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.
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. 396Enacted 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.Pub. L. 98–288 § 3 · 98 Stat. 189
Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 4952(a)
Pub. L. 98–288 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)
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.”.Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1989
Pub. L. 101–204 title I § 101(d)(1) · 103 Stat. 1806
Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 4952
Pub. L. 101–204 struck out subsec. (a) designation before “The Director may”
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
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); andDomestic 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.]