Title: To authorize the Secretary of Labor to take certain actions to effectively respond during the COVID-19 public health emergency declared under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act to the needs of individuals participating in community service activities under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965.
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
This bill permits the Department of Labor, in response to the effects of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency, to increase the length of time individuals may participate in, and the amount available to pay authorized administrative costs for, Community Service Employment Program projects for older adults.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6357 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6357

    To authorize the Secretary of Labor to take certain actions to 
    effectively respond during the COVID-19 public health emergency 
  declared under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act to the 
  needs of individuals participating in community service activities 
           under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2020

   Mrs. Lee of Nevada (for herself and Mr. Grothman) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                                 Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of Labor to take certain actions to 
    effectively respond during the COVID-19 public health emergency 
  declared under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act to the 
  needs of individuals participating in community service activities 
           under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965.

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

SECTION 1. CONTINUITY OF SERVICE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPANTS IN 
              COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES UNDER TITLE V OF THE OLDER 
              AMERICANS ACT OF 1965.

     To ensure continuity of service and opportunities for participants 
in community service activities under title V of the Older Americans 
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056-3056p), the Secretary of Labor--
            (1)(A) may allow for individuals participating in such 
        activities as of March 1, 2020, to extend their participation 
        for a period that exceeds the period described in section 
        518(a)(3)(B)(i) of such Act if the Secretary determines such 
        extension is appropriate due to the effects of the COVID-19 
        public health emergency declared under section 319 of the 
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), and
            (B) may extend the average participation cap for eligible 
        individuals applicable to grantees under section 502(b)(1)(C) 
        of such Act to a cap the Secretary determines is appropriate 
        due to the effects of the COVID-19 public health emergency 
        declared under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
        U.S.C. 247d), and
            (2) may increase the amount available to pay the authorized 
        administrative costs to an amount not to exceed 20 percent of 
        the grant amount if the Secretary determines that such increase 
        is necessary to adequately respond to the additional 
        administrative needs to respond to the COVID-19 public health 
        emergency declared under section 319 of the Public Health 
        Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d).
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