shall— 
"(A) provide an assurance that the State agency will 
coordinate programs under this title and programs under 
title VI, if applicable; and 
"(B) provide an assurance that the State agency will 
pursue activities to increase access by older individuals 
who are Native Americans to all aging programs and bene-
fits provided by the agency, including programs and bene-
fits provided under this title, if applicable, and specify 
the ways in which the State agency intends to implement 
the activities."; 
(19) by redesignating paragraph (36) as paragraph (22); 
(20) by striking paragraphs (37), (38), (39), (40), and (43); 
(21) by redesignating paragraphs (41), (42), and (44) as 
paragraphs (23), (24), and (25), respectively; and 
(22) by adding at the end the following: 
"(26) The plan shall provide assurances that funds received 
under this title will not be used to pay any part of a cost 
(including an administrative cost) incurred by the State agency 
or an area agency on aging to carry out a contract or commercial 
relationship that is not carried out to implement this title.". 
SEC. 307. PLANNING, COORDINATION, EVALUATION, AND ADMINISTRA-
TION OF STATE PLANS. 
Section 308(b) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3028(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking "in its plan under section 307(a)(13) 
regarding Part C of this title,"; and 
(ii) by striking "30 percent" and inserting "40 per-
cent"; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking "for fiscal year 1993, 1994, 1995, 
or 1996" and inserting "for any fiscal year"; and 
(ii) by striking "to satisfy such need—" and all 
that follows and inserting "to satisfy such need an 
additional 10 percent of the funds so received by a 
State and attributable to funds appropriated under 
paragraph (1) or (2) of section 303(b)."; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
"(C) A State's request for a waiver under subparagraph (B) 
shall— 
"(i) be not more than one page in length; 
"(ii) include a request that the waiver be granted; 
"(iii) specify the amount of the funds received by a State 
and attributable to funds appropriated under paragraph (1) 
or (2) of section 303(b), over the permissible 40 percent referred 
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to in subparagraph (A), that the State requires to satisfy the 
need for services under subpart 1 or 2 of part C; and 
"(iv) not include a request for a waiver with respect to 
an amount if the transfer of the amount would jeopardize 
the appropriate provision of services under subpart 1 or 2 
of part C"; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following: 
"(5)(A)Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, of the 
funds received by a State attributable to funds appropriated under 
subsection (a)(1), and paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), 
of section 303, the State may elect to transfer not more than 
30 percent for any fiscal year between programs under part B 
and part C, for use as the State considers appropriate. The State 
shall notify the Assistant Secretary of any such election. 
"(B) At a minimum, the notification described in subparagraph 
(A) shall include a description of the amount to be transferred, 
the purposes of the transfer, the need for the transfer, and the 
impact of the transfer on the provision of services from which 
the funding will be transferred.". 
SEC. 308. AVAILABILITY OF DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS TO TRIBAL 
ORGANIZATIONS. 
Section 310 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3030) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting "(or to any tribal organization 
receiving a grant under title VI)" after "any State"; 
and 
(ii) by inserting "(or funds used by such tribal 
organization)" before "for the delivery of supportive 
services"; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting "and such tribal 
organizations" after "States"; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting "or such tribal 
organization" after "State" each place it appears; and 
(2) in subsections (b)(1) and (c), by inserting "and such 
tribal organizations" after "States". 
SEC. 309. NUTRITION SERVICES INCENTIVE PROGRAM. 
Section 311 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3030a) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking "AVAILABILITY OF 
SURPLUS COMMODITIES" and inserting "NUTRITION 
SERVICES 
INCENTIVE PROGRAM"; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) as 
subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively; 
(3) by inserting before subsection (c) (as redesignated by 
paragraph (2)) the following: 
"(a) The purpose of this section is to provide incentives to 
encourage and reward effective performance by States and tribal 
organizations in the efficient delivery of nutritious meals to older 
individuals. 
"(b)(1) The Secretary of Agriculture shall allot and provide 
in the form of cash or commodities or a combination thereof (at 
the discretion of the State) to each State agency with a plan 
approved under this title for a fiscal year, and to each grantee 
with an application approved under title VI for such fiscal year. 
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114 STAT. 2247 
an amount bearing the same ratio to the total amount appropriated 
for such fiscal year under subsection (e) as the number of meals 
served in the State under such plan approved for the preceding 
fiscal year (or the number of meals served by the title VI grantee, 
under such application approved for such preceding fiscal year), 
bears to the total number of such meals served in all States and 
by all title VI grantees under all such plans and applications 
approved for such preceding fiscal year. 
"(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), in the case of a grantee 
that has an application approved under title VI for a fiscal year 
but that did not receive assistance under this section for the pre-
ceding fiscal year, the number of meals served by the title VI 
grantee for the preceding fiscal year shall be deemed to equal 
the number of meals that the Assistant Secretary estimates will 
be served by the title VI grantee in the fiscal year for which 
the application was approved."; 
(4) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)), 
by striking paragraph (4); 
(5) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)), 
by striking "Notwithstanding" through "election" and inserting 
"In any case in which a State elects to receive cash payments,"; 
(6) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)), 
by adding at the end the following: 
"(4) Among the commodities delivered under subsection (c), 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall give special emphasis to high 
protein foods. The Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with 
the Assistant Secretary, is authorized to prescribe the terms and 
conditions respecting the donating of commodities under this sub-
section."; and 
(7) by striking subsection (e) (as redesignated by paragraph 
(2)) and inserting the following: 
"(e) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
section (other than subsection (c)(1)) such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.". 
SEC. 310. CONSUMER CONTRIBUTIONS AND WAIVERS. 
Part A of title III (42 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
"SEC. 315. CONSUMER CONTRIBUTIONS. 
42 USC 3030c-2. 
"(a) COST SHARING.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraphs (2) 
and (3), a State is permitted to implement cost sharing for 
all services funded by this Act by recipients of the services. 
"(2) EXCEPTION.—The State is not permitted to implement 
the cost sharing described in paragraph (1) for the following 
services: 
"(A) Information and assistance, outreach, benefits 
counseling, or case management services. 
"(B) Ombudsman, elder abuse prevention, legal assist-
ance, or other consumer protection services. 
"(C) Congregate and home delivered meals. 
"(D) Any services delivered through tribal organiza-
tions. 
"(3) PROHIBITIONS.—A State or tribal organization shall 
not permit the cost sharing described in paragraph (1) for 
any services delivered through tribal organizations. A State 
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shall not permit cost sharing by a low-income older individual 
if the income of such individual is at or below the Federal 
poverty line. A State may exclude from cost sharing low-income 
individuals whose incomes are above the Federal poverty line. 
A State shall not consider any assets, savings, or other property 
owned by older individuals when defining low-income individ-
uals who are exempt from cost sharing, when creating a sliding 
scale for the cost sharing, or when seeking contributions from 
any older individual. 
"(4) PAYMENT RATES.—If a State permits the cost sharing 
described in paragraph (1), such State shall establish a sliding 
scale, based solely on individual income and the cost of deliv-
ering services. 
"(5) REQUIREMENTS.—If a State permits the cost sharing 
described in paragraph (1), such State shall require each area 
agency on aging in the State to ensure that each service pro-
vider involved, and the area agency on aging, will— 
"(A) protect the privacy and confidentiality of each 
older individual with respect to the declaration or nondec-
laration of individual income and to any share of costs 
paid or unpaid by an individual; 
"(B) establish appropriate procedures to safeguard and 
account for cost share pajonents; 
"(C) use each collected cost share pa3mient to expand 
the service for which such payment was given; 
"(D) not consider assets, savings, or other property 
owned by an older individual in determining whether cost 
sharing is permitted; 
"(E) not deny any service for which funds are received 
under this Act for an older individual due to the income 
of such individual or such individual's failure to make 
a cost sharing payment; 
"(F) determine the eligibility of older individuals to 
cost share solely by a confidential declaration of income 
and with no requirement for verification; and 
"(G) widely distribute State created written materials 
in languages reflecting the reading abilities of older individ-
uals that describe the criteria for cost sharing, the State's 
sliding scale, and the mandate described under subpara-
graph (E). 
"(6) WAIVER.—^An area agency on aging may request a 
waiver to the State's cost sharing policies, and the State shall 
approve such a waiver if the area agency on aging can ade-
quately demonstrate that— 
"(A) a significant proportion of persons receiving serv-
ices under this Act subject to cost sharing in the planning 
and service area have incomes below the threshold estab-
lished in State policy; or 
"(B) cost sharing would be an unreasonable administra-
tive or financial burden upon the area agency on aging. 
"(b) VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Voluntary contributions shall be allowed 
and may be solicited for all services for which funds are received 
under this Act provided that the method of solicitation is non-
coercive. 
"(2) LOCAL DECISION.—^The area agency on aging shall con-
sult with the relevant service providers and older individuals 
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in agencys planning and service area in a State to determine 
the best method for accepting voluntary contributions under 
this subsection. 
"(3) PROHIBITED ACTS.—^The area agency on aging and 
service providers shall not means test for any service for which 
contributions are accepted or deny services to any individual 
who does not contribute to the cost of the service. 
"(4) REQUIRED ACTS.—^The area agency on aging shall 
ensure that each service provider will— 
"(A) provide each recipient with an opportunity to vol-
untarily contribute to the cost of the service; 
"(B) clearly inform each recipient that there is no 
obligation to contribute and that the contribution is purely 
voluntary; 
"(C) protect the privacy and confidentiality of each 
recipient with respect to the recipient's contribution or 
lack of contribution; 
"(D) establish appropriate procedures to safeguard and 
account for all contributions; and 
"(E) use all collected contributions to expand the 
service for which the contributions were given. 
"(c) PARTICIPATION.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^The State and area agencies on aging, 
in conducting public hearings on State and area plans, shall 
solicit the views of older individuals, providers, and other stake-
holders on implementation of cost-sharing in the service area 
or the State. 
"(2) PLANS.—^Prior to the implementation of cost sharing 
under subsection (a), each State and area agency on aging 
shall develop plans that are designed to ensure that the partici-
pation of low-income older individuals (with particular attention 
to low-income minority individuals and older individuals 
residing in rural areas) receiving services will not decrease 
with the implementation of the cost sharing under such sub-
section. 
"(d) EVALUATION.—Not later than 1 year after the date of Deadline, 
the enactment of the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000, 
and annually thereafter, the Assistant Secretary shall conduct a 
comprehensive evaluation of practices for cost sharing to determine 
its impact on participation rates with particular attention to low-
income and minority older individuals and older individuals residing 
in rural areas. If the Assistant Secretary finds that there is a 
disparate impact upon low-income or minority older individuals 
or older individuals residing in rural areas in any State or region 
within the State regarding the provision of services, the Assistant 
Secretary shall take corrective action to assure that such services 
are provided to all older individuals without regard to the cost 
sharing criteria. 
"SEC. 316. WAIVERS. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^The Assistant Secretary may waive any 
of the provisions specified in subsection (b) with respect to a State, 
upon receiving an application by the State agency containing or 
accompanied by documentation sufficient to establish, to the satis-
faction of the Assistant Secretary, that— 
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"(1) approval of the State legislature has been obtained 
or is not required with respect to the proposal for which waiver 
is sought; 
"(2) the State agency has collaborated with the area agen-
cies on aging in the State and other organizations that would 
be affected with respect to the proposal for which waiver is 
sought; 
"(3) the proposal has been made available for public review 
and comment, including the opportunity for a public hearing 
upon request, within the State (and a summary of all of the 
comments received has been included in the application); and 
"(4) the State agency has given adequate consideration 
to the probable positive and negative consequences of approval 
of the waiver application, and the probable benefits for older 
individuals can reasonably be expected to outweigh any nega-
tive consequences, or particular circumstances in the State 
otherwise justify the waiver. 
"(b) REQUIREMENTS SUBJECT TO WAIVER.—^The provisions of 
this title that may be waived under this section are— 
"(1) any provision of sections 305, 306, and 307 requiring 
statewide uniformity of programs carried out under this title, 
to the extent necessary to permit demonstrations, in limited 
areas of a State, of innovative approaches to assist older individ-
uals; 
"(2) any area plan requirement described in section 306(a) 
if granting the waiver will promote innovations or improve 
service delivery and will not diminish services already provided 
under this Act; 
"(3) any State plan requirement described in section 307(a) 
if granting the waiver will promote innovations or improve 
service delivery and will not diminish services already provided 
under this Act; 
"(4) any restriction under paragraph (5) of section 308(b), 
on the amount that may be transferred between programs 
carried out under part B and part C; and 
"(5) the requirement of section 309(c) that certain amounts 
of a State allotment be used for the provision of services, 
with respect to a State that reduces expenditures under the 
State plan of the State (but only to the extent that the non-
Federal share of the expenditures is not reduced below any 
minimum specified in section 304(d) or any other provision 
of this title). 
"(c) DURATION OF WAIVER.—^The application by a State agency 
for a waiver under this section shall include a recommendation 
as to the duration of the waiver (not to exceed the duration of 
the State plan of the State). The Assistant Secretary, in granting 
such a waiver, shall specify the duration of the waiver, which 
may be the duration recommended by the State agency or such 
shorter time period as the Assistant Secretary finds to be appro-
priate. 
"(d) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—^With respect to each waiver 
granted under this section, not later than 1 year after the expiration 
of such waiver, and at any time during the waiver period that 
the Assistant Secretary may require, the State agency shall prepare 
and submit to the Assistant Secretary a report evaluating the 
impact of the waiver on the operation and effectiveness of programs 
and services provided under this title.". 
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SEC. 311. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND SENIOR CENTERS. 
Section 321 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3030d) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking "or both" and inserting 
"and services provided by an area agency on aging, in 
conjunction with local transportation service providers, 
public transportation agencies, and other local government 
agencies, that result in increased provision of such 
transportation services for older individuals"; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking "or (D)" and all that 
follows and inserting "or (D) to assist older individuals 
in obtaining housing for which assistance is provided under 
programs of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development;"; 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking "including" and all 
that follows and inserting the following: "including— 
"(A) client assessment, case management services, and 
development and coordination of community services; 
"(B) supportive activities to meet the special needs 
of caregivers, including caretakers who provide in-home 
services to frail older individuals; and 
"(C) in-home services and other community services, 
including home health, homemaker, shopping, escort, 
reader, and letter writing services, to assist older individ-
uals to live independently in a home environment;"; 
(D) in paragraph (12), by inserting before the semicolon 
the following: ", and including the coordination of the serv-
ices with programs administered by or receiving assistance 
from the Department of Labor, including programs carried 
out under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2801 et seq.)"; 
(E) in paragraph (21), by striking "or"; 
(F) by inserting after paragraph (21) the following: 
"(22) in-home services for frail older individuals, including 
individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders with 
neurological and organic brain dysfunction, and their families, 
including in-home services defined by a State agency in the 
State plan submitted under section 307, taking into consider-
ation the age, economic need, and noneconomic and nonhealth 
factors contributing to the frail condition and need for services 
of the individuals described in this paragraph, and in-home 
services defined by an area agency on aging in the area plan 
submitted under section 306."; 
(G) by redesignating paragraph (22) as paragraph (23); 
and 
(H) in paragraph (23) (as redesignated by subpara-
graph (G)), by inserting "necessary for the general welfare 
of older individuals" before the semicolon; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
"(c) In canying out the provisions of this part, to more effi-
ciently and effectively deliver services to older individuals, each 
area agency on aging shall coordinate services described in sub-
section (a) with other community agencies and voluntary organiza-
tions providing the same services. In coordinating the services, 
the area agency on aging shall make efforts to coordinate the 
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services 
with 
agencies 
and 
organizations 
canying 
out 
intergenerational programs or projects. 
"(d) Funds made available under this part shall supplement, 
and not supplant, any Federal, State, or local funds expended 
by a State or unit of general purpose local government (including 
an area agency on aging) to provide services described in subsection 
(a).". 
SEC. 312. NUTRITION SERVICES. 
(a) REPEAL.—Subpart 3 of part C of title III of the Older 
Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030g-ll et seq.) is repealed. 
(b) REDESIGNATION.—Part C of title III of the Older Americans 
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030e et seq.) is amended by redesignating 
subpart 4 as subpart 3, 
(c) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Section 331(2) of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030e(2)) is amended by inserting 
", including adult day care facilities and multigenerational m e ^ 
sites" before the semi-colon. 
SEC. 313. NUTRITION REQUIREMENTS. 
Subpart 4 of part C of title III of the Older Americans Act 
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030g-21) is amended by striking section 339 
and inserting the following: 
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"A state that establishes and operates a nutrition project under 
this chapter shall— 
"(1) solicit the advice of a dietitian or individual with 
comparable expertise in the planning of nutritional services, 
and 
"(2) ensure that the project— 
"(A) provides meals that— 
"(i) comply with the Dietary Guidelines for Ameri-
cans, published by the Secretary and the Secretary 
of Agriculture, 
"(ii) 
provide 
to 
each 
participating 
older 
individual— 
"(I) a minimum of 33^3 percent of the daily 
recommended dietary allowances as established by 
the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of 
Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, if 
the project provides one meal per day, 
"(II) a minimum of 66% percent of the allow-
ances if the project provides two meals per day, 
and 
"(III) 100 percent of the allowances if the 
project provides three meals per day, and 
"(iii) to the maximum extent practicable, are 
adjusted to meet any special dietary needs of program 
participants, 
"(B) provides flexibility to local nutrition providers in 
designing meals that are appealing to program partici-
pants, 
"(C) encourages providers to enter into contracts that 
limit the amount of time meals must spend in transit 
before they are consumed. 
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"(D) where feasible, encourages arrangements with 
schools and other facilities serving meals to children in 
order to promote intergenerational meal programs, 
"(E) provides that meals, other than in-home meals, 
are provided in settings in as close proximity to the 
majority of eligible older individuals' residences as feasible, 
"(F) comply with applicable provisions of State or local 
laws regarding the safe and sanitary handling of food, 
equipment, and supplies used in the storage, preparation, 
service, and delivery of meals to an older individual, 
"(G) ensures that meal providers carry out such project 
with the advice of dietitians (or individuals with com-
parable expertise), meal participants, and other individuals 
knowledgeable with regard to the needs of older individ-
uals, 
"(H) ensures that each participating area agency on 
aging establishes procedures that allow nutrition project 
administrators the option to offer a meal, on the same 
basis as meals provided to participating older individuals, 
to individuals providing volunteer services during the meal 
hours, and to individuals with disabilities who reside at 
home with and accompany older individuals eligible under 
this chapter, 
"(I) ensures that nutrition services will be available 
to older individuals and to their spouses, and may be 
made available to individuals with disabilities who are 
not older individuals but who reside in housing facilities 
occupied primarily by older individuals at which congregate 
nutrition services are provided, and 
"(J) provide for nutrition screening and, where appro-
priate, for nutrition education and counseling.". 
SEC. 314. IN-HOME SERVICES AND ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. 
Title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3021 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by repealing parts D and E; and 
(2) by redesignating part F as part D. 
SEC. 315. DEFINITION. 
Section 363 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3030o) is repealed. 
SEC. 316. NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM. 
Title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3021 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by repealing part G; and 
(2) by inserting after part D (as redesignated by section 
313(2)) the following: 
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**PART E—NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER 
SUPPORT PROGRAM 
National Family 
Caregiver 
Support Act. 
"SEC. 371. SHORT TITLE. 
'This part may be cited as the 'National Family Caregiver 
Support Act'. 
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"Subpart 1—Caregiver Support Program 
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"SEC. 372. DEFINITIONS. 
"In this subpart: 
"(1) CHILD.—^The term 'child' means an individual who 
is not more than 18 years of age. 
"(2) FAMILY CAREGIVER.—^The term 'family caregiver* means 
an adult family member, or another individual, who is an 
informal provider of in-home and community care to an older 
individual. 
"(3) GRANDPARENT OR OLDER INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A RELATIVE 
CAREGIVER.—^The term 'grandparent or older individual who 
is a relative caregiver* means a grandparent or stepgrandparent 
of a child, or a relative of a child by blood or marriage, who 
is 60 years of age or older and— 
"(A) lives with the child; 
"(B) is the primary caregiver of the child because the 
biological or adoptive parents are unable or unwilling to 
serve as the primary caregiver of the child; and 
"(C) has a legal relationship to the child, as such 
legal custody or guardianship, or is raising the child infor-
mally. 
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"SEC. 373. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^The Assistant Secretary shall carry out a 
program for making grants to States with State plans approved 
under section 307, to pay for the Federal share of the cost of 
carrying out State programs, to enable area agencies on aging, 
or entities that such area agencies on aging contract with, to provide 
multifaceted systems of support services— 
"(1) for family caregivers; and 
"(2) for grandparents or older individuals who are relative 
caregivers. 
"(b) SUPPORT SERVICES.—^The services provided, in a State pro-
gram under subsection (a), by an area agency on aging, or entity 
that such agency has contracted with, shall include— 
"(1) information to caregivers about available services; 
"(2) assistance to caregivers in gaining access to the serv-
ices; 
"(3) individual counseling, organization of support groups, 
and caregiver training to caregivers to assist the caregivers 
in making decisions and solving problems relating to their 
caregiving roles; 
"(4) respite care to enable caregivers to be temporarily 
relieved from their caregiving responsibilities; and 
"(5) supplemental services, on a limited basis, to com-
plement the care provided by caregivers. 
"(c) POPULATION SERVED; PRIORITY.— 
"(1) POPULATION SERVED.—Services under a State program 
under this subpart shall be provided to family caregivers, and 
grandparents and older individuals who are relative caregivers, 
and who— 
"(A) are described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 
(a); and 
"(B) with regard to the services specified in paragraphs 
(4) and (5) of subsection (b), in the case of a caregiver 
described in paragraph (1), is providing care to an older 
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individual who meets the condition specified in subpara-
graph (A)(i) or (B) of section 102(28). 
"(2) PRIORITY.—In providing services under this subpart, 
the State shall give priority for services to older individuals 
with greatest social and economic need, (with particular atten-
tion to low-income older individuals) and older individuals pro-
viding care and support to persons with mental retardation 
and related developmental disabilities (as defined in section 
102 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of 
Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 6001)) (referred to in this subpart as 
'developmental disabilities'). 
"(d) COORDINATION WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS.—In carrying out 
this subpart, each area agency on aging shall coordinate the activi-
ties of the agency, or entity that such agency has contracted with, 
with the activities of other community agencies and voluntary 
organizations providing the types of services described in subsection 
(b). 
"(e) 
QUALITY STANDARDS AND MECHANISMS AND ACCOUNT-
ABILITY.— 
"(1) QUALITY STANDARDS AND MECHANISMS.—^The State 
shall establish standards and mechanisms designed to assure 
the quality of services provided with assistance made available 
under this subpart. 
"(2) DATA AND RECORDS.—^The State shall collect data and 
maintain records relating to the State program in a standard-
ized format specified by the Assistant Secretary. The State 
shall furnish the records to the Assistant Secretary, at such 
time as the Assistant Secretary may require, in order to enable 
the Assistant Secretary to monitor State program administra-
tion and compliance, and to evaluate and compare the effective-
ness of the State programs. 
"(3) REPORTS.—^The State shall prepare and submit to the 
Assistant Secretary reports on the data and records required 
under paragraph (2), including information on the services 
funded under this subpart, and standards and mechanisms 
by which the quality of the services shall be assured. 
"(f) CAREGIVER ALLOTMENT.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.— 
"(A) From sums appropriated under section 303(e) for 
fiscal years 2001 through 2005, the Assistant Secretary 
shall allot amounts among the States proportionately based 
on the population of individuals 70 years of age or older 
in the States. 
"(B) In determining the amounts allotted to States 
from the sums appropriated under section 303 for a fiscal 
year, the Assistant Secretary shall first determine the 
amount allotted to each State under subparagraph (A) and 
then proportionately adjust such amounts, if necessary, 
to meet the requirements of paragraph (2). 
"(C) The number of individuals 70 years of age or 
older in any State and in all States shall be determined 
by the Assistant Secretary on the basis of the most recent 
data available from the Bureau of the Census and other 
reliable demographic data satisfactory to the Assistant Sec-
retary. 
"(2) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.— 
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"(A) The amounts allotted under paragraph (1) shall 
be reduced proportionately to the extent necessary to 
increase other allotments under such paragraph to achieve 
the amounts described in subparagraph (B). 
"(B)(i) Each State shall be allotted V^ of 1 percent 
of the amount appropriated for the fiscal year for which 
the determination is made. 
"(ii) Guam and the Virgin Islands of the United States 
shall each be allotted VA. of 1 percent of the amount appro-
priated for the fiscal year for which the determination 
is made. 
"(iii) American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands shall each be allotted Vie of 
1 percent of the amount appropriated for the fiscal year 
for which the determination is made. 
"(C) For the purposes of subparagraph (B)(i), the term 
'State' does not include Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, and the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands. 
"(g) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 
"(1) U S E OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF AREA PLANS.— 
Amounts made available to a State to carry out the State 
program under this subpart may be used, in addition to 
amounts available in accordance with section 303(c)(1), for costs 
of administration of area plans. 
"(2) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
"(A) 
IN 
GENERAL.—^Notwithstanding 
section 
304(d)(1)(D), the Federal share of the cost of carrying out 
a State program under this subpart shall be 75 percent. 
"(B) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—^The non-Federal share of 
the cost shall be provided from State and local sources. 
"(C) LIMITATION.—^A State may use not more than 10 
percent of the total Federal and non-Federal share avail-
able to the State to provide support services to grand-
parents and older individuals who are relative caregivers. 
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"SEC. 374. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. 
"Funds made available under this subpart shall supplement, 
and not supplant, any Federal, State, or local funds expended 
by a State or unit of general purpose local government (including 
an area agency on aging) to provide services described in section 
373. 
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"SEC. 375. INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^The Assistant Secretary shall carry out a 
program for making grants on a competitive basis to foster the 
development and testing of new approaches to sustaining the efforts 
of families and other informal caregivers of older individuals, and 
to serving particular groups of caregivers of older individuals, 
including low-income caregivers and geographically distant care-
givers and linking family support programs with the State entity 
or agency that administers or funds programs for persons with 
mental retardation or related developmental disabilities and their 
families. 
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"(b) EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS.—The Assist-
ant Secretary shall provide for evaluation of the effectiveness of 
programs and activities funded with grants made under this section, 
and for dissemination to States of descriptions aind evaluations 
of such programs and activities, to enable States to incorporate 
successful approaches into their programs carried out imder this 
part. 
"(c) SUNSET PROVISION.—^This section shall be effective for 3 
fiscal years after the date of the enactment of the Older Americans 
Act Amendments of 2000. 
"SEC. 376. ACTIVITIES OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. 
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"(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall, directly or 
by grant or contract, carry out activities of national significance 
to promote quality and continuous improvement in the support 
provided to family and other informal caregivers of older individuals 
through program evaluation, training, technical assistance, and 
research. 
"(b) SUNSET PROVISION.—^This section shall be effective for 3 
fiscal years after the date of the enactment of the Older Americans 
Act Amendments of 2000.". 
TITLE IV—TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND 
DISCRETIONARY PROJECTS AND PRO-
GRAMS 
SEC. 401. PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. 
Title IV of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030aa 
et seq.) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 401. PURPOSES. 
42 USC 3031. 
"The purposes of this title are— 
"(1) to expand the Nation's knowledge and understanding 
of the older population and the aging process; 
"(2) to design, test, and promote the use of innovative 
ideas and best practices in programs and services for older 
individuals; 
"(3) to help meet the needs for trained personnel in the 
field of aging; and 
"(4) to increase awareness of citizens of all ages of the 
need to assume personal responsibility for their own longevity. 
"PART A—GRANT PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 411. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
42 USC 3032. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^For the purpose of carrying out this section, 
the Assistant Secretary may make grants to and enter into contracts 
with States, public agencies, private nonprofit agencies, institutions 
of higher education, and organizations, including tribal organiza-
tions, for— 
"(1) education and training to develop an adequately 
trained workforce to work with and on behalf of older individ-
uals; 
"(2) applied social research and analysis to improve access 
to and delivery of services for older individuals; 
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"(3) evaluation of the performance of the programs, activi-
ties, and services provided under this section; 
"(4) the development of methods and practices to improve 
the quality and effectiveness of the programs, services, and 
activities provided under this section; 
"(5) the demonstration of new approaches to design, deliver, 
and coordinate programs and services for older individuals; 
"(6) technical assistance in planning, developing, imple-
menting, and improving the programs, services, and activities 
provided under this section; 
"(7) coordination with the designated 
State 
agency 
described in section 101(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 721(a)(2)(A)(i)) to provide services to older 
individuals who are blind as described in such Act; 
"(8) the training of graduate level professionals specializing 
in the mental health needs of older individuals; and 
"(9) any other activities that the Assistant Secretary deter-
mines will achieve the objectives of this section. 
"(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may 
be necessary for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be nec-
essary for subsequent fiscal years. 
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"SEC. 412. CAREER PREPARATION FOR THE FIELD OF AGING. 
"(a) GRANTS.—^The Assistant Secretary shall make grants to 
institutions of higher education, historically Black colleges or 
universities, Hispanic Centers of Excellence in Applied Grerontology, 
and other educational institutions that serve the needs of minority 
students, to provide education and training to prepare students 
for careers in the field of aging. 
"(b) DEFINITIONS.—^For purposes of subsection (a): 
"(1) HISPANIC CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN APPLIED GERON-
TOLOGY.—^The term 'Hispanic Center of Excellence in Applied 
Gerontology* means an institution of higher education with 
a program in applied gerontology that— 
"(A) has a significant number of Hispanic individuals 
enrolled in the program, including individuals accepted 
for enrollment in the program; 
"(B) has been effective in assisting Hispanic students 
of the program to complete the program and receive the 
degree involved; 
"(C) has been effective in recruiting Hispanic individ-
uals to attend the program, including providing scholar-
ships and other financial assistance to such individuals 
and encouraging Hispanic students of secondary edu-
cational institutions to attend the program; and 
"(D) has made significant 
recruitment efforts to 
increase the number and placement of Hispanic individuals 
serving in faculty or administrative positions in the pro-
gram. 
"(2) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—^The 
term 'historically Black college or university has the meaning 
given the term 'part B institution' in section 322(2) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)). 
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114 STAT. 2259 
"SEC. 413. OLDER INDIVIDUALS' PROTECTION FROM VIOLENCE 42 USC 3032b. 
PROJECTS. 
"(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Assistant Secretary shall Grants, 
make grants to States, area agencies on aging, nonprofit organiza-
tions, or tribal organizations to carry out the activities described 
in subsection (b). 
"(b) ACTIVITIES.—^A State, an area agency on aging, a nonprofit 
organization, or a tribal organization that receives a grant under 
subsection (a) shall use such grant to— 
"(1) support projects in local communities, involving diverse 
sectors of each community, to coordinate activities concerning 
intervention in and prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and 
exploitation, including family violence and sexual assault, 
against older individuals; 
"(2) develop and implement outreach programs directed 
toward assisting older individuals who are victims of elder 
abuse, neglect, and exploitation (including family violence and 
sexual assault, against older individuals), including programs 
directed toward assisting the individuals in senior housing 
complexes, nursing homes, board and care facilities, and senior 
centers; 
"(3) expand access to family violence and sexual assault 
programs (including shelters, rape crisis centers, and support 
groups), including mental health services, safety planning and 
legal advocacy for older individuals and encourage the use 
of senior housing, hotels, or other suitable facilities or services 
when appropriate as emergency short-term shelters for older 
individuals who are the victims of elder abuse, including family 
violence and sexual assault; or 
"(4) promote research on legal, organizational, or training 
impediments to providing services to older individuals through 
shelters and other programs, such as impediments to provision 
of services in coordination with delivery of health care or serv-
ices delivered under this Act. 
"(c) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under subsection (a), 
the Assistant Secretary shall give preference to a State, an area 
agency on aging, a nonprofit organization, or a tribal organization 
that has the ability to carry out the activities described in this 
section and title VII of this Act. 
"(d) COORDINATION.—The Assistant Secretary shall encourage 
each State, area agency on aging, nonprofit organization, and tribal 
organization that receives a grant under subsection (a) to coordinate 
activities provided under this section with activities provided by 
other area agencies on aging, tribal organizations. State adult 
protective service programs, private nonprofit organizations, and 
by other entities receiving funds under title VII of tlus Act. 
"SEC. 414. HEALTH CARE SERVICE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS IN 
42 USC 3032c. 
RURAL AREAS. 
"(a) AUTHORITY.—^The Assistant Secretary, after consultation 
with the State agency of the State involved, shall make grants 
to eligible public agencies and nonprofit private organizations to 
pay part or all of the cost of developing or operating model health 
care service projects (including related home health care services, 
adult day health care, outreach, and transportation) through multi-
purpose senior centers that are located in rural areas and that 
provide nutrition services under section 331, to meet the health 
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care needs of medically underserved older individuals residing in 
such areas. 
"(b) ELIGIBILITY.—^To be eligible to receive a grant under sub-
section (a), a public agency or nonprofit private organization shall 
submit to the Assistant Secretary an application containing such 
information 
and 
assurances as the 
Secretary may 
require, 
including— 
"(1) information describing the nature and extent of the 
applicant's— 
"(A) experience in providing medical services of the 
tj^e to be provided in the project for which a grant is 
requested; and 
"(B) coordination and cooperation with— 
"(i) institutions of hdgher education having grad-
uate programs with capability in public health, the 
medical sciences, psychology, pharmacology, nursing, 
social work, health education, nutrition, or gerontology, 
for the purpose of designing and developing such 
project; and 
"(ii) critical access hospitals (as defined in section 
1861(mm)(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395x(mm)(l)) and rural health clinics (as defined in 
section 1861(aa)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395x(aa)(2))); 
"(2) assurances that the applicant will carry out the project 
for which a grant is requested, through a multipurpose senior 
center located— 
"(A)(i) in a rural area that has a population of less 
than 5,000; or 
"(ii) in a county that has fewer than seven individuals 
per square mile; and 
"(B) in a State in which— 
"(i) not less than 33 Vb of the population resides 
in rural areas; and 
"(ii) not less than 5 percent of the population 
resides in counties with fewer than seven intfividuals 
per square mile, 
as defined by and determined in accordance with the most 
recent data available from the Bureau of the Census; and 
"(3) assurances that the applicant will submit to the Assist-
ant Secretary such evaluations and reports as the Assistant 
Secretary may require. 
"(c) REPORTS.—^The Assistant Secretary shall prepare and 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that 
includes summaries of the evaluations and reports required under 
subsection (b). 
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"SEC. 415. COMPUTER TRAINING. 
"(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—^The Assistant Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communica-
tions and Information, may award grants or contracts to entities 
to provide computer training and enhanced Internet access for 
older individuals. 
"(b) PRIORITY.—If the Assistant Secretary awards grants under 
subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary shall give priority to an 
entity that— 
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"(1) will provide services to older individuals living in rural 
areas; 
"(2) has demonstrated expertise in providing computer 
training to older individuals; or 
"(3) has demonstrated that it has a variety of training 
delivery methods, including facility-based, computer-based, and 
Internet-based training, that may facilitate a determination 
of the best method of training older individuals. 
"(c) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—In awarding ^ants under this 
section, the Assistant Secretary shall give special consideration 
to applicants that have entered into a partnership with one or 
more private entities providing such applicants with donated 
information technologies including software, hardware, or training. 
"(d) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives a grant or contract 
under subsection (a) shall use ftinds received under such grant 
or contract to provide training for older individuals that— 
"(1) relates to the use of computers and related equipment, 
in order to improve the self-employment and employment-
./ 
related technology skills of older individuals, as well as their 
ability to use the Internet; and 
"(2) is provided at senior centers, housing facilities for 
older individuals, elementary schools, secondary schools, and 
institutions of higher education. 
"SEC. 416. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION 
42USC3032e. 
FOR SENIORS. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award grants or contracts 
to nonprofit organizations to improve transportation services for 
older individuals. 
"(b) USE OF FUNDS.—^A nonprofit organization receiving a grant 
or contract under subsection (a) shall use funds received under 
such grant or contract to provide technical assistance to assist 
local transit providers, area agencies on aging, senior centers and 
local senior support groups to encourage and facilitate coordination 
of Federal, State, and local transportation services and resources 
for older individuals. Such technical assistance may include— 
"(1) developing innovative approaches for improving access 
by older individuals to supportive services; 
"(2) preparing and disseminating information on transpor-
tation options and resources for older individuals and organiza-
tions serving such individuals through establishing a toll-free 
telephone number; 
"(3) developing models and best practices for comprehensive 
integrated 
transportation 
services for older 
individuals, 
including services administered by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation, by providing ongoing techaical assistance to agencies 
providing services under title III and by assisting in coordina-
tion of public and community transportation services; and 
"(4) providing special services to link seniors to transpor-
tation services not provided under title III. 
"SEC. 417. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS FOR MULTIGENERATIONAL 
42USC3032f. 
ACTIVITIES. 
"(a) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—^The Assistant Secretary may 
award grants and enter into contracts with eligible organizations 
to establish demonstration projects to provide older individuals 
with multigenerational activities. 
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"(b) USE OF FUNDS.—^An eligible organization shall use funds 
made available under a grant awarded, or a contract entered into, 
under subsection (a)— 
"(1) to carry out a demonstration project that provides 
multigenerational activities, including any professional training 
appropriate to such activities for older individuals; and 
"(2) to evaluate the project in accordance with subsection 
(f). 
"(c) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants and entering into con-
tracts under subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary shall give pref-
erence to— 
"(1) eligible organizations with a demonstrated record of 
carrying out multigenerational activities; and 
"(2) eligible organizations proposing projects that will serve 
older individuals with greatest economic need (with particular 
attention to low-income minority individuals and older individ-
uals residing in rural areas). 
"(d) APPLICATION.—^To be eligible to receive a grant or enter 
into a contract under subsection (a), an organization shall submit 
an application to the Assistant Secretary at such time, in such 
manner, and accompanied by such information as the Assistant 
Secretary may reasonably require. 
"(e) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.—Organizations eligible to receive 
a grant or enter into a contract under subsection (a) shall be 
organizations that employ, or provide opportunities for, older 
individuals in multigenerational activities. 
"(f) LOCAL EVALUATION AND REPORT.— 
"(1) EVALUATION.—Each organization receiving a grant or 
a contract under subsection (a) to carry out a demonstration 
project shall evaluate the multigenerational activities assisted 
under the project to determine the effectiveness 
of the 
multigenerational activities, the impact of such activities on 
child care and youth day care programs, and the impact of 
such activities on older individuals involved in such project. 
"(2) REPORT.—^The organization shall submit a report to 
the Assistant Secretary containing the evaluation not later 
than 6 months after the expiration of the period for which 
the grant or contract is in effect. 
Deadline. 
"(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—^Not later than 6 months after 
the Assistant Secretary receives the reports described in subsection 
(f)(2), the Assistant Secretary shall prepare and submit to the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro 
tempore of the Senate a report that assesses the evaluations and 
includes, at a minimum— 
"(1) the names or descriptive titles of the demonstration 
projects funded under subsection (a); 
"(2) a description of the nature and operation of the 
projects; 
"(3) the names and addresses of organizations that con-
ducted the projects; 
"(4) a description of the methods and success of the projects 
in recruiting older individuals as employees and volunteers 
to participate in the projects; 
"(5) a description of the success of the projects in retaining 
older individuals involved in the projects as employees and 
as volunteers; and 
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"(6) the rate of turnover of older individual employees 
and volunteers in the projects. 
"(h) 
DEFINITION.—^As 
used 
in 
this 
section, 
the term 
'multigenerational activity* includes an opportunity to serve as a 
mentor or adviser in a child care program, a youth day care pro-
gram, an educational assistance program, an at-risk youth interven-
tion program, a juvenile delinquency treatment program, or a family 
support program. 
"SEC. 418. NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS. 
42USC3032g. 
"(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^The Assistant Secretary shall make 
grants or enter into contracts with not fewer than two and 
not more than four eligible entities to establish and operate 
Resource Centers on Native American Elders (referred to in 
this section as 'Resource Centers'). The Assistant Secretary 
shall make such grants or enter into such contracts for periods 
of not less than 3 years. 
"(2) FUNCTIONS.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^Each Resource Center that receives 
funds under this section shall— 
"(i) gather information; 
"(ii) perform research; 
"(iii) provide for the dissemination of results of 
the research; and 
"(iv) provide technical assistance and training to 
entities that provide services to Native Americans who 
are older individuals. 
"(B) AREAS OF CONCERN.—In conducting the functions 
described in subparagraph (A), a Resource Center shall 
focus on priority areas of concern for the Resource Centers 
regarding Native Americans who are older individuals, 
which areas shall be— 
"(i) health problems; 
"(ii) long-term care, including in-home care; 
"(iii) elder abuse; and 
"(iv) other problems and issues that the Assistant 
Secretary determines are of particular importance to 
Native Americans who are older individuals. 
"(3) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants and entering into 
contracts under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary shall 
give preference to institutions of higher education that have 
conducted research on, and assessments of, the characteristics 
and needs of Native Americans who are older individuals. 
"(4) CONSULTATION.—In determining the type of informa-
tion to be sought from, and activities to be performed by. 
Resource Centers, the Assistant Secretary shall consult with 
the Director of the Office for American Indian, Alaskan Native, 
and Native Hawaiian Aging and with national organizations 
with special expertise in serving Native Americans who are 
older individuals. 
"(5) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—^To be eligible to receive a grant 
or enter into a contract under paragraph (1), an entity shall 
be an institution of higher education with experience conducting 
research and assessment on the needs of older individuals. 
"(6) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Assistant Secretary, with 
assistance from each Resource Center, shall prepare and submit 
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to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate an annual report on the status 
and needs, including the priority areas of concern, of Native 
Americans who are older individuals. 
"(b) TRAINING GRANTS.—^The Assistant Secretary shall make 
grants and enter into contracts to provide in-service training 
opportunities and courses of instruction on aging to Indian tribes 
through public or nonprofit Indian aging organizations and to pro-
vide annually a national meeting to train directors of programs 
under this title. 
42 use 3032h. 
"SEC. 419. MULTIDISCIPUNARY CENTERS. 
"(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—^The Assistant Secretary may 
make grants to public and private nonprofit agencies, organizations, 
and institutions for the purpose of establishing or supporting multi-
disciplinary centers of gerontology, and gerontology centers of spe-
cial emphasis (including emphasis on nutrition, emplojmnent, health 
(including mental health), disabilities (including severe disabilities), 
income maintenance, counseling services, supportive services, 
minority populations, and older individuals residing in rural areas). 
"(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^The centers described in subsection (a) 
shall conduct research and policy analysis and function as 
a technical resource for the Assistant Secretary, policymakers, 
service providers, and Congress. 
"(2) MULTIDISCIPLINARY CENTERS.—^The multidisciplinary 
centers of gerontology described in subsection (a) shall— 
"(A) recruit and train personnel; 
"(B) conduct basic and applied research toward the 
development of information related to aging; 
"(C) stimulate the incorporation of information on 
aging into the teaching of biological, behavioral, and social 
sciences at colleges and universities; 
"(D) help to develop training programs in the field 
of aging at schools of public health, education, social work, 
and psychology, and other appropriate schools within col-
leges and universities; 
"(E) serve as a repository of information and knowledge 
on aging; 
"(F) provide consultation and information to public and 
voluntary organizations, including State agencies and area 
agencies on aging, which serve the needs of older individ-
uals in planning and developing services provided under 
other provisions of this Act; and 
"(G) if appropriate, provide information relating to 
assistive technology. 
"(c) DATA.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Each center that receives a grant under 
subsection (a) shall provide data to the Assistant Secretary 
on the projects and activities carried out with funds received 
under such subsection. 
"(2) INFORMATION INCLUDED.—Such data described in para-
graph (1) shall include— 
"(A) information on the number of personnel trained; 
"(B) information on the number of older individuals 
served; 
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"(C) information on the number of schools assisted; 
and 
"(D) other information that will facilitate achieving 
the objectives of this section. 
42 use 30321. 
"SEC. 420. DEMONSTRATION AND SUPPORT PROJECTS FOR LEGAL 
ASSISTANCE FOR OLDER INDIVIDUALS. 
"(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—^The Assistant Secretary shall Grants, 
make grants and enter into contracts, in order to— 
Contracts. 
"(1) provide a national legal assistance support system 
(operated by one or more grantees or contractors) of activities 
to State and area agencies on aging for providing, developing, 
or supporting legal assistance for older individuals, including— 
"(A) case consultations; 
"(B) training; 
"(C) provision of substantive legal advice and assist-
ance; and 
"(D) assistance in the design, implementation, and 
administration of legal assistance delivery systems to local 
providers of legal assistance for older individuals; and 
"(2) support demonstration projects to expand or improve 
the delivery of legal assistance to older individuals with social 
or economic needs. 
"(b) ASSURANCES.—^Any grants or contracts made under sub-
section (a)(2) shall contain assurances that the requirements of 
section 307(a)(ll) are met. 
"(c) ASSISTANCE.—^To carry out subsection (a)(1), the Assistant 
Secretary shall make grants to or enter into contracts with national 
nonprofit organizations experienced in providing support and tech-
nical assistance on a nationwide basis to States, area agencies 
on aging, legal assistance providers, ombudsmen, elder abuse 
prevention programs, and other organizations interested in the 
legal rights of older individuals. 
"SEC. 421. OMBUDSMAN AND ADVOCACY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. 42 USC 3032J. 
"(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Assistant Secretary shall 
award grants to not fewer than three and not more than 10 States 
to conduct demonstrations and evaluate cooperative 
projects 
between the State long-term care ombudsman program, legal assist-
ance agencies, and the State protection and advocacy systems for 
individuals with developmental disabilities and individuals with 
mental illness, established under part C of the Developmental 
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 6041 et 
seq.) and under the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally 111 
Individuals Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 10801 et seq.). 
"(b) REPORT.—^The Assistant Secretary shall prepare and submit 
to Congress a report containing the results of the evaluation 
required by subsection (a). Such report shall contain such rec-
ommendations as the Assistant Secretary determines to be appro-
priate. 
"PART B—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
"SEC. 431. PAYMENT OF GRANTS. 
"(a) CONTRIBUTIONS.—^To the extent the Assistant Secretary 
determines a contribution to be appropriate, the Assistant Secretary 
shall require the recipient of any grant or contract under this 
42 USC 3033. 
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title to contribute money, facilities, or services for carrying out 
the project for which such grant or contract was made. 
"(b) PAYMENTS.—Payments under this title pursuant to a grant 
or contract may be made (after necessary adjustment, in the case 
of grants, on account of previously made overpayments or underpay-
ments) in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such install-
ments and on such conditions, as the Assistant Secretary may 
determine. 
"(c) CONSULTATION.—^The Assistant Secretary shall make no 
grant or contract under this title in any State that has established 
or designated a State agency for purposes of title III unless the 
Assistant Secretary-
"(1) consults with the State agency prior to issuing the 
grant or contract; and 
"(2) informs the State agency of the purposes of the grant 
or contract when the grant or contract is issued. 
42 use 3033a. 
"SEC. 432. RESPONSIBILITIES OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^The Assistant Secretary shall be responsible 
for the administration, implementation, and making of grants and 
contracts under this title and shall not delegate authority under 
this title to any other individual, agency, or organization. 
"(b) REPORT.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^Not later than January 1 following each 
fiscal year, the Assistant Secretary shall submit, to the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore 
of the Senate, a report for such fiscal year that describes 
each project and each program— 
"(A) for* which funds were provided under this title; 
and 
"(B) that was completed in the fiscal year for which 
such report is prepared. 
"(2) CONTENTS.—Such report shall contain— 
"(A) the name or descriptive title of each project or 
program; 
"(B) the name and address of the individual or govern-
mental entity that conducted such project or program; 
"(C) a specification of the period throughout which 
such project or program was conducted; 
"(D) the identity of each source of funds expended 
to carry out such project or program and the amount of 
funds provided by each such source; 
"(E) an abstract describing the nature and operation 
of such project or program; and 
"(F) a bibliography identifying all published informa-
tion relating to such project or program. 
"(c) EVALUATIONS.— 
Regulations. 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^The Assistant Secretary shall establish 
by regulation and implement a process to evaluate the results 
of projects and programs carried out under this title. 
"(2) RESULTS.—^The Assistant Secretary shall— 
"(A) make available to the public the results of each 
evaluation carried out under paragraph (1); and 
"(B) use such evaluation to improve services delivered, 
or the operation of projects and programs carried out, under 
this Act.". 
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114 STAT. 2267 
TITLE V—AMENDMENT TO TITLE V OF 
THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965 
42 use 3001 
note. 
SEC. 501. AMENDMENT TO TITLE V OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT 
OF 1965. 
Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 
et seq.) is amended to read as follows: 
**TITLE V—COMMUNITY SERVICE 
cider An^encan 
EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS s
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"
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*
^ 
Employment Act. 
"SEC. 50L SHORT TITLE. 
'This title may be cited as the 'Older American Community 
Service Employment Act'. 
"SEC. 502. OLDER AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT 42USC3056 
PROGRAM. 
"(a)(1) In order to foster and promote useful 
part-time 
opportunities in community service activities for unemployed low-
income persons who are 55 years or older and who have poor 
emplo3anent prospects, and in order to foster individual economic 
self-sufficiency and to increase the number of persons who may 
enjoy the benefits of unsubsidized employment in both the public 
and private sectors, the Secretary of Labor (hereafter in this title 
referred to as the 'Secretary*) is authorized to establish an older 
American community service emplo3anent program. 
"(2) Amounts appropriated to carry out this title shall be used 
only to carry out the provisions contained in this title. 
"(b)(1) In order to carry out the provisions of this title, the 
Secretary is authorized to enter into agreements, subject to section 
514, with State and national public and private nonprofit agencies 
and organizations, agencies of 
a State government or a political 
subdivision of a State (having elected or duly appointed governing 
officials), or a combination of such political subdivisions, or tribal 
organizations in order to further the purposes and goals of the 
program. Such agreements may include provisions for the payment 
of costs, as provided in subsection (c) of this section, of projects 
developed by such organizations and agencies in cooperation with 
the Secretary in order to make the program effective or to supple-
ment the program. No pajnnent shall be made by the Secretary 
toward the cost of any project established or administered by any 
organization or agency unless the Secretary determines that such 
project— 
"(A) will provide employment only for eligible individuals 
except for necessary technical, administrative, and supervisory 
personnel, but such personnel shall, to the fullest extent pos-
sible, be recruited from among eligible individuals; 
"(B)(i) will provide employment for eligible individuals in 
the community in which such individuals reside, or in nearby 
communities; or 
"(ii) if such project is carried out by a tribal organization 
that enters into an agreement under this subsection or receives 
assistance from a State that enters into such an agreement, 
will provide emplo3mrient for such individuals, including those 
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who are Indians residing on an Indian reservation, as the 
term is defined in section 2601(2) of the Energy Policy Act 
of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501(2)); 
"(C) will employ eligible individuals in service related to 
publicly owned and operated facilities and projects, or projects 
sponsored by organizations, other than political parties, exempt 
from taxation under the provisions of section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, except projects involving the 
construction, operation, or maintenance of any facility used 
or to be used as a place for sectarian religious instruction 
or worship; 
"(D) will contribute to the general welfare of the commu-
nity; 
"(E) will provide employment for eligible individuals; 
"(F)(i) will result in an increase in employment opportuni-
ties over those opportunities which would otherwise be avail-
able; 
"(ii) will not result in the displacement of currently 
employed workers (including partial displacement, such as a 
reduction in the hours of nonovertime work or wages or employ-
ment benefits); and 
"(iii) will not impair existing contracts or result in the 
substitution of Federal funds for other funds in connection 
with work that would otherwise be performed; 
"(G) will not employ or continue to employ any eligible 
individual to perform work the same or substantially the same 
as that performed by any other person who is on layoff; 
"(H) will utilize methods of recruitment and selection 
(including participating in a one-stop delivery system as estab-
lished under section 134(c) of the Workforce Investment Act 
of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864(c)) and listing of job vacancies with 
the employment agency operated by any State or political sub-
division thereof) which will assure that the maximum number 
of eligible individuals will have an opportunity to participate 
in the project; 
"(I) will include such training as may be necessary to 
make the most effective use of the skills and talents of those 
individuals who are participating, and will provide for the 
payment of the reasonable expenses of individuals being 
trained, including a reasonable subsistence allowance; 
"(J) will assure that safe and healthy conditions of work 
will be provided, and will assure that persons employed in 
community service and other jobs assisted under this title 
shall be paid wages which shall not be lower than whichever 
is the highest of— 
"(i) the minimum wage which would be applicable to 
the employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 
if section 6(a)(1) of such Act applied to the participant 
and if the participant were not exempt under section 13 
thereof; 
"(ii) the State or local minimum wage for the most 
nearly comparable covered employment; or 
"(iii) the prevailing rates of pay for persons employed 
in similar public occupations by the same employer; 
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114 STAT. 2269 
"(K) will be established or administered with the advice 
of persons competent in the field of service in which employ-
ment is being provided, and of persons who are knowledgeable 
with regard to the needs of older persons; 
"(L) will authorize pay for necessary transportation costs 
of eligible individuals which may be incurred in employment 
in any project funded under this title, in accordance with regu-
lations promulgated by the Secretary; 
"(M) will assure that, to the extent feasible, such project 
will serve the needs of minority, limited English-speaking, and 
Indian eligible individuals, and eligible individuals who have 
the greatest economic need, at least in proportion to their 
numbers in the State and take into consideration their rates 
of poverty and unemployment; 
"(N)(i) will prepare an assessment of the participants' skills 
and talents and their needs for services, except to the extent 
such project has, for the participant involved, recently prepared 
an assessment of such skills and talents, and such needs, 
pursuant to another employment or training program (such 
as a program under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.), the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and 
Technical Education Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), or 
part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 
et seq.)); 
"(ii) will provide to eligible individuals training and employ-
ment counseling based on strategies that identify appropriate 
employment objectives and the need for supportive services, 
developed as a result of the assessment and service strategy 
provided for in clause (i); and 
"(iii) will provide counseling to participants on their 
progress in meeting such objectives and satisfying their need 
for supportive services; 
"(O) will provide appropriate services for participants 
through the one-stop delivery system as established under sec-
tion 134(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2864(c)), and will be involved in the planning and operations 
of such system pursuant to a memorandum of understanding 
with the local workforce investment board in accordance with 
section 121(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2841(c)); 
"(P) will post in such project workplace a notice, and will 
make available to each person associated with such project 
a written explanation, clarifying the law with respect to allow-
able and unallowable political activities under chapter 15 of 
title 5, United States Code, applicable to the project and to 
each category of individuals associated with such project and 
containing the address and telephone number of the Inspector 
General of the Department of Labor, to whom questions 
regarding the application of such chapter may be addressed; 
"(Q) will provide to the Secretary the description and 
information described in paragraphs (8) and (14) of section 
112(b) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; and 
"(R) will ensure that entities carrying out activities under 
the project, including State offices, local offices, subgrantees, 
subcontractors, or other affiliates of such organization or agency 
shall receive an amount of the administration cost allocation 
that is sufficient for the administrative activities under the 
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project to be carried out by such State office, local office, sub-
grantee, subcontractor, or other affiliate. 
Regulations. 
"(2) The Secretary is authorized to establish, issue, and amend 
such regulations as may be necessary to effectively carry out the 
provisions of this title. 
"(3) The Secretary shall develop alternatives for innovative 
work modes and provide technical assistance in creating job 
opportunities through work sharing and other 
experimental 
methods to labor organizations, groups representing business and 
industry and workers as well as to individual employers, where 
appropriate. 
"(4)(A) An assessment and service strategy provided for an 
eligible individual under this title shall satisfy any condition for 
an assessment and service strategy or individual employment plan 
for an adult participant under subtitle B of title I of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2811 et seq.), in order to deter-
mine whether such individual qualifies for intensive or training 
services described in section 134(d) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2864(d)), 
in accordance with such Act. 
"(B) An assessment and service strategy or individual employ-
ment plan provided for an adult participant under subtitle B of 
title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2811 
et seq.) shall satisfy any condition for an assessment and service 
strategy for an eligible individual under this title. 
"(c)(1) The Secretary is authorized to pay a share, but not 
to exceed 90 percent of the cost of any project which is the subject 
of an agreement entered into under subsection (b) of this section, 
except that the Secretary is authorized to pay all of the costs 
of any such project which is— 
"(A) an emergency or disaster project; or 
"(B) a project located in an economically depressed area, 
as determined by the Secretary in consultation with the Secretary 
of Commerce and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
"(2) The non-Federal share shall be in cash or in kind. In 
determining the amount of the non-Federal share, the Secretary 
is authorized to attribute fair market value to services and facilities 
contributed from non-Federal sources. 
"(3) Of the amount for any project to be paid by the Secretary 
under this subsection, not more than 13.5 percent for any fiscal 
year shall be available for paying the costs of administration for 
such project, except that— 
"(A) whenever the Secretary determines that it is necessary 
to carry out the project assisted under this title, based on 
information submitted by the grantee with which the Secretary 
has an agreement under subsection (b), the Secretary may 
increase the amount available for paying the cost of administra-
tion to an amount not more than 15 percent of the cost of 
such project; and 
"(B) whenever the grantee with which the Secretary has 
an agreement under subsection (b) demonstrates to the Sec-
retary that— 
"(i) major administrative cost increases are being 
incurred in necessary program components, including 
liability insurance, payments for workers* compensation, 
costs associated with achieving unsubsidized placement 
goals, and other operation requirements imposed by the 
Secretary; 
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"(ii) the number of employment positions in the project 
or the number of minority eligible individuals participating 
in the project will decline if the amount available for paying 
the cost of administration is not increased; or 
"(iii) the size of the project is so small that the amount 
of administrative expenses incurred to carry out the project 
necessarily exceeds 13.5 percent of the amount for such 
project, 
the Secretary shall increase the amount available for the fiscal 
year for pa3dng the cost of administration to an amount not 
more than 15 percent of the cost of such project. 
"(4) The costs of administration are the costs, both personnel 
and non-personnel and both direct and indirect, associated with 
the following: 
"(A) The costs of performing overall general administrative 
functions and providing for the coordination of functions, such 
as— 
"(i) accounting, budgeting, financial, and cash manage-
ment functions; 
"(ii) procurement and purchasing functions; 
"(iii) property management functions; 
"(iv) personnel management functions; 
"(v) payroll functions; 
"(vi) coordinating the resolution of findings arising from 
audits, reviews, investigations, and incident reports; 
"(vii) audit functions; 
"(viii) general legal services functions; and 
"(ix) developing systems and procedures, including 
information systems, required for these administrative 
functions. 
"(B) The costs of performing oversight and monitoring 
responsibilities related to administrative functions. 
"(C) The costs of goods and services required for administra-
tive functions of the program, including goods and services 
such as rental or purchase of equipment, utilities, office sup-
plies, postage, and rental and maintenance of office space. 
"(D) The travel costs incurred for official business in car-
rying out administrative activities or overall management. 
"(E) The costs of information systems related to administra-
tive functions (for example, personnel, procurement, pur-
chasing, property management, accounting, and payroll sys-
tems) including the purchase, systems development, and oper-
ating costs of such systems. 
"(5) To the extent practicable, an entity that carries out a 
project under this title shall provide for the payment of the expenses 
described in paragraph (4) from non-Federal sources. 
"(6)(A) Amounts made available for a project under this title 
that are not used to pay for the cost of administration shall be 
used to pay for the costs of programmatic activities, including— 
"(i) enrollee wages and fringe benefits (including physical 
examinations); 
"(ii) enrollee training, which may be provided prior to or 
subsequent to placement, including the payment of reasonable 
costs of instructors, classroom rental, training supplies, mate-
rials, equipment, and tuition, and which may be provided on 
the job, in a classroom setting, or pursuant to other appropriate 
arrangements; 
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"(iii) job placement assistance, including job development 
and job search assistance; 
"(iv) enroUee supportive services to assist an enrollee to 
successfully participate in a project under this title, including 
the payment of reasonable costs of transportation, health care 
and medical services, special job-related or personal counseling, 
incidentals (such as work shoes, badges, uniforms, eyeglasses, 
and tools), child and adult care, temporary shelter, and followup 
services; and 
"(v) outreach, recruitment and selection, intake, orienta-
tion, and assessments. 
"(B) Not less than 75 percent of the funds made available 
through a grant made under this title shall be used to pay wages 
and benefits for older individuals who are employed under projects 
carried out under this title. 
"(d) Whenever a grantee conducts a project within a planning 
and service area in a State, such grantee shall conduct such project 
in consultation with the area agency on aging of the planning 
and service area and shall submit to the State agency and the 
area agency on aging a description of such project to be conducted 
in the State, including the location of the project, 90 days prior 
to undertaking the project, for review and public comment according 
to guidelines the Secretary shall issue to assure efficient and effec-
tive coordination of programs under this title. 
"(e)(1) The Secretary, in addition to any other authority con-
tained in this title, shall conduct projects designed to assure second 
career training and the placement of eligible individuals in employ-
ment opportunities with private business concerns. The Secretary 
shall enter into such agreements with States, public agencies, non-
profit private orgsmizations, and private business concerns as may 
be necessary, to conduct the projects authorized by this subsection 
to assure that placement and training. The Secretary, from amounts 
reserved under section 506(a)(1) in any fiscal year, may pay all 
of the costs of any agreements entered into under the provisions 
of this subsection. The Secretary shall, to the extent feasible, assure 
equitable geographic distribution of projects authorized by this sub-
section. 
"(2) The Secretary shall issue, and amend from time to time, 
criteria designed to assure that agreements entered into under 
paragraph (1) of this subsection— 
"(A) will involve different kinds of work modes, such as 
flex-time, job sharing, and other arrsuigements relating to 
reduced physical exertion; 
"(B) will emphasize projects involving second careers and 
job placement and give consideration to placement in growth 
industries in jobs reflecting new technological skills; and 
"(C) require the coordination of projects carried out under 
such agreements, with the programs carried out under title 
I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. 
"(f) The Secretary shall, on a regular basis, carry out evalua-
tions of the activities authorized under this title, which may include 
but are not limited to projects described in subsection (e). 
42 u s e 3056a. 
"SEC. 503. ADMINISTRATION. 
"(a) 
STATE 
SENIOR 
EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICES COORDINATION 
PLAN.— 
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114 STAT. 2273 
"(1) GOVERNOR SUBMITS PLAN.—The Governor of each State 
shall submit annually to the Secretary a State Senior Employ-
ment Services Coordination Plan, containing such provisions 
as the Secretary may require, consistent with the provisions 
of this title, including a description of the process used to 
ensure the participation of individuals described in paragraph 
(2). 
"(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—In developing the State plan 
prior to its submission to the Secretary, the Governor shall 
obtain the advice and recommendations of— 
"(A) individuals representing the State and area agen-
cies on aging in the State, and the State and local workforce 
investment 
boards established 
under title I of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.); 
"(B) individuals representing public and private non-
profit agencies and organizations providing employment 
services, including each grantee operating a project under 
this title in the State; and 
"(C) individuals representing social service organiza-
tions providing services to older individuals, grantees under 
title III of this Act, affected communities, underserved older 
individuals, community-based organizations serving the 
needs of older individuals, business organizations, and 
labor organizations. 
"(3) COMMENTS.—^Any State plan submitted by a Governor 
in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by 
copies of public comments relating to the plan received pursuant 
to paragraph (4) and a summary thereof. 
"(4) PLAN PROVISIONS.—^The State Senior Employment 
Services Coordination Plan shall identify and address— 
"(A) the relationship that the number of eligible 
individuals in each area bears to the total number of 
eligible individuals, respectively, in that State; 
"(B) the relative distribution of individuals residing 
in rural and urban areas within the State; 
"(C) the relative distribution of— 
"(i) eligible individuals who are individuals with 
greatest economic need; 
"(ii) eligible individuals who are minority individ-
uals; and 
"(iii) eligible individuals who are individuals with 
greatest social need; 
"(D) consideration of the employment situations and 
the type of skills possessed by local eligible individuals; 
"(E) the localities and populations for which community 
service projects of the t3T)e authorized by this title are 
most needed; and 
"(F) plans for facilitating the coordination of activities 
of grantees in the State under this title with activities 
carried out in the State under title I of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998. 
"(5) 
GOVERNOR'S 
RECOMMENDATIONS ON GRANT 
PRO-
POSALS,—^Prior to the submission to the Secretary of any pro-
posal for a grant under this title for any fiscal year, the (gov-
ernor of each State in which projects are proposed to be con-
ducted under such grant shall be afforded a reasonable oppor-
tunity to submit recommendations to the Secretary— 
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"(A) regarding the anticipated effect of each such pro-
posal upon the overall distribution of enrollment positions 
under this title within the State (including such distribu-
tion among urban and rural areas), taking into account 
the total number of positions to be provided by all grantees 
within the State; 
"(B) any recommendations for redistribution of posi-
tions to underserved areas as vacancies occur in previously 
encumbered positions in other areas; and 
"(C) in the case of any increase in funding that may 
be available for use within the State under this title for 
any fiscal year, any recommendations for distribution of 
newly available positions in excess of those available during 
the preceding year to underserved areas. 
"(6) DISRUPTIONS.—^In developing plans and considering 
recommendations under this subsection, disruptions in the 
provision of community service employment opportunities for 
current enroUees shall be avoided, to the greatest possible 
extent. 
"(7) DETERMINATION; REVIEW.— 
"(A) DETERMINATION.—In order to effectively carry out 
the provisions of this title, each State shall make available 
for 
public comment 
its 
senior 
employment 
services 
coordination plan. The Secretary, in consultation with the 
Assistant Secretary, shall review the plan and public com-
ments received on the plan, and make a written determina-
tion with findings and a decision regarding the plan. 
"(B) REVIEW.—^The Secretary may review on the Sec-
retary's own initiative or at the request of any public 
or private agency or organization, or an agency of the 
State government, the distribution of projects and services 
under this title within the State including the distribution 
between urban and rural areas within the State. For each 
proposed reallocation of projects or services within a State, 
the Secretary shall give notice and opportunity for public 
comment. 
"(8) EXEMPTION.—^The grantees serving older American 
Indians under section 506(a)(3) will not be required to partici-
pate in the State planning processes described in this section 
but will collaborate with the Secretary to develop a plan for 
projects and services to older American Indians. 
"(b)(1) The Secretary of Labor and the Assistant Secretary 
shall coordinate the programs under this title and the programs 
under other titles of this Act to increase job opportunities available 
to older individuals. 
"(2) The Secretary shall coordinate the program assisted under 
this title with programs authorized under the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998, the Community Services Block Grant Act, the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended by the Rehabilitation Act 
Amendments of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.)), the Carl D. Perkins 
Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 2301 
et seq.), the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.). The Secretary shall coordinate 
the administration of this title with the administration of other 
titles of this Act by the Assistant Secretary to increase the likelihood 
that eligible individuals for whom emplojrment opportunities under 
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114 STAT. 2275 
this title are available and who need- services under such titles 
receive such services. Appropriations under this title shall not be 
used to carry out any program under the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998, the Community Services Block Grant Act, the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended by the Rehabilitation Act 
Amendments of 1998), the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical 
Education Act of 1998, the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990, or the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. The pre-
ceding sentence shall not be construed to prohibit carrying out 
projects under this title jointly with programs, projects, or activities 
under any Act specified in such sentence, or from carrying out 
section 512. 
"(3) The Secretary shall distribute to grantees under this title, 
for distribution to program enrollees, and at no cost to grantees 
or enrollees, informational materials developed and supplied by 
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other appro-
priate Federal agencies which the Secretary determines are 
designed to help enrollees identify age discrimination and under-
stand their rights under the Age Discrimination in Employment 
Act of 1967. 
"(c) In carrying out the provisions of this title, the Secretary 
is authorized to use, with their consent, the services, equipment, 
personnel, and facilities of Federal and other agencies with or 
without reimbursement, and on a similar basis to cooperate with 
other public and private agencies and instrumentalities in the use 
of services, equipment, and facilities. 
"(d) Payments under this title may be made in advance or 
by way of reimbursement and in such installments as the Secretary 
may determine. 
"(e) The Secretary shall not delegate any function of the Sec-
retary under this title to any other department or agency of the 
Federal Government. 
"(f)(1) The Secretary shall monitor projects receiving financial 
assistance under this title to determine whether the grantees are 
complying with the provisions of and regulations issued under this 
title, including compliance with the statewide planning, consulta-
tion, and coordination provisions under this title. 
"(2) Each grantee receiving funds under this title shall comply 
with the applicable uniform cost principles and appropriate adminis-
trative requirements for grants and contracts that are applicable 
to the t3^e of entity receiving funds, as issued as circulars or 
rules of the Office of Management and Budget. 
"(3) Each grantee described in paragraph (2) shall prepare 
and submit a report in such manner and containing such informa-
tion as the Secretary may require regarding activities carried out 
under this title. 
"(4) Each grantee described in paragraph (2) shall keep records 
that— 
"(A) are sufficient to permit the preparation of reports 
required pursuant to this title; 
"(B) are sufficient to permit the tracing of funds to a 
level of expenditure adequate to ensure that the funds have 
not been spent unlawfully; and 
"(C) contain any other information that the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
"(g) The Secretary shall establish by regulation and implement Regulations. 
a process to evaluate the performance of projects and services. 
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Reports. 
pursuant to section 513, carried out under this title. The Secretary 
shall report to Congress and make available to the public the 
results of each such evaluation and use such evaluation to improve 
services delivered, or the operation of projects carried out under 
this title. 
42 use 3056b. 
"SEC. 504. PARTICIPANTS NOT FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 
"(a) Eligible individuals who are employed in any project funded 
under this title shall not be considered to be Federal employees 
as a result of such employment and shall not be subject to the 
provisions of part III of title 5, United States Code. 
"(b) No contract shall be entered into under this title with 
a contractor who is, or whose employees are, under State law, 
exempted from operation of the State workmen's compensation law, 
generally applicaole to employees, unless the contractor shall under-
take to provide either through insurance by a recognized carrier 
or by self-insurance, as authorized by State law, that the persons 
employed under the contract shall enjoy workmen's compensation 
coverage equal to that provided by law for covered employment. 
42 use 3056c. 
"SEC. 505. INTERAGENCY COOPERATION. 
"(a) The Secretary shall consult with, and obtain the written 
views of, the Assistant Secretary for Aging in the Department 
of Health and Human Services prior to the establishment of rules 
or the establishment of general policy in the administration of 
this title. 
"(b) The Secretary shall consult and cooperate with the Director 
of the Office of Community Services, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, and the heads of other Federal agencies carrying 
out related programs, in order to achieve optimal coordination with 
such other programs. In carrying out the provisions of this section, 
the Secretary shall promote programs or projects of a similar nature. 
Each Federal agency shall cooperate with the Secretary in dissemi-
nating information relating to the availability of assistance under 
this title and in promoting the identification and interests of individ-
uals eligible for employment in projects assisted under this title. 
"(c)(1) The Secretary shall promote and coordinate carrying 
out projects under this title jointly with programs, projects, or 
activities under other Acts, especially activities provided under 
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.), 
including activities provided through one-stop delivery systems 
established under section 134(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2864(c)), 
that provide training and employment opportunities to eligible 
individuals. 
"(2) The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Education 
to promote and coordinate canying out projects under this title 
jointly with workforce investment activities in which eligible 
individuals may participate that are carried out under the Carl 
D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998. 
42 use 3056d. 
"SEC. 506. DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE. 
"(a) RESERVATIONS.— 
"(1) RESERVATION FOR PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT PROJECTS.— 
From sums appropriated under this title for each fiscal year, 
the Secretary shall first reserve not more than 1.5 percent 
of the total amount of such sums for the purpose of entering 
into agreements under section 502(e), relating to improved 
transition to private employment. 
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114 STAT. 2277 
"(2) RESERVATION FOR TERRITORIES.—From sums appro-
priated under this title for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
reserve 0.75 percent of the total amount of such sums, of 
which— 
"(A) Guam, American Samoa, and the United States 
Virgin Islands shall each receive 30 percent; and 
"(B) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands shall receive 10 percent. 
"(3) 
RESERVATION FOR ORGANIZATIONS.—^The Secretary 
shall reserve such sums as may be necessary for national 
grants with public or nonprofit national Indian aging organiza-
tions with the ability to provide emplo3nnent services to older 
Indians and with national public or nonprofit Pacific Island 
and Asian American aging organizations with the ability to 
provide employment to older Pacific Island and Asian Ameri-
cans. 
"(b) STATE ALLOTMENTS.—^The allotment for each State shall 
be the sum of the amounts allotted for national grants in such 
State under subsection (d) and for the grant to such State under 
subsection (e). 
"(c) 
DIVISION BETWEEN NATIONAL GRANTS AND GRANTS TO 
STATES.—From the sums appropriated to carry out this title for 
any fiscal year that remain after amounts are reserved under 
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
divide the remainder between national grants and grants to States, 
as follows: 
"(1) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 LEVEL 
OF ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall reserve the amounts nec-
essary to maintain the fiscal year 2000 level of activities sup-
ported by public and private nonprofit agency and organization 
grantees that operate under this title under national grants 
from the Secretary, and the fiscal year 2000 level of activities 
supported by State grantees under this title, in proportion 
to their respective fiscal year 2000 levels of activities. In any 
fiscal year for which the appropriations are insufficient to pro-
vide the full amounts so required, then such amounts shall 
be reduced proportionally. 
"(2) FUNDING IN EXCESS OF FISCAL YEAR 2000 LEVEL OF 
ACTIVITIES.— 
"(A) U P TO $35,000,000.—From the amounts remaining 
after the application of paragraph (1), the portion of such 
remaining amounts up to the sum of $35,000,000 shall 
be divided so that 75 percent shall be provided to State 
grantees and 25 percent shall be provided to public and 
private nonprofit agency and organization grantees that 
operate under this title under national grants from the 
Secretary. 
"(B) OVER $35,000,000.—^Any amounts remaining after 
the application of subparagraph (A) shall be divided so 
that 50 percent shall be provided to State grantees and 
50 percent shall be provided to public and private nonprofit 
agency and organization grantees that operate under this 
title under national grants from the Secretary. 
"(d) ALLOTMENTS FOR NATIONAL GRANTS.—^From the sums pro-
vided for national grants under subsection (c), the Secretary shall 
allot for public and private nonprofit agency and organization 
grantees that operate under this title under national grants from 
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the Secretary in each State, an amount that bears the same ratio 
to such sums as the product of the number of persons aged 55 
or over in the State and the allotment percentage of such State 
bears to the sum of the corresponding product for all States, except 
as follows: 
"(1) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.—^No State shall be provided an 
amount under this subsection that is less than ^2 of 1 percent 
of the amount provided under subsection (c) for public and 
private nonprofit agency and organization grantees that operate 
under this title under national grants from the Secretary in 
all of the States. 
"(2) HOLD HARMLESS.—If the amount provided under sub-
section (c) is— 
"(A) equal to or less than the amount necessary to 
maintain the fiscal year 2000 level of activities, allotments 
for public and private nonprofit agency and organization 
grantees that operate under this title under national grants 
from the Secretary in each State shall be proportional 
to their fiscal year 2000 level of activities; or 
"(B) greater than the amount necessary to maintain 
the fiscal year 2000 level of activities, no State shall be 
provided a percentage increase above the fiscal year 2000 
level of activities for public and private nonprofit agency 
and organization grantees that operate under this title 
under national grants from the Secretary in the State 
that is less than 30 percent of such percentage increase 
above the fiscal year 2000 level of activities for public 
and private nonprofit agency and organization grantees 
that operate under this title under national grants from 
the Secretary in all of the States. 
"(3) REDUCTION.—^Allotments for States not affected by 
paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) of this subsection shall be reduced 
proportionally to satisfy the conditions in such paragraphs. 
"(e) ALLOTMENTS FOR GRANTS TO STATES.—From the sums pro-
vided for grants to States under subsection (c), the Secretary shall 
allot for the State grantee in each State an amount that bears 
the same ratio to such sums as the product of the number of 
persons aged 55 or over in the State and the allotment percentage 
of such State bears to the sum of the corresponding product for 
all States, except as follows: 
"(1) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.—^No State shall be provided an 
amount under this subsection that is less than Vi of 1 percent 
of the amount provided under subsection (c) for State grantees 
in all of the States. 
"(2) HOLD HARMLESS.—If the amount provided under sub-
section (c) is— 
"(A) equal to or less than the amount necessary to 
maintain the fiscal year 2000 level of activities, allotments 
for State grantees in each State shall be proportional to 
their fiscal year 2000 level of activities; or 
"(B) greater than the amount necessary to maintain 
the fiscal year 2000 level of activities, no State shall be 
provided a percentage increase above the fiscal year 2000 
level of activities for State grantees in the State that is 
less than 30 percent of such percentage increase above 
the fiscal year 2000 level of activities for State grantees 
in all of the States. 
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114 STAT. 2279 
"(3) REDUCTION.—Allotments for States not affected by 
paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) of this subsection shall be reduced 
proportionally to satisfy the conditions in such paragraphs. 
"(f) ALLOTMENT PERCENTAGE.—^For the purposes of subsections 
(d) and (e)— 
"(1) the allotment percentage of each State shall be 100 
percent less that percentage which bears the same ratio to 
50 percent as the per capita income of such State bears to 
the per capita income of the United States, except that: (A) 
the allotment percentage shall in no case be more than 75 
percent or less than 33 percent; and (B) the allotment percent-
age for the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico shall be 75 percent; 
"(2) the number of persons aged 55 or over in any State 
and in all States, and the per capita income in any State 
and in all States, shall be determined by the Secretary on 
the basis of the most satisfactory data available to the Sec-
retary; and 
"(3) for the purpose of determining the allotment percent-
age, the term 'United States' means the 50 States and the 
District of Columbia. 
"(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
"(1) COST PER AUTHORIZED POSITION.—The term 'cost per 
authorized position' mesuis the sum of— 
"(A) the hourly minimum wage rate specified in section 
6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
206(a)(1)) (as amended), multiplied by the number of hours 
equal to the product of 21 hours and 52 weeks; 
"(B) an amount equal to 11 percent of the amount 
specified under subparagraph (A), for the purpose of cov-
ering Federal payments for fringe benefits; and 
"(C) an amount determined by the Secretary, for the 
purpose of covering Federal payments for the remainder 
of all other program and administrative costs. 
"(2) FISCAL YEAR 2000 LEVEL OF ACTIVITIES.—^The term 
'fiscal year 2000 level of activities' means— 
"(A) with respect to public and private nonprofit agency 
and organization grantees that operate under this title 
under national grants from the Secretary, their level of 
activities for fiscal year 2000, or the amount remaining 
after the application of section 514(e); and 
"(B) with respect to State grantees, their level of activi-
ties for fiscal year 2000, or the amount remaining after 
the application of section 514(f). 
"(3) GRANTS TO STATES.—The term 'grants to States' means 
grants under this title to the States from the Secretary. 
"(4) LEVEL OF ACTIVITIES.—The term 'level of activities' 
means the number of authorized positions multiplied by the 
cost per authorized position. 
"(5) NATIONAL GRANTS.—The term 'national grants' means 
grants to public and private nonprofit agency and organization 
grantees that operate under this title under national grants 
from the Secretary. 
"(6) STATE.—^The term 'State' does not include Guam, Amer-
ican Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. 
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42 use 3056e. 
"SEC. 507. EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION. 
"(a) INTERSTATE ALLOCATION.—The Secretary, in awarding 
grants and contracts under section 506, shall, to the extent feasible, 
assure an equitable distribution of activities under such grants 
and contracts, in the aggregate, among the States, taking into 
account the needs of underserved States. 
"(b) 
INTRASTATE ALLOCATION.—The 
amount 
allocated 
for 
projects within each State under section 506 shall be allocated 
among areas within the State in an equitable manner, taking 
into consideration the State priorities set out in the State plan 
pursuant to section 503(a). 
42 use 3056f. 
"SEC. 508. REPORT. 
"In order to carry out the Secretar^s responsibilities for 
reporting in section 503(g), the Secretary shall require the State 
agency for each State receiving funds under this title to prepare 
and submit a report at the beginning of each fiscal year on such 
State's compliance with section 507(b). Such report shall include 
the names and geographic location of all projects assisted under 
this title and carried out in the State and the amount allocated 
to each such project under section 506, 
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"SEC. 509. EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND FEDERAL HOUSING AND 
FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS. 
"Funds received by eligible individuals from projects carried 
out under the program established in this title shall not be consid-
ered to be income of such individuals for purposes of determining 
the eligibility of such individuals, or of any other persons, to partici-
pate in any housing program for which Federal funds may be 
available or for any income determination under the Food Stamp 
Act of 1977. 
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"SEC. 510. ELIGIBIUTY FOR WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES. 
"Eligible individuals under this title may be deemed by local 
workforce investment boards established under title I of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to satisfy the requirements for 
receiving services under such title that are applicable to adults. 
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"SEC. 511. TREATMENT OF ASSISTANCE. 
"Assistance furnished under this title shall not be construed 
to be financial assistance described in section 245A(h)(l)(A) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255A(h)(l)(A)). 
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"SEC. 512. COORDINATION WITH THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT 
OF 1998. 
"(a) PARTNERS.—Grantees under this title shall be one-stop 
partners as described in subparagraphs (A) and (B)(vi) of section 
121(b)(1) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2841(b)(1)) in the one-stop delivery system established under section 
134(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2864(c)) for the appropriate local 
workforce investment areas, and shall carry out the responsibilities 
relating to such partners. 
"(b) COORDINATION.—In local workforce investment areas where 
more than one grantee under this title provides services, the 
grantees shall coordinate their activities related to the one-stop 
delivery system, and grantees shall be signatories of the memo-
randum of understanding established under section 121(c) of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2841(c)). 
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"SEC. 513. PERFORMANCE. 
42 USC 3056k. 
"(a) MEASURES.— 
"(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF MEASURES.—The Secretary shall 
establish, in consultation with grantees, subgrantees±, and host 
agencies under this title. States, older individuals, area agen-
cies on aging, and other organizations serving older individuals, 
performance measures for each grantee for projects and services 
carried out under this title. 
"(2) CONTENT.— 
"(A) COMPOSITION OF MEASURES.—^The performance 
measures as established by the Secretary and described 
in paragraph (1) shall consist of indicators of performance 
and levels of performance applicable to each indicator. The 
measures shall be designed to promote continuous improve-
ment in performance. 
"(B) 
ADJUSTMENT.—^The 
levels 
of 
performance 
described in subparagraph (A) applicable to a grantee shall 
be adjusted only with respect to the following factors: 
"(i) High rates of unemployment, poverty, or wel-
fare recipiency in the areas served by a grantee, rel-
ative to other areas of the State or Nation. 
"(ii) Significant downturns in the areas served by 
the grantee or in the national economy. 
"(iii) 
Significant 
numbers 
or proportions of 
enrollees with one or more barriers to employment 
served by a grantee relative to grantees serving other 
areas of the State or Nation. 
"(C) PLACEMENT.—^For all grantees, the Secretary shall 
establish a measure of performance of not less than 20 
percent (adjusted in accordance with subparagraph (B)) 
for placement of enrollees into unsubsidized public or pri-
vate employment as defined in subsection (c)(2). 
"(3) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NON-
PROFIT AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary shall 
annually establish national performance measures for each 
public or private nonprofit agency or organization that is a 
grantee under this title, which shall be applicable to the grantee 
without regard to whether such grantee operates the program 
directly or through contracts, grants, or agreements with other 
entities. The performance of the grantees with respect to such 
measures shall be evaluated in accordance with section 
514(e)(1) regarding performance of the grantees on a national 
basis, and in accordance with section 514(e)(3) regarding the 
performance of the grantees in each State. 
"(4) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF STATES.—The Secretary 
shall annually establish performance measures for each State 
that is a grantee under this title, which shall be applicable 
to the State grantee without regard to whether such grantee 
operates the program directly or through contracts, grants, 
or agreements with other entities. The performance of the 
State grantees with respect to such measures shall be evaluated 
in accordance with section 514(f). 
"(5) LIMITATION.—An agreement to be evaluated on the 
performance measures shall be a requirement for application 
for, and a condition of, all grants authorized by this title. 
"(b) REQUIRED INDICATORS.—^The indicators described in sub-
section (a) shall include— 
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"(1) the number of persons served, with particular consider-
ation given to individuals with greatest economic need, greatest 
social need, or poor employment history or prospects, and 
individuals who are over the age of 60; 
"(2) community services provided; 
"(3) placement into and retention in unsubsidized public 
or private employment; 
"(4) satisfaction of the enrollees, employers, and their host 
agencies with their experiences and the services provided; and 
"(5) any additional indicators of performance that the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate to evaluate services and 
performance. 
"(c) DEFINITIONS OF INDICATORS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^The Secretary, after consultation with 
national and State grantees, representatives of business and 
labor organizations, and providers of services, shall, by regula-
tion, issue definitions of the indicators of performance described 
in subsection (b). 
"(2) DEFINITIONS OF CERTAIN TERMS.—In this section: 
"(A) PLACEMENT INTO PUBLIC OR PRIVATE UNSUBSIDIZED 
EMPLOYMENT.—^The term 'placement into public or private 
unsubsidized employment' means full- or part-time paid 
employment in the public or private sector by an enroUee 
under this title for 30 days within a 90-day period without 
the use of funds under this title or any other Federal 
or State emplo3rment subsidy program, or the equivalent 
of such employment as measured by the earnings of an 
enroUee through the use of wage records or other appro-
priate methods. 
"(B) RETENTION IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE UNSUBSIDIZED 
EMPLOYMENT.—^The term 'retention in public or private 
unsubsidized employment' means full- or part-time paid 
emplojnnent in the public or private sector by an enroUee 
under this title for 6 months after the starting date of 
placement into unsubsidized emplo3nnent without the use 
of funds under this title or any other Federal or State 
employment subsidy program. 
"(d) CORRECTIVE EFFORTS.—A State or other grantee that does 
not achieve the established levels of performance on the perform-
ance measures shall submit to the Secretary, for approval, a plan 
of correction as described in subsection (e) or (f) of section 514 
to achieve the established levels of performance. 
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"SEC. 514. COMPETITIVE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO GRANT 
AWARDS. 
"(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—In accordance with section 502(b), 
the Secretary shall award grants to eligible applicants to carry 
out projects under this title for a period of 1 year, except that, 
after the promulgation of regulations for this title and the establish-
ment of the performance measures required by section 513(a), the 
Secretary shall award grants for a period of not to exceed 3 years. 
"(b) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—^An applicant shall be eligible to 
receive a grant under subsection (a) in accordance with section 
502(b)(1), and subsections (c) and (d). 
"(c) CRITERIA.—^The Secretary shall select the eligible applicants 
to receive grants under subsection (a) based on the following: 
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114 STAT. 2283 
"(1) The applicant's ability to administer a program that 
serves the greatest number of eligible individuals, giving par-
ticular consideration to individuals with greatest economic 
need, greatest social need, poor employment history or pros-
pects, and over the age of 60. 
"(2) The applicant's ability to administer a program that 
provides emplo3niient for eligible individuals in the communities 
in which such individuals reside, or in nearby communities, 
that will contribute to the general welfare of the community. 
"(3) The applicant's ability to administer a program that 
moves eligible individuals into unsubsidized employment. 
"(4) The applicant's ability to move individuals with mul-
tiple barriers to emplo3anent into unsubsidized employment. 
"(5) The applicant's ability to coordinate with other 
organizations at the State and local level. 
"(6) The applicant's plan for fiscal management of the 
program to be administered with funds received under this 
section. 
"(7) Any additional criteria that the Secretary deems appro-
priate in order to minimize disruption for current enrollees. 
"(d) RESPONSIBILITY TESTS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^Before final selection of a grantee, the 
Secretary shall conduct a review of available records to assess 
the applicant's overall responsibility to administer Federal 
funds. 
"(2) REVIEW.—As part of the review described in paragraph 
(1), the Secretary may consider any information, including the 
organization's history with regard to the management of other 
grants. 
"(3) FAILURE TO SATISFY TEST.—^The failure to satisfy any 
one responsibility test that is listed in paragraph (4), except 
for those listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such paragraph, 
does not establish that the organization is not responsible 
unless such failure is substantial or persistent (for 2 or more 
consecutive years). 
"(4) TEST,—^The responsibility tests include review of the 
following factors: 
"(A) Efforts by the organization to recover debts, after 
three demand letters have been sent, that are established 
by final agency action and have been unsuccessful, or that 
there has been failure to comply with an approved repay-
ment plan. 
"(B) Established fraud or criminal activity of a signifi-
cant nature within the organization, 
"(C) Serious administrative deficiencies identified by 
the Secretary, such as failure to maintain a 
financial 
management system as required by Federal regulations. 
"(D) Willful obstruction of the audit process. 
"(E) Failure to provide services to applicants 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, assessments, or other activities. 
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Deadline. 
"(G) Failure to return a grant closeout package or 
outstanding advances within 90 days of the grant expira-
tion 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 Grovem-
ment property as instructed by the Secretary. 
"(J) Failure to have maintained effective cash manage-
ment or cost controls resulting in excess cash on hand. 
"(K) Failure to ensure that a subrecipient complies 
with its Office of Management and 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 fashion. 
"(5) DETERMINATION.—^Applicants that are determined to 
be not responsible shall not be selected as grantees. 
"(6) DISALLOWED COSTS.—Interest on disallowed costs shall 
accrue in accordance with the Debt Collection Improvement 
Act of 1996. 
"(e) NATIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND COMPETITION FOR 
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE NONPROFIT AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.— 
Deadline. 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the end 
of each program year, the Secretary shall determine if each 
public or private nonprofit agency or organization that is a 
grantee has met the national performance measures established 
pursuant to section 513(a)(3). 
"(2) 
TECHNICAL 
ASSISTANCE 
AND 
CORRECTIVE 
ACTION 
PLAN.— 
Deadline. 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary determines that 
a grantee fails to meet the national performance measures 
for a program year, the Secretary shall provide technical 
assistance and require such organization to submit a correc-
tive action plan not later than 160 days after the end 
of the program year. 
"(B) CONTENT.—^The plan submitted under subpara-
graph (A) shall detail the steps the grantee will take to 
meet the national performance measures in the next pro-
gram year. 
"(C) AFTER SECOND YEAR OF FAILURE.—If a grantee 
fails to meet the national performance measures for a 
second consecutive program year, the Secretary shall con-
duct a national competition to award, for the first full 
program year following the determination (minimizing, to 
the extent possible, the disruption of services provided 
to enroUees), an amount equal to 25 percent of the funds 
awarded to the grantee for such year. 
"(D) COMPETITION AFTER THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF 
FAILURE.—If a grantee fails to meet the national perform-
ance measures for a third consecutive program year, the 
Secret£iry shall conduct a national competition to award 
the amount of the grant remaining after deduction of the 
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114 STAT. 2285 
portion specified in subparagraph (C) for the first full pro-
gram year following the determination. The eligible 
applicant that receives the grant through the national com-
petition shall continue service to the geographic areas for-
merly served by the grantee that previously received the 
grant. 
"(3) COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 
NONPROFIT AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN A STATE.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the actions required 
under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall take corrective 
action if the Secretary determines at the end of any pro-
gram year that, despite meeting the established national 
performance measures, a public or private nonprofit agency 
or organization that is a grantee has attained levels of 
performance 20 percent or more below the national 
performance measures with respect to the project carried 
out in a State and has failed to meet the performance 
measures as established by the Secretary for the State 
grantee in such State, and there are not factors, such 
as the factors described in section 513(a)(2)(B), or size 
of the project, that justify the performance. 
"(B) FIRST YEAR OF FAILURE.—After the first program 
year of failure to meet the performance criteria described 
in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall require a correc-
tive action plan, and may require the transfer of the respon-
sibility for the project to other grantees, provide technical 
assistance, and take other appropriate actions. 
"(C) SECOND YEAR OF FAILURE.—^After the second 
consecutive program year of failure to meet the perform-
ance criteria described in subparagraph (A), the corrective 
actions to be taken by the Secretary may include the 
transfer of the responsibility for a portion or all of the 
project to a State or public or private nonprofit agency 
or organization, or a competition for a portion or all of 
the funds to carry out such project among all eligible enti-
ties that meet the responsibility tests under section 514(d) 
except for the grantee that is the subject of the corrective 
action. 
"(D) THIRD YEAR OF FAILURE.—^After the third consecu-
tive program year of failure to meet the performance cri-
teria described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
conduct a competition for the funds to carry out such 
project among all eligible entities that meet the responsi-
bility tests under section 514(d) except for the grantee 
that is the subject of the corrective action. 
"(4) REQUEST BY GOVERNOR.—^Upon the request of the Gov-
ernor of a State for a review of the performance of a public 
or private nonprofit agency or organization within the State, 
the Secretary shall undertake such a review in accordance 
with the criteria described in paragraph (3)(A). If the perform-
ance of such grantee is not justified under such criteria, the 
Secretary shall take corrective action in accordance with para-
graph (3). 
"(f) PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND COMPETITION FOR STATES.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the end Deadline, 
of the program year, the Secretary shall determine if a State 
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grantee has met the performance measures estabUshed pursu-
ant to section 513(a)(4). 
"(2) 
TECHNICAL 
ASSISTANCE AND CORRECTIVE ACTION 
Deadline. 
PLAN.—If a State that receives a grant fails to meet the perform-
ance measures for a program year, the Secretary shall provide 
technical assistance and require the State to submit a corrective 
action plan not later than 160 days after the end of the program 
year. 
"(3) CONTENT.—^The plan described in paragraph (2) shall 
detail the steps the State will take to meet the standards. 
"(4) FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR SECOND 
AND THIRD YEARS.— 
"(A) AFTER SECOND YEAR OF FAILURE.—If a State fails 
to meet the performance measures for a second consecutive 
program year, the Secretary shall provide for the conduct 
by the State of a competition to award, for the first fiill 
program year following the determination (minimizing, to 
the extent possible, the disruption of services provided 
to enroUees), an amount equal to 25 percent of the funds 
available to the State for such year. 
"(B) AFTER THIRD YEAR OF FAILURE.—If the State fails 
to meet the performance measures for a third consecutive 
program year, the Secretary shall provide for the conduct 
by the State of a competition to award the funds allocated 
to the State for the first full program year following the 
Secretarjr's determination that the State has not met the 
performance measures. 
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"SEC. 515. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
"(a) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
title— 
"(1) $475,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as 
may be necessary for fiscal year 2002 through 2005; and 
"(2) such additional sums as may be necessary for each 
such fiscal year to enable the Secretary, through programs 
under this title, to provide for at least 70,000 part-time employ-
ment positions for eligible individuals. 
For purposes of paragraph (2), 'part-time employment position' 
means an employment position within a workweek of at least 20 
hours. 
"(b) Amounts appropriated under this section for any fiscal 
year shall be available for obligation during the annual period 
which begins on July 1 of the calendar year immediately following 
the beginning of such fiscal year and which 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 receiving funds under 
this title if the Secretary determines that such extension is nec-
essary to ensure the effective use of such funds by such organization 
or agency. 
"(c) At the end of the program year, the Secretary may recap-
ture any unexpended funds for the program year, and reobligate 
such funds within the 2 succeeding program years for— 
"(1) incentive grants; 
"(2) technical assistance; or 
"(3) grants or contracts for any other program under this 
title. 
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"SEC. 516. DEFINITIONS. 
42USC3056n. 
"In this title: 
"(1) COMMUNITY SERVICE.—The term 'community service' 
means 
social, 
health, 
welfare, 
and 
educational 
services 
(including literacy tutoring), legal and other counseling services 
and assistance, including tax counseling and assistance and 
financial counseling, and library, recreational, and other similar 
services; conservation, maintenance, or restoration of natural 
resources; community betterment or beautification; antipollu-
tion and environmental quality efforts; weatherization activi-
ties; economic development; and such other services essential 
and necessary to the community as the Secretary, by regulation, 
may prescribe. 
"(2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—^The term 'eligible individuals' 
means an individual who is 55 years old or older, who has 
a low income (including any such individual whose income 
is not more than 125 percent of the poverty guidelines estab-
lished by the Office of Management and Budget), except that, 
pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary, any such 
individual who is 60 years old or older shall have priority 
for the work opportunities provided for under this title. 
"(3) PACIFIC ISLAND AND ASIAN AMERICANS.—^The term 
'Pacific Island and Asian Americans' means Americans having 
origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast 
Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands. 
"(4) PROGRAM.—The term 'program' means the older Amer-
ican community service employment program established under 
this title.". 
TITLE VI—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE VI 
OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 
1965 
SEC. 601. EUGIBILITY, 
Section 612 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3057c) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: 
"(b) An Indian tribe represented by an organization specified 
in subsection (a) shall be eligible for only one grant under this 
part for any fiscal year. Nothing in this subsection shall preclude 
an Indian tribe represented by an organization specified in sub-
section (a) from receiving a grant under section 631.". 
SEC. 602. APPUCATIONS. 
Section 614 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3057e) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking "certification" and inserting 
"approval"; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by inserting "(1)" after "(c)"; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
"(2) The Assistant Secretary shall provide waivers and exemp-
tions of the reporting requirements of subsection (a)(3) for 
applicants that serve Indian populations in geographically isolated 
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3057n. 
areas, or applicants that serve small Indian populations, where 
the small scale of the project, the nature of the applicant, or 
other factors make the reporting requirements unreasonable under 
the circumstances. The Assistant Secretary shall consult with such 
applicants in establishing appropriate waivers and exemptions. 
"(3) The Assistant Secretary shall approve any application that 
complies with the provisions of subsection (a), except that in deter-
mining whether an application complies with the requirements 
of subsection (a)(8), the Assistant Secretary shall provide maximum 
flexibility to an applicant that seeks to take into account subsistence 
needs, local customs, and other characteristics that are appropriate 
to the unique cultural, regional, and geographic needs of the Indian 
populations to be served. 
"(4) In determining whether an application complies with the 
requirements of subsection (a)(12), the Assistant Secretary shall 
require only that an applicant provide an appropriate narrative 
description of the geographic area to be served and an assurance 
that procedures will be adopted to ensure against duplicate services 
being provided to the same recipients.". 
SEC. 603. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 633 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3057n) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 633. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
'There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
title— 
"(1) for parts A and B, such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary for 
subsequent fiscal years; and 
"(2) for part C, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such 
sums as may be necessary for subsequent fiscal years.". 
SEC. 604. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
Title VI of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3057 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating part C as part D; 
(2) by redesignating sections 631 through 633 as sections 
641 through 643, respectively; 
(3) by inserting after part B the following: 
"PART C—NATIVE AMERICAN CAREGIVER 
SUPPORT PROGRAM 
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11. 
"SEC. 631. PROGRAM. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—^The Assistant Secretary shall carry out a 
program for making grants to tribal organizations with applications 
approved under parts A and B, to pay for the Federal share of 
canying out tribal programs, to enable the tribal organizations 
to provide multifaceted systems of the support services described 
in section 373 for caregivers described in section 373. 
"(b) REQUIREMENTS.—^In providing services under subsection 
(a), a tribal organization shall meet the requirements specified 
for an area agency on aging and for a State in the provisions 
of subsections (c), (d), and (e) of section 373 and of section 374. 
For purposes of this subsection, references in such provisions to 
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114 STAT. 2289 
a State program shall be considered to be references to a tribal 
program under this part.". 
TITLE VII—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE VII 
OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 
1965 
SEC. 701. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 702 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3058a) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 702. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
"(a) OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM.—^There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out chapter 2, such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary for subse-
quent fiscal years. 
"(b) PREVENTION OF ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOI-
TATION.—^There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
chapter 3, such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001, 
and such sums as may be necessary for subsequent fiscal years. 
"(c) LEGAL ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—^There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out chapter 4, such sums 
as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may 
be necessary for subsequent fiscal years.". 
SEC. 702. ALLOTMENT. 
Section 703(a)(2)(C) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3058b(a)(2)(C)) is amended by striking "1991" each place 
it appears and inserting "2000". 
SEC. 703. ADDITIONAL STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 705(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3058d(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by inserting "each oP after "carry 
out"; 
(2) in paragraph (6)(C)(iii), by striking the semicolon and 
,-- inserting "; and"; 
(3) by striking paragraph (7); 
(4) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (7); and 
(5) in paragraph (7) (as redesignated by paragraph (3)), 
by striking "paragraphs (1) through (7)" and inserting "para-
graphs (1) through (6)". 
SEC. 704. STATE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM. 
Section 712 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3058g) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in paragraph (5)(C)(ii), by inserting 
"and not stand to gain financially through an action or potential 
action brought on behalf of individuals the Ombudsman serves" 
after "interest"; and 
(2) in subsection (h)— 
(A) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking "(A) not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this title, establish" and 
inserting "strengthen and update"; and 
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(II) in clause (iii), by striking "and"; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(iii) by redesignating clauses (i) through (iii) as 
subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively; and 
(iv) by redesignating subclauses (I) through (III) 
as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively; 
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking "; and" and inserting 
a semicolon; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9); 
and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: 
"(8) coordinate services with State and local law enforce-
ment agencies and courts of competent jurisdiction; and". 
SEC. 705. PREVENTION OF ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOI-
TATION. 
Section 721 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
30581) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 
"(including financial exploitation)" after "exploitation"; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ", State and local 
law enforcement systems, and courts of competent jurisdic-
tion" after "service program"; and 
(C) in paragraph (5), by inserting "including caregivers 
described in part E of title III," after "individuals,"; 
(2) in subsection (d)(8)— 
(A) by inserting "State and local" after "consumer 
protection and"; and 
(B) by inserting ", and services provided by agencies 
and courts of competent jurisdiction" before the period; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
"(g) STUDY AND REPORT.— 
"(1) STUDY.—^The Secretary, in consultation with the 
Dep£irtment of the Treasury and the Attorney CJeneral of the 
United States, State attorneys general, and tribal and local 
prosecutors, shall conduct a study of the nature and extent 
of financial exploitation of older individuals. The purpose of 
this study would be to define and describe the scope of the 
problem of financial exploitation of the elderly and to provide 
an estimate of the number and type of financial transactions 
considered to constitute financial exploitation faced by older 
individuals. The study shall also examine the adequacy of cur-
rent Federal and State legal protections to prevent such exploi-
tation. 
Deadline. 
"(2) REPORT.—^Not later than 18 months after the date 
of the enactment of the Older Americans Act Amendments 
of 2000, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report, which 
shall include— 
"(A) the results of the study conducted under this 
subsection; and 
"(B) recommendations for future actions to combat the 
financial exploitation of older individuals.". 
PUBLIC LAW 106-501—NOV. 13, 2000 
114 STAT. 2291 
SEC. 706. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. 
Subtitle A of title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C 3058 et seq.) is amended by repealing chapters 4 and 42USC3058j, 
5 and inserting the following: 
3058k. 
"CHAPTER 4-STATE LEGAL ASSISTANCE 
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
"SEC. 731. STATE LEGAL ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT. 
42 USC 3058J. 
"A State agency shall provide the services of an individual 
who shall be known as a State legal assistance developer, and 
the services of other personnel, sufficient to ensure— 
"(1) State leadership in securing and maintaining the legal 
rights of older individuals; 
"(2) State capacity for coordinating the provision of legal 
assistance; 
"(3) State capacity to provide technical assistance, training, 
and other supportive functions to area agencies on aging, legal 
assistance providers, ombudsmen, and other persons, as appro-
priate; 
"(4) State capacity to promote financial management serv-
ices to older individuals at risk of conservatorship; 
"(5) State capacity to assist older individuals in under-
standing their rights, exercising choices, benefiting from serv-
ices and opportunities authorized by law, and maintaining the 
rights of older individuals at risk of guardianship; and 
"(6) State capacity to improve the quality and quantity 
of legal services provided to older individuals.". 
SEC. 707. NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS. 
Section 751(d) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3058aa(d)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—^There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may 
be necessary for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be nec-
essary for subsequent fiscal years.". 
TITLE VIII—TECHNICAL AND 
CONFORMING AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 801. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TITLE L—Section 102(34)(C) of the Older Americans Act 
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002(34)(C)) is amended by striking "307(a)(12)" 
and inserting "307(a)(9)". 
(b) TITLE I L — 
(1) Section 201(d)(3) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3011(d)(3)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking "307(a)(12)" 
and inserting "307(a)(9)"; and 
(B) in subparagraph (J), by striking "307(a)(12)" and 
inserting "307(a)(9)". 
(2) Section 202 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3012) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
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(i) in paragraph (19)(C), by striking "paragraphs 
(2) and (5)(A) of section 306(a)" and inserting "para-
graphs (2) and (4)(A) of section 306(a)"; and 
(ii) in paragraph 
(26), by striking 
"sections 
307(a)(18) 
and 
731(b)(2)" and 
inserting 
"section 
307(a)(13) and section 731"; 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking "(c)(1)" and 
inserting "(c)"; and 
(ii) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(C) in subsection (e)(1)(A)— 
(i) by striking clause (i) and inserting the following: 
"(i) provide information about grants and projects 
under title IV;"; and 
(ii) in clause (iv), by striking ", and the information 
provided by the Resource Centers on Native American 
Elders under section 429E". 
(3) Section 205(a)(2)(A) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3016(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking "subparts 1, 
2, and 3" and inserting "subparts 1 and 2". 
(4) Section 207(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3018(a)) is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as para-
graphs (3) and (4), respectively. 
(5) Section 214 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3020e) is amended by striking "307(a)(13)(J)" and 
inserting "339(2)(J)". 
(c) TITLE III.— 
(1) Section 301(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3021(c)) is amended by striking "307(a)(12)" and 
inserting "307(a)(9)". 
(2) Section 304 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3024) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (d)(1)(B), by striking "307(a)(12)" and 
inserting "307(a)(9)"; and 
(B) by striking subsection (e). 
(3) Section 305(a)(2)(F) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3025(a)(2)(F)) is amended by striking "307(a)(24)" 
and inserting "307(a)(16)". 
(4) Section 307 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3027) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), in paragraph (22) (as redesignated 
by section 305(19)), by striking "306(a)(20)" and inserting 
"306(a)(8)"; and 
(B) in subsection (f)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking "(f)(1)" and 
inserting "(f)"; and 
(ii) by striking paragraph (2). 
(5) Section 321(a)(15) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3030d(a)(15)) is amended by striking "section 
307(a)(16)" and inserting "section 307(a)(12)". 
(d) TITLE VI.—Section 614(a) of the Older Americans Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3057e(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (9); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (10) through (12) as para-
graphs (9) through (11), respectively. 
PUBLIC LAW 106-501—NOV. 13, 2000 
114 STAT. 2293 
(e) TITLE V I L — 
(1) Section 703(a)(2)(C) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3058b(a)(2)(C)) is amended— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking "section 702(a)" and 
inserting "section 702 and made available to carry out 
chapter 2"; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking "section 702(b)" and 
inserting "section 702 and made available to carry out 
chapter 3", 
(2) Section 712(a)(1) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3058g(a)(l)) is amended by striking "section 702(a)" 
and inserting "section 702 and made available to carry out 
this chapter". 
(3) Section 721(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3058i(a)) is amended by striking "section 702(b)" 
and inserting "section 702 and made available to carry out 
this chapter". 
(4) Section 761(2) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3058bb(2)) is amended by striking "chapter 2, 3, 
4, or 5 of this title" and inserting "subtitle A". 
(5) Section 762 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3058cc) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking "or an entity described in section 751(c)". 
(6) Section 764(b) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3058ee(b)) is amended by striking ", area agencies 
on aging, and entities described in section 751(c)" and inserting 
"and area agencies on aging". 
Approved November 13, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 782 (S. 1536): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-343 (Comm. on Education and the Workforce). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-399 accompanying S. 1536 (Comm. on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): 
Oct. 24, 25, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 26, considered and passed Senate. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 36 (2000): 
Nov. 13, Presidential statement.