§ 5028. Authority of Director

Statutory text

In general

The Director is authorized to make grants to or enter into contracts with public or nonprofit organizations, including organizations funded under part A, B, or C, for the purposes of demonstrating innovative activities involving older Americans as volunteers. The Director may support under this part both volunteers receiving stipends and volunteers not receiving stipends.

Activities

An organization that receives a grant or enters into a contract under subsection (a) may use funds made available through the grant or contract for activities such as—

linking youth groups and older American organizations in volunteer activities;

involving older volunteers in programs and activities different from programs and activities supported in the community; and

testing whether older American volunteer programs may contribute to new objectives or certain national priorities.

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.

1993
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973
Pub. L. 93–113 title II § 231 · 87 Stat. 394
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 5028
(Pub. L. 93–113, title II, § 231, as added Pub. L. 103–82, title III, § 351, Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 906.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–113, title II, § 231, as added Pub. L. 103–82, title III, § 351, Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 906.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

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

Credits

(Pub. L. 93–113, title II, § 231, as added Pub. L. 103–82, title III, § 351, Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 906.)