Older Americans Reauthorization Technical Corrections Act

Bill: 110-s-1002
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2007-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Agricultural surpluses
Agriculture and Food
Federal-state relations
Food relief
Government Operations and Politics
Nutrition
Old age assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: 
Older Americans Reauthorization Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 with respect to incentives for effective performance by states and tribal organizations in the efficient delivery of nutritious meals to older individuals.
 
Repeals certain provisions regarding state agency and tribal grantee commodity purchases, as added by the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006. Restores former commodity purchase provisions, with revisions.
 
Entitles each state agency and tribal grantee to use its allotments to obtain from the Secretary of Agriculture commodities available through any food program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the rates at which such commodities are valued for such program. (Currently, such purchases are not limited to commodities from USDA food programs, but may be any U.S. agricultural commodity and other foods.)
 
Repeals the authority of a state agency or tribal grantee to opt to use part or all of the amounts it receives to pay a school food authority to obtain U.S. agricultural commodities for its nutrition projects.
 
Prescribes requirements for Secretary of Agriculture determination of state agency and tribal grantee allotments.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture to agree on reimbursement amounts and procedures.
 

action_date: 2007-03-27
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Older Americans Reauthorization Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 with respect to incentives for effective performance by states and tribal organizations in the efficient delivery of nutritious meals to older individuals.
 
Repeals certain provisions regarding state agency and tribal grantee commodity purchases, as added by the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006. Restores former commodity purchase provisions, with revisions.
 
Entitles each state agency and tribal grantee to use its allotments to obtain from the Secretary of Agriculture commodities available through any food program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the rates at which such commodities are valued for such program. (Currently, such purchases are not limited to commodities from USDA food programs, but may be any U.S. agricultural commodity and other foods.)
 
Repeals the authority of a state agency or tribal grantee to opt to use part or all of the amounts it receives to pay a school food authority to obtain U.S. agricultural commodities for its nutrition projects.
 
Prescribes requirements for Secretary of Agriculture determination of state agency and tribal grantee allotments.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture to agree on reimbursement amounts and procedures.

action_date: 2007-03-28
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Older Americans Reauthorization Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 with respect to incentives for effective performance by states and tribal organizations in the efficient delivery of nutritious meals to older individuals.

Repeals certain provisions regarding state agency and tribal grantee commodity purchases, as added by the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006. Restores former commodity purchase provisions, with revisions.

Entitles each state agency and tribal grantee to use its allotments to obtain from the Secretary of Agriculture commodities available through any food program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the rates at which such commodities are valued for such program. (Currently, such purchases are not limited to commodities from USDA food programs, but may be any U.S. agricultural commodity and other foods.)

Repeals the authority of a state agency or tribal grantee to opt to use part or all of the amounts it receives to pay a school food authority to obtain U.S. agricultural commodities for its nutrition projects.

Prescribes requirements for Secretary of Agriculture determination of state agency and tribal grantee allotments.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture to agree on reimbursement amounts and procedures.

action_date: 2007-04-23
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Older Americans Reauthorization Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 with respect to incentives for effective performance by states and tribal organizations in the efficient delivery of nutritious meals to older individuals.
 
Repeals certain provisions regarding state agency and tribal grantee commodity purchases, as added by the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006. Restores former commodity purchase provisions, with revisions.
 
Entitles each state agency and tribal grantee to use its allotments to obtain from the Secretary of Agriculture commodities available through any food program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the rates at which such commodities are valued for such program. (Currently, such purchases are not limited to commodities from USDA food programs, but may be any U.S. agricultural commodity and other foods.)
 
Repeals the authority of a state agency or tribal grantee to opt to use part or all of the amounts it receives to pay a school food authority to obtain U.S. agricultural commodities for its nutrition projects.
 
Prescribes requirements for Secretary of Agriculture determination of state agency and tribal grantee allotments.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture to agree on reimbursement amounts and procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-23
text: Became Public Law No: 110-19.
action_date: 2007-04-23
text: Became Public Law No: 110-19.
action_date: 2007-04-23
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2007-04-23
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2007-04-12
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2007-04-12
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2007-03-28
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2007-03-28
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-03-28
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H3236-3237)
action_date: 2007-03-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H3236-3237)
action_date: 2007-03-28
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H3236-3237)
action_date: 2007-03-28
text: Mr. Loebsack asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2007-03-28
text: Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
action_date: 2007-03-28
text: Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3983-3984; text as passed Senate: CR S3984)
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3983-3984; text as passed Senate: CR S3984)
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 110-19