Public Law 115–70: To prevent elder abuse and exploitation and improve the justice system’s response to victims in elder abuse and exploitation cases.Public Law70Public Law 115–70131 Stat. 12082017-10-182017-10-18United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.15.31;Stage2.202507022026-01-02115public?1207PUBLIC LAW 115–70—OCT. 18, 2017ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION ACT131 STAT. 1208Public Law115–70115th CongressAn ActTo prevent elder abuse and exploitation and improve the justice system’s response to victims in elder abuse and exploitation cases.
Oct. 18, 2017
[S. 178]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act.
34 USC 10101 note.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.(a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act”.(b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Sec. 2. TITLE I—Sec. 101. TITLE II—Sec. 201. Sec. 202. TITLE III—Sec. 301. Sec. 302. TITLE IV—Sec. 401. Sec. 402. Sec. 403. Sec. 404. TITLE V—Sec. 501. Sec. 502. Sec. 503. Sec. 504. Sec. 505. SEC. 2.
34 USC 21701.
DEFINITIONS. In this Act—(1) the terms “abuse”, “adult protective services”, “elder”, “elder justice”, “exploitation”, “law enforcement”, and “neglect” have the meanings given those terms in section 2011 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397j);(2) the term “elder abuse” includes abuse, neglect, and exploitation of an elder; and131 STAT. 1209(3) the term “State” means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.<num value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading>SUPPORTING FEDERAL CASES INVOLVING ELDER JUSTICE</heading>
<section id="d248388e275" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="101">SEC. 101. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab19e054-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Designations.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab19e055-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadlines.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab19e056-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t34/s21711">34 USC 21711</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>SUPPORTING FEDERAL CASES INVOLVING ELDER JUSTICE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1af1c7-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Support and Assistance</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1c8-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Elder justice coordinators</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Attorney General shall designate in each Federal judicial district not less than one Assistant United States Attorney to serve as the Elder Justice Coordinator for the district, who, in addition to any other responsibilities, shall be responsible for—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1c9-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/a/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>serving as the legal counsel for the Federal judicial district on matters relating to elder abuse;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1ca-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/a/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>prosecuting, or assisting in the prosecution of, elder abuse cases;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1cb-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/a/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>conducting public outreach and awareness activities relating to elder abuse; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1cc-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/a/1/D" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>ensuring the collection of data required to be collected under section 202.</content></subparagraph>
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<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1cd-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1af1ce-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Investigative support</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall, with respect to crimes relating to elder abuse, ensure the implementation of a regular and comprehensive training program to train agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the investigation and prosecution of such crimes and the enforcement of laws related to elder abuse, which shall include—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1cf-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/a/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>specialized strategies for communicating with and assisting elder abuse victims; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1d0-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/a/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>relevant forensic training relating to elder abuse.</content></subparagraph>
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<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1d1-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Resource group</inline>.—</heading><content>The Attorney General, through the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, shall ensure the operation of a resource group to facilitate the sharing of knowledge, experience, sample pleadings and other case documents, training materials, and any other resources to assist prosecutors throughout the United States in pursuing cases relating to elder abuse.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1d2-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/a/4" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Designated elder justice working group or subcommittee to the attorney general’s advisory committee of united states attorneys</inline><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1af1d3-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote>.—</heading><content>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, shall establish a subcommittee or working group to the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys, as established under <ref href="/us/cfr/t28/s0.10">section 0.10 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, or any successor thereto, for the purposes of advising the Attorney General on policies of the Department of Justice relating to elder abuse.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1af1d4-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Department of Justice Elder Justice Coordinator</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall designate an Elder Justice Coordinator <page identifier="/us/stat/131/1210">131 STAT. 1210</page>
within the Department of Justice who, in addition to any other responsibilities, shall be responsible for—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1d5-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>coordinating and supporting the law enforcement efforts and policy activities for the Department of Justice on elder justice issues;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1d6-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1af1d7-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Evaluation.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1af1d8-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p></sidenote><chapeau>evaluating training models to determine best practices and creating or compiling and making publicly available replication guides and training materials for law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, emergency responders, individuals working in victim services, adult protective services, social services, and public safety, medical personnel, mental health personnel, financial services personnel, and any other individuals whose work may bring them in contact with elder abuse regarding how to—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1d9-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/b/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1af1da-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Investigations.</p></sidenote><content>conduct investigations in elder abuse cases;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1db-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/b/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>address evidentiary issues and other legal issues; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1dc-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/b/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1af1dd-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Assessment.</p></sidenote><content>appropriately assess, respond to, and interact with victims and witnesses in elder abuse cases, including in administrative, civil, and criminal judicial proceedings; and</content></subparagraph>
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<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1de-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>carrying out such other duties as the Attorney General determines necessary in connection with enhancing the understanding, prevention, and detection of, and response to, elder abuse.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1af1df-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Federal Trade Commission</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1e0-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/c/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Federal trade commission elder justice coordinator</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission shall designate within the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission an Elder Justice Coordinator who, in addition to any other responsibilities, shall be responsible for—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1e1-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/c/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>coordinating and supporting the enforcement and consumer education efforts and policy activities of the Federal Trade Commission on elder justice issues; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1e2-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/c/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>serving as, or ensuring the availability of, a central point of contact for individuals, units of local government, States, and other Federal agencies on matters relating to the enforcement and consumer education efforts and policy activities of the Federal Trade Commission on elder justice issues.</content></subparagraph>
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<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1e3-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/c/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Reports to congress</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and once every year thereafter, the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General shall each submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report detailing the enforcement actions taken by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, respectively, over the preceding year in each case in which not less than one victim was an elder or that involved a financial scheme or scam that was either targeted directly toward or largely affected elders, including—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1e4-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/c/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the name of the district where the case originated;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1e5-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/c/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the style of the case, including the case name and number;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1e6-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/c/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>a description of the scheme or scam; and<page identifier="/us/stat/131/1211">131 STAT. 1211</page></content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1af1e7-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/c/2/D" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>the outcome of the case.</content></subparagraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1af1e8-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tI/s101/d" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Use of Appropriated Funds</inline>.—</heading><content>No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section.</content></subsection>
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<num value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading>IMPROVED DATA COLLECTION AND FEDERAL COORDINATION</heading>
<section id="d248388e502" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s201" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="201">SEC. 201. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1b18f9-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t34/s21721">34 USC 21721</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>ESTABLISHMENT OF BEST PRACTICES FOR LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL DATA COLLECTION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1b400a-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s201/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1b400b-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Attorney General, in consultation with Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies, shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1b400c-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s201/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>establish best practices for data collection to focus on elder abuse; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1b400d-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s201/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>provide technical assistance to State, local, and tribal governments in adopting the best practices established under paragraph (1).</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1b400e-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s201/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1b400f-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1b4010-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Deadline</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall publish the best practices established under subsection (a)(1) on the website of the Department of Justice in a publicly accessible manner.</content></subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1b4011-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s201/c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>Nothing in this section shall be construed to require or obligate compliance with the best practices established under subsection (a)(1).</content></subsection>
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<section id="d248388e557" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="202">SEC. 202. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1b4012-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t34/s21722">34 USC 21722</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>EFFECTIVE INTERAGENCY COORDINATION AND FEDERAL DATA COLLECTION.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1bdc53-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1bdc54-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1bdc55-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, on an annual basis—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1bdc56-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>collect from Federal law enforcement agencies, other agencies as appropriate, and Federal prosecutors’ offices statistical data related to elder abuse cases, including cases or investigations where one or more victims were elders, or the case or investigation involved a financial scheme or scam that was either targeted directly toward or largely affected elders; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1bdc57-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1bdc58-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Web posting.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1bdc59-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Public information.</p></sidenote><chapeau>publish on the website of the Department of Justice in a publicly accessible manner—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1bdc5a-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202/a/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1bdc5b-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Summary.</p></sidenote><content>a summary of the data collected under paragraph (1); and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1bdc5c-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202/a/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1bdc5d-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1bdc5e-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote><content>recommendations for collecting additional data relating to elder abuse, including recommendations for ways to improve data reporting across Federal, State, and local agencies.</content></subparagraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1bdc5f-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Requirement</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The data collected under subsection (a)(1) shall include—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1bdc60-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>the total number of investigations initiated by Federal law enforcement agencies, other agencies as appropriate, and Federal prosecutors’ offices related to elder abuse;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1bdc61-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the total number and types of elder abuse cases filed in Federal courts; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1bdc62-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>for each case described in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1bdc63-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202/b/3/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the name of the district where the case originated;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1bdc64-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202/b/3/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the style of the case, including the case name and number;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1bdc65-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202/b/3/C" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>a description of the act or acts giving rise to the elder abuse;<page identifier="/us/stat/131/1212">131 STAT. 1212</page></content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1bdc66-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202/b/3/D" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>in the case of a scheme or scam, a description of such scheme or scam giving rise to the elder abuse;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1bdc67-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202/b/3/E" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">(E) </num><content>information about each alleged perpetrator of the elder abuse; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1bdc68-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202/b/3/F" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">(F) </num><content>the outcome of the case.</content></subparagraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1bdc69-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202/c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1bdc6a-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Deadline.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">HHS Requirement</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, on an annual basis, provide to the Attorney General statistical data collected by the Secretary relating to elder abuse cases investigated by adult protective services, which shall be included in the summary published under subsection (a)(2).</content></subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1bdc6b-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tII/s202/d" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="d">(d) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Prohibition on Individual Data</inline>.—</heading><content>None of the information reported under this section shall include specific individually identifiable data.</content></subsection>
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<num value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading>ENHANCED VICTIM ASSISTANCE TO ELDER ABUSE SURVIVORS</heading>
<section id="d248388e699" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIII/s301" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="301">SEC. 301. </num><heading>SENSE OF THE SENATE.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1c298c-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIII/s301/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Findings</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Senate finds the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1c298d-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIII/s301/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The vast majority of cases of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults in the United States go unidentified and unreported.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1c298e-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIII/s301/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Not less than $2,900,000,000 is taken from older adults each year due to financial abuse and exploitation.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1c298f-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIII/s301/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation have no boundaries and cross all racial, social, class, gender, and geographic lines.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1c2990-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIII/s301/a/4" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Older adults who are abused are 3 times more likely to die earlier than older adults of the same age who are not abused.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1c2991-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIII/s301/a/5" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>Up to half of all older adults with dementia will experience abuse.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1c2992-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIII/s301/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sense of the Senate</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>It is the sense of the Senate that—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1c2993-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIII/s301/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>elder abuse involves the exploitation of potentially vulnerable individuals with devastating physical, mental, emotional, and financial consequences to the victims and their loved ones;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1c2994-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIII/s301/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>to combat this affront to America’s older adults, we must do everything possible to both support victims of elder abuse and prevent the abuse from occurring in the first place; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1c2995-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIII/s301/b/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>the Senate supports a multipronged approach to prevent elder abuse and exploitation, protect the victims of elder abuse and exploitation from further harm, and bring the perpetrators of such crimes to justice.</content></paragraph>
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<section id="d248388e763" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIII/s302" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="302">SEC. 302. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1c2996-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t34/s21731">34 USC 21731</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>REPORT.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1c50a7-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIII/s302/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the collection of statistical data under section 202(a)(1) begins and once each year thereafter, the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime shall submit a report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives that addresses, to the extent data are available, the nature, extent, and amount of funding under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s10601/etseq">42 U.S.C. 10601 et seq.</ref>) for victims of crime who are elders.<page identifier="/us/stat/131/1213">131 STAT. 1213</page></content></subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1c50a8-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIII/s302/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Contents</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The report required under subsection (a) shall include—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1c50a9-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIII/s302/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1c50aa-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Analysis.</p></sidenote><content>an analysis of victims’ assistance, victims’ compensation, and discretionary grants under which elder abuse victims (including elder victims of financial abuse, financial exploitation, and fraud) received assistance; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1c50ab-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIII/s302/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1c50ac-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Recommenda-</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1c50ad-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">tions.</p></sidenote><content>recommendations for improving services for victims of elder abuse.</content></paragraph>
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</section>
<num value="IV">TITLE IV—</num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1c77be-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Robert Matava Elder Abuse Prosecution Act of 2017.</p></sidenote><heading>ROBERT MATAVA ELDER ABUSE PROSECUTION ACT OF 2017</heading>
<section id="d248388e824" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s401" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="401">SEC. 401. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1c77bf-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t34/s10101">34 USC 10101 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>SHORT TITLE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Robert Matava Elder Abuse Prosecution Act of 2017</shortTitle>”.</content></section>
<section id="d248388e839" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s402" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="402">SEC. 402. </num><heading>ENHANCED PENALTY FOR TELEMARKETING AND EMAIL MARKETING FRAUD DIRECTED AT ELDERS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1cecf0-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s402/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1cecf1-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t18">18 USC </ref></p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1cecf2-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">prec. 2325.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Chapter 113A of <ref href="/us/usc/t18">title 18, United States Code</ref>, <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1cecf3-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s402/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in the chapter heading, by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText><b>AND EMAIL MARKETING</b></quotedText>” after “<quotedText><b>TELEMARKETING</b></quotedText>”;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1cecf4-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s402/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> section 2325 and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><section class="centered fontsize12" id="yab1d3b15-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I658164"><num class="fontsize12" value="2325">“§ 2325.</num><heading class="fontsize12"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1d3b16-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t18/s2325">18 USC 2325</ref>.</p></sidenote> Definition</heading><chapeau class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xab1d3b17-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> “In this chapter, the term ‘<term>telemarketing or email marketing</term>’—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yab1d3b18-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><chapeau>means a plan, program, promotion, or campaign that is conducted to induce—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d3b19-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>purchases of goods or services;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d3b1a-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>participation in a contest or sweepstakes;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d3b1b-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>a charitable contribution, donation, or gift of money or any other thing of value;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d3b1c-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>investment for financial profit;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d3b1d-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>participation in a business opportunity;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d3b1e-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="F">“(F) </num><content>commitment to a loan; or</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d3b1f-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="G">“(G) </num><content>participation in a fraudulent medical study, research study, or pilot study,</content></subparagraph>
<continuation class="firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="xab1d3b20-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">by use of one or more interstate telephone calls, emails, text messages, or electronic instant messages initiated either by a person who is conducting the plan, program, promotion, or campaign or by a prospective purchaser or contest or sweepstakes participant or charitable contributor, donor, or investor; and</continuation></paragraph>
<paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yab1d3b21-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><chapeau>does not include the solicitation through the posting, publication, or mailing of a catalog or brochure that—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d3b22-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><content>contains a written description or illustration of the goods, services, or other opportunities being offered;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d3b23-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><content>includes the business address of the solicitor;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d3b24-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">“(C) </num><content>includes multiple pages of written material or illustration; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d3b25-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">“(D) </num><content>has been issued not less frequently than once a year,</content></subparagraph>
<continuation class="firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="xab1d3b26-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122">if the person making the solicitation does not solicit customers by telephone, email, text message, or electronic instant message, but only receives interstate telephone calls, emails, text messages, or electronic instant messages initiated by customers <page identifier="/us/stat/131/1214">131 STAT. 1214</page>
in response to the written materials, whether in hard copy or digital format, and in response to those interstate telephone calls, emails, text messages, or electronic instant messages does not conduct further solicitation.”</continuation></paragraph>
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</quotedContent>;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d3b27-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s402/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>in section 2326,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1d3b28-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t18/s2326">18 USC 2326</ref>.</p></sidenote> in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d3b29-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s402/a/3/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or 1344</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>1344, or 1347 or section 1128B of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1320a–7b">42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b</ref>)</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d3b2a-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s402/a/3/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or email marketing</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>telemarketing</quotedText>”; and</content></subparagraph>
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<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d3b2b-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s402/a/4" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following:<quotedContent><section class="centered fontsize12" id="yab1d623c-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658164"><num class="fontsize12" value="2328">“§ 2328.</num><heading class="fontsize12"><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1d623d-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t18/s2328">18 USC 2328</ref>.</p></sidenote> Mandatory forfeiture</heading><subsection class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1d623e-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">“(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1d623f-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Courts.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The court, in imposing sentence on a person who is convicted of any offense for which an enhanced penalty is provided under section 2326, shall order that the defendant forfeit to the United States—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d6240-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">“(1) </num><content>any property, real or personal, constituting or traceable to gross proceeds obtained from such offense; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d6241-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">“(2) </num><content>any equipment, software, or other technology used or intended to be used to commit or to facilitate the commission of such offense.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="indentDown1 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1d6242-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">“(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1d6243-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Applicability.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Procedures</inline>.—</heading><content>The procedures set forth in section 413 of the Controlled Substances Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t21/s853">21 U.S.C. 853</ref>), other than subsection (d) of that section, and in Rule 32.2 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall apply to all stages of a criminal forfeiture proceeding under this section.”</content></subsection>
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</quotedContent>.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1d6244-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s402/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Technical and Conforming Amendments</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d6245-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s402/b/1" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>The table of chapters at the beginning of part I of <ref href="/us/usc/t18">title 18, United States Code</ref>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1d6246-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t18">18 USC </ref>prec. 1.<?GPOvSpace 04?></p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the item relating to chapter 113A and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following:<quotedContent><toc>
<referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658260">
<designator>“113A. </designator>
<label>Telemarketing and email marketing fraud</label>
<target leaderAlign="left" leaderChar="." style="-uslm-lc:I658252">2325”.<?GPOvSpace 04?></target>
</referenceItem></toc>
</quotedContent></content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1d6247-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s402/b/2" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>The table of sections for chapter 113A of <ref href="/us/usc/t18">title 18, United States Code</ref>,<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1d6248-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t18">18 USC </ref></p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1d6249-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">prec. 2325.<?GPOvSpace 04?></p></sidenote> <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after the item relating to section 2327 the following:<quotedContent><toc>
<referenceItem role="section" style="-uslm-lc:I658242">
<designator>“2328. </designator>
<label>Mandatory forfeiture.”.</label>
</referenceItem></toc>
</quotedContent></content></paragraph>
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<section id="d248388e1154" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s403" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="403">SEC. 403. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1d624a-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t34/s21741">34 USC 21741</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR STATES.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xab1d895b-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> The<sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1d895c-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1d895d-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Coordination.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1d895e-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Evaluation.</p></sidenote> Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and in coordination with the Elder Justice Coordinating Council (established under section 2021 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397k">42 U.S.C. 1397k</ref>)), shall create, compile, evaluate, and disseminate materials and information, and provide the necessary training and technical assistance, to assist States and units of local government in—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1db06f-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s403/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>investigating, prosecuting, pursuing, preventing, understanding, and mitigating the impact of—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1db070-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s403/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>physical, sexual, and psychological abuse of elders;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1db071-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s403/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>exploitation of elders, including financial abuse and scams targeting elders; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1db072-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s403/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>neglect of elders; and</content></subparagraph>
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<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1db073-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s403/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1db074-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Assessment.</p></sidenote><content>assessing, addressing, and mitigating the physical and psychological trauma to victims of elder abuse.<page identifier="/us/stat/131/1215">131 STAT. 1215</page></content></paragraph>
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<section id="d248388e1208" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s404" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="404">SEC. 404. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1db075-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t34/s21742">34 USC 21742</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>INTERSTATE INITIATIVES.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1dd786-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s404/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Interstate Agreements and Compacts</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The consent of Congress is given to any two or more States (acting through State agencies with jurisdiction over adult protective services) to enter into agreements or compacts for cooperative effort and mutual assistance—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1dd787-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s404/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in promoting the safety and well-being of elders; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1dd788-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s404/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>in enforcing their respective laws and policies to promote such safety and well-being.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1dd789-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s404/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1dd78a-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Consultation.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1dd78b-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Proposals.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Recommendations on Interstate Communication</inline>.—</heading><content>The Executive Director of the State Justice Institute, in consultation with State or local adult protective services, aging, social, and human services and law enforcement agencies, nationally recognized nonprofit associations with expertise in data sharing among criminal justice agencies and familiarity with the issues raised in elder abuse cases, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall submit to Congress legislative proposals relating to the facilitation of interstate agreements and compacts.</content></subsection>
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<num value="V">TITLE V—</num><heading>MISCELLANEOUS</heading>
<section id="d248388e1257" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s501" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="501">SEC. 501. </num><heading>COURT-APPOINTED GUARDIANSHIP OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES UNDER THE ELDER JUSTICE ACT OF 2009.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="xab1e25ac-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> Section 2042(c) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1397m–1/c">42 U.S.C. 1397m–1(c)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction>—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1e25ad-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s501/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>in paragraph (1), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(and, in the case of demonstration programs described in paragraph (2)(E), to the highest courts of States)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>States</quotedText>”;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1e25ae-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s501/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>in paragraph (2)—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1e4cbf-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s501/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(and the highest courts of States, in the case of demonstration programs described in subparagraph (E))</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>local units of government</quotedText>”;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1e4cc0-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s501/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>in subparagraph (D), by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>or</quotedText>” after the semicolon;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1e4cc1-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s501/2/C" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1e4cc2-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s501/2/D" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="D">(D) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after subparagraph (D), the following new subparagraph:<quotedContent><subparagraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yab1e4cc3-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="E">“(E) </num><content>subject to paragraph (3), programs to assess the fairness, effectiveness, timeliness, safety, integrity, and accessibility of adult guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, including the appointment and the monitoring of the performance of court-appointed guardians and conservators, and to implement changes deemed necessary as a result of the assessments such as mandating background checks for all potential guardians and conservators, and implementing systems to enable the annual accountings and other required conservatorship and guardianship filings to be completed, filed, and reviewed electronically in order to simplify the filing process for conservators and guardians and better enable courts to identify discrepancies and detect fraud and the exploitation of protected persons; or”</content></subparagraph>
</quotedContent>;</content></subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1e4cc4-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s501/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="redesignate">redesignating</amendingAction> paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively;<page identifier="/us/stat/131/1216">131 STAT. 1216</page></content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1e4cc5-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s501/4" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> after paragraph (2), the following new paragraph:<quotedContent><paragraph class="indentUp0 fontsize10" id="yab1e4cc6-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">“(3) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Requirements for court-appointed guardianship oversight demonstration programs</inline>.—</heading><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1e4cc7-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">“(A) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Award of grants</inline>.—</heading><content>In awarding grants to the highest courts of States for demonstration programs described in paragraph (2)(E), the Secretary shall consider the recommendations of the Attorney General and the State Justice Institute, as established by section 203 of the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s10702">42 U.S.C. 10702</ref>).</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1e4cc8-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">“(B) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Collaboration</inline>.—</heading><content>The highest court of a State awarded a grant to conduct a demonstration program described in paragraph (2)(E) shall collaborate with the State Unit on Aging for the State and the Adult Protective Services agency for the State in conducting the demonstration program.”</content></subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</quotedContent>;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1e4cc9-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s501/5" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this section), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(and, in the case of demonstration programs described in paragraph (2)(E), the highest court of a State)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>a State</quotedText>”; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1e4cca-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s501/6" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>(or, in the case of demonstration programs described in paragraph (2)(E), the highest court of a State)</quotedText>” after “<quotedText>State</quotedText>” each place it appears.</content></paragraph>
</section>
<section id="d248388e1398" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s502" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="502">SEC. 502. </num><heading>GAO REPORTS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1e9aeb-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s502/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1e9aec-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Review.</p></sidenote><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Elder Justice Recommendations</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall review existing Federal programs and initiatives in the Federal criminal justice system relevant to elder justice and shall submit to Congress—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1ec1fd-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s502/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>a report on such programs and initiatives; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1ec1fe-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s502/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>any recommendations the Comptroller General determines are appropriate to improve elder justice in the United States.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yab1ec1ff-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s502/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Report on Elder Abuse and International Criminal Enterprises</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on—</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1ec200-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s502/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>Federal Government efforts to monitor—</chapeau><subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1ec201-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s502/b/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>the exploitation of older adults of the United States in global drug trafficking schemes and other international criminal enterprises;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1ec202-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s502/b/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>the extent to which exploitation of older adults of the United States by international criminal enterprises has resulted in the incarceration of these citizens of the United States in foreign countries; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1ec203-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s502/b/1/C" style="-uslm-lc:I658124"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="C">(C) </num><content>the total annual number of elder abuse cases pending in the United States; and</content></subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="yab1ec204-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s502/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>the results of intervention by the United States with foreign officials on behalf of citizens of the United States who are elder abuse victims in international criminal enterprises.</content></paragraph>
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<section id="d248388e1459" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s503" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="503">SEC. 503. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1ec205-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Reports.</p></sidenote><heading>OUTREACH TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> The Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on efforts by the Department <page identifier="/us/stat/131/1217">131 STAT. 1217</page>
of Justice to conduct outreach to State and local law enforcement agencies on the process for collaborating with the Federal Government for the purpose of investigating and prosecuting interstate and international elder financial exploitation cases.</content></section>
<section id="d248388e1472" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s504" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="504">SEC. 504. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1ec206-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Publication.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1ec207-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t34/s21751">34 USC 21751</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>MODEL POWER OF ATTORNEY LEGISLATION.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> The Attorney General shall publish model power of attorney legislation for the purpose of preventing elder abuse.</content></section>
<section id="d248388e1487" identifier="/us/pl/115/70/tV/s505" style="-uslm-lc:I658143"><num class="fontsize12" value="505">SEC. 505. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1ec208-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Publication.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xab1ec209-e82c-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t34/s21752">34 USC 21752</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>BEST PRACTICES AND MODEL LEGISLATION FOR GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120"> The Attorney General shall publish best practices for improving guardianship proceedings and model legislation relating to guardianship proceedings for the purpose of preventing elder abuse.</content></section>
ApprovedOctober 18, 2017.LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 178:SENATE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–9 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
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