3.0.0 2584 2023-01-01T20:17:51Z 2023-01-01T20:17:51Z Senate S 2021-08-03 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-08-03T15:56:22Z HOME Meals Act 117 4933 HR 2021-08-03 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Identical bill CRS 2021-08-03 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-08-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2021-08-03 True Social Welfare Social Welfare 00 2021-08-03 Introduced in Senate 2022-04-27T19:31:07Z Helping Our Most Elderly Secure Meals Act or the HOME Meals Act

This bill establishes a competitive grant program for states to provide area agencies on aging and local nutrition service providers with funding to purchase or repair vehicles for delivering meals to older individuals. The vehicles must be capable of safely storing hot and cold foods.

In awarding these grants, the Administration on Aging shall prioritize states based on the proportion of older adults in their populations, poverty rates, and unmet need for nutrition services.

]]> HOME Meals Act Official Title as Introduced 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 purchase, 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. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title HOME Meals Act Short Title(s) as Introduced HOME Meals Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Helping Our Most Elderly Secure Meals Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2584is/xml/BILLS-117s2584is.xml 2021-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.