article: 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 the first sentence of section 211 by striking ``agencies,'' and inserting ``agencies'', (7) in section 302 by striking paragraph (10), (8) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 305(b) by striking ``clause (1) of subsection (a)'' each place it appears, and inserting ``subsection (a)(1)'', (9) in section 307-- (A) in section 307(a)-- (i) in the last sentence of paragraph (8) by striking ``knowledgable'' and inserting ``knowledgeable'', and (ii) in paragraph (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'', (10) in section 310(a)(1) by striking ``Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act'' and inserting ``Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act'', (11) in section 314(a) by striking ``(a) Promotion.--'', (12) 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)'', (13) in section 361(a) by inserting ``and Prevention'' after ``Control'', (14) in section 402(b) by striking ``Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration'' and inserting ``Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration'', (15) in section 411(e) by striking ``431(b)'' and inserting ``section 431(b)'', (16) in the first sentence of section 421(a) by striking ``purposes'' the last place it appears and inserting ``purpose'', (17) in section 429G(a)(2)(B)(v)(X) by striking ``and'' at the end, (18) in subsections (a) and (b)(2) of section 429I by striking ``black'' and inserting ``Black'', (19) in section 429J(a)(2)(D) by inserting ``of 1974'' after ``Act'', (20) 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 (21) 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 it appears and inserting ``Assistant Secretary'', (8) in subsections (a) and (b)(1) of section 503, and in section 505(a), by striking ``Commissioner'' each place it appears 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 subsections (a) and (b) by striking ``Commissioner'' each place it appears and inserting ``Assistant Secretary'', (11) in the headings of sections 338B(b), 429A(g)(2), 429G(c)(2), and 763(b) by striking ``Commissioner'' and inserting ``Assistant Secretary'', (12) in the heading of section 433 by striking ``commissioner'' and inserting ``assistant secretary'', and (13) by striking ``Commissioner'' each place it appears, and inserting ``Assistant Secretary'', in sections 203(a), 203A, 204(d), 205, 206(g), 207, 211, 214, 215(b)(2), 301, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309(a), 310, 312, 313(a), 314, 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, 429F, 429G, 429H, 429I, 429J, 431, 432, 433, 613, 614, 614A, 623, 624, 631, 632, 701, 703, 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 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Research Act of 1986 (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 of 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'', (2) in section 211 by striking ``1994'' and inserting ``1995'', and (3) in section 502(b)-- (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ``The first sentence of section'' and inserting ``Section'', and (B) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``in the first sentence'' after ``(1)''. (b) Delayed Applicability of Certain Amendments.--The amendments made by-- (1) sections 303(a)(2), 303(a)(3), 304 (excluding paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a)), 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)(1) by striking ``to which a grant is awarded under subsection (a)(1)'' each place it appears, (B) in subsection (d)(2) by striking ``to which a grant is made under subsection (a)(1)'', and (C) 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 803B(c)-- (A) in paragraph (5) by striking ``individuals who'' and inserting ``agencies described in section 803(a) that'', and (B) in paragraph (6) by striking ``such individuals'' and inserting ``Native Americans,'', (5) in section 806(a)(2) by striking ``Alaskan'' and inserting ``Alaska'', (6) in section 815-- (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ``Alaskan'' each place it appears 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 paragraph (1)-- (I) by striking ``June 30, 1995, or'', and (II) by striking ``, whichever occurs earlier'', (ii) in paragraph (2)-- (I) by striking ``June 30, 1995, or'', and (II) by striking ``, whichever occurs earlier,'', and (iii) in paragraph (3) by striking ``June 30, 1994'' and inserting ``December 31, 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 rural 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 ``awarding a grant or contract 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 information in addition to that described in subparagraph (B) 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) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3), and (C) by adding at the end the following: ``(2) 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 Services Block Grant information systems.'', 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''. SEC. 9. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT. (a) In General.--The first sentence of section 114(d) of the Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Adoption and Family Services Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 5106a note; Public Law 102-295) is amended-- (1) by striking ``on October 1, 1993, or'', and (2) by striking ``, whichever occurs first''. (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect on September 30, 1993. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.
summary: Older Americans Act Technical Amendments of 1993 - Makes numerous miscellaneous technical amendments necessitated by the enactment of the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1992 to various provisions of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (OAA), including those extending the deadlines for certain reports to the Congress, and those under OAA and other specified Federal laws elevating the Commissioner on Aging to Assistant Secretary for Aging within the Department of Health and Human Services. Amends the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1992 to: (1) extend the deadlines for obligating funds for operation of the National Ombudsman Resource Center and National Center on Elder Abuse; and (2) delay the applicability of certain amendments, including those relating to vulnerable elder rights protection activities. Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to: (1) make numerous miscellaneous technical amendments; and (2) authorize appropriations for FY 1994 for demonstration projects for research related to Native American studies and Indian policy development and for a plan for the establishment of a National Center for Native American Studies and Indian Policy Development. Amends the Older Americans Amendments of 1987 to: (1) extend the deadline for the President to convene the White House Conference on Aging; (2) authorize appropriations for FY 1995 and 1996 for the Conference; and (3) make miscellaneous technical amendments regarding Conference administration and availability of funds. Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to: (1) make miscellaneous technical amendments to various provisions of such Act; (2) change annual reporting requirements; and (3) split the discretionary grants program for rural housing and community facilities into two separate items. Amends specified Federal law authorizing appropriations for the continued implementation of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to replace references to the Development Block Grant Act Amendments of 1992 with references to the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990. Amends the Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Adoption and Family Services Act of 1992 to make certain changes to the State grant program for child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment effective only after annual appropriations reach $40 million.