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[CITE: 42USC5050]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 66--DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICES
 
             SUBCHAPTER IV--ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION
 
Sec. 5050. Coordination with other programs

    The Director shall take necessary steps to coordinate volunteer 
programs authorized under this chapter with one another, with community 
action programs, and with other related Federal, State, and local 
programs. The Director shall also consult with the heads of other 
Federal, State, and local agencies responsible for programs related to 
the purposes of this chapter with a view to encouraging greater use of 
volunteer services in those programs and establishing in connection with 
them systematic procedures for the recruitment, referral, or necessary 
preservice orientation or training of volunteers serving pursuant to 
this chapter. The Director, in consultation with the Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management and the Secretaries of Labor, Commerce, 
and the Treasury and officials of other appropriate departments and 
agencies, shall take all appropriate steps to encourage State and local 
governments, charitable and service organizations, and private employers 
(1) to take into account experience in volunteer work in the 
consideration of applicants for employment; and (2) to make provisions 
for the listing and description of volunteer work on all employment 
application forms.

(Pub. L. 93-113, title IV, Sec. 410, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 410; Pub. L. 
96-143, Sec. 10, Dec. 13, 1979, 93 Stat. 1078.)


                               Amendments

    1979--Pub. L. 96-143 inserted provisions requiring the Director in 
consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and 
the Secretaries of Labor, Commerce, and the Treasury and officials of 
other appropriate departments and agencies to take steps to encourage 
employers to review the consideration they give volunteer service in the 
information requested on their standard application forms.
