<enum>I</enum><header>Purposes; findings; definitions; grants</header> <section id="H3989E8D962DB4D43B791EC758CD914AB"><enum>101.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this Act are—</text> <paragraph id="HA0B53996829C458CB7ECBE0EA6038336"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to include <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors</quote> to the list of groups that receive preference for services as defined in section 305(a)(2)(E) of the Older Americans Act of 1965,</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7C6F5AE0C6094F128E7E446C3A9DED3F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to designate within the Administration on Aging an individual to have responsibility for older individuals who are Holocaust survivors, and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4E86ECAC53E5468BAD4C43B25ABD42CD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to create a grant program to increase and improve transportation services for older individuals with preference to those older individuals who are Holocaust survivors.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HFC7F92FE3E75491B93AD4401C41A1FD9"><enum>102.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H4F804773FB084485A7C17FDFD14BAE6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>During the Holocaust, which took place between 1933 and 1945, an estimated 6,000,000 Jews, as well as millions from other targeted groups, were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H087B6628DED649889C776C496CBA70E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Approximately 127,000 Holocaust survivors remain in the United States, and thousands pass away each year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H270925C2AF62401884E18497063D188E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Holocaust survivors are getting older and frailer, and will be seeking additional support and assistance from social service providers to enable them to age in place. Providers face increased levels of demand from vulnerable individuals without any additional revenue to cover needed services.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7427BCBF015D458BB153DB0AE82A8104"><enum>(4)</enum><text>All Holocaust survivors are at least 65 years old with approximately three quarters of them older than 75 and a majority in their 80s and 90s.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H89C41F07245A4EE79CEB8B1201C93AC8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>More than half of all Holocaust survivors who emigrated to the United States from the former Soviet Union after 1965 fall beneath 200 percent of the Federal poverty threshold and constitute an extremely vulnerable at-risk population in the United States.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H81636B61432C446589A14C217FDC38FB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Holocaust survivors continue to live with the mental and physical scars of the unconscionable trauma caused by the Holocaust.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7BE0B90972A54728AF4FC4900274057D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>While institutionalized settings are beneficial for some older people, long-term care facilities can have an adverse effect on Holocaust survivors. For many Holocaust survivors, institutionalized settings reintroduce sights, sounds, smells, emotions and routines which can induce panic, anxiety, and re-traumatization as a result of experiences resulting from the Holocaust.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H628748A3B68E49318C9BAAD47C0D10EF"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Approximately two-thirds of Holocaust survivors live alone and living alone is a risk factor for institutionalization.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE2D579431BD54B2AB9ED95EB4315E9C7"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Low income Holocaust survivors are more reliant on social service programs than most other older Americans, with proportionally more Holocaust survivors needing services such as personal care, home-delivered and congregate meals, transportation, counseling and mental health support.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H679C5069D5AF4D2D8EA3AE731FFAE078"><enum>103.</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H167ADA0B7B5444348514BFDEC93D29CB" style="traditional"> <paragraph id="H312F28C9EAD443AAACC601FD42BB62C7"><enum>(55)</enum><text>The term <term>Holocaust survivor</term> means an individual who—</text> <subparagraph id="H2F5B38716C544407934BCEC362FA7D0D"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC7994DD8FC654F37907301041C52A8E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>lived in a country between 1933 and 1945 under a Nazi regime, under Nazi occupation, or under the control of Nazi collaborators; or</text> </clause><clause id="H98477EC209A54D5296FA7EDE6249A6EF" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>fled from a country between 1933 and 1945 under a Nazi regime; under Nazi occupation, or under the control of Nazi collaborators;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB465E3AEC28C45D9B6B7C6AC6E40D590"><enum>(B)</enum><text>was persecuted between 1933 and 1945 on the basis of race, religion, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation, ethnicity, or other basis; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69A4D46BD3D04CF495AF3D8289A95340"><enum>(C)</enum><text>was a member of a group that was persecuted by the Nazis.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H092C5800577F4674A22ECB2FF5724582"><enum>104.</enum><header>Organization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3025(a)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H8CF0ED3890D1465CB77620B9DFABBB00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(E) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote> each place it appears, and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H02E14ACDC0DD40DB922F7A097C3BB20C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(E) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HA6040C345E7447E7B6B9C54BA4FDE768"><enum>105.</enum><header>Area plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3025(a)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4DF14482F46347B9B6E2F30BD35B8E90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H146113C22BB74BD692B8F1ADB1D58BC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote> each place it appears,</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE5A8BA184724692BB4594FAB68FA121"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)—</text> <clause id="H27A99CC301014ADDA3BEEFCD621FD09A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subclause id="H6DEC2CE7A9314C468F89F3A52C371C10"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i)(I)(bb) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote> and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H45446C6F18A642E5BA012A8993C92BD4"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote> each place it appears, and</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HEB88069EA5A848FE87E7F35263B4877C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <subclause id="HC8186ED746BD42F6B82D512095B9B65C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subclause (VII) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end,</text> </subclause><subclause id="H942504DDAD484B64B312A14A15B9A905"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating subclause (VIII) as subclause (IX), and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H4CEB75E7439540EB91A81934EFCEA036"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting after subclause (VIII) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56F74F718BDD43128F3B73B7F3FAD6E2" style="traditional"> <subclause id="HBDCB5CF0CAD34FE98EF73AE71706F817"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">older individuals who are Holocaust survivors; and</text> </subclause><after-quoted-block>, and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40FFB85F00844A40B3691AADC4B3EA81"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)(B)(iii) by inserting <quote>, in particular, older individuals who are Holocaust survivors, </quote> after <quote>placement</quote>, and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE65A266EFFBE4462BFEB216B4B5642D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>areas,</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H71F6098BFE9C4BC1A0EF02AC2555EA0C"><enum>106.</enum><header>State plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 307(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3027(a)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H73576E86123849B29C29D529B643FDE5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote>,</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0FD1422C496F42C38AF3D177140733A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (16)(A)—</text> <subparagraph id="H61E8937DFEE74E23B3152B0375DDB284"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (v) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end, and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B0B90D288D4486BA8B0DE5E928CDC38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6E0AD7C13004EEB821B414EC912224D" style="traditional"> <clause id="H7D02D1BFAFC6479A9B33203B6F846C78"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">older individuals who are Holocaust survivors; and</text> </clause><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H16494F04260B4EDF8A626E0BD5A62335"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (28)(A)(ii) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H00A55CA4EF79444394DA69D6B4F857CB"><enum>107.</enum><header>Consumer contributions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 315 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030c–2) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA0BB8040760C4F27894E5C4330E6A841"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote> and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8B2B7D77249F43EF9A0C2EB91D9957A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H3BB88C34912A469BBFFC0C1514738B89"><enum>108.</enum><header>Program authorized</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 372(c)(2)(A) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030s–2(c)(2)(A)) is amended by striking <quote>individuals)</quote> inserting <quote>individuals and older individuals who are Holocaust survivors)</quote>.</text> </section><section id="H45C9E85D26F2486CBA2F1FB0CA0BAD49"><enum>109.</enum><header>Prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 721(b)(12) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3058i(b)(12)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H82A7541348D542C6A4CF6FE94D1797D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end,</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1807D3D010364FD6AEE9EE6CEE02C143"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>or</quote>, and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3EEA97C0E1AC4BF4AD68CFAFCBB504AF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC35D0D5781C74ED9A8B50D6AE6AE57CE" style="traditional"> <subparagraph id="H8619C692F65847E090C94978898C4F07"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">older individuals who are Holocaust survivors.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>

Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Holocaust Survivors Assistance Act of 2011

<enum>I</enum><header>Purposes; findings; definitions; grants</header> <section id="H3989E8D962DB4D43B791EC758CD914AB"><enum>101.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this Act are—</text> <paragraph id="HA0B53996829C458CB7ECBE0EA6038336"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to include <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors</quote> to the list of groups that receive preference for services as defined in section 305(a)(2)(E) of the Older Americans Act of 1965,</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7C6F5AE0C6094F128E7E446C3A9DED3F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to designate within the Administration on Aging an individual to have responsibility for older individuals who are Holocaust survivors, and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4E86ECAC53E5468BAD4C43B25ABD42CD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to create a grant program to increase and improve transportation services for older individuals with preference to those older individuals who are Holocaust survivors.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HFC7F92FE3E75491B93AD4401C41A1FD9"><enum>102.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H4F804773FB084485A7C17FDFD14BAE6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>During the Holocaust, which took place between 1933 and 1945, an estimated 6,000,000 Jews, as well as millions from other targeted groups, were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H087B6628DED649889C776C496CBA70E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Approximately 127,000 Holocaust survivors remain in the United States, and thousands pass away each year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H270925C2AF62401884E18497063D188E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Holocaust survivors are getting older and frailer, and will be seeking additional support and assistance from social service providers to enable them to age in place. Providers face increased levels of demand from vulnerable individuals without any additional revenue to cover needed services.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7427BCBF015D458BB153DB0AE82A8104"><enum>(4)</enum><text>All Holocaust survivors are at least 65 years old with approximately three quarters of them older than 75 and a majority in their 80s and 90s.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H89C41F07245A4EE79CEB8B1201C93AC8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>More than half of all Holocaust survivors who emigrated to the United States from the former Soviet Union after 1965 fall beneath 200 percent of the Federal poverty threshold and constitute an extremely vulnerable at-risk population in the United States.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H81636B61432C446589A14C217FDC38FB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Holocaust survivors continue to live with the mental and physical scars of the unconscionable trauma caused by the Holocaust.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7BE0B90972A54728AF4FC4900274057D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>While institutionalized settings are beneficial for some older people, long-term care facilities can have an adverse effect on Holocaust survivors. For many Holocaust survivors, institutionalized settings reintroduce sights, sounds, smells, emotions and routines which can induce panic, anxiety, and re-traumatization as a result of experiences resulting from the Holocaust.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H628748A3B68E49318C9BAAD47C0D10EF"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Approximately two-thirds of Holocaust survivors live alone and living alone is a risk factor for institutionalization.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE2D579431BD54B2AB9ED95EB4315E9C7"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Low income Holocaust survivors are more reliant on social service programs than most other older Americans, with proportionally more Holocaust survivors needing services such as personal care, home-delivered and congregate meals, transportation, counseling and mental health support.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H679C5069D5AF4D2D8EA3AE731FFAE078"><enum>103.</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H167ADA0B7B5444348514BFDEC93D29CB" style="traditional"> <paragraph id="H312F28C9EAD443AAACC601FD42BB62C7"><enum>(55)</enum><text>The term <term>Holocaust survivor</term> means an individual who—</text> <subparagraph id="H2F5B38716C544407934BCEC362FA7D0D"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC7994DD8FC654F37907301041C52A8E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>lived in a country between 1933 and 1945 under a Nazi regime, under Nazi occupation, or under the control of Nazi collaborators; or</text> </clause><clause id="H98477EC209A54D5296FA7EDE6249A6EF" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>fled from a country between 1933 and 1945 under a Nazi regime; under Nazi occupation, or under the control of Nazi collaborators;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB465E3AEC28C45D9B6B7C6AC6E40D590"><enum>(B)</enum><text>was persecuted between 1933 and 1945 on the basis of race, religion, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation, ethnicity, or other basis; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69A4D46BD3D04CF495AF3D8289A95340"><enum>(C)</enum><text>was a member of a group that was persecuted by the Nazis.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H092C5800577F4674A22ECB2FF5724582"><enum>104.</enum><header>Organization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3025(a)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H8CF0ED3890D1465CB77620B9DFABBB00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(E) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote> each place it appears, and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H02E14ACDC0DD40DB922F7A097C3BB20C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(E) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HA6040C345E7447E7B6B9C54BA4FDE768"><enum>105.</enum><header>Area plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3025(a)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4DF14482F46347B9B6E2F30BD35B8E90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H146113C22BB74BD692B8F1ADB1D58BC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote> each place it appears,</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE5A8BA184724692BB4594FAB68FA121"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)—</text> <clause id="H27A99CC301014ADDA3BEEFCD621FD09A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subclause id="H6DEC2CE7A9314C468F89F3A52C371C10"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i)(I)(bb) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote> and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H45446C6F18A642E5BA012A8993C92BD4"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote> each place it appears, and</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HEB88069EA5A848FE87E7F35263B4877C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <subclause id="HC8186ED746BD42F6B82D512095B9B65C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subclause (VII) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end,</text> </subclause><subclause id="H942504DDAD484B64B312A14A15B9A905"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating subclause (VIII) as subclause (IX), and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H4CEB75E7439540EB91A81934EFCEA036"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting after subclause (VIII) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56F74F718BDD43128F3B73B7F3FAD6E2" style="traditional"> <subclause id="HBDCB5CF0CAD34FE98EF73AE71706F817"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">older individuals who are Holocaust survivors; and</text> </subclause><after-quoted-block>, and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40FFB85F00844A40B3691AADC4B3EA81"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)(B)(iii) by inserting <quote>, in particular, older individuals who are Holocaust survivors, </quote> after <quote>placement</quote>, and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE65A266EFFBE4462BFEB216B4B5642D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>areas,</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H71F6098BFE9C4BC1A0EF02AC2555EA0C"><enum>106.</enum><header>State plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 307(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3027(a)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H73576E86123849B29C29D529B643FDE5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote>,</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0FD1422C496F42C38AF3D177140733A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (16)(A)—</text> <subparagraph id="H61E8937DFEE74E23B3152B0375DDB284"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (v) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end, and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B0B90D288D4486BA8B0DE5E928CDC38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6E0AD7C13004EEB821B414EC912224D" style="traditional"> <clause id="H7D02D1BFAFC6479A9B33203B6F846C78"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">older individuals who are Holocaust survivors; and</text> </clause><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H16494F04260B4EDF8A626E0BD5A62335"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (28)(A)(ii) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H00A55CA4EF79444394DA69D6B4F857CB"><enum>107.</enum><header>Consumer contributions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 315 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030c–2) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA0BB8040760C4F27894E5C4330E6A841"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote> and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8B2B7D77249F43EF9A0C2EB91D9957A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d) by inserting <quote>older individuals who are Holocaust survivors,</quote> after <quote>proficiency,</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H3BB88C34912A469BBFFC0C1514738B89"><enum>108.</enum><header>Program authorized</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 372(c)(2)(A) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030s–2(c)(2)(A)) is amended by striking <quote>individuals)</quote> inserting <quote>individuals and older individuals who are Holocaust survivors)</quote>.</text> </section><section id="H45C9E85D26F2486CBA2F1FB0CA0BAD49"><enum>109.</enum><header>Prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 721(b)(12) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3058i(b)(12)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H82A7541348D542C6A4CF6FE94D1797D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end,</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1807D3D010364FD6AEE9EE6CEE02C143"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>or</quote>, and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3EEA97C0E1AC4BF4AD68CFAFCBB504AF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC35D0D5781C74ED9A8B50D6AE6AE57CE" style="traditional"> <subparagraph id="H8619C692F65847E090C94978898C4F07"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">older individuals who are Holocaust survivors.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Functions of assistant secretary</header> <section id="H7A4A4BE535B04B299E6EC4B10442A064"><enum>201.</enum><header>Establishment of administration on aging</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 201 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3012) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AAC84BC14A04344B6E6DEAE88B5E7B9" style="traditional"> <subsection id="H14207EE1FA4D4227BB2280954950356D"><enum>(g)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD48771737A024B6DAFD3FAEBED6A0056"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Assistant Secretary is authorized to designate within the Administration a person to have responsibility for older individuals who are Holocaust survivors.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2362EEFD5DB945D89AE8561FFF6B7919"><enum>(h)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be the duty of the Assistant Secretary, acting through the person designated to have responsibility for older individuals who are Holocaust survivors.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><enum>III</enum><header>Activities for health, independence, and longevity</header> <section id="H1F023B41500C4873A40072E49ECE35E1"><enum>301.</enum><header>Innovation to improve transportation for older individuals who are Holocaust survivors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title IV of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD39B250C6394EBF97DE968ECBCB29F1" style="OLC"> <section id="HAF31D3AB356E46648AC0DDE885407841"><enum>423.</enum><header>Innovation to improve transportation for older individuals who are Holocaust survivors</header> <subsection id="H46998C210FF84BADA407C65B1589F19F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Assistant Secretary shall award grants or contracts to nonprofit organizations to improve and increase transportation services for older individuals, with preference toward those older individuals who are Holocaust survivors. The Assistant Secretary shall make grants or enter into such contracts for period of not less than 5 years.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H7F91D9AE757F482284153460632F3CFB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds</header> <paragraph id="H83F5FEB0316C43CE85E40CB490AC5E48"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A nonprofit organization receiving a grant or contract under subsection (a) shall use the funds received through such grant or contract to carry out a demonstration project, or to provide technical assistance to assist local transit providers, area agencies on aging, senior centers, and local senior support groups, to encourage and facilitate coordination of Federal, State, and local transportation services and resources for older individuals who are Holocaust survivors. The organization may use the funds to develop and carry out an innovative transportation demonstration project to create transportation services for older individuals.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5997766595D64A50AC2A9124E9229B13"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific activities</header><text>In carrying out a demonstration project or providing technical assistance under paragraph (1) the organization may carry out activities that include—</text> <subparagraph id="H2710CCCA4E844618845CE2EF82415C13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>developing innovative approaches for improving access by older individuals to transportation services, including volunteer driver programs, economically sustainable transportation programs, and programs that allow older individuals to transfer their automobiles to a provider of transportation services in exchange for the services;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H491B3E2396034F3AB0962C88D65E76E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>preparing information on transportation options and resources for older individuals and organizations serving such individuals, and disseminating the information by establishing and operating a toll-free telephone number;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H14FDC5B564324D8C847BD014BBF61360"><enum>(C)</enum><text>developing models and best practices for providing comprehensive integrated transportation services for older individuals, including services administered by the Secretary of Transportation, by providing ongoing technical assistance to agencies providing services under title III and by assisting in coordination of public and community transportation services; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50D2FEF015FF4A16B29442171FA16B8C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>providing special services to link older individuals to transportation services not provided under title III.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H896BB225ED784241B385964A74CD979E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Preference</header><text>In awarding grants and entering into contracts under paragraph (a), the Assistant Secretary shall give preference to organizations and institutions that have previous extensive experience working with and conducting assessment of the needs of Holocaust survivors who are older individuals.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H5FDC8A142C2D4DBDB2066E973326A107"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In determining the type of programs and activities used to improve and increase transportation assistance for Holocaust survivors, the Assistant Secretary shall consult with the individual designated by Section 201(h)(1) of the Act and with national organizations with special expertise in serving Holocaust survivors who are older individuals.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H6203127FCF4745AA85345BA7D0A2FDB1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant or enter into a contract under paragraph (a), an entity shall have previous extensive experience working with and conducting assessment of the needs of older individuals.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2B91C11ADCF44C17848DEF48E2B53E28"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report to congress</header><text>The Assistant Secretary with assistance from the individual designated by Section 201 (h)(1) of the Act, shall prepare and submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate an annual report on the status and needs, including the priority areas of concern, of older individuals who are Holocaust survivors.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>