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House Bill 1303




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HM 1303

        By Representatives Tobin, Lippman, Morse, Villalobos,
    Crow, Wasserman Schultz, Effman, Ritter, Geller, Sanderson,
    Rayson, Eggelletion, Mackenzie, Dawson-White and Stafford




  1                          House Memorial

  2         A memorial to the Congress of the United

  3         States, urging Congress to reauthorize the

  4         Older Americans Act.

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  6         WHEREAS, since its passage in 1965, the Older Americans

  7  Act has been the prime funding source for aging programs

  8  benefitting the multiple needs of persons who are age 60 and

  9  older, and

10         WHEREAS, this important legislation provides

11  appropriations to support senior centers, Meals on Wheels,

12  transportation, adult day care, homemakers services, legal

13  services, home repair, and information and referral services

14  planned by local Area Agencies on Aging to help delay or

15  prevent institutionalization, and

16         WHEREAS, Florida is the year-round home of more than

17  3.3 million senior citizens, many of whom rely on Older

18  Americans Act Services for their daily sustenance, and

19         WHEREAS, the Older Americans Act has been calendared

20  for reauthorization in 1995, 1996, and 1997, but placed on a

21  continuation budget for each of the specified years, and

22         WHEREAS, the legislation usually is reauthorized for a

23  period of three or four consecutive years; NOW, THEREFORE,

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25  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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27         That the Congress of the United States is requested to

28  reauthorize the Older Americans Act for a five-year period

29  beginning January 1, 1998, or sooner, to help assure the

30  merited right of older Americans to live their retirement

31  years with merited dignity.

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  1         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this memorial be

  2  sent to the President of the United States, the President of

  3  the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States

  4  House of Representatives, and to each member of the Florida

  5  delegation to the United States Congress.

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