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HR 3749 112th Congress House

Expanding Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 2011

Official title: To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to expand the Senior Community Service Employment Program.

Introduced: December 20, 2011 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment AgingEmployment and training programs
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Dec 20, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Dec 20, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 29, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expanding Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 2011 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to expand the Senior Community Service Employment (SCSE) Program.

Lowers the age of eligibility from 55 to 52.

Repeals the requirement that the eligible individual be unemployed.

Increases from 125% to 200% of the poverty line the maximum income for eligibility. Excludes from the counting of an eligible individual's income any income received by another member of the eligible individual's household.

Prohibits any limit of fewer than 40 hours per week on the number of hours per week a grant recipient may permit a participant to work in a job assisted under the grant.

Declares the sense of Congress that necessary sums should be appropriated to carry out the SCSE Program in each of FY2012-FY2017.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3749: Expanding Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3749/
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"H.R. 3749: Expanding Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3749/.
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H.R. 3749, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3749/.
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