1.This Act may be cited as the
Older Americans Reauthorization
Technical Corrections Act
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2.Nutrition services incentive
programSection 311 of the
Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030a), as amended by section 309 of the
Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006, is further amended—
(1)by striking subsection (b)(3);
(2)by striking subsection (d) and inserting
the following:
(d)(1)Each State agency and each title VI grantee
shall be entitled to use all or any part of amounts allotted under subsection
(b) to obtain, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), from the Secretary of
Agriculture commodities available through any food program of the Department of
Agriculture at the rates at which such commodities are valued for purposes of
such program.
(2)The Secretary of Agriculture shall
determine and report to the Secretary, by such date as the Secretary may
require, the amount (if any) of its allotment under subsection (b) which each
State agency and title VI grantee has elected to receive in the form of
commodities. Such amount shall include an amount bearing the same ratio to the
costs to the Secretary of Agriculture of providing such commodities under this
subsection as the value of commodities received by such State agency or title
VI grantee under this subsection bears to the total value of commodities so
received.
(3)From the allotment under subsection (b) for
each State agency and title VI grantee, the Secretary shall transfer funds to
the Secretary of Agriculture for the costs of commodities received by such
State agency or grantee, and expenses related to the procurement of the
commodities on behalf of such State agency or grantee, under this subsection,
and shall then pay the balance (if any) to such State agency or grantee. The
amount of funds transferred for the expenses related to the procurement of the
commodities shall be mutually agreed on by the Secretary and the Secretary of
Agriculture. The transfer of funds for the costs of the commodities and the
related expenses shall occur in a timely manner after the Secretary of
Agriculture submits the corresponding report described in paragraph (2), and
shall be subject to the availability of appropriations. Amounts received by the
Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to this section to make commodity purchases
for a fiscal year for a State agency or title VI grantee shall remain
available, only for the next fiscal year, to make commodity purchases for that
State agency or grantee pursuant to this section.
(4)Each State agency and title VI grantee
shall promptly and equitably disburse amounts received under this subsection to
recipients of grants and contracts. Such disbursements shall only be used by
such recipients of grants or contracts to purchase domestically produced foods
for their nutrition projects.
(5)Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to require any State agency or title VI grantee to elect to receive
cash payments under this subsection.
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and
(3)by striking subsection (f) and inserting
the following:
(f)In each fiscal year, the Secretary and the
Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly disseminate to State agencies, title VI
grantees, area agencies on aging, and providers of nutrition services assisted
under this title, information concerning the foods available to such State
agencies, title VI grantees, area agencies on aging, and providers under
subsection
(c).
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3.
(a)The amendments made by section 2 shall take
effect beginning with fiscal year 2008.
(b)Effective on the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall take such actions as will enable State
agencies and title VI grantees described in section 311 of the Older Americans
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030a) to apply during fiscal year 2007 for allotments
under such section for fiscal year 2008.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Vice President of the United States and President of the
Senate