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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4933 
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a competitive grant 
program to enable area agencies on aging and local nutrition service 
providers to purchase, customize, or repair vehicles with hot and cold 
food storage for delivering meals to older individuals through the Con-
gregate Nutrition Program or the Home-Delivered Nutrition Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 3, 2021 
Mr. VELA (for himself and Mr. KATKO) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish 
a competitive grant program to enable area agencies 
on aging and local nutrition service providers to pur-
chase, 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. 
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 ‘‘Helping Our Most El-
derly Secure Meals Act’’ or the ‘‘HOME Meals Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR VEHICLES WITH HOT AND COLD FOOD 
STORAGE FOR MEAL DELIVERY TO OLDER IN-
DIVIDUALS. 
Subpart 3 of part C of title III of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030g–21 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 340. GRANTS FOR VEHICLES WITH HOT AND COLD 
FOOD STORAGE FOR MEAL DELIVERY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall 
award grants in accordance with subsection (c) on a com-
petitive basis to States receiving a grant under section 331 
or 336 to enable such States to provide direct funds to 
area agencies on aging and local nutrition service pro-
viders to purchase, customize, or repair vehicles meeting 
the requirement under subsection (b) to be used in deliv-
ering meals to older individuals through a nutrition 
project supported or eligible for support under either such 
section. 
‘‘(b) VEHICLE
REQUIREMENT.—The requirement 
under this subsection is that the vehicle has the capability 
to safely store hot food and cold food, as determined by 
the Assistant Secretary, while delivering meals. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State receiving a 
grant under section 331 or 336 that seeks a 
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grant under this section shall submit an appli-
cation to the Assistant Secretary at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such informa-
tion as the Assistant Secretary may reasonably 
require, including the demonstrations described 
in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) DEMONSTRATIONS.—An application 
under this paragraph shall contain a dem-
onstration— 
‘‘(i) of how the State submitting the 
application will use the grant to enable nu-
trition projects supported or eligible for 
support under section 331 or 336 to en-
hance the delivery of services to older indi-
viduals with greatest economic need and 
older individuals with greatest social need; 
and 
‘‘(ii) that each such nutrition project 
has a program, in effect within the State 
on the date on which the State submits the 
application, to use vehicles meeting the re-
quirement under subsection (b) to provide 
nutrition services supported or eligible for 
support under section 331 or 336. 
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‘‘(2) SELECTION.—The Assistant Secretary, in 
selecting States meeting the requirements under 
paragraph (1) to receive a grant under this section, 
shall give preference to— 
‘‘(A) States with a high percentage of indi-
viduals who are 60 years of age or older; 
‘‘(B) States with a high rate of individuals 
at or below the poverty line; and 
‘‘(C) States with a high level of demand or 
unmet need for nutrition services provided by 
area agencies on aging or local nutrition service 
providers. 
‘‘(d) GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant awarded under this 
section shall be for an amount that is equal to or less than 
$3,000,000. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $60,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out this section.’’. 
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