,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhec  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bc1        
#bjai,mrs4 ,trahan 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,comer7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and ,labor  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,older ,americans ,act of     
#aife to eliminate the percentage cap on
 funding available to carry out the     
program to provide support services to  
older caregivers4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,national
 ,family ,caregiver ,support ,program   
,cap ,elimination ,act of #bjai4  #b4   
,national family caregiver support      
program cap  7a7 ,federal share ,section
 #cgc7;g77#b7 of the ,older ,americans  
,act of #aife 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#cjcjs-#a7;g77#b77 is amended by        
striking subparagraph 7,c74  7b7        
,monitoring the impact of the           
elimination of the cap on funds for     
older relative caregivers  7#a7 ,report 
,not later than #ah months after the    

date of the enactment of this ,act1 and 
annually thereafter1 the ,assistant     
,secretary shall submit to the          
,committee on ,education and ,labor of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions of the ,senate a  
report on the impact of the amendment   
made by subsection 7a7 to eliminate the 
limitation on funds that ,states may    
allocate to provide support services to 
older relative caregivers in the        
,national ,family ,caregiver ,support   
,program established under part ,e of   
title ,,iii of the ,older ,americans    
,act of #aife 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjcjs-#b74
 ,each such report shall also be made   
available to the public4  7#b7 ,contents
 ,for purposes of reports required by   
paragraph 7#a71 each ,state that        
receives an allotment under such        
,national ,family ,caregiver ,support   
,program for fiscal year #bjbj or a     
subsequent fiscal year shall report to  
the ,assistant ,secretary for the fiscal

 year involved the amount of funds of   
the total ,federal and non-,federal     
share allotment used by the ,state to   
provide support services for caregiver  
support for older relative caregivers   
and family caregivers4