96TH CONGRESS SENATE Rept. 96- 1st Ses8ion J .55 Part 2 PART 2-APPENDIXES DEVELOPMENTS IN AGING: 1978 A REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING UNITED STATES SENATE PURSUANT TO S. RES. 375, MARCH 6, 1978, AND S. RES. 376, MARCH 6, 1978 Resolutions Authorizing a Study of the Problems of the Aged and Aging AriL 5 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 22), 1979.-Ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 42-894 WASHINGTON : 1979 SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING1 LAWTON CHILES, Florida, Chairman FRANK CHURCH, Idaho PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico JOHN GLENN, Ohio CHARLES H. PERCY, Illinois JOHN MELCHER, Montana JOHN HEINZ, Pennsylvania DAVID PRYOR, Arkansas NANCY LANDON KASSEBAUM, Kansas BILL BRADLEY, New Jersey WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota E. BENTLEY LIpscomn, Staff Director DAVID A. AFFELDT, Chief Counsel DAVID A. RUST, Minority Staff Director 1 Amendment No. 23 to S. Res. 4, Reorganizatioh of the Senate Committee System, agreed to Feb. 1, 1977, established the Special Committee on Aging as a permanent, non- legislative committee under the rules of the Senate, Membership was reduced from 23 to 14 for the 95th Congress and by attrition must begin the 96th Congress with no more than nine members. S. Res. 21 Jan. 23, 1979, increased the membership on the committee to 10. S. Res. 101, Mar. 13, 1679, increased the membership on the committee to 12. (II) LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL U.S. SENATE, SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING, 1975. Hon. WALTER F. MONDALE, Washington, D.C.. April 61 Pre8ident of the Senate, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: Under authority of Senate Resolutions 375 and 376, agreed to March 6, 1978, I am submitting to you the annual report of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, Developments in Aging: 1978, Part 2. Senate Resolution 4, the Committee Systems Reorganization Amend- ments of 1977, authorizes the Special Committee on Aging "to conduct a continuing study of any and all matters pertaining to problems and opportunities of older people, including, but not limited to, problems and opportunities of maintaining health, of assuring adequate income, of finding employment, of engaging in productive and rewarding ac- tivity, of securing proper housing and, when necessary, of obtaining care and assistance." S. Res. 4 also requires that the results of these studies and recommendations be reported to the Senate annually. Therefore, on behalf of the members of the committee and its staff, I am pleased to transmit this report to you. Sincerely, LAWTON CHILES, Chairman. CONTENTS Page Letter of transmittal ---- ---------------------------------------_ Appendix 1.-Annual report of the Federal Council on the Aging-------- 1 Appendix 2.-Reports from Federal departments and agencies: Item 1. Department of Agriculture ------------------------------ 20 Item 2. Department of Commerce ------------------------------ 30 Item 3. Department of Defense --------------------------------- 34 Item 4. Department of Energy --------------------------------- 34 Item 5. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: Administration on Aging ---------------------------------- 43 Food and Drug Administration ----------------------------- 99 Health Care Financing Administration ----------------------- 102 Health Resources Administration --------------------------- 113 Health Services Administration ---------------------------- 116 National Institute on Aging ------------------------------- 121 National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases --------------------------------------------- 134 National Institute of Mental Health ------------------------ 137 Office of Education -------------------------------------- 139 Office of Human Development ----------------------------- 148 Social Security Administration ----------------------------- 149 Item 6. Department of Housing and Urban Development ----------- 155 Item 7. Department of the Interior ----------------------------- 167 Item 8. Department of Justice (Law Enforcement Assistance Admin- istration) ------------------------------------------------ 168 Item 9. Department of Labor --------------------------------- 169 Item 10. Department of Transportation ------------------------- 177 Item 11. Department of the Treasury --------------------------- 182 Item 12. ACTION ------------------------------------------ 189 Item 13. Civil Aeronautics Board------------------------------ 194 Item 14. Commission on Civil Rights --------------------------- 195 Item 15. Community Services Administration --------------------- 197 Item 16. Comptroller General of the United States ---------------- 205 Item 17. Environmental Protection Agency ----------------------- 209 Item 18. Federal Communications Commission -------------------- 21 Item 19. Federal Trade Commission ---------------------------- 215 Item 20. National Academy of Sciences -------------------------- 218 Item 21. National Endowment for the Arts ----------------------- 219 Item 22. National Endowment for the Humanities ----------------- 223 Item 23. National Science Foundation --------------------------- 229 Item 24. Office of Consumer Affairs ----------------------------- 247 Item 25. Office of Personnel Management ------------------------ 251 Item 26. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ------------------- 257 Item 27. Postal Service -------------------------------------- 258 Item 28. Railroad Retirement Board ---------------------------- 262 Item 29. Small Business Administration ------------------------- 264 Item 30. Veterans Administration ------------------------------ 264 96T CONGRESS ( SENATE REPT. 96- 1t Session 55 Part 2 PART 2-APPENDIXES DEVELOPMENTS IN AGING: 1978 APRIL 5 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 22), 1979.-Ordered to be printed Mr. CHILES, from the Special Committee on Aging, submitted the following REPORT APPENDIXES Appendix 1 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING MAcH 20, 1979. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I am very pleased to submit the 1978 Annual Report of the Federal Council on the Aging for inclusion in the "Developments in Aging" publication (1978). As always, we appreciate having the opportunity to work with the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on behalf of our Nation's elderly population. The best of luck in 1979 with, as per usual, a heavy Senate Special Commit- tee on Aging agenda. Sincerely, N. ALAN SHEPPARD, Enclosure. Special A88i8tant to the Chairman. PREFACE LEGISLATIVE MANDATE The Federal Council on the Aging was created by the Congress under pro- visions of the 1973 amendments to the Older Americans Act for the purpose of advisting the President, the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Commissioner on Aging, and the Congress on matters relating to the special needs of older Americans. On October 18, 1978, the President signed into law H.R. 12255 (Public Law 95-478), the Comprehensive Older Americans Act Amendments of 1978. The new legislation directs the Council, as was mandated in the 1973 Amendments to the Older Americans Act, to perform the following functions: (1) 2 -Advise and assist the President on matters relating to the special needs of older Americans; -Assist the Commissioner in making the appraisal of the Nation's existing and future personnel needs in the field of aging; -Review and evaluate, on a continuing basis, Federal policies regarding the aging and programs and other activities affecting the aging conducted or assisted by all Federal departments and agencies for the purpose of apprais- ing their value and their impact on the lives of older Americans; -Serve as a spokesman on behalf of older Americans by making recommenda- tions to the President, to the Secretary, the Commissioner, and the Con- gress with respect to Federal policies regarding the aging and federally conducted or assisted programs and other activities related to or affecting them; -Inform the public about the problems and needs of the aging, in consulta- tion with the National Information and Resource Clearinghouse for the Aging, by collecting and disseminating information, conducting or commis- sioning studies and publishing the results thereof, and by issuing publica- tions and reports; and -Provide public forums for discussing and publicizing the problems and needs of the aging and obtaining information relating thereto by conducting public hearings, and by conducting or sponsoring conferences, workshops, and other such meetings. Changes in the Council as a Result of the 1978 Amendments Older Americans Act of Older Americans Act of 1965, as Amended, 1973 1965, as Amended, 1978 Section 205(a) Section 205(a) There is established a Federal amended: Council on the Aging to be composed of fifteen members insert "rural and appointed by the President with urban" after of in the the Advice and consent of the second sentence. Senate for terms of three years without regard to the provisions add: of title 5 United States Code. No full-time Members officer shall be appointed so as or employee of the to be representative of older Federal government Americans, national may organizations as a with an interest be appointed in aging, business, member of the Council. labor and the general public. At least five of the members shall Section 205(c) themselves be older persons. delete: The Secretary and the Commissioner on Aging shall be ex-officio members of the Council. Section 205(e) Section 205(e) delete: substitute: The Secretary and the Commissioner The Council shall have shall make available to the Council staff personnel, appointed such staff, information, and other assistance