[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3161 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3161

To make technical amendments necessitated by the enactment of the Older 
       Americans Act Amendments of 1992, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 1993

 Mr. Martinez (for himself and Ms. Molinari) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Education and 
              Labor and Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To make technical amendments necessitated by the enactment of the Older 
       Americans Act Amendments of 1992, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Older Americans Act Technical 
Amendments of 1993''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965.

    The Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001-3058ee) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 102(3) by inserting ``of the United States'' 
        after ``Virgin Islands'',
            (2) in section 202(a)(18)--
                    (A) by striking ``, and service providers,'', and
                    (B) by inserting ``, and service providers,'' after 
                ``on aging'',
            (3) in section 202(a)(27)(C) by striking ``1994'' and 
        inserting ``1995'',
            (4) in section 203(a)(3) by striking ``Federal'' the first 
        place it appears,
            (5) in section 206(g)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``1994'' and 
                inserting ``1995'',
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking ``1993'' and 
                inserting ``1994'', and
                    (C) in paragraph (3) by striking ``1994'' and 
                inserting ``1995'',
            (6) in section 302 by striking paragraph (10),
            (7) in section 305(b)(1) by striking ``clause (1) of 
        subsection (a)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(1)'',
            (8) in section 307--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(24) by striking the semicolon 
                at the end and inserting a period, and
                    (B) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ``the 
                requirement described in clause (3)(B) of subsection 
                (a)'' and inserting ``such requirement'',
            (9) in section 310(a)(1) by striking ``Disaster Relief and 
        Emergency Assistance Act'' and inserting ``Robert T. Stafford 
        Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act'',
            (10) in section 314(a) by striking ``(a) Promotion.--'',
            (11) in section 321(a)(15) by striking ``clause (16) of 
        section 307(a)'' and inserting ``chapter 3 of subtitle A of 
        title VII and section 307(a)(16)'',
            (12) in section 402(b) by striking ``Alcohol, Drug Abuse, 
        and Mental Health Administration'' and inserting ``Substance 
        Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration'',
            (13) in the first sentence of section 421(a) by striking 
        ``purposes'' the last place it appears and inserting 
        ``objectives'',
            (14) in section 510 by striking ``section 203 of such Act 
        (29 U.S.C. 1603)'' and inserting ``sections 203 and 
        204(d)(5)(A) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1603, 1604(d)(5)(A))'', and
            (15) in subsections (c) and (d) of section 614 by striking 
        ``Commission'' and inserting ``Assistant Secretary''.

SEC. 3. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AGING.

    (a) Amendments to the Older Americans Act of 1965.--The Older 
Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001-3058ee) is amended--
            (1) by amending section 102(2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) The term `Assistant Secretary' means the Assistant 
        Secretary for Aging.'',
            (2) in section 201--
                    (A) in subsection (a) by striking ``a Commissioner 
                on'' and inserting ``an Assistant Secretary for'',
                    (B) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in paragraph (2) by striking ``an 
                        Associate Commissioner on'' and inserting ``a 
                        Director of the Office for'', and
                            (ii) in paragraph (3) by striking 
                        ``Associate Commissioner on'' and inserting 
                        ``Director of the Office for'',
                    (C) in subsection (d)--
                            (i) by striking ``an Associate Commissioner 
                        for Ombudsman Programs'' and inserting ``a 
                        Director of the Office of Long-Term Care 
                        Ombudsman Programs'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``Associate Commissioner'' 
                        each place it appears and inserting 
                        ``Director'', and
                    (D) by striking ``Commissioner'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``Assistant Secretary'',
            (3) in section 202--
                    (A) in the heading by striking ``commissioner'' and 
                inserting ``assistant secretary'',
                    (B) in subsection (a)(21)(A) by striking 
                ``Associate Commissioner for Ombudsman Programs'' and 
                inserting ``Director of the Office of Long-Term Care 
                Ombudsman Programs'',
                    (C) in subsection (e)(1)(A)(iv) by striking 
                ``Associate Commissioner on'' and inserting ``Director 
                of the Office for'', and
                    (D) by striking ``Commissioner'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``Assistant Secretary'',
            (4) in sections 212 and 429E--
                    (A) by striking ``Associate Commissioner on'' and 
                inserting ``Director of the Office for'', and
                    (B) by striking ``Commissioner'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``Assistant Secretary'',
            (5) in section 307--
                    (A) in subsections (d) and (e) by striking 
                ``Commissioner's'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``Assistant Secretary's'', and
                    (B) by striking ``Commissioner'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``Assistant Secretary'',
            (6) in section 311(a)(4)(B) by striking ``Commissioner'' 
        and inserting ``Assistant Secretary for Aging'',
            (7) in section 427--
                    (A) in subsection (a) by striking ``Commissioner'' 
                and inserting ``Assistant Secretary'', and
                    (B) in subsection (b) by striking ``Commissioner on 
                Aging'' each place is appears and inserting ``Assistant 
                Secretary'',
            (8) in sections 503(a) and 505(a) by striking 
        ``Commissioner'' and inserting ``Assistant Secretary for 
        Aging'',
            (9) in section 712--
                    (A) in subsection (h)(4)(A) by striking ``Associate 
                Commissioner for Ombudsman Programs'' and inserting 
                ``Director of the Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman 
                Programs'', and
                    (B) by striking ``Commissioner'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``Assistant Secretary'',
            (10) in section 751--
                    (A) in subsection (a) by striking ``Associate 
                Commissioner on'' and inserting ``Director of the 
                Office for'', and
                    (B) in subsection (b) by striking ``Commissioner'' 
                each place it appears and inserting ``Assistant 
                Secretary'', and
            (11) by striking ``Commissioner'' each place it appears, 
        and inserting ``Assistant Secretary'', in sections 203(a), 
        203A, 204(d), 205, 207, 211, 214, 215(b)(2), 301, 304, 305, 
        306, 307, 308, 309(a), 310, 312, 313(a), 321, 331, 336, 337, 
        338(a), 338A, 338B, 341, 351, 361, 381, 402, 411, 412, 421, 
        422, 423, 424, 425(a), 428, 429, 429A, 429B, 429C, 429D, 429E, 
        429F, 429G, 429H, 429I, 429J, 431, 432, 433, 505(b), 613, 614, 
        614A, 624, 631, 632, 701, 703, and 705(a)(7)(D), 713, 
        741(a)(4)(G), 763, and 764(a).
    (b) Amendments to Other Law.--(1) Section 5315 of title 5 of the 
United States Code is amended in the item relating to Assistant 
Secretaries of Health and Human Services by striking ``(5)'' and 
inserting ``(6)''.
    (2) Section 9(b) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 958(b)) is amended by striking 
``Commissioner on Aging'' and inserting ``Assistant Secretary for 
Aging''.
    (3) Sections 911(a)(8) and 921(a)(2) of the Alzheimers' Disease and 
Related Dementias Services Research Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 11211(a)(8), 
11221(a)(2)) are amended by striking ``Commissioner on Aging'' and 
inserting ``Assistant Secretary for Aging''.
    (4) Section 17(o)(3)(A) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1766(o)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ``Commissioner on Aging'' and 
inserting ``Assistant Secretary for Aging''.
    (c) References.--Any reference to the Commissioner on Aging in any 
order, rule, guideline, contract, grant, suit, or proceeding that is 
pending, enforceable, or in effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the Assistant Secretary for 
Aging.

SEC. 4. MATTERS RELATING TO THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1992.

    (a) Technical Amendments.--The Older Americans Act Amendments of 
1992 (Public Law 102-375; 106 Stat. 1195-1310) is amended--
            (1) in section 202(g) by striking ``1993'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``1994'', and
            (2) in section 211 by striking ``1994'' and inserting 
        ``1995''.
    (b) Delayed Applicability of Certain Amendments.--The amendments 
made by--
            (1) sections 303(a)(2), 303(a)(3), 304 (excluding 
        subsection (a)(2)), 305, 306, 307, and 317, and
            (2) title VII,
of the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1992 (Public Law 102-375; 106 
Stat. 1221 et seq.) shall not apply with respect to fiscal year 1993.

SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS ACT OF 
              1974.

    The Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2991-2992d) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 802 by striking ``Alaskan'' and inserting 
        ``Alaska'', and
            (2) in the first sentence of section 803(a) by striking 
        ``nonreservation areas'' and inserting ``areas that are not 
        Indian reservations or Alaska Native villages'',
            (3) in section 803A--
                    (A) in subsections (b), (c), and (d) by striking 
                ``to which a grant is awarded under subsection (a)(1)'' 
                each place it appears, and
                    (B) in subsection (f)(1) by striking ``for fiscal 
                years 1988, 1989, and 1990 the aggregate amount 
                $3,000,000 for all such fiscal years'' and inserting 
                ``for each of the fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994, 
                $1,000,000'',
            (4) in section 806(a)(2) by striking ``Alaskan'' and 
        inserting ``Alaska'',
            (5) in section 815--
                    (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ``Alaskan'' and 
                inserting ``Alaska'', and
                    (B) in paragraph (4) by adding a semicolon at the 
                end, and
            (6) in section 816--
                    (A) in subsections (a) and (b) by inserting a comma 
                after ``803A'' each place it appears,
                    (B) in subsection (c) by striking ``are'' and 
                inserting ``is'',
                    (C) in subsection (e) by striking ``fiscal years 
                1992 and 1993'' and inserting ``fiscal year 1994'', and
                    (D) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
                subsections (d) and (e), respectively.

SEC. 6. AMENDMENTS REGARDING THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON AGING.

    Title II of the Older Americans Amendments of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3001 
note) is amended--
            (1) in section 202(a) by striking ``December 31, 1994'' and 
        inserting ``May 31, 1995'',
            (2) in section 203(b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``subsection 
                (a)(2)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(3)'', and
                    (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ``subsection 
                (a)(5)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(6)'',
            (3) in section 204--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1) by striking ``90 days 
                        after the enactment of the Older Americans Act 
                        Amendments of 1992'' and inserting ``December 
                        31, 1993'', and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking ``60 
                        days'' and inserting ``90 days'',
                    (B) in subsection (b) by moving the left margin of 
                paragraph (2) 2 ems to the right so as to align such 
                margin with the left margin of paragraph (1), and
                    (C) in subsection (d) by striking ``prescribed rate 
                for GS-18 under section 5332'' and inserting 
                ``equivalent of the maximum rate of pay payable under 
                section 5376'',
            (4) in section 206(5) by inserting ``of the United States'' 
        after ``Virgin Islands'', and
            (5) in section 207--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ``1994'' and 
                inserting ``1996'', and
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraphs (1) and (2) by striking 
                        ``June 30, 1995'' each place it appears and 
                        inserting ``December 30, 1995'', and
                            (ii) in paragraph (3) by striking ``1994'' 
                        and inserting ``1995''.

SEC. 7. AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT ACT.

    (a) Discretionary Authority.--Section 681(a)(2) of the Community 
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9910(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D) by striking ``(including'' and all 
        that follows through ``facilities'', and inserting ``, 
        including rental housing for low-income individuals'',
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as 
        subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively, and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
                    ``(E) technical assistance and training programs 
                regarding the planning and development of community 
                facilities (in selecting entities to carry out such 
                programs, the Secretary shall give priority to 
                organizations described in subparagraph (D));''.
    (b) Annual Report.--Section 682 of the Community Services Block 
Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9911) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``contract with'' and 
                        inserting ``making a grant to'',
                            (ii) by striking ``this subtitle'' and 
                        inserting ``section 674'', and
                            (iii) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
                        and inserting the following:
            ``(A) the uses of the Community Services Block Grant to the 
        States that are related to the purposes of the subtitle;
            ``(B) The number of entities eligible for funds under this 
        subtitle, the number of low-income persons served under this 
        subtitle, and that amount of information concerning the 
        demographics of the low-income populations served by such 
        eligible entities as is determined to be feasible.
            ``(C) Any additional information that the Secretary 
        considers to be appropriate to carry out this subtitle, except 
        that the Secretary may not require a State to provide such 
        additional information until the expiration of the 1-year 
        period beginning on the date on which the Secretary notifies 
        such State that such additional information will be required to 
        be provided.'',
                    (B) in paragraphs (2) by striking ``, by 
                contract,'', and
                    (C) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
    ``(3)(A) In selecting an entity to prepare a report under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall give a preference to any nonprofit 
entity that has demonstrated the ability to secure the voluntary 
cooperation of grantees under this subtitle in designing and 
implementing national Community Block Grant information systems.
    ``(B) The Secretary shall award a grant under this subsection not 
later than 180 days after the first day of the first fiscal year 
beginning after the year for which the report is being prepared.'', and
            (2) in subsection (b) by striking ``Not later'' and all 
        that follows through ``prepared, the'', and inserting ``The''.
    (c) Technical Amendments.--The Community Services Block Grant Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9901-9912) is amended--
            (1) in section 673(4) by inserting ``of the United States'' 
        after ``Virgin Islands'',
            (2) in section 674(a)--
                    (A) in paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(A)(ii) by striking 
                ``681(c)'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``681(d)'', and
                    (B) in paragraph (3) by inserting ``of the United 
                States'' after ``Virgin Islands'',
            (3) in section 680(a) by striking ``681(c)'' and inserting 
        ``681(d)'', and
            (4) in section 681A by striking ``Statewide'' and inserting 
        ``statewide''.

SEC. 8. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS WITH RESPECT TO CHILD CARE.

    Section 8 of Public Law 102-586 is amended by striking ``Child Care 
and Development Block Grant Act Amendments of 1992'' each place it 
appears and inserting ``Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990''.

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