Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Community and Senior Center Support Act”.
Community and Senior Center Support Act
A BILL
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to encourage the construction of senior centers and community centers.
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
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.”
Effective date— The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2021.