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106 STAT. 1208 PUBLIC LAW 102-375 —SEPT. 30, 1992 Grants. Contracts. Establishment. Grants. Contracts. "(A) annually compile, publish, and disseminate a summary of recently conducted research on elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; "(B) develop and maintain an information clearinghouse on all programs (including private programs) showing promise of success, for the prevention, identification, and treatment of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; "(C) compile, publish, and disseminate training materials for personnel who are engaged or intend to engage in the prevention, identification, and treatment of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; "(D) provide technical assistance to State agencies and to other public and nonprofit private agencies and organizations to assist the agencies and organizations in planning, improving, developing, and carrying out programs and activities relating to the special problems of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; and "(E) conduct research and demonstration projects regarding the causes, prevention, identification, and treatment of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. "(3)(A) The Commissioner shall carry out paragraph (2) through grants or contracts. "(B) The Commissioner shall issue criteria applicable to the recipients of funds under this subsection. To be eligible to receive a grant or enter into a contract under subparagraph (A), an entity shall submit an application to the Commissioner at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Commissioner may require. "(C) The Commissioner shall— "(i) establish research priorities for making grants or contracts to carry out paragraph (2)(E); and "(ii) not later than 60 days before the date on which the Commissioner establishes such priorities, publish in the Federal Register for public comment a statement of such proposed priorities. "(4) The Commissioner shall make available to the Center such resources as are necessary for the Center to carry out effectively the functions of the Center under this Act and not less than the amount of resources made available to the Resource Center on Elder Abuse for fiscal year 1990.". (f) NATIONAL AGING INFORMATION CENTER.— Section 202 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3012), as amended by subsection (e) of this section, is amended by adding at the end the following: "(e)(l)(A) The Commissioner shall make grants or enter into contracts with eligible entities to establish the National Aging Information Center (in this subsection referred to as the 'Center*) to— "(i) provide information about education and training projects established under part A, and research and demonstration projects, and other activities, established under part B, of title IV to persons requesting such information; "(ii) annually compile, analyze, publish, and disseminate— "(I) statistical data collected under subsection (a)(19); "(II) census data on aging demographics; and