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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5096 

To establish the Interagency Task Force to Address Hunger and Promote 

Access to Healthy Food Among Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 15, 2022 

Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To establish the Interagency Task Force to Address Hunger 

and Promote Access to Healthy Food Among Older 

Adults and Adults with Disabilities, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Senior Nutrition Task 

5 Force Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) DISABILITY.—The term ‘‘disability’’ has the 

2 meaning given the term in section 3 of the Ameri3 cans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

4 12102). 

5 (2) OLDER PERSON.—The term ‘‘older person’’ 

6 has the meaning given the term ‘‘older individual’’ 

7 in section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 

8 (42 U.S.C. 3002). 

9 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

10 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

11 (4) TASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 

12 means the task force established by subsection (b). 

13 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a task 

14 force, to be known as the ‘‘Interagency Task Force to Ad15 dress Hunger and Promote Access to Healthy Food 

16 Among Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities’’. 

17 (c) MEMBERS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The members of the Task 

19 Force shall be the following: 

20 (A) The Secretary (or a designee). 

21 (B) The Secretary of Health and Human 

22 Services (or a designee). 

23 (C) The Secretary of Transportation (or a 

24 designee). 


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1 (D) The Administrator of the Food and 

2 Nutrition Service (or a designee). 

3 (E) The Administrator of the Administra4 tion for Community Living (or a designee). 

5 (F) The Administrator for Independent 

6 Living within the Administration for Commu7 nity Living (or a designee). 

8 (G) The Administrator of the Health Re9 sources and Services Administration (or a des10 ignee). 

11 (H) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

12 Development (or a designee). 

13 (I) The Commissioner of the Social Secu14 rity Administration (or a designee). 

15 (J) The Assistant Secretary for Planning 

16 and Evaluation (or a designee). 

17 (K) The Director of the Centers for Dis18 ease Control and Prevention (or a designee). 

19 (L) The Assistant Secretary for Mental 

20 Health and Substance Use (or a designee). 

21 (M) The Surgeon General (or a designee). 

22 (N) The Deputy Administrator for Medi23 care and Medicaid Innovation (or a designee). 


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1 (O) The Director of the Office on Nutri2 tion Research of the National Institutes of 

3 Health (or a designee). 

4 (P) The Director of the Indian Health 

5 Service (or a designee). 

6 (Q) The head of any other relevant Fed7 eral department or agency, as determined ap8 propriate by the Secretary, and appointed by 

9 the President. 

10 (R) At least 2 older persons, appointed by 

11 the President, who are recipients of Federal nu12 trition benefits, as determined by the President. 

13 (S) At least 2 adults with disabilities, ap14 pointed by the President, who are recipients of 

15 Federal nutrition benefits, as determined by the 

16 President. 

17 (T) At least 2 members of grandfamilies or 

18 kinship families, appointed by the President, 

19 who are recipients of Federal nutrition benefits, 

20 as determined by the President. 

21 (U) At least 1 representative, appointed by 

22 the President, from a national older adult nutri23 tion organization. 

24 (V) At least 1 representative, appointed by 

25 the President, from a national organization that 


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1 addresses hunger among adults with disabil2 ities. 

3 (W) At least 1 representative, appointed by 

4 the President, from a national antihunger orga5 nization. 

6 (2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the 

7 Task Force shall be the Secretary (or a designee). 

8 (3) VICE CHAIRPERSON.—The Vice Chairperson 

9 of the Task Force shall be the Administrator of the 

10 Administration for Community Living (or a des11 ignee). 

12 (d) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall be 

13 the following: 

14 (1) Identify, promote, coordinate, and dissemi15 nate information and resources and other available 

16 best practices— 

17 (A) to address hunger, food insecurity, and 

18 malnutrition among older adults and adults 

19 with disabilities; and 

20 (B) to increase access to healthy foods. 

21 (2) Measure and evaluate progress in— 

22 (A) addressing hunger, food insecurity, 

23 and malnutrition among older adults and adults 

24 with disabilities; and 


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1 (B) increasing access to healthy, afford2 able, and local or regional food for older adults 

3 and adults with disabilities. 

4 (3) Examine interagency opportunities— 

5 (A) to collaboratively address hunger, food 

6 insecurity, and malnutrition among older adults 

7 and adults with disabilities; and 

8 (B) to promote access to healthy, afford9 able, and local or regional food for older adults 

10 and adults with disabilities. 

11 (4) Examine challenges to interagency efforts to 

12 carry out subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph 

13 (3). 

14 (e) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2026, 

15 the Task Force shall submit to Congress a report that 

16 describes— 

17 (1) best practices for addressing hunger, food 

18 insecurity, and malnutrition and promoting access to 

19 healthy, affordable, and local or regional food among 

20 older adults and adults with disabilities; 

21 (2) recommendations to support interagency ef22 forts to address hunger, food insecurity, and mal23 nutrition and promote access to healthy, affordable, 

24 and local or regional food among older adults and 

25 adults with disabilities; 


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1 (3) existing barriers to promoting interagency 

2 collaboration to address hunger, food insecurity, and 

3 malnutrition and access to healthy, affordable, and 

4 local or regional food among older adults and adults 

5 with disabilities; and 

6 (4) innovative practices to address hunger, food 

7 insecurity, and malnutrition and promote access to 

8 healthy, affordable, and local or regional food among 

9 older adults and adults with disabilities. 

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