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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part C · Chapter 66 — Domestic Volunteer Services

§ 4993. Technical and financial assistance

Statutory text

The Director may provide technical and financial assistance to Federal agencies, State and local governments and agencies, private nonprofit organizations, employers, and other private organizations that utilize or desire to utilize volunteers in carrying 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 § 123 · 87 Stat. 394

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 4993

    Pub. L. 93–113, title I, § 123, as added Pub. L. 94–293, § 3(b)(1), May 27, 1976, 90 Stat. 525

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–113, title I, § 123, as added Pub. L. 94–293, § 3(b)(1), May 27, 1976, 90 Stat. 525

  2. Pub. L. 98–288 § 13 · 98 Stat. 189

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 4993

    Pub. L. 98–288 substituted “(2) technical assistance and training programs, including the creation or expansion of private capabilities where possible and the development of voluntary organizations, with particular emphasis on low-income, minority, and community-based groups, or (3)” for “or (2)”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 98–288 substituted “(2) technical assistance and training programs, including the creation or expansion of private capabilities where possible and the development of voluntary organizations, with particular emphasis on low-income, minority, and community-based groups, or (3)” for “or (2)”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 13. technical and financial assistance Section 123 of the Act is amended by striking out “or (2)” and inserting in lieu thereof “(2) technical assistance and training programs, including the creation or expansion of private capabilities where possible and the development of voluntary organizations, with particular emphasis on low-income, minority, and community-based groups, or (3)”.

  3. Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1989

    Pub. L. 101–204 title VI § 602 · 103 Stat. 1806

    1. Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 4993

      Pub. L. 101–204 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

    2. Added · 42 U.S.C. § 4993

      Pub. L. 101–204 added subsec. (b)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 101–204 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 602. TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR IMPROVEMENT OF VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 4993) is amended— (1) by adding “(a)” after the section designation; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(b) (1) The Director shall provide assistance for identification, development, and dissemination of effective literacy materials and programs by grant or contract to public and private nonprofit organizations whose principal purpose is combatting of illiteracy and its associated problems. “(2) The Director shall consult with and annually submit summaries of exemplary projects based on project reports to the national clearinghouse on literacy education, as designated under section 372(d)(2) of the Adult Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1211a(d)(2)). “(3) The emphasis for the grants or contracts under paragraph (1) shall be— “(A) broadly disseminating information relating to training and technical assistance for the use of volunteers in projects or programs providing literary services in poor urban and rural areas, including English language literacy services for individuals with limited English proficiency; or “(B) developing new and innovative solutions to illiteracy problems that involve the more effective and extensive use of volunteers in such projects or programs.”.

  4. Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1993

    Pub. L. 103–82 title III § 332 · 107 Stat. 785

    1. Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 4993

      Pub. L. 103–82 amended section generally

    2. Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 4993

      Pub. L. 103–82 substituting single sentence authorizing technical and financial assistance for former subsecs. (a) and (b) which contained similar general authority and provisions detailing use of the general authority

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 103–82 amended section generally, substituting single sentence authorizing technical and financial assistance for former subsecs. (a) and (b) which contained similar general authority and provisions detailing use of the general authority.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 332. TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 4993) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 123. TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. “The Director may provide technical and financial assistance to Federal agencies, State and local governments and agencies, private nonprofit organizations, employers, and other private organizations that utilize or desire to utilize volunteers in carrying out the purpose of this part.”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 103–82 effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 392 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as a note under section 4951 of this title.

5 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1984–1993 · 3 rounds

1993

Pub. L. 103–82 amended section generally, substituting single sentence authorizing technical and financial assistance for former subsecs. (a) and (b) which contained similar general authority and provisions detailing use of the general authority.

1989

Pub. L. 101–204 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

1984

Pub. L. 98–288 substituted “(2) technical assistance and training programs, including the creation or expansion of private capabilities where possible and the development of voluntary organizations, with particular emphasis on low-income, minority, and community-based groups, or (3)” for “or (2)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 103–82 effective , see section 392 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as a note under section 4951 of this title.

Credits

1976–1993 · 4 acts
  1. 1976Pub. L. 93–113, title I, § 123, as added Pub. L. 94–293, § 3(b)(1), , 90 Stat. 525
  2. 1984amended Pub. L. 98–288, § 13, , 98 Stat. 192
  3. 1989Pub. L. 101–204, title VI, § 602, , 103 Stat. 1820
  4. 1993Pub. L. 103–82, title III, § 332, , 107 Stat. 903.
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(Pub. L. 93–113, title I, § 123, as added Pub. L. 94–293, § 3(b)(1), , 90 Stat. 525; amended Pub. L. 98–288, § 13, , 98 Stat. 192; Pub. L. 101–204, title VI, § 602, , 103 Stat. 1820; Pub. L. 103–82, title III, § 332, , 107 Stat. 903.)

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