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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4706 
To establish the Interagency Task Force to Address Hunger and Promote 
Access to Healthy Food Among Older Adults and Adults with Disabil-
ities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2023 
Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself and Ms. CROCKETT) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
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 pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Senior Nutrition Task 
Force Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) DISABILITY.—The term ‘‘disability’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 3 of the Ameri-
cans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12102). 
(2) OLDER PERSON.—The term ‘‘older person’’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘‘older individual’’ 
in section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3002). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(4) TASK
FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 
means the task force established by subsection (b). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a task 
force, to be known as the ‘‘Interagency Task Force to Ad-
dress Hunger and Promote Access to Healthy Food 
Among Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities’’. 
(c) MEMBERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The members of the Task 
Force shall be the following: 
(A) The Secretary (or a designee). 
(B) The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (or a designee). 
(C) The Secretary of Transportation (or a 
designee). 
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(D) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs (or 
a designee). 
(E) The Administrator of the Food and 
Nutrition Service (or a designee). 
(F) The Administrator of the Administra-
tion for Community Living (or a designee). 
(G) The Administrator for Independent 
Living within the Administration for Commu-
nity Living (or a designee). 
(H) The Administrator of the Health Re-
sources and Services Administration (or a des-
ignee). 
(I) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development (or a designee). 
(J) The Commissioner of the Social Secu-
rity Administration (or a designee). 
(K) The Assistant Secretary for Planning 
and Evaluation (or a designee). 
(L) The Director of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention (or a designee). 
(M) The Assistant Secretary for Mental 
Health and Substance Use (or a designee). 
(N) The Surgeon General (or a designee). 
(O) The Deputy Administrator for Medi-
care and Medicaid Innovation (or a designee). 
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(P) The Director of the Office on Nutri-
tion Research of the National Institutes of 
Health (or a designee). 
(Q) The Director of the Indian Health 
Service (or a designee). 
(R) The Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency (or a des-
ignee). 
(S) The head of any other relevant Federal 
department or agency, as determined appro-
priate by the Secretary, and appointed by the 
President. 
(T) At least 2 older persons, appointed by 
the President, who are recipients of Federal nu-
trition benefits, as determined by the President. 
(U) At least 2 adults with disabilities, ap-
pointed by the President, who are recipients of 
Federal nutrition benefits, as determined by the 
President. 
(V) At least 2 members of grandfamilies or 
kinship families, appointed by the President, 
who are recipients of Federal nutrition benefits, 
as determined by the President. 
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(W) At least 1 representative, appointed by 
the President, from a national older adult nutri-
tion organization. 
(X) At least 1 representative, appointed by 
the President, from a national organization that 
addresses hunger among adults with disabil-
ities. 
(Y) At least 1 representative, appointed by 
the President, from a national antihunger orga-
nization. 
(2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the 
Task Force shall be the Secretary (or a designee). 
(3) VICE CHAIRPERSON.—The Vice Chairperson 
of the Task Force shall be the Administrator of the 
Administration for Community Living (or a des-
ignee). 
(d) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall be 
the following: 
(1) Identify, promote, coordinate, and dissemi-
nate information and resources and other available 
best practices— 
(A) to address hunger, food insecurity, and 
malnutrition among older adults and adults 
with disabilities; and 
(B) to increase access to healthy foods. 
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healthy, affordable, and local or regional food among 
older adults and adults with disabilities; 
(2) recommendations to support interagency ef-
forts to address hunger, food insecurity, and mal-
nutrition and promote access to healthy, affordable, 
and local or regional food among older adults and 
adults with disabilities; 
(3) existing barriers to promoting interagency 
collaboration to address hunger, food insecurity, and 
malnutrition and access to healthy, affordable, and 
local or regional food among older adults and adults 
with disabilities; and 
(4) innovative practices to address hunger, food 
insecurity, and malnutrition and promote access to 
healthy, affordable, and local or regional food among 
older adults and adults with disabilities. 
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