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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part A · Chapter 66 — Domestic Volunteer Services

§ 4952. Authority to operate VISTA program

Statutory text

This part shall be administered by one of the Assistant Directors appointed pursuant to section 12651e(d)(1)(A) of this title. Such Director may recruit, select, and train persons to serve in full-time volunteer programs consistent with the provisions and to carry out the purpose of this part.

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.

  1. Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973

    Pub. L. 93–113 title I § 102 · 87 Stat. 394

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 4952

    Pub. L. 93–113, title I, § 102, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 396

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–113, title I, § 102, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 396

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 102. authority to operate vista program The Director may recruit, select, and train persons to serve in full-time volunteer programs consistent with the provisions and to carry out the purpose of this part.

  2. Pub. L. 98–288 § 3 · 98 Stat. 189

    1. Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 4952(a)

      Pub. L. 98–288 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

    2. Added · 42 U.S.C. § 4952(a)

      Pub. L. 98–288 added subsecs. (b) and (c)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–288 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 3. recruitment Section 102 of the Act is amended by inserting “(a)” after 42 USC 4952. the section designation and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: “(b) If any applicant under this part who is recruited locally becomes unavailable for service prior to the commencement of service, the recipient of the project grant or contract may replace such applicant with another qualified applicant approved by the Director. “(c) The Director shall ensure that not less than 20 per centum of all volunteers under this part are fifty-five years of age or older.”.

  3. Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1989

    Pub. L. 101–204 title I § 101(d)(1) · 103 Stat. 1806

    1. Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 4952

      Pub. L. 101–204 struck out subsec. (a) designation before “The Director may”

    2. Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 4952

      Pub. L. 101–204 struck out subsec. (b) which related to replacement of applicants who become unavailable for service

    3. Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 4952

      Pub. L. 101–204 struck out subsec. (c) which related to age quotas

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 101–204 struck out subsec. (a) designation before “The Director may”, struck out subsec. (b) which related to replacement of applicants who become unavailable for service, and struck out subsec. (c) which related to age quotas.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) in section 102 (42 U.S.C. 4952)— (A) by striking subsections (b) and (c); and (B) by striking the subsection designation in subsection (a); and

  4. Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1993

    Pub. L. 103–82 title III § 322(a) · 107 Stat. 785

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 4952

    Pub. L. 103–82 substituted “This part shall be administered by one of the Assistant Directors appointed pursuant to section 12651e(d)(1)(A) of this title. Such Director” for “The Director”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 103–82 substituted “This part shall be administered by one of the Assistant Directors appointed pursuant to section 12651e(d)(1)(A) of this title. Such Director” for “The Director”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— Section 102 (42 U.S.C. 4952) is amended by striking “The Director” and inserting “This part shall be administered by one of the Assistant Directors appointed pursuant to section 194(d)(1)(A) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990. Such Director”.

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 103–82, title III, § 322(b), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 899, provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on the effective date of section 203(b).” [Section 203(b) of Pub. L. 103–82 is effective 18 months after Sept. 21, 1993, or on such earlier date as the President shall determine to be appropriate and announce by proclamation in the Federal Register, see section 203(d) of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as a note under section 12651 of this title.]

7 of 7 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1984–1993 · 3 rounds

1993

Pub. L. 103–82 substituted “This part shall be administered by one of the Assistant Directors appointed pursuant to section 12651e(d)(1)(A) of this title. Such Director” for “The Director”.

1989

Pub. L. 101–204 struck out subsec. (a) designation before “The Director may”, struck out subsec. (b) which related to replacement of applicants who become unavailable for service, and struck out subsec. (c) which related to age quotas.

1984

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–288 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

Pub. L. 103–82, title III, § 322(b), , 107 Stat. 899, provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on the effective date of section 203(b).” [Section 203(b) of Pub. L. 103–82 is effective 18 months after , or on such earlier date as the President shall determine to be appropriate and announce by proclamation in the Federal Register, see section 203(d) of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as a note under section 12651 of this title.]

Credits

1973–1993 · 4 acts
  1. 1973Pub. L. 93–113, title I, § 102, , 87 Stat. 396
  2. 1984Pub. L. 98–288, § 3, , 98 Stat. 189
  3. 1989Pub. L. 101–204, title I, § 101(d)(1), , 103 Stat. 1811
  4. 1993Pub. L. 103–82, title III, § 322(a), , 107 Stat. 899.
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(Pub. L. 93–113, title I, § 102, , 87 Stat. 396; Pub. L. 98–288, § 3, , 98 Stat. 189; Pub. L. 101–204, title I, § 101(d)(1), , 103 Stat. 1811; Pub. L. 103–82, title III, § 322(a), , 107 Stat. 899.)

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