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[CITE: 42USC3057b]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 35--PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS
 
                SUBCHAPTER X--GRANTS FOR NATIVE AMERICANS
 
                         Part A--Indian Program
 
Sec. 3057b. Findings

    (a) \1\ The Congress finds that the older individuals who are 
Indians of the United States--
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    \1\ So in original. No subsec. (b) has been enacted.
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        (1) are a rapidly increasing population;
        (2) suffer from high unemployment;
        (3) live in poverty at a rate estimated to be as high as 61 
    percent;
        (4) have a life expectancy between 3 and 4 years less than the 
    general population;
        (5) lack sufficient nursing homes, other long-term care 
    facilities, and other health care facilities;
        (6) lack sufficient Indian area agencies on aging;
        (7) frequently live in substandard and over-crowded housing;
        (8) receive less than adequate health care;
        (9) are served under this subchapter at a rate of less than 19 
    percent of the total national population of older individuals who 
    are Indians living on Indian reservations; and
        (10) are served under subchapter III of this chapter at a rate 
    of less than 1 percent of the total participants under that 
    subchapter.

(Pub. L. 89-73, title VI, Sec. 611, 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)(21), Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1309.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 3057b, Pub. L. 89-73, title VI, Sec. 603, as added 
Pub. L. 95-478, title I, Sec. 106, Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1549; amended 
Pub. L. 97-115, Secs. 3(d), 13(a), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1597, 1608, 
related to authority of Commissioner to make grants to pay all costs for 
delivery of supportive services and nutritional services for older 
Indians, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 
100-175. See section 3057d of this title.
    A prior section 603 of Pub. L. 89-73, title VI, as added Pub. L. 91-
69, Sec. 9, Sept. 17, 1969, 83 Stat. 112; amended Pub. L. 93-29, title 
VI, Sec. 602, May 3, 1973, 87 Stat. 55, related to authorization of 
appropriations and was classified to section 3044a of this title, prior 
to repeal by Pub. L. 93-113, title VI, Sec. 604(a), Oct. 1, 1973, 87 
Stat. 417.


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-375, Sec. 904(a)(21)(A), inserted 
``individuals who are'' after ``older'' in introductory provisions.
    Subsec. (a)(9). Pub. L. 102-375, Sec. 904(a)(21)(B), substituted 
``population of older individuals who are Indians'' for ``Indian elderly 
population''.


                               Task Force

    Section 134(d) of Pub. L. 100-175 provided that:
    ``(1) The Commissioner on Aging [now Assistant Secretary for Aging] 
shall establish a permanent interagency task force that is 
representative of departments and agencies of the Federal Government 
with an interest in older Indians and their welfare, and is designed to 
make recommendations with respect to facilitating the coordination of 
services and the improvement of services to older Indians.
    ``(2) The task force shall be chaired by the Associate Commissioner 
on [now Director of the Office for] American Indian, Alaskan Native, and 
Native Hawaiian Aging and shall submit its findings and recommendations 
to the Commissioner at 6-month intervals beginning after the date of the 
enactment of this Act [Nov. 29, 1987]. Such findings and recommendations 
shall be included in the annual report required by section 207(a) of the 
Older Americans Act of 1965 [42 U.S.C. 3018(a)] to be submitted by the 
Commissioner.''


              Special Report on Services for Older Indians

    Section 134(e) of Pub. L. 100-175 directed Commissioner on Aging to 
enter into a contract with a public agency or nonprofit private 
organization to conduct a thorough study of availability and quality of 
services under the Older Americans Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq., 
to older Indians and, not later than Dec. 31, 1988, submit to Congress a 
report and recommendations based on the study.
