“A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to establish elder justice task forces, and for other purposes.”
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This section authorizes the use of Byrne Justice Assistance Grants for the establishment, operation, and implementation of elder justice task forces to address financial exploitation, scams, and fraud targeting individuals who are 60 years of age or older. It requires grant recipients using funds for this purpose to report the number of cases initiated and concluded, victims supported with assistance or restitution, scam types and contact methods, and indicators of organized or transnational crime, and directs the Attorney General to submit annual summaries of the reports to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.