OLDER AMERICANS ACT

Amendments

Appropriations: increase authorizations for commodity distribution (S. 1858), 1708 [5FE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2453, amendments, 2117 [18FE]

Bills and resolutions

Aged: grants for demonstration projects providing services in return for certain volunteer services (see H.R. 5690)

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: exempt programs from sequestration (see H.R. 5239)

Medicaid: standards for participating nursing homes (see S. 2604)

Medicare: standards for participating nursing homes (see S. 2604)

Nursing homes: protection of patients (see H.R. 5067)

Ombudsman Program: improve (see H.R. 4485)

State long-term care ombudsman programs: improve (see S. 2912)

Remarks in House

Amend (H.R. 2453): appointment of conferees, 2117 [18FE]

———conference report, 5197, 5263 [18MR], 5265 [20MR]

Elderly Feeding Program: Dept. of Agriculture nutrition data, 21452 [13AU]

Programs: social and economic importance, 26194 [25SE]

Remarks in Senate

Amend (H.R. 2453), 3540 [4MR]

Appropriations: increase authorizations for commodity distribution (H.R. 2453), S. 1858 language passed in lieu, 1708 [5FE]

———increase authorizations for commodity distribution (S. 1858), 1707, 1740 [5FE], 4501 [12MR], 4835 [13MR]

Budget: funding (S. Con. Res. 120), 9284-9285 [1MY]

Medicaid: standards for participating nursing homes (S. 2604), 15961-15965 [26JN]

Medicare: standards for participating nursing homes (S. 2604), 15961-15965 [26JN]

Reports by conference committees

Amendments (H.R. 2453), 4103 [10MR]

Reports filed

Appropriations Increase: committee of conference (H.R. 2453) (H. Rept. 99-487), 4120 [10MR]

Increased Appropriations for Commodity Distribution: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1858) (S. Rept. 99-232), 1397 [3FE]

Texts of

H.R. 2453, increase authorizations for commodity distribution, 1708 [5FE]

S. 2604, Nursing Home Quality Reform Act, 15962-15965 [26JN]

S. 2604, provisions, 15962-15965 [26JN]