To improve the bill.

SA 742. Mr. PORTMAN (for Mr. Grassley) proposed an amendment to 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; as follows:

On page 12, line 3, strike ``individual'' and insert
``individually''.
Beginning on page 23, strike line 15 and all that follows
through page 24, line 15 and insert the following:
(1) Federal Government efforts to monitor--
(A) the exploitation of older adults of the United States
in global drug trafficking schemes and other international
criminal enterprises;
(B) 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
(C) the total annual number of elder abuse cases pending in
the United States; and
(2) the results of intervention by the United States with
foreign officials on behalf of citizens of the United States
who are elder abuse victims in international criminal
enterprises.
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