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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4734 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4734

 To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to ensure services for home 
  modifications under part B of title III of such Act may be used for 
               certain purposes, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 23, 2024

   Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Heinrich) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to ensure services for home 
  modifications under part B of title III of such Act may be used for 
               certain purposes, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Home Modifications for the Climate 
Crisis Act''.

SEC. 2. HOME MODIFICATIONS.

    Section 321 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030d) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(4)--
                    (A) by striking ``or (D)'' and inserting ``(D)''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``Urban Development;'' and 
                inserting ``Urban Development; (E) to provide the homes 
                of older individuals with air-quality monitors and air-
                quality improvements, including through ventilation 
                upgrades and indoor pollutant source reductions like 
                home electrification and integrated pest management, to 
                mitigate poor indoor air quality caused by gas 
                appliances, pesticide application, and air pollutants 
                (as defined in section 302 of the Clean Air Act (42 
                U.S.C. 7602)); (F) to assist older individuals in 
                modifying homes to ensure adequate cooling, heating, 
                air quality, and energy efficiency, prioritizing 
                technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, 
                indoor pollution, and toxic substances; or (G) to 
                assist older individuals in obtaining assistance for 
                utility and power expenditures through a program under 
                the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 
                U.S.C. 8621 et seq.) or any other program administered 
                by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 
                Energy;'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
        (e) and (f), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Services authorized under subsection (a)(4) include such 
services with respect to homes that are--
            ``(1) multi-family dwellings;
            ``(2) rental homes, including rental units; or
            ``(3) occupied by an older individual living with another 
        resident who is not an older individual.''.
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