Senior Nutrition Task Force Act of 2023
This bill establishes a task force to identify ways to increase access to healthy foods and otherwise address hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition among older adults and adults with disabilities. Members of the task force include representatives from relevant federal agencies, advocacy organizations, and affected populations.
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4706 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4706
To establish the Interagency Task Force to Address Hunger and Promote
Access to Healthy Food Among Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 18, 2023
Mr. Fitzpatrick (for himself and Ms. Crockett) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
To establish the Interagency Task Force to Address Hunger and Promote
Access to Healthy Food Among Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities,
and for other purposes.
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 ``Senior Nutrition Task Force Act of
2023''.
SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Disability.--The term ``disability'' has the meaning
given the term in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102).
(2) Older person.--The term ``older person'' has the
meaning given the term ``older individual'' in section 102 of
the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002).
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Agriculture.
(4) Task force.--The term ``Task Force'' means the task
force established by subsection (b).
(b) Establishment.--There is established a task force, to be known
as the ``Interagency Task Force to Address Hunger and Promote Access to
Healthy Food Among Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities''.
(c) Members.--
(1) In general.--The members of the Task Force shall be the
following:
(A) The Secretary (or a designee).
(B) The Secretary of Health and Human Services (or
a designee).
(C) The Secretary of Transportation (or a
designee).
(D) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs (or a
designee).
(E) The Administrator of the Food and Nutrition
Service (or a designee).
(F) The Administrator of the Administration for
Community Living (or a designee).
(G) The Administrator for Independent Living within
the Administration for Community Living (or a
designee).
(H) The Administrator of the Health Resources and
Services Administration (or a designee).
(I) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
(or a designee).
(J) The Commissioner of the Social Security
Administration (or a designee).
(K) The Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (or a designee).
(L) The Director of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (or a designee).
(M) The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and
Substance Use (or a designee).
(N) The Surgeon General (or a designee).
(O) The Deputy Administrator for Medicare and
Medicaid Innovation (or a designee).
(P) The Director of the Office on Nutrition
Research of the National Institutes of Health (or a
designee).
(Q) The Director of the Indian Health Service (or a
designee).
(R) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (or a designee).
(S) The head of any other relevant Federal
department or agency, as determined appropriate by the
Secretary, and appointed by the President.
(T) At least 2 older persons, appointed by the
President, who are recipients of Federal nutrition
benefits, as determined by the President.
(U) At least 2 adults with disabilities, appointed
by the President, who are recipients of Federal
nutrition benefits, as determined by the President.
(V) At least 2 members of grandfamilies or kinship
families, appointed by the President, who are
recipients of Federal nutrition benefits, as determined
by the President.
(W) At least 1 representative, appointed by the
President, from a national older adult nutrition
organization.
(X) At least 1 representative, appointed by the
President, from a national organization that addresses
hunger among adults with disabilities.
(Y) At least 1 representative, appointed by the
President, from a national antihunger organization.
(2) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the Task Force shall
be the Secretary (or a designee).
(3) Vice chairperson.--The Vice Chairperson of the Task
Force shall be the Administrator of the Administration for
Community Living (or a designee).
(d) Duties.--The duties of the Task Force shall be the following:
(1) Identify, promote, coordinate, and disseminate
information and resources and other available best practices--
(A) to address hunger, food insecurity, and
malnutrition among older adults and adults with
disabilities; and
(B) to increase access to healthy foods.
(2) Measure and evaluate progress in--
(A) addressing hunger, food insecurity, and
malnutrition among older adults and adults with
disabilities; and
(B) increasing access to healthy, affordable, and
local or regional food for older adults and adults with
disabilities.
(3) Examine interagency opportunities--
(A) to collaboratively address hunger, food
insecurity, and malnutrition among older adults and
adults with disabilities;
(B) to promote access to healthy, affordable, and
local or regional food for older adults and adults with
disabilities; and
(C) to foster participation across Federal
nutrition services.
(4) Examine challenges to interagency efforts to carry out
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3).
(e) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2026, the Task Force
shall submit to Congress a report that describes--
(1) best practices for addressing hunger, food insecurity,
and malnutrition and promoting access to healthy, affordable,
and local or regional food among older adults and adults with
disabilities;
(2) recommendations to support interagency efforts to
address hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition and promote
access to healthy, affordable, and local or regional food among
older adults and adults with disabilities;
(3) existing barriers to promoting interagency
collaboration to address hunger, food insecurity, and
malnutrition and access to healthy, affordable, and local or
regional food among older adults and adults with disabilities;
and
(4) innovative practices to address hunger, food
insecurity, and malnutrition and promote access to healthy,
affordable, and local or regional food among older adults and
adults with disabilities.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
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