Older Americans Reauthorization Technical Corrections Act
Public Law 110-19 · S. 1002 · 110th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by George W. Bush (R) on Apr 23, 2007 · Social Welfare
Sponsor: Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Cosponsors (2): Sen. Michael Enzi, Sen. Pat Roberts
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Older Americans Reauthorization Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 with respect to incentives for effective performance by states and tribal organizations in the efficient delivery of nutritious meals to older individuals.
Repeals certain provisions regarding state agency and tribal grantee commodity purchases, as added by the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006. Restores former commodity purchase provisions, with revisions.
Entitles each state agency and tribal grantee to use its allotments to obtain from the Secretary of Agriculture commodities available through any food program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the rates at which such commodities are valued for such program. (Currently, such purchases are not limited to commodities from USDA food programs, but may be any U.S. agricultural commodity and other foods.)
Repeals the authority of a state agency or tribal grantee to opt to use part or all of the amounts it receives to pay a school food authority to obtain U.S. agricultural commodities for its nutrition projects.
Prescribes requirements for Secretary of Agriculture determination of state agency and tribal grantee allotments.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture to agree on reimbursement amounts and procedures.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
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Related bills
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 14 actions.
- Apr 23, 2007Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 110-19.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Apr 12, 2007FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Mar 28, 2007FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On passage Passed without objection.
- FloorFloor · Considered by unanimous consent.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Loebsack asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
- OtherOther · Cleared for White House.
- Mar 27, 2007FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- FloorFloor · Received in the House.
- FloorFloor · Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in Senate
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Amendments
No amendments to this bill are on record.
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Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.