[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5277 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5277

   To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the Assistant 
    Secretary, when making grants for multidisciplinary centers of 
   gerontology and gerontology centers of special emphasis, to give 
      preference with respect to such centers that are located at 
            institutions of higher education in urban areas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2006

    Mr. Wu introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the Assistant 
    Secretary, when making grants for multidisciplinary centers of 
   gerontology and gerontology centers of special emphasis, to give 
      preference with respect to such centers that are located at 
            institutions of higher education in urban areas.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965.

    Section 419(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3032h(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``In making such grants, the Assistant Secretary shall give preference 
to multidisciplinary centers of gerontology, and gerontology centers of 
special emphasis, located at institutions of higher education in urban 
areas, with a special emphasis on research to identify and provide 
technical assistance that promotes the best practices in long-term care 
service delivery, housing, financing, transportation, and other areas 
designed to create sustainable livable urban communities for the future 
generations of increasingly diverse older individuals. ''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the 1st day of 
the 1st fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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