Community and Senior Center Support Act

Community and Senior Center Support Act

This bill permits the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide financial assistance for multipurpose senior centers and essential community facilities that provide health, community, social, recreation, or cultural services, without regard to whether the center or facility is in a rural area, In providing this assistance in nonrural areas, USDA must consult with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Currently, USDA may provide such assistance to rural areas.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4195 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4195

 To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to encourage 
       the construction of senior centers and community centers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2021

    Mr. Cicilline (for himself and Ms. Malliotakis) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to encourage 
       the construction of senior centers and community centers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Community and Senior Center Support 
Act''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF RURAL AREA REQUIREMENT FOR PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE 
              FOR MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR CENTERS AND FOR COMMUNITY CENTERS 
              PROVIDING HEALTH, COMMUNITY, SOCIAL, RECREATION, OR 
              CULTURAL SERVICES, UNDER ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(27) Waiver of rural area requirement for provision of 
        assistance for multipurpose senior centers and for community 
        centers providing health, community, social, recreation, or 
        cultural services, under essential community facilities 
        programs.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may provide 
                assistance under the essential community facilities 
                programs authorized under this subsection, for a 
                multipurpose senior center (as defined in section 
                102(36) of the Older Americans Act of 1965) or for an 
                essential community facility providing health, 
                community, social, recreation, or cultural services, 
                without regard to whether the center or facility is in 
                a rural area, and shall consult with the Secretary of 
                Housing and Urban Development in providing any such 
                assistance for a center or facility that is not so 
                located.
                    ``(B) No effect on other assistance.--The provision 
                of assistance under subparagraph (A) shall not affect 
                eligibility for, or the amount or type of, assistance 
                to be provided under any other Federal program.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 2021.
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