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S. 2120119th CongressSocial Welfare
Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
Sponsored by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) · 15 active : 7 Republicans, 7 Democrats, 1 Independent
Latest action: Held at the desk.
Where it standsBefore the Senate7 senators score as swing votes
Passed Senate
- Senate: passedJul 14, 2026
- House: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govOlder Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
This bill reauthorizes through FY2030, modifies, and establishes programs under the Older Americans Act, which supports social services and activities for individuals aged 60 years or older.
Reauthorized programs and activities include
the national eldercare locator service;
regional aging and disability resource centers;
grants to support counseling and assistance on pensions and other retirement benefits;
grants to support home-delivered nutrition services (sometimes referred to as
meals on wheels
programs);
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programs to facilitate the delivery of supportive services to tribal organizations; and
programs to prevent elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
The bill also modifies existing programs for older individuals, including by explicitly permitting states to use certain grant funds to make carryout meals available at congregate meal sites or community locations. (Some providers began offering carryout meals to seniors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.)
Further, the bill permits the Administration on Aging to establish and operate, through grants to or contracts with eligible entities, a national resource center to support growth of the direct care workforce. The center’s activities may include the provision of training and technical assistance and the promotion of strategies to recruit and retain direct care workers.
Finally, the bill establishes or reconvenes certain advisory groups, including (1) an advisory committee to provide guidance regarding the needs of older Native Americans and the implementation of related programs, and (2) a White House Conference on Aging to recommend improvements to federal programs that serve older individuals.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
Senate
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Adult day care
- Advisory bodies
- Aging
- Air quality
- Child care and development
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Crime victims
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disability assistance
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Employment and training programs
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- Energy assistance for the poor and aged
- Executive agency funding and structure
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 51Middle 30–70
- 42Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
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- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Ashley Moody (R-FL)
- James C. Justice (R-WV)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Andy Kim (D-NJ)
- David McCormick (R-PA)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
