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[CITE: 42USC3056e]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 35--PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS
 
     SUBCHAPTER IX--COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS
 
Sec. 3056e. Definitions

    As used in this subchapter--
        (1) the term ``eligible individual'' means an individual who is 
    fifty-five years old or older, who has a low income (including any 
    such individual whose income is not more than 125 percent of the 
    poverty line), except that, pursuant to regulations prescribed by 
    the Secretary, any such individual who is sixty years old or older 
    shall have priority for the work opportunities provided for under 
    this subchapter;
        (2) the term ``community service'' means social, health, 
    welfare, and educational services (particularly literacy tutoring), 
    legal and other counseling services and assistance, including tax 
    counseling and assistance and financial counseling, and library, 
    recreational, and other similar services; conservation, maintenance, 
    or restoration of natural resources; community betterment or 
    beautification; antipollution and environmental quality efforts; 
    weatherization activities; economic development; and such other 
    services essential and necessary to the community as the Secretary, 
    by regulation, may prescribe;
        (3) the term ``program'' means the older American community 
    service employment program established under this subchapter; and
        (4) the term ``Pacific Island and Asian Americans'' means 
    Americans having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far 
    East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific 
    Islands.

(Pub. L. 89-73, title V, Sec. 507, formerly title IX, Sec. 907, as added 
Pub. L. 94-135, title I, Sec. 113(a), Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 724; 
renumbered title V, Sec. 507, and amended Pub. L. 95-478, title I, 
Sec. 105(a), (f), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1547, 1548; Pub. L. 97-115, 
Sec. 12(a)(3), (f), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1606, 1607; Pub. L. 98-459, 
title V, Sec. 503(c), Oct. 9, 1984, 98 Stat. 1787; Pub. L. 100-175, 
title I, Secs. 164, 182(b)(4), (p), Nov. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 958, 964, 
967; Pub. L. 100-628, title VII, Sec. 705(9), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 
3247; Pub. L. 102-375, title I, Sec. 102(b)(8), title V, Sec. 504(c)(1), 
Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1201, 1269.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 507 of Pub. L. 89-73, title V, as added Pub. L. 93-
29, title V, Sec. 501, May 3, 1973, 87 Stat. 51; amended Pub. L. 94-135, 
title I, Sec. 114(g), Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 725, related to annual 
interest grants and was classified to section 3041f of this title, prior 
to repeal by Pub. L. 95-478, title V, Sec. 501(a), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 
Stat. 1558.


                               Amendments

    1992--Par. (1). Pub. L. 102-375, Sec. 504(c)(1), substituted 
``percent'' for ``per centum''.
    Pub. L. 102-375, Sec. 102(b)(8), substituted ``poverty line'' for 
``poverty guidelines established by the Office of Management and 
Budget''.
    1988--Par. (3). Pub. L. 100-628 inserted ``; and'' at end.
    1987--Par. (1). Pub. L. 100-175, Sec. 182(b)(4), (p), redesignated 
par. (2) as (1), substituted ``Office of Management and Budget'' for 
``Bureau of Labor Statistics'', and struck out former par. (1) which 
read as follows: ``the term `State' means any of the several States of 
the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
Islands, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, Guam, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands;''.
    Par. (2). Pub. L. 100-175, Secs. 164(a), 182(b)(4)(B), redesignated 
par. (3) as (2) and inserted ``(particularly literacy tutoring)'' after 
``educational services''. Former par. (2) redesignated (1).
    Pars. (3), (4). Pub. L. 100-175, Sec. 182(b)(4)(B), redesignated 
pars. (4) and (5) as (3) and (4), respectively. Former par. (3) 
redesignated (2).
    Par. (5). Pub. L. 100-175, Sec. 182(b)(4)(B), redesignated par. (5) 
as (4).
    Pub. L. 100-175, Sec. 164(b), added par. (5).
    1984--Par. (2). Pub. L. 98-459 substituted ``years old or older'' 
for ``years old or over'' in two places.
    1981--Par. (1). Pub. L. 97-115, Sec. 12(f)(1), inserted reference to 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
    Par. (2). Pub. L. 97-115, Sec. 12(a)(3), struck out ``and who has or 
would have difficulty in securing employment,'' after ``Labor 
Statistics),''.
    Par. (3). Pub. L. 97-115, Sec. 12(f)(2), inserted reference to 
weatherization activities.
    1978--Par. (2). Pub. L. 95-478 inserted ``(including any such 
individual whose income is not more than 125 per centum of the poverty 
guidelines established by the Bureau of Labor Statistics)'' after ``low 
income''.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Amendment by section 102(b)(8) of Pub. L. 102-375 effective Sept. 
30, 1992, see section 905(a) of Pub. L. 102-375, set out as a note under 
section 3001 of this title.
    Amendment by section 504(c)(1) of Pub. L. 102-375 inapplicable with 
respect to fiscal year 1992, see section 905(b)(4) of Pub. L. 102-375, 
set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-175 effective Oct. 1, 1987, except not 
applicable with respect to any area plan submitted under section 3026(a) 
of this title or any State plan submitted under section 3027(a) of this 
title and approved for any fiscal year beginning before Nov. 29, 1987, 
see section 701(a), (b) of Pub. L. 100-175, set out as a note under 
section 3001 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-459 effective Oct. 9, 1984, see section 
803(a) of Pub. L. 98-459, set out as a note under section 3001 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-478 effective at close of Sept. 30, 1978, 
see section 504 of Pub. L. 95-478, set out as a note under section 3001 
of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3013 of this title.
