Number: RL33660
Title: Older Americans Act Reauthorization: Side-by-Side Comparison of Current Law, H.R. 5293, and S. 3570
Authors: Carol O'Shaughnessy, Kirsten Jennie Black, and Sarah C. Kaufman, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: Both H.R. 5293 and S. 3570 make changes to the Title V community service employment program, but take different approaches. The House bill proposals are wider in scope than those in the Senate committee's bill, and many of its proposed changes emanate from the view that the program should place more emphasis on training of participants for unsubsidized employment than what exists under the current program. S. 3570 would authorize new elder justice grant programs and a national study on the incidence of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. It would also require the Administration on Aging (AoA) to set up a method to collect national uniform data on elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. This report highlights major selected provisions of the bills and provides a section-by-section comparison of most provisions of H.R. 5293 and S. 3570.
Pages: 122
Date: August 24, 2006