CONGREGATE SERVICES.

SEC. 163. CONGREGATE SERVICES. (a) Authorization of Appropriations.— Section 411(a) of the Congregate Housing Services Act of 1978 is amended to read as follows: “(a) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1988 and 1989.”. (b) Deletion of Reference to Program as Nonpermanent.— Section 408 of the Congregate Housing Services Act of 1978 is amended by striking subsection (c). (c) Report.— Section 408 of the Congregate Housing Services Act of 1978 (as amended by subsection (b) of this section) is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(c) (1) The Secretary shall contract with a university or qualified research institution to produce a report— “(A) documenting the number of elderly living in federally assisted housing at risk of institutionalization; “(B) studying and comparing alternative delivery systems in the States, including the congregate housing services program, to provide services to older persons in assisted congregate housing; “(C) assessing existing and potential financial resources at the Federal, State, and local levels for the support of congregate housing services; and “(D) making legislative recommendations as to the feasibility of permitting State housing agencies and other appropriate State agencies to participate and operate the program on a matching grant basis. “(2) The Secretary shall submit the report to the Congress not later than September 30, 1988.”.