105TH CONGRESS REPT. 105±36 1st Session SENATE Volume 2 "! DEVELOPMENTS IN AGING: 1996 VOLUME 2ÐAPPENDIXES A REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING UNITED STATES SENATE PURSUANT TO S. RES. 73, SEC. 19(c), FEBRUARY 13, 1995 Resolution Authorizing a Study of the Problems of the Aged and Aging JUNE 24, 1997.ÐOrdered to be printed DEVELOPMENTS IN AGING: 1996ÐVOLUME 2ÐAPPENDIXES 1 105TH CONGRESS REPT. 105±36 1st Session SENATE Volume 2 "! DEVELOPMENTS IN AGING: 1996 VOLUME 2ÐAPPENDIXES A REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING UNITED STATES SENATE PURSUANT TO S. RES. 73, SEC. 19(c), FEBRUARY 13, 1995 Resolution Authorizing a Study of the Problems of the Aged and Aging JUNE 24, 1997.ÐOrdered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 89±806 WASHINGTON : 1997 SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa, Chairman JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont JOHN B. BREAUX, Louisiana LARRY CRAIG, Idaho JOHN GLENN, Ohio CONRAD BURNS, Montana HARRY REID, Nevada RICHARD SHELBY, Alabama HERB KOHL, Wisconsin RICK SANTORUM, Pennsylvania RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin JOHN WARNER, Virginia CAROL MOSELEY-BRAUN, Illinois CHUCK HAGEL, Nebraska RON WYDEN, Oregon SUSAN COLLINS, Maine JACK REED, Rhode Island MIKE ENZI, Wyoming THEODORE L. TOTMAN, Staff Director BRUCE D. LESLEY, Minority Staff Director (II) LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL U.S. SENATE, SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING Washington, DC, 1997. Hon. ALBERT A. GORE, Jr., President, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: Under authority of Senate Resolution 73 agreed to February 13, 1995, I am submitting to you the annual report of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, Develop- ments in Aging: 1996, volume 2. Senate Resolution 4, the Committee Systems Reorganization Amendments 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 as- suring adequate income, of finding employment, of engaging in pro- ductive and rewarding activity, of securing proper housing and, when necessary, of obtaining care and assistance.'' Senate Resolu- tion 4 also requires that the results of these studies and rec- ommendations be reported to the Senate annually. This report describes actions taken during 1994 by the Congress, the administration, and the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, which are significant to our Nation's older citizens. It also summarizes and analyzes the Federal policies and programs that are of the most continuing importance for older persons and their families. On behalf of the members of the committee and its staff, I am pleased to transmit this report to you. Sincerely, CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Chairman. (III) C O N T E N T S Page Letter of Transmittal ............................................................................................... III Appendix 1. Annual Report of the Federal Council on Aging ............................ 1 Appendix 2. Report from Federal Departments and Agencies ........................... 17 Item 1. Department of Agriculture ................................................................ 17 Agricultural Research Service .................................................................. 17 Economic Research Service ...................................................................... 22 Cooperative Extension System ................................................................. 23 Farmers Home Administration ................................................................ 29 Food and Consumer Service ..................................................................... 29 Food Safety and Inspection Service ......................................................... 31 Forest Service ............................................................................................ 31 Rural Development Administration ......................................................... 32 Item 2. Department of Commerce ................................................................. 33 Item 3. Department of Defense ...................................................................... 43 Item 4. Department of Education .................................................................. 44 Item 5. Department of Energy ....................................................................... 76 Item 6. Department of Health and Human Services ................................... 79 Administration on Aging .......................................................................... 79 Administration for Children and Families .............................................. 137 Health Care Financing Administration ................................................... 142 Office of Inspector General ....................................................................... 170 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation ............ 172 Public Health Service ................................................................................ 175 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ................................... 175 Food and Drug Administration ......................................................... 188 Health Resources and Services Administration .............................. 201 National Institutes of Health ............................................................ 209 Social Security Administration ......................................................... 337 Item 7. Department of Housing and Urban Development ......................... 348 Item 8. Department of the Interior .............................................................. 353 Item 9. Department of Justice ..................................................................... 354 Item 10. Department of Labor ....................................................................... 358 Item 11. Department of State ........................................................................ 363 Item 12. Department of Transportation ........................................................ 364 Item 13. Department of the Treasury ........................................................... 373 Item 14. Commission on Civil Rights ............................................................ 379 Item 15. Consumer Product Safety Commission .......................................... 379 Item 16. Corporation for National and Community Service ....................... 381 Item 17. Environmental Protection Agency .................................................. 387 Item 18. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ............................... 388 Item 19. Federal Communications Commission ........................................... 422 Item 20. Federal Trade Commission ............................................................. 422 Item 21. General Accounting Office .............................................................. 438 Item 22. Legal Services Corporation ............................................................. 469 Item 23. National Endowment for the Arts .................................................. 470 Item 25. National Endowment for the Humanities ..................................... 477 Item 25. National Science Foundation .......................................................... 481 Item 26. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ......................................... 482 Item 27. Postal Service ................................................................................... 497 Item 28. Railroad Retirement Board ............................................................. 501 Item 29. Small Business Administration ...................................................... 504 Item 30. Veterans' Affairs .............................................................................. 504 Item 31. Transmittal Letters from Agencies ................................................ 523 (V) 105TH CONGRESS REPT. 105±36 1st Session SENATE Volume 2 "! DEVELOPMENTS IN AGING: 1995 VOLUME 2ÐAPPENDIXES JUNE 24, 1997.ÐOrdered to be printed Mr. GRASSLEY, from the Special Committee on Aging, submitted the following REPORT APPENDIXES APPENDIX 1 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING SECTION I. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES DURING 1994 A. OVERVIEW OF STRATEGIC PLAN AND ISSUE PRIORITIES To meet its mandate of comprehensively reviewing and evaluating Federal policies and programs affecting older Americans, the Federal Council on the Aging (FCoA) developed a multiyear strategic plan focusing on five priority issue areas: (1) Health care, with a concentration on long-term care; (2) Mental health and aging, with an emphasis on identifying and providing preventive assistance to at-risk, isolated older individuals in their homes and communities; (3) The Older Americans Act, with a focus on nutrition and elder abuse; (4) Income security, particularly Social Security; and (5) The 1995 White House Conference on Aging, with an emphasis on playing a leadership role in developing productive recommendations prior to and during the Conference, and working to generate a strategy and set of mechanisms for following through on priority recommendations arising from the Conference. A major guiding principle for the Council in developing these issue priorities is to provide a voice for older Americans and their families who are particularly vul- nerable so that they are better able to help themselves lead productive and dignified lives. During 1994, the Council's plan was formulated around the following major activi- ties: