Posted on June 20, 2025, Last Updated on January 8, 2026
On Wednesday, June 18, the Senate reintroduced the Older Americans Reauthorization Act. The OAA was last reauthorized in 2020. Congress had worked to reauthorize it in the last Congressional session, but was unsuccessful. ACB follows the bill closely because of the large number of aging Americans who are likely to lose vision. ACB has and continues to advocate for more provisions of the bill to include vision services for the aging community. ACB thanks our affiliate, AAVL, for there strong advocacy on this issue. ACB will continue to advocate for greater inclusion of vision-related services in the bill. For more information, read the press release at https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/gillibrand-colleagues-reintroduce-older-americans-act-to-empower-american-seniors/?type=all