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kind: "diff"
citation: "S. 178"
bill: "115-s-178"
heading: "Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act"
from: "rs"
from_label: "Reported in Senate"
to: "es"
to_label: "Engrossed in Senate"
sections_amended: 2
sections_added: 0
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/115/s/178/changes/es"
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# S. 178 — what changed

S. 178, Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act — 2 sections amended between Reported in Senate and Engrossed in Senate.

Edits are marked `<del>struck</del>` and `<ins>inserted</ins>`.

## Sec. 202 Effective interagency coordination and Federal data collection

- (a) In general— The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, on an annual basis—
  - (1) collect from Federal law enforcement agencies, other agencies as appropriate, and Federal prosecutors' offices statistical data related to elder abuse cases, including cases or investigations where one or more victims were elders, or the case or investigation involved a financial scheme or scam that was either targeted directly toward or largely affected elders; and
  - (2) publish on the website of the Department of Justice in a publicly accessible manner—
    - (A) a summary of the data collected under paragraph (1); and
    - (B) recommendations for collecting additional data relating to elder abuse, including recommendations for ways to improve data reporting across Federal, State, and local agencies.
- (b) Requirement— The data collected under subsection (a)(1) shall include—
  - (1) the total number of investigations initiated by Federal law enforcement agencies, other agencies as appropriate, and Federal prosecutors' offices related to elder abuse;
  - (2) the total number and types of elder abuse cases filed in Federal courts; and
  - (3) for each case described in paragraph (2)—
    - (A) the name of the district where the case originated;
    - (B) the style of the case, including the case name and number;
    - (C) a description of the act or acts giving rise to the elder abuse;
    - (D) in the case of a scheme or scam, a description of such scheme or scam giving rise to the elder abuse;
    - (E) information about each alleged perpetrator of the elder abuse; and
    - (F) the outcome of the case.
- (c) HHS requirement— The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, on an annual basis, provide to the Attorney General statistical data collected by the Secretary relating to elder abuse cases investigated by adult protective services, which shall be included in the summary published under subsection (a)(2).
- (d) Prohibition on individual data— None of the information reported under this section shall include specific <del>individual </del><ins>individually </ins>identifiable data.

## Sec. 502 GAO reports

- (a) Elder justice recommendations— Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall review existing Federal programs and initiatives in the Federal criminal justice system relevant to elder justice and shall submit to Congress—
  - (1) a report on such programs and initiatives; and
  - (2) any recommendations the Comptroller General determines are appropriate to improve elder justice in the United States.
- (b) Report on elder abuse and international criminal enterprises— Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on—
  - (1) <del>the extent </del><ins>Federal Government efforts </ins>to <del>which older adults of the United States are being exploited in global drug trafficking schemes and other international criminal enterprises;</del><ins>monitor—</ins>
    - (A) <ins>the exploitation of older adults of the United States in global drug trafficking schemes and other international criminal enterprises;</ins>
    - (B) <ins>the extent to which exploitation of older adults of the United States by international criminal enterprises has resulted in the incarceration of these citizens of the United States in foreign countries; and</ins>
    - (C) <ins>the total annual number of elder abuse cases pending in the United States; and</ins>
  - (2) the <del>extent to which the exploitation of older adults </del><ins>results </ins>of <ins>intervention by </ins>the United States <del>by international criminal enterprises has resulted in the incarceration </del><ins>with foreign officials on behalf </ins>of <del>these </del>citizens of the United States <del>in foreign court systems, including a description of the total number of such cases pending </del><ins>who are elder abuse victims </ins>in <del>foreign court systems; and</del><ins>international criminal enterprises.</ins>
  - (3) <del>whether, and to what extent, the Federal Government has intervened with foreign officials on behalf of citizens of the United States who are elder abuse victims in international criminal enterprises, including a description, to the extent such data is available, of—</del>
    - (A) <del>the total annual number of elder abuse cases pending in the United States and foreign court systems; and</del>
    - (B) <del>the total annual number of citizens of the United States who are over the age of 60 years and who are incarcerated overseas as a result of their exploitation in global drug trafficking schemes or other international criminal enterprises.</del>