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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1674 

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a competitive grant 

program to enable States to purchase, customize, or repair vehicles 

with hot and cold food storage for delivering meals to older individuals 

through the Congregate Nutrition Program or the Home-Delivered Nutrition Program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 23 (legislative day, MAY 22), 2019 

Mr. MANCHIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish 

a competitive grant program to enable States to purchase, customize, or repair vehicles with hot and cold 

food storage for delivering meals to older individuals 

through the Congregate Nutrition Program or the HomeDelivered Nutrition Program. 

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 ‘‘Helping Our Most El5 derly Secure Meals Act’’ or the ‘‘HOME Meals Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR VEHICLES WITH HOT AND COLD FOOD 

2 STORAGE FOR MEAL DELIVERY TO OLDER IN3 DIVIDUALS. 

4 Subpart 3 of part C of title III of the Older Ameri5 cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030g–21 et seq.) is amend6 ed by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 340. GRANTS FOR VEHICLES WITH HOT AND COLD 

8 FOOD STORAGE FOR MEAL DELIVERY. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall 

10 award grants in accordance with subsection (c) on a com11 petitive basis to States receiving a grant under section 331 

12 or 336 to enable such States to purchase, customize, or 

13 repair vehicles meeting the requirement under subsection 

14 (b) to be used in delivering meals to older individuals 

15 through a nutrition project supported under either such 

16 section. 

17 ‘‘(b) VEHICLE REQUIREMENT.—The requirement 

18 under this subsection is that the vehicle has the capability 

19 to safely store hot food and cold food, as determined by 

20 the Assistant Secretary, while delivering meals. 

21 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State receiving a 

24 grant under section 331 or 336 that seeks a 

25 grant under this section shall submit an appli26 cation to the Assistant Secretary at such time, 


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1 in such manner, and containing such informa2 tion as the Assistant Secretary may reasonably 

3 require, including the demonstrations described 

4 in subparagraph (B). 

5 ‘‘(B) DEMONSTRATIONS.—An application 

6 under this paragraph shall contain a dem7 onstration— 

8 ‘‘(i) of how the State submitting the 

9 application will use the grant to enhance 

10 the delivery of services to older individuals 

11 with greatest economic need and older in12 dividuals with greatest social need; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) that a program is in effect within 

14 the State, on the date on which the State 

15 submits the application, to use vehicles 

16 meeting the requirement under subsection 

17 (b) to provide nutrition services under sec18 tion 331 or 336. 

19 ‘‘(2) SELECTION.—The Assistant Secretary, in 

20 selecting States meeting the requirements under 

21 paragraph (1) to receive a grant under this section, 

22 shall give preference to— 

23 ‘‘(A) States with a high percentage of indi24 viduals who are 60 years of age or older; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) States with a high rate of individuals 

2 at or below the poverty line. 

3 ‘‘(d) GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant awarded under this 

4 section shall be for an amount that is equal to or less than 

5 $3,000,000. 

6 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

7 is authorized to be appropriated $60,000,000 for each of 

8 fiscal years 2020 through 2024 to carry out this section.’’. 

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