[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5511 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5511

    To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide additional 
  opportunities for older individuals to volunteer at facilities that 
serve older individuals or individuals in younger generations, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 12, 2024

  Ms. Hassan (for herself and Mr. Marshall) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide additional 
  opportunities for older individuals to volunteer at facilities that 
serve older individuals or individuals in younger generations, 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 ``Multigenerational Care and Support 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION, SUPPORT, AND RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR 
              MULTIGENERATIONAL AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.

    Section 417 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032f) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``projects,'' and all that follows through 
                ``to--'' and inserting the following: ``projects to 
                serve individuals in younger generations and older 
                individuals by developing, carrying out, and promoting 
                participation in multigenerational activities to--'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by adding ``and'' at the end;
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``opportunities 
                for older individuals to become a mentor to individuals 
                in younger generations; and'' and inserting 
                ``opportunities--
                    ``(A) for older individuals to become mentors to 
                individuals in younger generations; and
                    ``(B) at facilities that serve older individuals or 
                individuals in younger generations, at which 
                multigenerational activities might occur.''; and
                    (D) by striking paragraph (4);
            (2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``(4)'' and inserting 
        ``(3)'';
            (3) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as 
                paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively;
            (4) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 
                subparagraph (A), by striking ``of enactment of the 
                Supporting Older Americans Act of 2020,'' and inserting 
                ``on which the first grant is awarded under this 
                section following the date of enactment of the 
                Multigenerational Care and Support Act,''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 
                subparagraph (A), by striking ``the Speaker of the 
                House of Representatives and the President pro tempore 
                of the Senate'' and inserting ``the Committee on 
                Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 
                and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 
                House of Representatives''; and
            (5) in subsection (h)(1), by striking ``or a family support 
        program.'' and inserting ``or a family support program, or a 
        program at a multipurpose senior center, long-term care 
        facility, or any other residential facility for older 
        individuals.''.
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