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[CITE: 42USC3003]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 35--PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS
 
         SUBCHAPTER I--DECLARATION OF OBJECTIVES AND DEFINITIONS
 
Sec. 3003. Congressional declaration of additional objectives

    The Congress finds that millions of older citizens in this Nation 
are suffering unnecessary harm from the lack of adequate services. It is 
therefore the purpose of this Act, in support of the objectives of this 
chapter, to--
        (1) make available comprehensive programs which include a full 
    range of health, education, and supportive services to our older 
    citizens who need them,
        (2) give full and special consideration to older citizens with 
    special needs in planning such programs, and, pending the 
    availability of such programs for all older citizens, give priority 
    to the elderly with the greatest economic and social need.
        (3) provide comprehensive programs which will assure the 
    coordinated delivery of a full range of essential services to our 
    older citizens, and, where applicable, also furnish meaningful 
    employment opportunities for many individuals, including older 
    persons, young persons, and volunteers from the community, and
        (4) insure that the planning and operation of such programs will 
    be undertaken as a partnership of older citizens, community 
    agencies, and State and local governments, with appropriate 
    assistance from the Federal Government.

(Pub. L. 93-29, title I, Sec. 101, May 3, 1973, 87 Stat. 30; Pub. L. 97-
115, Sec. 3(d), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1597.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 93-29, May 3, 1973, 87 
Stat. 30, as amended, known as the Older Americans Comprehensive 
Services Amendments of 1973. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title of 1973 Amendment note set out under section 
3001 of this title and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as part of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
which comprises this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1981--Par. (1). Pub. L. 97-115 substituted ``supportive services'' 
for ``social services''.
