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 PUBLIC LAW 103-322—SEPT. 13, 1994 108 STAT. 2081 (b) APPLICATION. — To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), an organization shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may require, including, at a minimum, an assurance that the organization will obtain and use assistance from private nonprofit organizations to support the program. (c) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION. —The Attorney General shall award the grant described in subsection (a) to a national voluntary organization that has a direct link to patients, and families of patients, with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— (1) $900,000 for fiscal year 1996; (2) $900,000 for fiscal year 1997; and (3) $900,000 for fiscal year 1998. SEC. 240002. CRIMES AGAINST THE ELDERLY. 28 USC 994 note. (a) IN GENERAL. — Pursuant to its authority under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 and section 21 of the Sentencing Act of 1987 (including its authority to amend the sentencing guidelines and policy statements) and its authority to make such amendments on an emergency basis, the United States Sentencing Commission shall ensure that the applicable guideline range for a defendant convicted of a crime of violence against an elderly victim is sufficiently stringent to deter such a crime, to protect the public from additional crimes of such a defendant, and to adequately reflect the heinous nature of such an offense. (b) CRITERL\. —In carrying out subsection (a), the United States Sentencing Commission shall ensure that— (1) the guidelines provide for increasingly severe punishment for a defendant commensurate with the degree of physical harm caused to the elderly victim; (2) the guidelines take appropriate account of the vulnerability of the victim; and (3) the guidelines provide enhanced punishment for a defendant convicted of a crime of violence against an elderly victim who has previously been convicted of a crime of violence against an elderly victim, regardless of whether the conviction occurred in Federgd or State court. (c) DEFINITIONS. —In this section— "crime of violence" means an offense under section 113, 114, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1117, 2241, 2242, or 2244 of title 18, United States Code. "elderly victim" means a victim who is 65 years of age or older at the time of an offense. TITLE XXV—SENIOR CITIZENS AGAINST Jg^P*'^"' MARKETING SCAMS ACTO?&^^TM' SEC. 250001. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Senior Citizens Against Marketing Scams Act of 1994". 18 USC 2325 note.

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