Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part A · Chapter 35 — Programs for Older Americans
§ 3032i. Demonstration and support projects for legal assistance for older individuals
Statutory text
Program authorized
The Assistant Secretary shall make grants and enter into contracts, in order to—
provide a national legal assistance support system (operated by one or more grantees or contractors) of activities to State and area agencies on aging for providing, developing, or supporting legal assistance for older individuals, including—
case consultations;
training;
provision of substantive legal advice and assistance; and
assistance in the design, implementation, and administration of legal assistance delivery systems to local providers of legal assistance for older individuals; and
support demonstration projects to expand or improve the delivery of legal assistance to older individuals with social or economic needs.
Assurances
Any grants or contracts made under subsection (a)(2) shall contain assurances that the requirements of section 3027(a)(11) of this title are met.
Assistance
To carry out subsection (a)(1), the Assistant Secretary shall make grants to or enter into contracts with nonprofit organizations experienced in providing support and technical assistance on a nationwide basis to States, area agencies on aging, legal assistance providers, ombudsmen, elder abuse prevention programs, and other organizations interested in the legal rights of older individuals.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Older Americans Act of 1965
Pub. L. 89–73 title IV § 420 · 79 Stat. 218
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 3032i
Pub. L. 89–73, title IV, § 420, as added Pub. L. 106–501, title IV, § 401, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2265
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 89–73, title IV, § 420, as added Pub. L. 106–501, title IV, § 401, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2265Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2016
Pub. L. 114–144 § 5(c) · 130 Stat. 334
Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 3032i(c)
Pub. L. 114–144 struck out “national” before “nonprofit organizations”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–144 struck out “national” before “nonprofit organizations”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(c) Legal Assistance for Older Americans.— Section 420(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032i(c)) is amended by striking “national”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 420 of Pub. L. 89–73 was classified to section 3034 of this title, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 106–501.
Amendments
2016—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–144 struck out “national” before “nonprofit organizations”.
Credits
2000–2016 · 2 acts
- 2000Pub. L. 89–73, title IV, § 420, as added Pub. L. 106–501, title IV, § 401, , 114 Stat. 2265
- 2016amended Pub. L. 114–144, § 5(c), , 130 Stat. 342.
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(Pub. L. 89–73, title IV, § 420, as added Pub. L. 106–501, title IV, § 401, , 114 Stat. 2265; amended Pub. L. 114–144, § 5(c), , 130 Stat. 342.)