AUTHORIZATION OF THE CONFERENCE.

SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF THE CONFERENCE. (a) Authority to Call Conference.—The President may call a White House Conference on Aging in 1991 in order to develop recommendations for additional research and action in the field of aging which will further the policy set forth in subsection (b). (b) Planning and Direction.—The Conference shall be planned and conducted under the direction of the Secretary in cooperation with the Commissioner on Aging and the Director of the National Institute on Aging, and the heads of such other Federal departments and agencies as are appropriate. Such assistance may include the assignment of personnel. 101 STAT. 969 (c) Purpose of the Conference.—The purpose of the Conference shall be— (1) to increase the public awareness of the essential contributions of older individuals to society, (2) to identify the problems of the older individuals, (3) to develop recommendations for the coordination of Federal policy with State and local needs and the implementation of such recommendations, (4) to examine the well-being of older individuals, (5) to develop such specific and comprehensive recommendations for executive and legislative action as may be appropriate for maintaining and improving the well-being of older individuals, and (6) to review the status of recommendations adopted at previous White House Conferences on Aging. (d) Conference Participants and Delegates.— (1) Participants.—In order to carry out the purposes of this section, the Conference shall bring together— (A) representatives of Federal, State, and local governments, (B) professional and lay people who are working in the field of aging, and (C) representatives of the general public, particularly older individuals. (2) Selection of delegates.—The delegates shall be selected without regard to political affiliation or past partisan activity and shall, to the best of the appointing authority’s ability, be representative of the spectrum of thought in the field of aging.