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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 115-9
ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION ACT
MARCH 23, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. GRASSLEY, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 178]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill
(S. 178), to prevent elder abuse and exploitation and improve the
justice system's response to victims in elder abuse and exploitation
cases, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon, with-
out amendment, and recommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Background and Purpose of the Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecu-
tion A ct ...................................................................................................... 1
II. History of the Bill and Committee Consideration ....................................... 6
III. Section-by-Section Summary of the Bill .................................................... 7
IV. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ............................................... 10
V. Regulatory Im pact Evaluation ...................................................................... 12
V I. C onclusion ..................................................................................................... . 12
VII. Changes to Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ........................... 13
I. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION
AND PROSECUTION ACT
A. BACKGROUND AND THE NEED FOR LEGISLATION
For a nation that prides itself on institutionalized care and finan-
cial support for its older population-with the enactment of the
Medicare and Social Security programs, for example-the United
States continues to fall short in efforts to end the abuse and exploi-
tation of our nation's elderly population. Congress identified elder
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