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[Q]: SECTION 1. FINANCIAL LITERACY SERVICES.

Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

''financial literacy services

''Sec. 1150A. (a) Definitions.--In this section:
''(1) Area agency on aging.--The term 'area agency on
aging' has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the
Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002).
''(2) Financial literacy services.--The term 'financial
literacy services' means the services described in subsection
(b)(1).
''(3) Older individual.--The term 'older individual' has
the meaning given that term in such section 102.
''(b) Grants for Services.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to
eligible entities and other entities determined appropriate by
the Secretary to enable the entities to provide services to
improve financial literacy among older individuals, including
older individuals who are women, and the family members and
legal representatives of such individuals. The Secretary shall
make the grants on a competitive basis, and nationwide.
''(2) Eligible entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant
under this subsection, an entity shall be an area agency on
aging or another entity that meets such requirements as the
Secretary may specify.
''(3) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this subsection, an entity shall submit an application to the
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require. In the case of an
entity who intends to provide the financial literacy services
jointly with other services as described in paragraph (4)(C),
the application shall include information demonstrating that
the entity has the capacity to provide the services jointly.
''(4) Use of funds.--
''(A) In general.--An entity that receives a grant
under this subsection shall use the funds made
available through the grant to provide financial
literacy services, such as financial literacy
education, training, and assistance.
''(B) Provision through contracts.--The entity may
provide the services directly or by entering into a
contract with an organization that provides counseling,
advice, or representation to older individuals and the
family members and legal representatives of such
individuals in a community served by the entity.
''(C) Provision with other services.--The entity
may provide the services alone or jointly with other
services provided by or funded by the eligible entity,
such as--
''(i) services provided through State
Health Insurance Assistance Programs;
''(ii) services provided through a Long-
Term Care Ombudsman program under section
307(a)(9) or 712 of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3027, 3058g);
''(iii) information and assistance services
provided under the Older Americans Act of 1965
(42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.);
''(iv) legal assistance services provided
under the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42
U.S.C. 3001 et seq.);
''(v) services provided through Senior
Medicare Patrol Projects conducted by the
Administration on Aging;
''(vi) case management services; and
''(vii) services provided through Aging and
Disability Resource Centers.
''(5) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress an
annual report on the activities carried out by entities under a
grant under this subsection.
''(c) National Support Center for Financial Literacy Grant.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary may make a grant to an
eligible center to coordinate the services provided through,
and support the grant recipients under, the grant program
carried out under subsection (b).
''(2) Eligible center.--To be eligible to receive a grant
under this subsection, a center shall--
''(A) be an entity that is housed within an
organization described in section 501(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is exempt from
taxation under section 501(a) of such Code;
''(B) have a minimum of 10 years experience
operating a national program and support center with a
focus on financial literacy; and
''(C) be primarily engaged in outreach and training
activities designed to provide financial education and
retirement planning for low- and moderate-income
individuals, particularly with respect to women; and
''(D) have a demonstrated record of collaboration
with organizations that focus on the needs of low- and
moderate-income individuals and with national
organizations serving the elderly, including those
working with area agencies on aging and women, as well
as organizations with expertise in financial services
and related fields.
''(3) Use of funds.--A center that receives a grant under
this subsection shall use the funds made available through the
grant to--
''(A) design and conduct training (which may
include providing training for trainers) related to
financial literacy services;
''(B) provide curricula for financial literacy
services;
''(C) develop and disseminate relevant information
about financial literacy services;
''(D) conduct outreach to national, State, and
community organizations through a series of strategic
partnerships in order to improve financial literacy
among older individuals and the family members and
legal representatives of such individuals;
''(E) provide technical assistance to the grant
recipients under subsection (b) with respect to the
program; and
''(F) collect data from such grant recipients about
the services provided under this section, and the
impact of those services.
''(4) Addressing challenges to women in securing adequate
retirement income.--In addition to the activities described in
paragraph (3), a center that receives a grant under this
subsection shall use the funds made available through the grant
to conduct activities that are focused on addressing the
challenges faced by older women, women of color, single women,
and women who are heads of households to securing an adequate
retirement income.
''(d) Coordination.--The Secretary shall ensure that the activities
carried out under the grant program under subsection (b) and under a
grant made under subsection (c) are coordinated with the activities
carried out by--
''(1) the Office of Financial Education of the Department
of the Treasury; and
''(2) the Financial Literacy and Education Commission
established under section 513 of the Financial Literacy and
Education Improvement Act (20 U.S.C. 9702).
''(e) Funding.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services from the Federal Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Federal Disability Insurance Trust
Fund established under section 201 such funds as are necessary for
making grants under this section.''.
[A]: Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to enable eligible entities to provide services to improve financial literacy among older individuals, including family members and legal representatives of such individuals.

Authorizes the Secretary to make such a grant to a national support center to: (1) coordinate services provided through the grant program; and (2) support grant recipients.

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Marine Renewable Energy Promotion
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Fund.--The term ''Fund'' means the Adaptive Management
and Environmental Fund established by section 3(c).
(2) Marine renewable energy.--The term ''marine renewable
energy'' means energy from--
(A) waves, tides, and currents in oceans,
estuaries, and tidal areas;
(B) free flowing water in rivers, lakes, man made
channels, and streams; and
(C) differentials in ocean temperature or ocean
thermal energy conversion.
(3) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Energy.

SEC. 3. MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

(a) Research and Development Program.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a marine
renewable energy research and development program that is
focused on--
(A) developing new marine renewable energy
technologies;
(B) reducing the manufacturing and operation costs
of marine renewable energy technologies;
(C) increasing the reliability and survivability of
marine renewable energy facilities;
(D) integrating marine renewable energy into the
national electric grid;
(E) identifying opportunities for cross-pollination
and development of economies of scale between offshore
wind and marine renewable energy sources;
(F) identifying the environmental impacts of marine
renewable energy and ways to address any negative
impacts; and
(G)(i) applying advanced systems engineering and
system integration methods to identify critical
interfaces and develop open standards for marine
renewable energy;
(ii) transferring the resulting intellectual
property to industry stakeholders as public information
through published interface definitions, standards, and
demonstration projects; and
(iii) developing incentives for industry to comply
with the standards.
(2) Administration.--The program established under
paragraph (1) shall be separate from any wind and hydropower
program carried out by the Secretary.
(b) Marine-Based Energy Device Verification Program.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a marine-
based energy device verification program to provide a bridge
from the wave, tidal, current, or thermal energy capture device
design and development efforts underway across the industry to
commercial deployment of marine renewable energy devices.
(2) Purposes.--The purposes of the program are to fund,
facilitate the development and installation of, and evaluate
marine renewable energy projects, in partnership with the
Electric Power Research Institute, the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Marine Sciences Laboratory, and the Sandia National
Laboratories, and in conjunction with universities and other
institutions of higher education, private business entities,
and other appropriate organizations, in order--
(A) to increase marine renewable energy experience;
and
(B) to build and operate enough candidate devices
to obtain statistically significant operating and
maintenance data.
(3) Objectives.--The objectives of the program include--
(A) verifying the performance, reliability,
maintainability, and cost of new marine renewable
energy device designs and system components in an
operating environment;
(B) providing States, regulators, utilities, and
other stakeholders with a valid opportunity to test and
evaluate marine renewable energy technology in new
areas;
(C) documenting and communicating the experience
from those projects for the benefit of utilities,
independent power producers, other nonutility
generators, device suppliers, and others in the marine
renewable energy development community; and
(D) resolving environmental issues through robust
characterization, reliable impact prediction, effective
monitoring, development and use of adaptive management,
and informing engineering design to improve
environmental performance.
(c) Adaptive Management and Environmental Fund.--
(1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(A) the use of marine renewable energy technologies
can reduce contributions to global warming;
(B) marine renewable energy technologies can be
produced domestically;
(C) marine renewable energy is a nascent industry;
and
(D) the United States must work to promote new
renewable energy technologies that reduce contributions
to global warming gases and improve domestic energy
production.
(2) Fund.--
(A) Establishment.--There is established in the
Treasury of the United States a revolving fund, to be
known as the ''Adaptive Management and Environmental
Fund'', consisting of such amounts as are appropriated
to the Fund under subsection (d).
(B) Expenditures from fund.--
(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), on
request by the Secretary, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall transfer from the Fund to the
Secretary such amounts as the Secretary
determines are necessary to provide grants to
eligible entities to assist the entities in
complying with Federal, State, or local
regulatory permit requirements through
assessment and demonstration of the
environmental effects of marine renewable
energy projects (including environmental
studies, design, fabrication, deployment,
operating, monitoring, environmental
mitigation, and decommissioning costs).
(ii) Administrative expenses.--An amount
not exceeding 10 percent of the amounts in the
Fund shall be available for each fiscal year to
pay the administrative expenses necessary to
carry out this subsection.
(C) Transfers of amounts.--
(i) In general.--The amounts required to be
transferred to the Fund under this paragraph
shall be transferred at least monthly from the
general fund of the Treasury to the Fund on the
basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the
Treasury.
(ii) Adjustments.--Proper adjustment shall
be made in amounts subsequently transferred to
the extent prior estimates were in excess of or
less than the amounts required to be
transferred.
(3) Eligibility.--
(A) In general.--To be eligible for a grant under
this subsection, an entity shall provide to the
Secretary a regulatory permit that includes conditions
for the removal of the marine renewable energy project
supported by the grant if the permitting authority
finds that the marine renewable energy project has an
unacceptable adverse impact on the environment.
(B) Administration.--A marine renewable energy
project shall not be required to be removed in the
absence of a finding by the permitting authority that
the project has an unacceptable adverse impact.
(4) Public availability.--The results of any assessment or
demonstration conducted under this subsection shall be made
available to the public, except to the extent that the
assessment or demonstration contains information that is
protected from disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5,
United States Code.
(5) Audit requirements.--
(A) In general.--Any entity that receives a grant
under this subsection shall--
(i) track the use of grant funds from the
Fund; and
(ii) certify annually to the Secretary that
the grant funds were used only for purposes
authorized under this subsection.
(B) Procedures.--The Secretary shall establish
procedures to ensure that the Secretary is able to
oversee and audit the use of funds by eligible
entities.
(C) Annual audits.--The Secretary shall conduct an
audit, at least annually, of the use of grant funds
received under this subsection by each eligible entity.
(D) Ineligibility.--The Secretary may declare an
entity ineligible for a grant under this subsection on
a finding of inappropriate use of funding.
(6) Sunset provision.--
(A) Report.--The Secretary shall submit a report to
the appropriate committees of Congress if the Secretary
determines that the technologies and activities
supported under this subsection have achieved a level
of maturity that is sufficient to enable the program
authorized under this subsection to cease.
(B) Termination.--The program authorized under this
subsection and the Fund shall cease to exist effective
on the date of submission of a report described in
subparagraph (A).
(7) Administration.--The Secretary may use amounts in the
Fund to provide assistance to State resource agencies that are
processing applications for permits required for marine
renewables projects that have received assistance from the Fund
to assist staff with understanding and evaluating applications
and participating in the applicable Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission or Minerals Management Service regulatory process.
(8) Environmental requirement.--Nothing in this section
eliminates or otherwise affects any requirement imposed under
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321
et seq.).
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2010 through 2021.
[A]: Marine Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2009 - Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a marine renewable energy research and development program, separate from any DOE wind and hydropower program, focused on: (1) developing new marine renewable energy technologies; (2) reducing the manufacturing and operation costs of such technologies; (3) increasing the reliability and survivability of marine renewable energy facilities; (4) integrating marine renewable energy into the national electric grid; (5) identifying opportunities for cross pollination and development of economies of scale between offshore wind and marine renewable energy sources; (6) identifying the environmental impacts of marine renewable energy and ways to address negative impacts; (7) applying advanced systems engineering and system integration methods to identify critical interfaces and develop open standards for marine renewable energy; (8) transferring the resulting intellectual property to industry stakeholders as public information through published interface definitions, standards, and demonstration projects; and (9) developing incentives for industry to comply with such standards.

Requires DOE to establish a marine-based energy device verification program to provide a bridge from the wave, tidal, current, or thermal energy capture device design and development efforts underway across the industry to commercial deployment of marine renewable energy devices. Sets forth as purpose of the Program to fund, facilitate the development and installation of, and evaluate marine renewable energy projects, in partnership with the Electric Power Research Institute, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Marine Sciences Laboratory, and the Sandia National Laboratories in order to: (1) increase marine renewable energy experience; and (2) build and operate enough candidate devices to obtain statistically significant operating and maintenance data.

Establishes an Adaptive Management and Environmental Fund to provide grants for complying with requirements through assessment and demonstration of the environmental effects of marine renewable energy projects.

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''National Triad Program Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds that--
(1) older Americans are among the most rapidly growing
segments of our society;
(2) currently, the elderly comprise 15 percent of our
society, and predictions are that by the turn of the century
they will constitute 18 percent of our Nation's population;
(3) older Americans find themselves uniquely situated in
our society, environmentally and physically;
(4) many elderly Americans are experiencing increased
social isolation due to fragmented and distant familial
relations, scattered associations, limited access to
transportation, and other insulating factors;
(5) physical conditions such as hearing loss, poor
eyesight, lessened agility, and chronic and debilitating
illnesses often contribute to an older person's susceptibility
to criminal victimization;
(6) our elders are too frequently the victims of abuse and
neglect, violent crime, property crime, consumer fraud, medical
quackery, and confidence games;
(7) studies have found that elderly victims of violent
crime are more likely to be injured and require medical
attention than are younger victims;
(8) victimization data on crimes against the elderly are
incomplete and out of date, and data sources are partial,
scattered, and not easily obtained;
(9) although a few studies have attempted to define and
estimate the extent of elder abuse and neglect, both in their
homes and in institutional settings, many experts believe that
this crime is substantially underreported and undetected;
(10) similarly, while some evidence suggests that the
elderly may be targeted in a range of fraudulent schemes,
neither the Uniform Crime Report nor the National Crime Survey
collects data on individual- or household-level fraud;
(11) law enforcement officers and social service providers
come from different disciplines and frequently bring different
perspectives to the problem of crimes against the elderly;
(12) these differences, in turn, can contribute to
inconsistent approaches to the problem and inhibit a genuinely
effective response;
(13) there are, however, a few efforts currently under way
that seek to forge partnerships to coordinate criminal justice
and social service approaches to victimization of the elderly;
(14) the Triad program, sponsored by the National Sheriffs'
Association (NSA), the International Association of Chiefs of
Police (IACP), and the American Association of Retired Persons
(AARP), is one such effort;
(15) recognizing that older Americans have the same
fundamental desire as other members of our society to live
freely, without fear or restriction due to the criminal
element, the Federal Government seeks to expand efforts to
reduce crime against this growing and uniquely vulnerable
segment of our population; and
(16) our goal is to support a coordinated effort among law
enforcement and social service agencies to stem the tide of
transgenerational violence against the elderly and to support
media and nonmedia strategies aimed at increasing both public
understanding of the problem and the elderly person's skills in
preventing crime against themselves and their property.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

The purpose of this Act is to address the problem of crime against
the elderly in a systematic and effective manner with a program of
practical and focused research, development, and dissemination designed
to assist States and units of local government in implementing specific
programs of crime prevention, victim assistance, citizen involvement,
and public education that offer a high probability of improving the
coordinated effectiveness of law enforcement and social service
efforts. The efforts of local coalitions, such as the Triad model being
piloted in a number of areas by National Sheriffs' Association,
International Association of the Chiefs of Police, and American
Association of Retired Persons, are of particular interest.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND DISSEMINATION.

(a) In General.--The Director of the National Institute of Justice
(referred to as the ''Director'') shall conduct a national assessment
of--
(1) the nature and extent of crimes against the elderly;
(2) the needs of law enforcement, health, and social
service organizations in working to prevent, identify,
investigate, and provide assistance to victims of those crimes;
and
(3) promising strategies to respond effectively to those
challenges.
(b) Matters to be Addressed.--The national assessment made pursuant
to subsection (a) shall address--
(1) the analysis and synthesis of data from a range of
sources in order to develop accurate information on the nature
and extent of crimes against the elderly, including identifying
and conducting such surveys and other data collection efforts
as are needed and designing a strategy to keep such information
current over time;
(2) the problem of the most vulnerable and hard-to-reach
elderly who are in poor health, are living alone or without
family nearby, or are living in high crime areas;
(3) the problem of elderly who are abused and neglected,
sometimes in the home and sometimes in health care facilities,
sometimes subjected to physical abuse and at other times to
verbal aggression and neglect;
(4) the problem of fear of victimization, which inhibits
the freedom of the elderly and can make them prisoners in their
homes;
(5) the identification of strategies and techniques that
have been shown to be effective, or appear to hold promise of
being effective, in responding to the problems described in
this subsection and in preventing, reducing, and ameliorating
the impact of crime against the elderly;
(6) the analysis of the factors that enhance or inhibit
development of a coordinated response by law enforcement,
health care, and social service providers to crimes against the
elderly and the treatment of elderly victims; and
(7) the research agenda needed to develop a comprehensive
understanding of the problems of crimes against the elderly,
including the changes anticipated in the crimes themselves and
appropriate responses as our society increasingly ages, and the
identification and evaluation of effective and fiscally
feasible approaches to prevent and reduce victimization of our
Nation's elderly citizens.
(c) Dissemination.--Based on the results of the national assessment
and analysis of successful or promising strategies in dealing with the
problems described in subsection (b) and other problems, including
coalition efforts such as the Triad programs referred to in sections 2
and 3, the Director shall disseminate the results through reports,
publications, clearinghouse services, public service announcements, and
programs of evaluation, demonstration, training, and technical
assistance.

SEC. 5. PILOT PROGRAMS.

(a) Awards.--The Director may make awards to coalitions of local
law enforcement agencies, victim service providers, and organizations
representing the elderly for pilot programs and field tests of
particularly promising strategies and models for forging partnerships
for crime prevention and service provision based on the concepts of the
Triad model, which can then be evaluated and serve as the basis for
further demonstration and education programs.
(b) Eligibility.--Pilot programs funded under this section may
include existing general service coalitions of law enforcement, victim
service, and elder advocate organizations that wish to use additional
funds to work at a particular problem in their community, such as
fraud, burglary, or abuse and neglect, or to target a particular
geographic area in need of intensive services.

SEC. 6. EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION AWARDS.

In conjunction with the national assessment under section 4 and the
pilot programs under section 5, the Director may make awards to--
(1) coalitions of national law enforcement, victim service,
and elder advocate organizations, for the purposes of providing
training and technical assistance in implementing pilot
programs, including programs based on the concepts of the
Triad;
(2) research organizations, for the purposes of--
(A) investigating the types of elder victimization
shown by the national assessment to present
particularly critical problems or to be emerging crimes
about which little is known;
(B) evaluating the effectiveness of selected pilot
programs; and
(C) conducting the research and development
identified through the national assessment as being
critical; and
(3) public service advertising coalitions, for the purposes
of mounting a program of public service advertisements to
increase public awareness and understanding of the issues
surrounding crimes against the elderly and promoting ideas or
programs to prevent them.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

Of amounts authorized to be appropriated to the National Institute
of Justice under section 1001(a)(2) of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(2)), $5,000,000 shall be
available to carry out this Act, of which--
(1) up to $2,000,000 may be used to fund up to 20 pilot
programs;
(2) up to $1,000,000 may be used to fund a national
training and technical assistance effort;
(3) up to $1,000,000 may be used to develop public service
announcements; and
(4) up to $1,000,000 may be used for the national
assessment, the evaluation of pilot programs, and the carrying
out of the research agenda.
[A]:
National Triad Program Act - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Justice to conduct a national assessment of: (1) crimes against the elderly; (2) the needs of law enforcement, health, and social service organizations in working to assist victims; and (3) promising strategies to respond effectively.
Specifies that such assessment shall address the problems of elderly who are living alone or in high crime areas and who are abused and neglected and the fear of victimization.
Authorizes the Director to make awards to: (1) coalitions of local law enforcement agencies, victim service providers, and organizations representing the elderly for pilot programs and field tests of promising strategies and models for forging partnerships for crime prevention and service provision. Specifies that pilot programs may include existing general service coalitions of law enforcement, victim service, and elder advocate organizations that wish to use additional funds to work at a particular problem in their community or to target a particular geographic area; (2) research organizations to investigate the types of elder victimization that present particularly critical problems or emerging crimes about which little is known, to evaluate the effectiveness of selected pilot programs, and to conduct critical research and development; and (3) public service advertising coalitions to increase public awareness of, and promote ideas or programs to prevent, crimes against the elderly.
Authorizes appropriations.