Fair Opportunities for Seniors Act

Bill: 116-hr-4846
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
Introduced: 2019-10-23
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging

Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Employment and training programs

National and community service

State and local government operations

Temporary and part-time employment
Latest action: action_date: 2019-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-10-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fair Opportunities for Seniors Act</b></p> <p>This bill gives priority, for purposes of certain grant programs that support the employment of older adults, to seniors who have been recently incarcerated.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4846 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 23, 2019 Ms. Scanlon 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 provide priority for the senior community service employment program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Opportunities for Seniors Act . 2. Priority for the senior community service employment program The Older Americans Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 503(a)(4)(C)— (A) in clause (iii) by striking and at the end; (B) in clause (iv) by adding and at the end; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (v) eligible individuals who have been incarcerated or are under supervision following the release from prison or jail within the last 5 years; ; (2) in section 514(e)(1) by inserting older individuals who have been incarcerated or are under supervision following the release from prison or jail, after need, ; and (3) in section 518— (A) in subsection (a)(3)(B)(ii)— (i) in subclause (IV) by striking or at the end; (ii) in subclause (V) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (VI) have been incarcerated or are under supervision following the release from prison or jail within the last 5 years. ; and (B) in subsection (b)(2)— (i) in subparagraph (F) by striking or at the end; (ii) in subparagraph (G) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (H) has been incarcerated or is under supervision following the release from prison or jail within the last 5 years. .