graph (1) of this subsection for that fiscal year the Secretary of Agriculture shall reduce the cents per meal level determined pursuant to subsection (a)(4) for that fiscal year as necessary to meet the authorization of appropriation appropriations for that fiscal year.

MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR CENTERS: RECAPTURE OF PAYMENTS

SEC. 312. If, within 10 years after acquisition, or within 20 years after the completion of construction, of any facility for which funds have been paid under this title

(1) the owner of the facility ceases to be a public or nonprofit private agency or organization; or

(2) the facility ceases to be used for the purposes for which it was acquired (unless the Commissioner determines, in accordance with regulations, that there is good cause for releasing the applicant or other owner from the obligation to do so); the United States shall be entitled to recover from the applicant or other owner of the facility an amount which bears to the then value of the facility (or so much thereof as constituted an approved project or projects) the same ratio as the amount of such Federal funds bore to the cost of the facility financed with the aid of such funds. Such value shall be determined by agreement of the parties or by action brought in the United States district court for the district in which such facility is situated.

AUDIT

SEC. 313. (a) The Commissioner and the Comptroller General of the United States or any of their duly authorized representatives shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records that are pertinent to a grant or contract received under this title.

(b) State agencies and area agencies on aging shall not request information or data from providers which is not pertinent to services furnished pursuant to this Act or a payment made for such services.

PART B-SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND SENIOR CENTERS

PROGRAM AUTHORIZED

SEC. 321. (a) The Commissioner shall carry out a program for making grants to States under State plans approved under section 307 for any of the following supportive services:

(1) health education and training, welfare, informational, recreational, homemaker, counseling, or referral services;

(2) transportation services to facilitate access to supportive services or nutrition services, or both;

(3) services designed to encourage and assist older individuals to use the facilities and services available to them;

(4) services designed (A) to assist older individuals to obtain adequate housing, including residential repair and renovation projects designed to enable older individuals to maintain their homes in conformity with minimum housing standards; (B) to adapt homes to meet the needs of older individuals suffering from physical disabilities; or (C) to prevent unlawful entry into residences of elderly individuals, through the installation of se

curity devices and through structural modifications or alterations of such residences;

(5) services designed to assist older individuals in avoiding institutionalization, institutionalization and to assist individuals in long-term care institutions who are able to return to their communities, including client assessment through case management and integration and coordination of community services such as preinstitution evaluation and screening and home health services, homemaker services, shopping services, escort services, reader services, and letter writing services, and other similar serv iees designed to assist such individuals to continue living independently in a home environment; through resource development and management to assist such individuals to live independently in a home environment;

(6) services designed to provide legal services legal assistance and other counseling services and assistance, including tax counseling and assistance, and financial counseling, to older individuals and counseling regarding appropriate health and life insurance coverage;

(7) services designed to enable older individuals to attain and maintain physical and mental well-being through programs of regular physical activity and exercise;

(8) services designed to provide health screening to detect or prevent illness illnesses, or both, that occur most frequently in older individuals;

(9) services designed to provide preretirement and second career counseling for older individuals;

(10) services of an ombudsman at the State level to receive, investigate, and act on complaints by older individuals who are residents of long-term care facilities and to advocate the wellbeing of such individuals;

(11) services which are designed to meet the unique needs of older individuals who are disabled;

(12) services to encourage the employment of older workers including job counseling and, where appropriate, job development, referral, and placement;

(13) crime prevention services and victim assistance programs for older individuals;

(14) a program, to be known as "Senior Opportunities and Services", designed to identify and meet the needs of older, poor individuals 60 years of age or older in one or more of the following areas: (A) development and provision of new volunteer services; (B) effective referral to existing health, employment, housing, legal, consumer, transportation, and other services; (C) stimulation and creation of additional services and programs to remedy gaps and deficiencies in presently existing services and programs; and (D) such other services as the Commissioner may determine are necessary or especially appropriate to meet the needs of the older poor and to assure them greater self-sufficiency; or

(15) services for the prevention of abuse of older individuals in accordance with clause (16) of section 307 (a);

(16) inservice training and State leadership for legal assistance activities;

(17) health and nutrition education services;

(18) services designed to enable mentally impaired older individuals to attain and maintain emotional well-being and independent living through a coordinated system of support services;

or

(15) (19) any other services;

if such services meet standards prescribed by the Commissioner and are necessary for the general welfare of older individuals.

(b)(1) The Commissioner shall carry out a program for making grants to States under State plans approved under section 307 for the acquisition, alteration, or renovation of existing facilities, including mobile units, and, where appropriate, construction of facilities to serve as multipurpose senior centers. which shall be community facilities for the organization and provision of a broad spectrum of services, ineluding provision of health, social, nutritional, and educational services and provision of facilities for recreational activities for older individuals.

(2) Funds made available to a State under this part may be used, used for the purpose of assisting in the operation of multipurpose senior centers to meet centers and meeting all or part of the costs of compensating professional and technical personnel required for the operation of multipurpose senior centers.

PART C-NUTRITION SERVICE

Subpart 1-Congregate Nutrition Services

PROGRAM AUTHORIZED

SEC. 331. The Commissioner shall carry out a program for making grants to States under State plans approved under section 307 for the establishment and operation of nutrition projects

(1) which, 5 or more days a week, provide at least one hot or other appropriate meal per day and any additional meals which the recipient of a grant or contract under this subpart may elect to provide, each of which assures a minimum of onethird of the daily recommended dietary allowances as established by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council;

(2) which shall be provided in congregate settings; and (3) which may include nutrition education services and other appropriate nutrition services for older individuals.

Subpart 2-Home Delivered Nutrition Services

PROGRAM AUTHORIZED

SEC. 336. The Commissioner shall carry out a program for making grants to States under State plans approved under section 307 for the establishment and operation of nutrition projects for older individuals which, 5 or more days a week, provide at least one home delivered hot, cold, frozen, dried, canned, or supplemental foods (with a satisfactory storage life) meal per day and any additional meals which the recipient of a grant or contract under this subpart may elect to provide, each of which assures a minimum of one-third of the daily recommended dietary allowances as estab

lished by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council.

CRITERIA

SEC. 337. The Commissioner, in consultation with organizations of and for the aged, blind, and disabled, and with representatives from the American Dietetic Association, the Association of Area Agencies on Aging, the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs, the National Association of Meals Programs, Incorporated, and any other appropriate group, shall develop minimum criteria of efficiency and quality for the furnishing of home delivered meal services for projects described in section 336. The criteria required by this section shall take into account the ability of established home delivered meals programs to continue such services without major alteration in the furnishing of such services.

TITLE IV-TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND DISCRETIONARY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

SEC. 401. It is the purpose of this title to expand the Nation's knowledge and understanding of aging and the aging process, to design and test innovative ideas in programs and services for older individuals, and to help meet the needs for trained personnel in the field of aging through—

(1) placing a priority on the education and training of personnel to work with and on behalf of older individuals;

(2) research and development of effective practices in the field of aging;

(3) demonstration projects directly related to the field of aging; and

(4) dissemination of information on aging and the aging process acquired through such programs to public and private organizations or programs for older individuals.

ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 402. (a) In order to carry out the provisions of this title effectively, the Commissioner shall administer this title through the Administration on Aging.

(b) In carrying out the provisions of this title, the Commissioner may request the technical assistance and cooperation of the Department of Education, the National Institutes of Health, and such other agencies and departments of the Federal Government as may be appropriate.

PART A-EDUCATION AND TRAINING

PURPOSE

SEC. 410. The purpose of this part is to improve the quality of service and to help meet critical shortages of adequately trained personnel for programs in the field of aging by

(1) identifying both short- and long-range manpower needs in the field of aging;

(2) providing a broad range of educational and training opportunities to meet those needs;

(3) attracting a greater number of qualified personnel into the field of aging;

(4) helping to upgrade personnel training programs to make them more responsive to the need in the field of aging; and

(5) establishing and supporting multidisciplinary centers of gerontology and providing special emphasis that will improve, enhance, and expand existing training programs.

TRAINING AND RECRUITING PERSONNEL FOR THE FIELD OF AGING

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

SEC. 411. (a) The Commissioner may shall make grants and to any publie or nonprofit private agency, organization, or institution, and may enter into contracts with any agency, organization, or institution, to assist the Commissioner in recruiting persons to enter the field of aging, traiming volunteers and persons employed in or preparing for employment in the field of aging (including such stipends to persons participating in training programs as the Commissioner may find appropriate) technical assistance, and other activities related to such training. to achieve the purpose of this part. The purposes for which such grants and contracts shall be made include the following:

(1) To provide comprehensive and coordinated nondegree education, training programs, and curricula at institutions of higher education and at other research, training, or educational organizations, for practitioners in the fields of nutrition, health care, supportive services, housing, and long-term care, including the expansion and enhancement of existing inservice education and training programs.

(2) To provide inservice training opportunities to the personnel of State offices, area agencies, senior centers, and nutrition programs to strengthen their capacity to remain responsive to the needs of older individuals.

(3) To provide courses on aging and the dissemination of information about aging to the public through institutions of higher education and other public and nonprofit private organizations and agencies.

(b) To achieve the purpose of this title, the Administration on Aging shall conduct both

(1) long-term educational activities to prepare personnel for careers in the field of aging; and

(2) short-term inservice training and continuing education activities for State and area agency personnel, and other personnel, in the field of aging or preparing to enter the field of aging. (c) In making grants and contracts under this part, the Commissioner shall give special consideration to the recruitment and training of personnel, volunteers, and those individuals preparing for employment in that part of the field of aging which relates to providing custodial and skilled care for older individuals who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other neurological and organic brain disor