115 S178 IS: Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act
U.S. Senate
2017-01-20
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act
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(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Definitions.TITLE I—Supporting Federal Cases Involving Elder JusticeSec. 101. Supporting Federal cases involving elder justice.TITLE II—Improved data collection and Federal coordinationSec. 201. Establishment of best practices for local, State, and Federal data collection.Sec. 202. Effective interagency coordination and Federal data collection.TITLE III—Enhanced victim assistance to elder abuse survivorsSec. 301. Sense of the Senate.Sec. 302. Report.TITLE IV—Robert Matava Elder Abuse Prosecution Act of 2017Sec. 401. Short title.Sec. 402. Enhanced penalty for telemarketing and email marketing fraud directed at elders.Sec. 403. Training and technical assistance for States.Sec. 404. Interstate initiatives.TITLE V—MiscellaneousSec. 501. Court-appointed guardianship oversight activities under the Elder Justice Act of 2009.Sec. 502. GAO reports.Sec. 503. Outreach to State and local law enforcement agencies.Sec. 504. Model power of attorney legislation.Sec. 505. Best practices and model legislation for guardianship proceedings. 2.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; and
(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.
<enum>I</enum><header>Supporting Federal Cases Involving Elder Justice</header>
<section id="id3370b51b-e64c-476e-935e-08585183bb67"><enum>101.</enum><header>Supporting Federal cases involving elder justice</header>
<subsection id="idb45aeb65-02ed-4485-9278-2e3297fec501"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Support and assistance</header>
<paragraph id="id162d3095-b6dd-420e-bb68-55e21df84b01"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Elder justice coordinators</header><text>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—</text>
<subparagraph id="idfdf4dffe-c338-4b34-9bc9-105a9fce1cc5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>serving as the legal counsel for the Federal judicial district on matters relating to elder abuse;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc8df39b-780b-4c45-82c6-1a9b510822b8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prosecuting, or assisting in the prosecution of, elder abuse cases;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id088c24ca-974d-408a-8b88-102921730d61"><enum>(C)</enum><text>conducting public outreach and awareness activities relating to elder abuse; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf522b887-8113-48e5-a2fe-89449e81a675"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensuring the collection of data required to be collected under section 202.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id45ac1e74-da59-4582-8dc2-1b6f015c4135"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Investigative support</header><text>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—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id8fd8f2b8-6840-4c5f-b36c-d8c1de155c76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specialized strategies for communicating with and assisting elder abuse victims; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0dbdd9bd-5e86-486c-8f22-33019ce98df1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>relevant forensic training relating to elder abuse.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="iddac10683-4db7-4c37-a3d4-8aa32659113f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Resource group</header><text>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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida1f92ffa-f540-4b6a-a30b-8e2e39ab99ce"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Designated elder justice working group or subcommittee to the Attorney General’s advisory committee
of United States Attorneys</header><text>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 section 0.10 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto, for the purposes of advising the Attorney General on policies of the Department of Justice relating to elder abuse.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1458be56-0ece-481d-abeb-fdcfe48ee41a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Department of Justice elder justice coordinator</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall designate an Elder Justice Coordinator within the Department of Justice who, in addition to any other responsibilities, shall be responsible for—</text>
<paragraph id="id6aaf3c43-7550-4474-9fc6-495d2187e1c2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinating and supporting the law enforcement efforts and policy activities for the Department of Justice on elder justice issues;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9f591d99-e985-419f-987a-7909967b9686"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0b619ba9-8d3d-4b7a-9393-476d5e0fc101"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct investigations in elder abuse cases;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0587d127-e16a-43c0-82ac-018a4b364eba"><enum>(B)</enum><text>address evidentiary issues and other legal issues; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49308512-3e9f-4e7c-b838-4646feed7c27"><enum>(C)</enum><text>appropriately assess, respond to, and interact with victims and witnesses in elder abuse cases, including in administrative, civil, and criminal judicial proceedings; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="iddd2143f0-153d-46e9-824a-7fadf2de2078"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idebeb29ab-2a55-4554-a9c9-bb88a28bea5a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal trade commission</header>
<paragraph id="id2ed77bdf-ed27-4372-a437-9513f980a1f2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal trade commission elder justice coordinator</header><text>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—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida59faff1-9437-47d3-bf5b-b6807bcc1ba8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coordinating and supporting the enforcement and consumer education efforts and policy activities of the Federal Trade Commission on elder justice issues; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id454940f6-3087-4cb3-be19-12c96f4267c8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id432adb28-a0c4-48cc-9669-692acc764ef7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header><text>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—</text>
<subparagraph id="id956aa172-bfdb-48cf-b6f5-64172cb2328a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the name of the district where the case originated;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id698f954a-595f-4aa7-a7ab-47d8e422d66d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the style of the case, including the case name and number;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0f149226-2c36-4df2-aa88-09cde1f7fbcd"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of the scheme or scam; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3c30f1d9-1556-4a10-8ab2-a290a382ee8a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the outcome of the case.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41ade3d6-8b2a-443f-bb35-21de07650e2a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of appropriated funds</header><text>No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section.</text> </subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Improved data collection and Federal coordination</header> <section id="idd45bf282-4b14-4ad5-b858-f3d90cdb54db"><enum>201.</enum><header>Establishment of best practices for local, State, and Federal data collection</header> <subsection id="id5d21a666-8c3b-4074-8f34-e950f2b34dee"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General, in consultation with Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies, shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idf47f5b62-aa6e-4762-9a47-029920529db7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish best practices for data collection to focus on elder abuse; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id11678418-def2-4936-9fed-240b2e35eb88"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide technical assistance to State, local, and tribal governments in adopting the best practices established under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcac27e2e-a1dd-4838-a3a2-e8cbdda2f87d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ideb9acefb-b50c-4b34-9f89-8c8509f4e8d4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to require or obligate compliance with the best practices established under subsection (a)(1).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id2f8c4794-28f8-44e5-92aa-51bbc6d081dc"><enum>202.</enum><header>Effective interagency coordination and Federal data collection</header>
<subsection id="id36875072-3b7f-4dec-9dc5-292f842849db"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, on an annual basis—</text>
<paragraph id="ide88909f0-c0af-4202-b440-9209ef77e78d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1d4ba8bc-c6fb-4535-9223-860bbd436bb5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>publish on the website of the Department of Justice in a publicly accessible manner—</text> <subparagraph id="ida6657d0a-1e2e-4365-bdbb-91bb1daddb71"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a summary of the data collected under paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd730b105-2a9e-49cc-9231-93bf2c8d48c5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommendations for collecting additional data relating to elder abuse, including recommendations for ways to improve data reporting across Federal, State, and local agencies.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6532f44c-38ab-462b-a2a9-acbc60e7004b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The data collected under subsection (a)(1) shall include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="id84de39f3-7151-405e-b56c-227c19b923d2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the total number of investigations initiated by Federal law enforcement agencies, other agencies as appropriate, and Federal prosecutors' offices related to elder abuse;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id5f6053ec-bce6-4391-b9d1-d8765254f7db"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the total number and types of elder abuse cases filed in Federal courts; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id473a1936-ce50-4409-9e8d-5be4c6294241"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for each case described in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id196423ed-fc41-49fd-9875-e39ea6df472b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the name of the district where the case originated;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id88d45624-a835-4938-ba1d-13010a3b6bff"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the style of the case, including the case name and number;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idfe662bee-0580-4bd7-909e-b65aef20c5f8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of the act or acts giving rise to the elder abuse;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4c8b9528-4875-48ed-a026-81042be00c57"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the case of a scheme or scam, a description of such scheme or scam giving rise to the elder abuse;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idb60ae843-7b8a-4bbc-a81c-71d76be7341a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>information about each alleged perpetrator of the elder abuse; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id399693dc-38a6-422c-bc6f-c3be1b0bab9c"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the outcome of the case.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3ffc9c4f-f581-4e93-845e-6f282d8e62d0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>HHS requirement</header><text>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).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id275070af-9f40-47c0-be35-d5958833a0bc"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition on individual data</header><text>None of the information reported under this section shall include specific individual identifiable data.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Enhanced victim assistance to elder abuse survivors</header>
<section id="id62d01c3f-7b59-461e-bd78-985c0593bbef"><enum>301.</enum><header>Sense of the Senate</header>
<subsection id="id62c710ea-48b1-4c83-a9d2-bd7bdd53b331"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The Senate finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="id8af255dc-a57c-4b7d-aa6c-800c92a43282"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The vast majority of cases of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults in the United States go unidentified and unreported.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9b284c47-d10d-476b-a0a1-4a6bed3b2ff9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not less than $2,900,000,000 is taken from older adults each year due to financial abuse and exploitation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id797d1c8c-f19d-4346-b425-e533acc78a7d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation have no boundaries and cross all racial, social, class, gender, and geographic lines.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfb606184-1214-4bb1-b9fd-27bf9a04f877"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Older adults who are abused are 3 times more likely to die earlier than older adults of the same age who are not abused.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2b0f81df-bf9f-4775-9b3a-c3a05a199d3a"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Up to half of all older adults with dementia will experience abuse.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id12c13807-2cb4-462b-af67-b6508d52c29f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of the Senate</header><text>It is the sense of the Senate that—</text>
<paragraph id="id317bd59c-a625-4a88-b9f4-934f666ef4de"><enum>(1)</enum><text>elder abuse involves the exploitation of potentially vulnerable individuals with devastating physical, mental, emotional, and financial consequences to the victims and their loved ones;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd7c4c1db-59d2-453c-b6c0-1f9b08de584e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1eacf237-11c6-492a-aa11-209a10ee14d4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id4f54de2f-04aa-44cd-bcfb-c29d20299c1d"><enum>302.</enum><header>Report</header>
<subsection id="id108375af-a017-4519-a399-850ea6cc0462"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10601">42 U.S.C. 10601</external-xref> et seq.) for victims of crime who are elders.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idce6599bc-1962-461d-a027-27f19fe6d0d3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subsection (a) shall include—</text> <paragraph id="idfb79b9de-c300-4e34-80d0-5eb8bf2109c5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id47d23242-729e-4dd5-b469-787ff5d169d8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for improving services for victims of elder abuse.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Robert Matava Elder Abuse Prosecution Act of 2017</header> <section id="idf77286c3-32cc-4b7a-9ed0-43c899aa062f"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote>Robert Matava Elder Abuse Prosecution Act of 2017</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idb8478c3c-5c69-45d9-bf85-df23a3f73ccb"><enum>402.</enum><header>Enhanced penalty for telemarketing and email marketing fraud directed at elders</header>
<subsection id="iddbe020f8-d0a0-421a-a060-1413a61cced0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/113A">Chapter 113A</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id7df2c1a3-8fe9-4113-a4f8-2a150c2d72e6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the chapter heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="chapter" style="USC">and email marketing</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="chapter" style="USC">telemarketing</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfc77d6dc-5802-44ef-b643-814cec708fc9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking section 2325 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0f0cd92-a0fc-4459-aaec-298e25366705" style="USC"> <section id="ida555acf6-0f88-4fe5-bffd-7b7950104f18"><enum>2325.</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this chapter, the term <term>telemarketing or email marketing</term>—</text>
<paragraph id="id9435f88e-2ad8-4946-819d-962f080376eb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>means a plan, program, promotion, or campaign that is conducted to induce—</text> <subparagraph id="id82a945f6-d284-4118-bdc9-3041dc72eb9b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>purchases of goods or services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3dcf031c-3869-4088-a328-4c8fb41f88c4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>participation in a contest or sweepstakes;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idae7fdfd2-5b8d-46cc-8a8b-4f569fef3304"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a charitable contribution, donation, or gift of money or any other thing of value;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idffe172b2-24f3-405e-8853-9d73e63973cc"><enum>(D)</enum><text>investment for financial profit;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4116758c-e6e9-4836-a6f2-fa630c84d7b6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>participation in a business opportunity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3ff9cdae-ccc1-4bdc-b0b2-e9337b870133"><enum>(F)</enum><text>commitment to a loan; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6e0b43da-6c3d-4aae-af6d-45536a4ab7d4"><enum>(G)</enum><text>participation in a fraudulent medical study, research study, or pilot study,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">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-text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc5549051-49b5-4621-a1bd-5d4fc7ada7de"><enum>(2)</enum><text>does not include the solicitation through the posting, publication, or mailing of a catalog or brochure that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1e1b6618-5b36-4a06-9941-30a1416515a1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contains a written description or illustration of the goods, services, or other opportunities being offered;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide8aeb2b7-f663-4eb0-87c9-38205969f149"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes the business address of the solicitor;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc7d0dffd-3542-41a8-8fdc-2b271f8ba572"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes multiple pages of written material or illustration; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3e376faf-7576-4c6c-bca1-586445579cf4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>has been issued not less frequently than once a year,</text> </subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">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 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-text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="idc6f71dd1-86bb-4412-bf68-267188e6d15c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 2326, in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2fa482ff-ba4f-405d-a82e-cd2099ab08cf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or 1344</quote> and inserting <quote>1344, or 1347 or section 1128B of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1320a-7b">42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b</external-xref>)</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6c175cdb-0b09-42f4-aad6-3029de888a44"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or email marketing</quote> after <quote>telemarketing</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id247cfa4d-e348-4bc9-8546-448c2e75bcbb"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd6ee403d-7acd-4084-b723-c87d678b7eda" style="USC"> <section id="id38eadc8b-5180-48d4-85b3-31bf55b463d4"><enum>2328.</enum><header>Mandatory forfeiture</header> <subsection id="idc764ecd5-c4e1-4afd-97eb-84393dcc55e4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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—</text>
<paragraph id="id1cdce75e-8e42-4571-92c6-c23c104ca8ff"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any property, real or personal, constituting or traceable to gross proceeds obtained from such offense; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id93ee4112-6de1-43d4-b484-20bb2d2bef54"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any equipment, software, or other technology used or intended to be used to commit or to facilitate the commission of such offense.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id615b93e9-741d-4d8d-a788-e1e9d8fea2e1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The procedures set forth in section 413 of the Controlled Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/853">21 U.S.C. 853</external-xref>), 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.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd92e6484-2fcf-47c4-9eed-ef43dd5556f2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="id7b4b9eab-2836-4a43-aa88-3e25bc16eb3c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The table of chapters at the beginning of part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to chapter 113A and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb100b268-900c-43fa-82cd-f86c15d73b66" style="OLC"><toc><multi-column-toc-entry bold="off" level="section"><toc-enum>113A.</toc-enum><level-header level="section">Telemarketing and email marketing fraud</level-header><target>2325</target></multi-column-toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9df51e60-2ee7-4220-95d1-69d7591ed90e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/113A">chapter 113A</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2327">section 2327</external-xref> the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4902a36d-9f57-4296-a511-0f3715358820" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2328. Mandatory forfeiture.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id820b1cf6-ebb8-43ba-a43e-584e1788c2e9"><enum>403.</enum><header>Training and technical assistance for States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1397k">42 U.S.C. 1397k</external-xref>)), 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—</text>
<paragraph id="idfad208c1-2472-4848-93f6-3330bbc41d90"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">investigating, prosecuting, pursuing, preventing, understanding, and mitigating the impact of—</text> <subparagraph id="id3e1b0c11-8cc9-4429-95c6-5d3008cd9383"><enum>(A)</enum><text>physical, sexual, and psychological abuse of elders;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5814131-a13c-46ff-9234-4b5916fcb02a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>exploitation of elders, including financial abuse and scams targeting elders; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfd95f428-ddb9-4787-81a6-cc226b467161"><enum>(C)</enum><text>neglect of elders; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf67b7aa9-0a30-45dc-bdc3-05b51a2f3ead"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assessing, addressing, and mitigating the physical and psychological trauma to victims of elder abuse.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idbcad8923-efe3-4b78-94fa-89abbd3e499b"><enum>404.</enum><header>Interstate initiatives</header>
<subsection id="id162e85cb-3c44-484d-8742-d8555f9696bd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Interstate agreements and compacts</header><text>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—</text>
<paragraph id="idcbd09503-1cdf-4fc5-afb6-d7b2f928b43f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in promoting the safety and well-being of elders; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idaad3ddb9-9a67-4d44-8e48-054c7b0dc4bc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in enforcing their respective laws and policies to promote such safety and well-being.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idec209b8d-3fe4-4c78-ac64-a6318e047a48"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recommendations on interstate communication</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="id8BF671A901264995B3A265EDEBF556C6"><enum>501.</enum><header>Court-appointed
guardianship oversight activities under the Elder Justice Act of
2009</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2042(c) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1397m-1">42 U.S.C. 1397m–1(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id4EA2B8EBF9AF43A999204275DB8BC279"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>(and, in the case of demonstration programs described in paragraph (2)(E), to the highest courts of States)</quote> after <quote>States</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC0331A08A2C949E9A54F316901943B98"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="id0727312FC0024E39B36BF1DE4FB15793"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>(and the highest courts of States, in the case of demonstration programs described in subparagraph (E))</quote> after <quote>local units of government</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id670DA265DDAF42A684B40604FFD98405"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id42FD7ED5B8B1468D88DA7290CD503CC7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9C978D202CFB4531A19DFDD0B0B9376E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (D), the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="idBBCCEA9DDB114C3F9912EDF066A0E849"><enum>(E)</enum><text>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</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA7F75BC2883A432EBDE1C57F74BB1380"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA4AD13050DCF4CF4AEE472E63971BC63"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2), the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="idED56C9368D594C5FB4B7B104F60FD4E1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements
for court-appointed guardianship oversight demonstration programs</header>
<subparagraph id="id9E9CB61F79CE421196DFEB6427B8F6C2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Award of
grants</header><text>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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10702">42 U.S.C. 10702</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDFE9DE60E1F245BC8BB66215520FA62D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Collaboration</header><text>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.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE06C2033CCEE4102B9428FFDE2254122"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this section), by inserting <quote>(and, in the case of demonstration programs described in paragraph (2)(E), the highest court of a State)</quote> after <quote>a State</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ED355274F334ACB8241A0FA6AAB0E1F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>(or, in the case of demonstration programs described in paragraph (2)(E), the highest court of a State)</quote> after <quote>State</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC1D30618C4C45CC93B12D79A524A134"><enum>502.</enum><header>GAO reports</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33EAB1EEA144408896DA7CCF826A658A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elder justice recommendations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text>
<paragraph id="id2ff38b7a0521418a94674a23c6e3efbe"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a report on such programs and initiatives; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id857a198a7ee640d7b84cd3b6ebf9b1c5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any recommendations the Comptroller General determines are appropriate to improve elder justice in the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idBA43D2A56A0C4F5C8F338D93B6C167D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on elder abuse and international criminal enterprises</header><text>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—</text>
<paragraph id="idc899ad55fc164b228bff2a8730b0ef21"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the extent to which older adults of the United States are being exploited in global drug trafficking schemes and other international criminal enterprises;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0be5c65a6a8f444ba5bee5fdcd8e1e87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the extent to which the 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 court systems, including a description of the total number of such cases pending in foreign court systems; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id495c9a184a554b5a91982ee759577e98"><enum>(3)</enum><text>whether, and to what extent, the Federal Government has intervened with foreign officials on behalf of citizens of the United States who are elder abuse victims in international criminal enterprises, including a description, to the extent such data is available, of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id02cd2ba3766749b1be72ae222348b95b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the total annual number of elder abuse cases pending in the United States and foreign court systems; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9bcb4ad900f148f3ae7336584381ff22"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the total annual number of citizens of the United States who are over the age of 60 years and who are incarcerated overseas as a result of their exploitation in global drug trafficking schemes or other international criminal enterprises.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id04B847FF78174BB7BDADB5C01D6D6D3F"><enum>503.</enum><header>Outreach to State and local law enforcement agencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 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.</text>
</section><section id="id31E8AFE3CF32411B9CF808C583C0F052"><enum>504.</enum><header>Model power of attorney legislation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Attorney General shall publish model power of attorney legislation for the purpose of preventing elder abuse.</text>
</section><section id="id03E432655C9649E6A212856D536C8C7A"><enum>505.</enum><header>Best practices and model legislation for guardianship proceedings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text></section>