A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide grants to States for the establishment, maintenance, operation, and expansion of low-cost meal programs, nutrition training and education programs, and opportunity for social contacts.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Declares the need for a national policy aimed at providing the elderly with low cost, nutritionally sound meals served in strategically located centers such as community centers, senior citizen centers, schools, and other public or private non-profit institutions suited to such use. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture under the Older Americans Act of 1965 to: (1) create a new division within the Food and Nutrition Service of the Department of Agriculture, under the Assistant Secretary for a Marketing and Consumer Services, for the administration of the program; (2) make full utitization of the existing services within the Department including but not limited to the Federal Extension Service under the Director of Science and Education; and (3) consult with the Administration on Aging, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Allows the Secretary to request the technical assistance and cooperation of the Department of Labor, the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Department of Transportation, and such other departments and agencies of the Federal Government as may be appropriate. Establishes a formula for the allotment of funds to States which shall be available for payment…