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[CITE: 42USC3057a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 35--PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS
 
                SUBCHAPTER X--GRANTS FOR NATIVE AMERICANS
 
Sec. 3057a. Sense of Congress

    It is the sense of the Congress that older individuals who are 
Indians, older individuals who are Alaskan Natives, and older 
individuals who are Native Hawaiians are a vital resource entitled to 
all benefits and services available and that such services and benefits 
should be provided in a manner that preserves and restores their 
respective dignity, self-respect, and cultural identities.

(Pub. L. 89-73, title VI, Sec. 602, as added Pub. L. 100-175, title I, 
Sec. 171, Nov. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 959; amended Pub. L. 102-375, title 
IX, Sec. 904(a)(20), Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1309.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 3057a, Pub. L. 89-73, title VI, Sec. 602, as added 
Pub. L. 95-478, title I, Sec. 106, Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1549; amended 
Pub. L. 97-115, Sec. 3(d), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1597; Pub. L. 98-459, 
title VI, Sec. 601, Oct. 9, 1984, 98 Stat. 1787, related to eligibility 
of an Indian tribe for assistance and definitions, prior to the general 
amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 100-175. See section 3057c of 
this title.


                               Amendments

    1992--Pub. L. 102-375 substituted ``older individuals who are 
Indians, older individuals who are Alaskan Natives, and older 
individuals who are Native Hawaiians'' for ``older Indians, older 
Alaskan Natives, and older Native Hawaiians''.
