An Act to strengthen and improve the Older Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
PL 93-29 (S.50), enacted 05/03/1973

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PUBLIC LAW 93-29-MAY 3, 1973 
[87 STAT. 
Public Law 93-29 
May 3, 1973 
AN ACT 
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To strengthen and improve the Older Americans Act of 1985, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it e^iacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Older Americans United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be 
se°rvrces^Ame''i^d- 
citcd Rs the "Older Americans Comprehensive Services Amendments 
ments of 1973. 
of 1973". 
TITLE I—DECLARATION OF OBJECTIVES 
riNDIXGS AND PURPOSES 
SEC. 101. The Congress finds that millions of older citizens in this 
Nation are sutiering unnecessary harm from the lack of adequate serv-
ices. It is therefore the purpose of this Act, in support of the objectives 
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of the Older Americans Act of 1965, to— 
(1) make available comprehensive programs which include a 
full range of health, education, and social 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 avail-
ability 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. 
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gj;c. 102. Section 101(8) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 is 
amended by inserting after "services" the following: ", including 
access to low-cost transportation,". 
TITLE II—ADMINISTRATION ON AGING 
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g^c. 201. (a) Section 201 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 is 
amended to read as follows: 
"ESTABLISHMENT OF ADMINISTRATION ON AGING 
"SEC. 201. (a) There is established in tlie Office of the Secretary an 
Administration on Aging (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the 
'Administration') which shall be headed by a Commissioner on Aging 
(hereinafter in this Act referred to as the 'Commissioner'). Except 
for title VI and as otherwise specifically provided by the Older Amer-
icans Comprehensive Services Amendments of 1973, the Administra-
tion shall be the principal agency for carrying out this Act. In the 
performance of his functions, the Commissioner shall be directly 
responsible to the Office of the. Secretary. The Secretary shall not 
approve any delegation of the functions of the Commissioner to any 
other officer not directly responsible to the Commissioner unless the 
Secretary shall first submit a plan for such delegation to the Congress. 
Such delegation is effective at the end of the first period of sixty calen-
Presidential 
appointment. 
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dar days of continuous session of Congress after tlie date on wliich the 
plan for such delegation is transmitted to it: Provided^ Jioivever, That 
within thirty days of such transmittal, the Secretary shall consult with 
tile Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate and the 
Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives 
respecting such proposed delegation. For the purpose of this section, 
continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress 
sine die, and the days on which either House is not in session because 
of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are 
excluded in the computation of the thirty-day and sixty-day periods. 
Under provisions contained in a reorganization plan, a provision of 
the plan may be effective. 
"(b) The Commissioner shall be appointed by the President by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate." 
(b)(1) Section 202(4) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 is ^^''si^^°''2io 
amended to read as follows: 
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"(4) develop plans, conduct and arrange for research in the 
field of aging, and assist in the establishment of and carry out 
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programs designed to meet the needs of older persons for social 
services, including nutrition, hospitalization, preretirement train-
ing, continuing education, low-cost transportation and housing, 
and health services;" 
(2) Section 202 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 is amended by 
striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (7), by striking out the 
period at the end of paragraph (8) and inserting in lieu thereof 
"; and", and by adding at the end thereof the following new 
paragraphs: 
"(9) develop basic policies and set priorities with respect to the 
development and operation of programs and activities conducted 
under authority of this Act; 
"(10) provide for the coordination of Federal programs and 
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activities related to such purposes; 
"(11) coordinate, and assist in, the planning and development 
by public (including Federal, State, and local agencies) and non-
profit private organizations of programs for older persons, with 
a view to the establishment of a nationwide network of compre-
hensive, coordinated services and opportunities for such persons; 
"(12) convene conferences of such authorities and officials of 
public (including Federal, State, and local agencies) and non-
profit private organizations concerned with the development and 
operation of programs for older persons as the Commissioner 
deems necessary or proper for the development and implementa-
tion of policies related to the purposes of this Act; 
"(13) develop and operate programs providing services and 
opportunities as authorized by this Act which are not otherwise 
provided by existing programs for older persons; 
"(14) carry on a continuing evaluation of the programs and 
activities related to the purposes of this Act, with particular 
attention to the impact of medicare and medicaid, the Age Dis-
crimination Act of 1967, and the programs of the National Hous-
ing Act relating to housing for the elderly and tlie setting of 
standards for the licensing of nursing homes, intermediate care 
homes, and other facilities providing care for older people; 
"(15) provide information and assistance to private nonprofit 
organizations for the establishment and operation by them of pro-
grams and activities related to the purposes of this Act; and 
"(16) develop, in coordination with other agencies, a national 
plan for meeting the needs for trained personnel in the field of 
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aging, and for training persons for carrying out programs related 
to the purposes of this Act, and conduct and provide for the con-
ducting of such training." 
(3) Section 202 of the Act (as amended by the preceding pro-
visions of this subsection) is further amended by inserting ''(a)" after 
"SEC. 202."', and by adding at the end thereof the following new 
subsection: 
"(b) In executing his duties and functions under this Act and 
carrying out the programs and activities provided for by this Act, 
the Commissioner, in consultation with the Director of Action, shall 
take all possible steps to encourage and permit voluntary groups 
active in social services, including youth organizations active at the 
high school or college levels, to participate and be involved indi-
vidually or through representative groups in such programs or activi-
ties to the maximum extent feasible, through the performance of 
advisory or consultative functions, and in other appropriate ways." 
(c) Title I I of the Older Americans Act of 1965 is further 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sections: 
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FEDERAL AGENCY COOPERATION 
"SEC. 203. Federal agencies proposing to establish programs substan-
tially related to the purposes of this Act shall consult with the Admin-
istration on Aging prior to the establishment of such services, and 
Federal agencies administering such programs shall cooperate with 
the Administration on Aging in carrying out such services. 
" T H E N A T I O N A L I N F O R M A T I O N A N D RESOURCE CLEARING HOUSE FOR 
THE AGING 
Establishment. 
"SEC. 204. (a) The Commissiouer is authorized and directed to 
establish and operate a National Information and Resource Clearing 
House for the Aging which shall— 
"(1) collect, analyze, prepare, and disseminate information 
related to the needs and interests of older persons; 
"(2) obtain information concerning older persons from public 
and private agencies and other organizations serving the needs 
and interests of older persons and furnish, upon request, informa-
tion to such agencies and organizations, including information 
developed by Federal, State, and local public agencies with respect 
to programs of such agencies designed to serve the needs and 
interests of older persons; 
"(3) encourage the establishment of State and local informa-
tion centers and provide technical assistance to such centers, 
including sources established under section 304(c) (3) and section 
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305(a) (7), to assist older persons to have ready access to informa-
tion; and 
"(4) carry out a special program for the collection and dis-
semination of information relevant to consumer interests of older* 
persons in order that such older persons may more readily obtain 
information concerning goods and services needed by them. 
"(b) The Commissioner shall take whatever action is necessary to 
achieve coordination of activities carried out or assisted by all depart-
ments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal Government with 
lespect to the collection, preparation, and dissemination of information 
relevant to older persons. To the extent practicable, the Commissioner 
shall carry out his functions under this subsection through the National 
Information and Resource Clearing House for the Aging. 
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"(c) There are authorized to be appropiiated to carry out the pur-
poses of this section dui'iiig the fiscal year ending June 80, 1973, the 
fiscal year endin<»; June 30, 1974, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1975, such sums as may be necessary. 
Appropriation. 
FEDERAL COUNCIL ON TJIE AGING 
"SEC. 205. (a) Tliere is established a Federal Council on the Aging 
to be composed of fifteen member's appointed by the President with 
the advice and consent of the Senate for terms of three years without 
regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code. Members shall 
be appointed so as to be representative of older xVmericans, national 
organizations with an interest in aging, business, labor, and the gen-
eral public. At least five of the members shall themselves be older 
persons. 
" (b) (1) Of the members first appointed, five shall be appointed for 
a term of one year, five shall be appointed tor a term of two yeai"S, and 
five shall be appointed for a term of three years, as designated by the 
President at the time of appointment. 
" (2) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the 
expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall 
be appointed only for the remainder of such term. Members shall be 
eligible for reappointment and may serve after the expiration of their 
terms until their successors have taken office. 
"(3) Any vacancy in the Council shall not affect its powers, but 
shall be filled in the same manner by which the original appointment 
was made. 
"(4) Members of the Council shall, while serving on business of 
the Council, be entitled to receive compensation at a rate not to exceed 
the daily rate specified for grade GS-18 in section 5332 of title 5, 
United States Code, including traveltime, and w^hile so serving away 
from their homes or regular places of business, they may be allowed 
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same 
manner as the expenses authorized by section 570'3 (b) of title 5, United 
States Code, for persons in the Government service employed 
intermittently. 
"(c) The President shall designate the Chairman from among the 
members appointed to the Council. The Council shall meet at the call 
of the Chairman but not less often than four times a year. The Secre-
tary and the Commissioner on Aging shall be ex officio members of the 
Council. 
"(d) The Council shall— 
"(1) advise and assist the President on matters relating to the 
special needs of older Americans; 
"(2) assist the Commissioner in making the appraisal of needs 
required by section 402; 
" (3) review and evaluate, on a continuing basis. Federal policies 
regarding the aging and programs and other activities affecting 
the aging conducted or assisted by all Federal departments and 
agencies for the purpose of appraising their value and their impact 
on the lives of older Americans; and 
"(4) serve as a spokesman on behalf of older Americans by 
making recommendations to the President, to the Secretary, the 
Commissioner, and to the Congress with respect to Federal policies 
regarding the aging and federally conducted or assisted programs 
and other activities relating to or affecting them; 
"(5) inform the public about the problems and needs of the 
aging, in consultation with the National Information and Resource 
Establishment; 
membership. 
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Appointments. 
Vacancies. 
Compensation, 
travel expenses. 
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note. 
80 Stat. 499; 
83 Stat. 190. 
Chairman. 
Meetings. 
Duties. 
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Information, 
availability. 
Report to Presi-
dent, transmittal 
to Congress. 
Benefit pro-
grams, study. 
Report to Con-
gre s s. 
Tax impact on 
elderly, study. 
Report to Con-
gress and States. 
State allotment 
formulae, study. 
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p. 36. 
Report to HEW 
and congressional 
committees. 
Clearing House for the Aging, by collecting and disseminating 
information, conducting or commissioning studies and i)ub]ishing 
tlie results thereof, and by issuing jmblications and I'eports; and 
"(6) provide public forums for discussing-and publicizing the 
problems and needs of the aging and obtaining information relat-
ing thei-eto by conducting public heai-ings, and by conducting or 
sponsoring conferences, workshops, and other such meetings. 
"(e) The Secretary and the Commissioner shall make available to 
the Council such staff, information, and other assistance as it may 
I'equii'e to cany out its activities. 
"(f) J^eginning with the year- 1974 the Council shall make such 
interim reports as it deems advisable and an annual report of its find-
ings and recommendations to the President not later than March 31 of 
each year. The President shall transmit each such report to the Con-
gress together with his comments and recommendations. 
"(g) The Council shall undertake a study of the interrelationships 
of benefit programs for the elderly operated by Federal, State, and 
local government agencies. Follow^ing the completion of this study, but 
no later than eighteen months after enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall submit to Congress recommendations for bringing about 
greater uniformity of eligibility standards, and for eliminating the 
negative impact that one program's standards may have on another. 
"(h) The Council shall undertake a study of the combined impact 
of all taxes on the elderly—including but not limited to income, piop-
erty, sales, social security taxes. Upon completion of this study, but 
no later than eighteen months after enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall submit to Congress, and to the Governor and legislatures 
of the States, the results thereof and such recommendations as he 
deems necessary. 
"(i) The Council shall undertake a study or studies concerning 
the effects of the formulae specified in section 303 for allotment among 
the States of sums appropriated for area planning and social service 
programs authorized under title I I I of this Act. Upon completion of 
this study, but no later than January 1, 1975, the results of such study, 
together with recommendations for such changes, if any, in such for-
mulae as may be determined to be desirable, and the justification for 
any changes recommended, shall be submitted to the Commissioner, 
the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Committee on 
Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate, and the Committee on Educa-
tion and Labor of the House of Representatives. 
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ADMINISTRATION 
OF T H E 
ACT 
"SEC. 206. (a) In carrying out the purposes of this Act, the Commis-
sioner is authorized to: 
"(1) provide consultative services and technical assistance to 
public or nonprofit private agencies and organizations; 
"(2) provide short-term training and technical instruction; 
" (3) conduct research and demonstrations; 
"(4) collect, prepare, publish, and disseminate special educa-
tional or informational materials, including reports of the projects 
for which funds are provided under this Act; and 
"(5) provide staff and other technical assistance to the Federal 
Council on the Aging. 
"(b) In administering his functions under this Act, the Commis-
sioner may utilize the services and facilities of any agency of the Fed-
eral Government and of any other public or nonprofit agency or 
organization, in accordance with agreements between the Commis-
sioner and the head thereof, and is authorized to pay therefor, in 
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advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be provided in the 
agreement. 
"(c) For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are author- 
Appropriation,, 
ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary. 
"EVALUATION 
"SEC. 207. (a) The Secretary shall measure and evaluate the impact 
of all programs authorized by this Act, their effectiveness in achieving 
stated goals in general, and in relation to their cost, their impact on 
related programs, and their structure and mechanisms for delivery of 
services, including, where appropriate, comparisons with appropriate 
control groups composed of persons who have not participated in such 
programs. Evaluations shall be conducted by persons not immediately 
involved in the administration of the program or project evaluated. 
"(b) The Secretary may not make grants or contracts under section 
308 or title IV of this Act until he has developed and published general 
standards to be used by him in evaluating the programs and projects 
assisted under such section or title. Results of evaluations conducted 
pursuant to such standards shall be included in the reports requii-ed 
by section 208. 
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"(c) In carrying out evaluations under this section, the Secretary 
shall, whenever possible, arrange to obtain the opinions of program 
and project participants about the strengths and weaknesses of the 
programs and projects. 
"(d) The Secretary shall annually publish summaries of the results 
of evaluative research and evaluation of program and project impact 
and effectiveness, the full contents of which shall be available to 
Congress and the public. 
"(e) The Secretary shall take the necessary action to assure that 
all studies, evaluations, proposals, and data produced or developed 
with Federal funds shall become the property of the United States. 
"(f) Such information as the Secretary may deem necessary for 
purposes of the evaluations conducted under this section shall be 
made available to him, upon request, by the departments and agencies 
of the executive branch. 
"(g) The Secretary is authorized to use such sums as may be 
required, but not to exceed 1 per centum of the funds appropriated 
under this Act, or $1,000,000 whichever is greater, to conduct program 
and project evaluations (directly, or by grants or contracts) as 
reqiiired by this title. In the case of allotments from such an appro-
priation, the amount available for such allotments (and the amount 
deemed appropriated therefor) shall be reduced accordingly. 
"REPORTS 
"'SEC. '208. Not later than one hundred and twenty days after the 
Report to Pre si-
close of each fiscal year, the Commissioner shall prepare and submit to f 
®'^' ""ansmittai 
the President for transmittal to the Congress a full and complete 
report on the activities carried out under this Act. Such annual reports 
shall include statistical data reflecting services and activities provided 
individuals during the preceding fiscal year. 
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J O I N T FUNDING OF PROJECTS 
"SEC. 209. Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the President, and 
to the extent consistent with the other provisions of this Act, where 
funds are provided for a single project by more than one Federal 
agency to any agency or organization assisted under this Act, the Fed-
eral agency principally involved may be designated to act for all in 
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administering the funds provided. In such cases, a single non-Federal 
share requirement may be established according to the proportion of 
funds advanced by each Federal agency, and any such agency may 
waive any technical grant or contract requirement (as defined by such 
regulations) which is inconsistent with the similar requirements of the 
administering agency or which the administering agency does not 
impose. 
"ADVANCE FUNDING 
"SEC. 210. (a) For the purpose of affording adequate notice of fund-
ing available under this Act, appropriations under this Act are 
authorized to be included in the appropriation Act for the fiscal year 
preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. 
"(b) In order to effect a transition to the advance funding method 
of timing appropriation action, the amendment made by subsection 
(a) shall apply notwithstanding that its initial application will result 
in the enactment in the same year (whether in the same appropriation 
Act or otherwise) of two separate appropriations, one for the then 
current fiscal year and one for the succeeding fiscal year." 
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repealed. 
TITLE III—GRANTS FOR STATE AND AREA PROGRAMS 
SEC. 301. The Older Americans Act of 1965 is amended by striking 
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<^ut title III and inserting in lieu thereof the following new title: 
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"TITLE III—GRANTS FOR STATE AND COMMUNITY 
PROGRAMS ON AGING 
PURPOSE 
"SEC. 301. It is the purpose of this title to encourage and assist State 
and local agencies to concentrate resources in order to develop greater 
capacity and foster the development of comprehensive and coordinated 
service systems to serve older persons by entering into new cooperative 
arrangements with each other and with providers of social services 
for planning for the provision of, and providing, social services and, 
where necessary, to reorganize or reassign functions, in order to— 
"(1) secure and maintain maximum independence and dignity 
in a home environment for older persons capable of self-care with 
appropriate supportive services; and 
" (2) remove individual and social barriers to economic and per-
sonal independence for older persons. 
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DEFINITIONS 
"SEC. 302. For purposes of this title— 
" (1) The term 'social services' means any of the following services 
which meet such standards as the Commissioner may prescribe: 
"(A) health, continuing education, welfare, informational, 
recreational, homemaker, counseling, or referral services; 
"(B) transportation services where necessary to facilitate 
access to social services; 
"(C) services designed to encourage and assist older persons 
to use the facilities and services available to them; 
"(D) services designed to assist older persons to obtain ade-
quate housing; 
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"(E) services designed to assist older persons in avoiding 
institutionalization, including preinstitutionalization evaluation 
and screening, and home health services; or 
" ( F ) any other services; 
if such services are necessary for the general welfare of older persons. 
"(2) The term 'unit of general purpose local government' means 
(A) a political subdivision of the State whose authority is broad and 
general and is not limited to only one function or a combination of 
related functions, or (B) an Indian tribal organization. 
"(3) The term 'comprehensive and coordinated system' means a 
system for providing all necessary social services in a manner designed 
to— 
"(A) facilitate accessibility to and utilization of all social 
services provided within the geographic area served by such sys-
tem by any public or private agency or organization; 
"(B) develop and make the most efficient use of social services 
in meeting the needs of older persons; and 
"(C) use available resources efficiently and with a minimum 
of duplication. 
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AREA P L A N N I N G AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 303. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, 
$103,600,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1974, and $130,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, to enable the Commissioner 
to make grants to each State with a State plan approved under sec-
tion 305 (except as provided in section 307(a)) for paying part of 
the cost (pursuant to subsection (e) of this section and section 306) 
of— 
" (1) the administration of area plans by area agencies on aging 
designated pursuant to section 304(a)(2)(A), including the 
preparation of area plans on aging consistent with section 304(c) 
and the evaluation of activities carried out under such plans; 
"(2) the development of comprehensive and 
coordinated 
systems for the delivery of social services; and 
" (3) activities carried out pursuant to section 306. 
"(b)(1) From the sums authorized to be appropriated for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, under subsection (a) of this section, 
(A) Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Ter-
ritory of the Pacific Islands shall each be allotted an amount equal to 
one-fourth of 1 per centum of such sum, (B) each other State shall 
be allotted an amount equal to one-half of 1 per centum of such sum, 
and (C) from the remainder of the sum so appropriated, each State 
shall be allotted an additional amount which bears the same ratio to 
such remainder as the population aged sixty or over in such State 
bears to the population aged sixty or over in all States. 
"(2) From the sums appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1974, and for the fiscal year ending June 30,1975, each State shall 
be allotted an amount which bears the same ratio to such sums as the 
])opulation aged sixty or over in such State bears to the population 
aged sixty or over in all States, except that (A) no State shall be 
allotted less than one-half of 1 per centum of the sum appropriated 
for the fiscal year for which the determination is made; (B) Guam, 
American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands shall each be allotted no less than one-fourth of 1 per 
centum of the sum appropriated for the fiscal year for which the 
determination is made; and (C) no State shall be allotted an amount 
Appropriation. 
Allotment. 
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Jess than that State received for the fiscal year endintr June 30, 1973. 
For the purpose of the exception contained in clause (A) of this para-
"state." 
graph only, the term 'State' does not include Guam, American Samoa, 
the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 
"(3) The number of persons aged sixty or over in any State and in 
all States shall be determined by the Commissioner on the basis of the 
most recent and satisfactory data available to him. 
*'(c) Whenever the Commissioner determines that any amount 
allotted to a State for a fiscal year under this section will not be used 
by such State for carrying out the purpose for which the allotment 
was made, he shall make such amount available for carrying out such 
purpose to one or more other States to the extent he determines such 
other States will be able to use such additional amount for carrying 
out such purpose. Any amount made available to a State from an 
appropriation for a fiscal year pursuant to the preceding sentence 
shall, for purposes of this title, be regarded as part of such State's 
allotment (as determined under the preceding provisions of this sec-
tion) for such year. 
"(d) The allotment of a State under this section for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1973, shall remain available until the close of the fol-
lowing fiscal year. 
"(e) From a State's allotment under this section for a fiscal year— 
"(1) such amount as the State agency determines, but not more 
than 15 per centum thereof, shall be available for paying such 
percentage as such agency determines, but not more than 75 per 
centum, of the cost of administration of area plans; and 
"(2) such amount as the State agency determines, but (begin-
ning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975) not more than 20 
per centum thereof, shall be available for paying such percentage 
as such agency determines, but not more than 75 per centum, of 
the cost of social services which are not provided as a part of a 
comprehensive and coordinated system in planning and service 
areas for which there is an area plan approved by the State 
agency. 
The remainder of such allotment shall be available to such State only 
for paying such percentage as the State agency determines, but not 
more than 90 per centum of the cost of social services provided in the 
State as a part of comprehensive and coordinated systems in planning 
and service areas for which there is an area plan approved by the State 
agency. 
"ORGANIZATIOX 
"State Organization 
"SEC. 304. (a) In order for a State to be eligible to participate in 
the programs of grants to States from allotments under section 303 
and section 306— 
"(1) the State shall, in accordance with regulations of the 
Commissioner, designate a State agency as the sole State agency 
(hereinafter in this title referred to as 'the State agency') to: (A) 
develop the State plan to be submitted to the Commissioner for 
approval under section 305, (B) administer the State plan within 
such State, (C) be primarily responsible for the coordination of 
all State activities related to the purposes of this Act, (D) review 
and comment on, at the request of any Federal department or 
agency, any application from any agency or organization within 
such State to such Federal department or agency for assistance 
related to meeting the needs of older persons; and (E) divide 
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the entire State into distinct areas (hereinafter in this title 
referred to as 'planning and service areas'), in accordance with 
regulations of the Commissioner, after considering the geograph-
ical distribution of individuals aged sixty and older in the State, 
the incidence of the need for social services (including the numbers 
of older persons with low incomes residing in such areas), the 
distribution of resources available to provide such services, the 
boundaries of existing areas within the State which were drawn 
for the planning or administration of social services programs, 
the location of units of general purpose local government within 
the State, and any other relevant factors: Provided^ That any 
unit of general purpose local government which has a population 
aged sixty or over of fifty thousand or more or which contains 
15 per centum or more of the State's population aged sixty or 
over shall be designated as a planning and service area; except 
that the State may designate as a planning and service area, ni\y 
region within the State recognized for purposes of areawide 
planning which includes one or more such units of general 
purpose local government when the State 
determines that 
the designation of such a regional planning and service area is 
necessary for, and will enhance, the eifective administration of the 
programs authorized by this title, the State may include in any 
planning and service area designated pursuant to this provision 
such additional areas adjacent to the unit of general purpose local 
government or region so designated as the State determines to be 
necessary for, and will enhance, the effective administration of 
the programs authorized by this title, and 
"(2) the State agency designated pursuant to paragraph (1) 
shall— 
"(A) determine for which planning and service areas an 
area plan will be developed, in accordance with subsection 
(c) of this section, and for each such area designate, after 
consideration of the views offered by the unit or units of 
general purpose local government in such area, a public or 
nonprofit private agency or organization as the area agency 
on aging for such area; and 
"(B) provide assurances, satisfactory to the Commissioner 
that the State agency will take into account, in connection 
with matters of general policy arising in the development 
and administration of the State plan for any fiscal year, the 
views of recipients of social services provided under such 
plan. 
"Area Organization 
"(b) An area agency on aging designated under subsection (a) 
must be— 
"(1) an established office of aging which is operating within 
a planning and service area designated pui'suant to subsection (a) 
of this section, or 
"(2) any office or agency of a unit of general purpose local 
government, which is designated for this purpose by the chief 
elected official or officials of such unit, or 
" (3) any office or agency designated by the chief elected official 
or officials of a combination of units of general purpose local 
government to act on behalf of such combination for this purpose, 
or 
"(4) any public or nonprofit private agency in a planning and 
service area which is under the supervision or direction for this 
purpose of the designated State agency and which can engage 
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in the planning or provision of a broad range of social services 
within such planning and service area, 
and must provide assurance, found adequate by the State agency, that 
it will have the ability to develop an area plan and to carry out, 
directly or through contractual or other arrangements, a program 
pursuant to the plan within the planning and service area. In desig-
nating an area agency on aging, the State agency shall give preference 
to an established office on aging, unless the State agency finds that 
no such office within the planning and service area will have the capac-
ity to carry out the area plan. 
"Area Plans 
"(c) In order to be approved by the State agency, an area plan for 
a planning and service area shall be developed by the area agency on 
aging designated with respect to such area under subsection (a) and 
shall— 
"(1) provide for the establishment of a comprehensive and 
coordinated system for the delivery of social services within the 
planning and service area covered by the plan, including deter-
mining the need for social services in such area (taking into con-
sideration, among other things, the numbers of older persons with 
low incomes residing in sucli area), evaluating the efleet!veness 
of the use of resources in meeting such need, and entering into 
agreements with providers of social services in such area, for the 
provision of such services to meet such need; 
"(2) in accordance with criteria established by the Commis-
sioner by regulation relating to priorities, provide for the initia-
tion, expansion, or improvement of social services in the planning 
and service area covered by the area jolan; 
"(3) provide for the establishment or maintenance of informa-
tion and referral sources in sufficient numbers to assure that all 
older persons within the planning and service aiea covered by the 
plan will have reasonably convenient access to such sources. For 
purjioses of this section and section 305(a) (7), an infoimation 
and referral source is a location where the State or other j)ublic 
or private agency or organization (A) maintains current infoi-
mation with respect to the opi)ortunities and services available to 
older persons, and develops current lists of older persons in need 
of services and opportunities, and (B) employs a specially trained 
staff to inform older ])ei'Sons of the oi)portunities and services 
which are available, and assists such persons to take advantage of 
such opportunities and services; and 
"(4) provide that the area agency on aging will— 
"(A) conduct periodic evaluations of activities carried 
out pursuant to the area plan; 
"(B) render appropriate technical assistance to providers 
of social services in the planning and service area covered by 
the area plan; 
"(C) where necessary and feasible, enter into arrange-
ments, consistent with the provisions of the area plan, under 
which funds under this title may be used to provide legal 
services to older persons in the planning and service area 
carried out through federally assisted programs or other 
public or nonprofit agencies; 
"(D) take into account, in connection with matters of 
general policy arising in the development and administration 
of the area plan, the views of recij^ients of services under 
such plan; 
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41 
"(E) where possible, enter into arrangements with orga-
nizations providing day care services for children so as to 
provide opportunities for older persons to aid or assist, on 
a voluntary basis, in the delivery of such services to children; 
and 
"(F) establish an advisory council, consisting of repre-
sentatives of the target population and the general public, to 
advise the area agency on all matters relating to the admin-
istration of the plan and operations conducted thereunder. 
"STATE PLANS 
"SEC. 305. (a) In order for a State to be eligible for grants for 
a fiscal year from its allotments under section 303 and section 306, 
except as provided in section 307(a), it shall submit to the Commis-
sioner a State plan for such year which meets such criteria as the 
Commissioner may prescribe by regulation and which— 
"(1) provides that the State agency will evaluate the need for 
social services within the State and determine the extent to which 
existing public or private progiams meet such need; 
"(2) provides for the use of such methods of administration 
(including methods relating to the establishment and maintenance 
of personnel standards on a merit basis, except that the Com-
missioner shall exercise no authority w^ith respect to the selection, 
tenure of office, or compensation of an individual employed in 
accordance wuth such methods) as are necessary for the proper 
and efficient administration of the plan; 
"(3) provides that the State agency will make such reports, 
in such form, and containing such information, as the Commis-
sioner may from time to time require, and comply with such 
requirements as the Commissioner may impose to assure the cor-
rectness of such reports; 
"(4) provides that the State agency will conduct periodic 
evaluations of activities and projects carried out under the State 
plan; 
"(5) establishes objectives, consistent with the purposes of this 
title, toward which activities under the plan will be directed, 
identifies obstacles to the attainment of those objectives, and 
indicates how it proposes to overcome those obstacles; 
"(6) provides that each area agency on aging designated pur-
suant to section 304(a)(2)(A) will develop and submit to the 
State agency for approval an area plan which complies with sec-
tion 304(c) ; 
"(7) provides for establishing or maintaining information and 
referral sources in sufficient numbers to assure that all older per-
sons in the State who are not furnished adequate information and 
referral sources under section 304(c)(3) will have reasonably 
convenient access to such sources; 
"(8) provides that no social service will be directly provided 
by the State agency or an area agency on aging, except where, in 
the judgment of the State agency, provision of such service by 
the State agency or an aiea agency on aging is necessary to assure 
an adequate supply of such service; and 
" (9) provides that subject to the requirements of merit employ-
ment systems of State and local governments, preference shall be 
given to persons aged sixty or over for any staff positions (full 
time or part time) in State and area agencies for which such 
persons qualify. 
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"(b) The Commissioner shall approve any State jjlan which he finds 
fulfills the requirements of subsection (a) of this section. 
Hearing. 
"(|(.) Xhe Commissiouer shall not make a final determination dis-
approving any State plan, or any modification thereof, or make a 
final determination that a State is ineligible under section 304, without 
first affording the State reasonable notice and opportunity for a 
hearing. 
"(d) Whenever the Commissioner, after reasonable notice and 
opportunity for hearing to the State agency, finds that— 
"(1) the State is not eligible under section 304, 
"(2) the State plan has been so changed that it no longer com-
plies with the provisions of subsection (a), or 
"(3) in the administration of the jDlan there is a failure to 
comply substantially with any such provision of subsection (a), 
the Commissioner sliall notify such State agency that no further pay-
ments from its allotments under section 303 and section 306 will be 
made to the State (or, in his discretion, that further i>ayments to the 
State will be limited to projects under or portions of the State plan 
not affected by such failure), until he is satisfied that there will no 
longer be any failure to comply, I'ntil he is so satisfied, no further 
j)ayments shall be made to such State from its allotments under sec-
tion 303 and section 306 (or payments shall be limited to projects 
under or portions of the State plan not affected by such failure). The 
Commissioner shall, in accordance with regulations he shall prescribe, 
disburse the funds so withheld directljy^ to any public or nonprofit 
private organization or agency or political subdivision of such State 
submitting an approved plan in accordance with the provisions of 
section 304 and section 306. Any such payment or payments shall be 
matched in the proportions specified in sections 303 and 306. 
^pp^^^- 
"(e) A State which is dissatisfied with a final action of the Com-
missioner under subsection (b), (c), or (d) may appeal to the United 
States court of appeals for the circuit in which the State is located, 
by filing a petition with such court within sixty days after such final 
action. A copy of the petition shall be forthwith transmitted by the 
clerk of the court to the Commissioner, or any officer designated by 
him for that purpose. The Commissioner thereupon shall file in the 
court the record of the proceedings on which he based his action, as 
7
2 Stat. 941; 
provided in section 2112 of title 28, United States Code. LTpon the 
80 Stat. 1323. 
filing 
of sucli petition, the court shall have jurisdiction to affirm the 
action of the Commissioner or to set it aside, in whole or in part, 
tempoiarily or permanently, but until the filing of the record, the 
Commissioner may modify or set aside his order. The findings of the 
Commissioner as to the facts, if supported by substantial evidence, 
shall be conclusive, but the court, for good cause shown, may remand 
the case to the Commissioner to take further evidence, and the Com-
missioner may thereupon make new or modified findings of fact and 
may modify his previous action, and shall file in the court the record 
of the further proceedings. Such new or modified findings of fact 
shall likewise be conclusive if supported by substantial evidence. The 
judgment of the court affirming or setting aside, in whole or in part, 
any action of the Commissioner shall be final, subject to review by 
the Supreme Court of the United States upon certiorari or certifica-
62 Stat. 928. 
tiou as piovided in section 1254 of title 28, United States Code. The 
commencement of proceedings under this subsection shall not, unless 
so specifically ordered by the court, operate as a stay of the Commis-
sioners' action. 
87 
STAT.] 
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43 
"PLANNING, COORDINATION, EVALUATION, AND ADMINISTRATION OF STATE 
PLANS 
"SEC. 306. (a)(1) Amounts appropriated as authorized by section 303 
may be used to make grants to States for paying such percentages as 
each State agency determines, but not more than 75 per centum, of the 
cost of the administration of its State plan, including the preparation 
of the State plan, the evaluation of activities carried out under such 
plan, the collection of data and the carrying out of analyses related to 
the need for social services within the State, the dissemination of infor-
mation so obtained, the provision of short-term training to personnel 
of public or nonprofit private agencies and organizations engaged in 
the operation of programs authorized by this Act, and the carrying 
out of demonstration projects of statewide significance relating to the 
initiation, expansion, or improvement of social service. 
"(2) Any sums allotted to a State under this section for covering 
part of the cost of the administration of its State plan which the State 
determines is not needed for such purpose may be used by such State to 
supplement the amount available under section 303(e)(1) to cover 
part of the cost of the administration of area plans. 
"(3) Any State which has designated a single planning and service 
area pureuant to section 304(a) (1) (E) covering all, or substantially 
all, of the older persons in such State, as determined by the Commis-
sioner, may elect to pay part of the costs of the administration of State 
and area plans either out of sums allotted under this section or out of 
sums made available for the administration of area plans pursuant to 
section 303(e) (1), but shall not pay such costs out of sums allotted 
under both such sections. 
"(b) (1) From the sums appropriated for any fiscal year under sec-
tion 303 lor carrying out the purposes of this section, each State shall 
be allotted an amount which bears the same ratio to such sum as the 
population aged sixty or over in such State bears to the population 
aged sixty or over in all States, except that (A) no State shall be 
allotted less than one-ha:lf of 1 per centum of the sum appropriated 
for the fiscal year for which the determination is made, or $160,000, 
whichever is greater, and (B) Ouam, American Samoa, the Virgin 
Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall each be 
allotted no less than one-fourth of 1 per centum of the sum appro-
priated for the fiscal year for which the determination is made, or 
$50,000, whichever is greater. For the purpose of the exception con-
tained in clause (A) of this paragraph, the term 'State' does not 
include Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust 
Territorv of the Pacific Islands. 
"(2) The number of persons aged sixty or over in any State and 
in all States shall be determined by the Commissioner on the basis 
of the most recent satisfactory data available to him. 
"(c) The amounts of any State's allotment under subsection (b) 
for any fiscal year which the Commissioner determines will not be 
required for that year shall be reallotted, from time to time and on 
such dates during such year as the Commissioner may fix, to other 
States in proportion to the original allotments to such States under 
subsection (b) for that year, but with such proportionate amount for 
any of such other States being reduced to the extent it exceeds the 
sum the Commissioner estimates such State needs and will be able to 
use for such year; and the total of such reductions shall be similarly 
reallotted among the States whose proportionate amounts were not 
so reduced. Such reallotments shall be made on the basis of the State 
plan so approved, after taking into consideration the population aged 
Allotment. 
Reallotment. 
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[87 STAT. 
Matching funds. 
Grants. 
Housing. 
Continuing 
education. 
sixty or over. Any amount reallotted to a State under this subsection 
during a year shall be deemed pait of its allotment under subsection 
(b) for that year. 
"(d) The allotment of a State under this section for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1973, shall remain available until the close of the 
following fiscal year. 
"rATMEXTS 
"SEC. 307. (a) Payments of grants or contracts under this title may 
be made (after necessary adjustments on account of jjreviously made 
overpayments or underpayments) in advance or by way of reimburse-
ment, and in such installments, as the Commissioner may determine. 
From a State's allotment for a fiscal year which is available pursuant 
to section 306 the Commissioner may pay to a State which does not 
have a State plan approved under section 305 such amounts as he 
deems appropriate for the purpose of assisting such State in develop-
ing a State plan. From a State's allotment for a fiscal year which is 
available pursuant to section 303, the Commissioner may, during the 
period ending one year after the date of enactment of the Older Amer-
icans Comprehensive Services Amendments, pay, in accordance with 
such regulations as he may prescribe, to a State which does not have 
a State plan approved under section 305, such amounts as he deems 
appropriate for the purpose of continuing Federal financial assistance 
for activities assisted under the plan of such State approved under 
section 303 of this Act prior to enactment of the Older Americans 
(Comprehensive Services Amendments. 
"(b) Beginning with the fiscal vear ending June 30, 1075, not less 
than 25 per centum of the non-Federal share (pursuant to section 
303(e)) of the total expenditures under the State plan shall be met 
from funds from State or local public sources. 
"(c) A State's allotment under section 303 for a fiscal year shall be 
reduced by the percentage (if any) by which its expenditures for such 
year from State sources under its State plan approved under section 
305 are less than its expenditures from such sources for tlie preceding 
fiscal year. 
"MODEL PROJECTS 
"SEC. 308. (a) The Commissioner may, after consultation with the 
State agency, make grants to any public or nonprofit private agency 
or organization or contracts with any agency or organization within 
such State for paying part or all of the cost of developing or operating 
statewide, regional, metropolitan area, county, city, or community 
model projects which will expand or improve social services or other-
wise promote the well-being of older persons. In making grants and 
contracts under this section, the Commissioner shall give special con-
sideration to projects designed to— 
'^ (1) assist in meeting the special housing needs of older persons 
by^ (A) providing financial assistance to such persons, who own 
their own homes, necessary to enable them to make the repairs 
and renovations to their homes which are necessary for them to 
meet minimum standards, (B) studying and demonstrating 
methods of adapting existing housing, or construction of new 
housing, to meet the needs of older persons suffering from physical 
disabilities, and (C) demonstrating alternative methods of reliev-
ing older persons of the burden of real property taxes on their 
homes; 
"(2) provide continuing education to older persons designed to 
enable them to lead more productive lives by broadening the edu-
cational, cultural, or social awareness of such older persons. 
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45 
emphasizing, where possible, free tuition arrangements with col-
leges and universities; 
"(3) provide preretirement education, information, and rele- 
Preretirement 
vant services (including the training of personnel to carry out 
such programs and the conducting of research with respect to the 
development and operation of such programs) to persons planning 
retirement; or 
"(4) provide services to assist in meeting the particular needs 
Physicaiiy or 
of the physically and mentally impaired olcler persons including per^'ons'! ""^^""^ 
special transportation and escort services, homemaker, home 
health and shopping services, reader services, letter writing serv-
ices, and other services designed to assist such individuals in lead-
ing a more independent life. 
"(b) For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are author- 
Appropriation. 
ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1973, the fiscal year ending June 30,1974, and the 
fiscal year ending June 30,1975." 
TITLE IV—TRAINING AND RESEARCH 
SEC. 401. The Older Americans Act of 1965 is amended by striking 
out titles IV and V and by inserting immediately after title I I I the sa^stauVn^.^' 
following new title: 
42 use 3031, 
*
= 
3041. 
"TITLE IV—TRAINING AND RESEARCH 
"PART A—TRAINING 
"STATEMENT or PURPOSE 
"SEC. 401. The purpose of this part is to improve the quality of serv-
ice and to help meet critical shortages of adequately trained personnel 
for programs in the field of aging by (1) developing information on 
the actual needs for personnel to work in the field of aging, both pres-
ent and long range; (2) providing a broad range of quality training 
and retraining opportunities, responsive to changing needs of pro-
grams in the field of aging; (3) attracting a greater number of 
qualified pei-sons into the field of aging; and (4) helping to make 
personnel training programs more responsive to the need for trained 
personnel in the field of aging. 
"APPRAISING PERSONNEL NEEDS IN THE FIELD OF AGING 
"SEC. 402. (a) The Commissioner shall from time to time appraise 
the Nation's existing and future personnel needs in the field of aging, 
at all levels and in all types of programs, and the adequacy of the 
Nation's efforts to meet these needs. In developing information relat- . ^se^^^y coopera-
ing to personnel needs in the field of aging, the Commissioner shall 
consult with, and make maximum utilization of statistical and other 
related information of the Department of Labor, the Veterans' 
Administration, the Office of Education, Federal Council on the 
Aging, the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, State 
educational agencies, other State and local public agencies and offices 
dealing with problems of the aging, State employment security agen-
cies, and other appropriate public and private agencies. 
"(b) The Commissioner shall prepare and publish annually as a Report. 
part of the annual report provided in section 208 a repoit on the pro- Ante, p. 35. 
fessions dealing with the problems of the aging, in which he shall 
present in detail his view on the state of such professions and the 
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[87 STAT. 
trends wliicli lie discerns with respect to the future complexion of 
programs for the aging throughout the Xation and the funds and the 
needs for well-educated personnel to statf such programs. The report 
shall indicate the Commissioner's plans concerning the allocation of 
Federal assistance under this title in relation to the plans and pro-
grams of other Federal agencies. 
"ATTRACTIXG QUALIF^IED I'KRSOXS TO T H E FIELD OF AGIXG 
Grants. 
"SEC. 403. The Couimissioner may make grants to State agencies 
Ante, p. 38. 
jvferrcd to in section 304, State or local educational agencies, institu-
tions of higher education, or other public or nonprofit private agencies, 
organizations, or institutions, and he may enter into contracts with any 
agency, institution, or organization for the purpose of— 
" (1) publicizing available opportunities for careers in the field 
of aging : 
"(2) encouraging qualified persons to enter or reenter the field 
of aging; 
"(3) encouraging artists, craftsmen, artisans, scientists, and 
persons from other professions and vocations and homemakers, to 
undertake assignments on a part-time basis or for temporary 
jieriods in the field of aging; or 
"(4) preparing and disseminating materials, including audio-
visual materials and printed materials, for use in recruitment and 
training of pei-sons employed or preparing for employment in 
carrying out programs related to the purposes of this Act. 
Grant s. 
''TRAIX1X<J rHO(;KAMS FOK TERSOXXEL I X T H E FIELD OF AGING 
"SEC. 404. (a) The Commissioner may make grants to any public or 
nonprofit prixate agency, organization, or institution or with State 
agencies referred to in section 304, or contracts with any agency, orga-
nization, or institution, to assist them in training persons who are 
employed or preparing for employment in fields related to the pur-
poses of this Act— 
" (1) to assist in covering the cost of courses of training or study 
(including short-term or regular session institutes and other 
inservice and preservice training programs), 
" (2) for establishing and maintaining fellowships to train per-
sons to be supervisors or trainers of persons employed or prepar-
ing for employment in fields related to the purposes of this Act, 
''(3) for seminars, conferences, symposiums, and workshops in 
the field, of aging, including the conduct of conferences and other 
meetings for the purposes of facilitating exchange of information 
and stimulating new approaches with i-espect to activities related 
to the purposes of this Act, 
" (4) for the improvement of programs for preparing personnel 
for careers in the field of aging, including design, development, 
and evaluation of exemplary training programs, introduction of 
high quality and more effective curricula and curricula materials, 
and 
"(5) the provision of increased opportunities for f)ractical 
experience. 
"(b) The Commissioner may include in the terms of any contract 
or grant under this part provisions authorizing the payment, to persons 
participating in training programs supported under this part, of such 
stipends (including allowances for subsistence and other expenses for 
such persons and their dependents) as he determines to be consistent 
with prevailing practices under comparable federally supported pro-
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47 
grams. Where the Commissioner provides for the use of funds under 
this section for fellowships, he shall (in addition to stipends for the 
recipients) pay to colleges or universities in which the fellowship is 
being pursued such amounts as the Commissioner shall determine to 
be consistent with prevailing practices under comparable federally 
supported programs. 
"PART B—RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 
"DESCRIPTION or ACTIVITIES 
"SEC. 411. The Commissioner may make grants to any public or 
Grams, 
nonprofit private agency, organization, or institution and contracts 
with any agency, organization, or institution or with any individual 
for the purpose of— 
"(1) studying current patterns and conditions of living of 
older persons and identifying factors which are beneficial or 
detrimental to the wholesome and meaningful living of such 
persons; 
"(2) developing or demonstrating new approaches, techniques, 
and methods (including the use of multipurpose centers) which 
hold promise of substantial contribution toward wholesome and 
meaningful living for older persons; 
"(3) developing or demonstrating approaches, methods, and 
techniques for achieving or improving coordination of com-
munity services for older persons; 
"(4) evaluating these approaches, techniques, and methods, as 
well as others which may assist older persons to enjoy wholesome 
and meaningful lives and to continue to contribute to the strength 
and welfare of our Nation; 
"(5) collecting and disseminating, through publications and 
other appropriate means, information concerning research find-
ings, demonstration results, and other materials developed in 
connection with activities assisted under this part; or 
"(6) conducting conferences and other meetings for the pui'-
poses of facilitating exchange of information and stimulating 
new approaches with respect to activities related to the purposes 
of this part. 
"SPECIAL STUDY AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ON THE TRANSPORTATION 
PROBLEMS OF OLDER AMERICANS 
"SEC. 412. (a) The Commissioner shall, after consultation with the 
Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, conduct a comprehensive study and survey of the trans-
portation proiblems of older Americans with emphasis upon solutions 
, > : 
that are practicable and can be implemented in a timely fashion. In 
conducting the study and survey, the Commissioner shall consider— 
"(1) the use of all community transportation facilities, par-
ticularly public transportation systems, the possible use of school 
buses, and excess Department of Defense vehicles; and 
" (2) the need for revised and improved procedures for obtaining 
motor vehicle insurance by older Americans to be implemented for 
use in a coordinated transportation system. 
"(b) In connection with the study required by subsection (a), the 
Commissioner, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation 
and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, shall conduct 
research and demonstration projects, either directly or by grants or 
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Report X.O Sec-
retary of Trans-
portation, Presi-
dent, and Con-
gress. 
Experts and 
consultants. 
80 Stat. 416. 
Agency co-
operation. 
Grants. 
contracts with public or private nonprofit agencies and organizations, 
in order to— 
"(1) demonstrate i30ssible solutions of economic and service 
aspect of furnishing adequate transportation to older persons in 
rural and urban areas including transportation services furnished 
by social service agencies; 
'•(2) demonstrate improvement of transportation 
services 
available to older persons with emphasis on (A) establishing 
special transjwrtation subsystems for older persons or similar 
groups with similar mobility restrictions, (B) providing portal-
to-portal service and demand actuated services, (C) making pay-
ments directly to older persons to enable them to obtain reasonable 
and necessary transportation services; 
"(3) demonstrate improved coordination between transporta-
tion systems and social service delivery systems; and 
"(4) demonstrate innovative solutions for other special trans-
portation problems confronting older Americans. 
"(c) At least half of the projects authorized under subsection (b) 
of this section shall be conducted in States that are predominantly 
rural in character. 
*'(d) yiot later than January 1, 1975, the Commissioner shall pre-
pare and transmit to the Secretary, to the President, and to the 
Congress, a report on his findings and recommendations, including a 
plan for implementation of improved transportation services for 
older Americans and recommendations for additional legislation, 
administrative and other measures to provide solutions to the trans-
l)ortation problems of older Americans not later than January 1,1975, 
as he deems advisable. 
"(e) In carrying out the study and survey, and the demonstration 
and research projects under this section, the Commissioner is author-
ized to— 
" (1) procure temporary or intermittent services of experts and 
consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, and 
"(2) secure directly from any executive department, bureau, 
agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment or 
instrumentality information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics 
for the purpose of this section; and each such department, bureau, 
agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment or 
instrumentality is authorized and directed, to the extent permitted 
by law, to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and 
statistics directly to the Commissioner upon request made by him. 
"PART C—MULTIDISCIPLIXARY CENTERS OF GP:ROXTOLOGY 
"SEC. 421. The Commissioner may make grants to public and private 
nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions for the purpose of 
establishing or supporting multidisciplinary centere of gerontologv-
A grant may be made under this section only if the application 
therefor— 
"(1) provides satisfactory assurance that the applicant will 
expend the full amount of the grant to establish or support a 
multidisciplinary center of gerontology which shall— 
"(A) recruit and train personnel at the professional and 
subprofessional levels, 
"(B) conduct basic and applied research on work, leisure, 
and education of older people, living arrangements of older 
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49 
people, social services for older people, the economics of aging, 
and other related areas, 
"(C) provide consultation to public and voluntary orga-
nizations with respect to the needs of older people and in 
planning and developing services for them, 
"(D) serve as a repository of information and knowledge 
with respect to the areas for which it conducts basic and 
applied research, 
"(E) stimulate the incorporation of information on aging 
into the teaching of biological, behavioral, and social sciences 
at colleges or universities, 
"(F) help to develop training programs on aging in 
schools of social work, public health, health cai-e administra-
tion, education, and in other such schools at colleges and 
universities, and 
"(G) create opportunities for innovative, multidiscipli-
nary efforts in teaching, research, and demonstration projects 
with respect to aging; 
"(2) provides for such fiscal control and fund accounting pro-
cedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and 
accounting for funds paid to the applicant under this section; and 
"(3) provides for making such reports, in such form and con-
taining such information, as the Commissioner may require to 
carry out his functions under this section, and for keeping such 
records and for affording such access tliereto as the Commissioner 
may find necessary to assure the coi-r-ectncss and verification of 
such reports. 
" P A R T D — A U T H O R I Z A T I O N OF ArpROPRiATioNs 
"AUTHORIZATION 
"SEC. 431. There are authorized to be appropriated for the i)ur))oses 
of carrying out this title such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1973, the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and 
the fiscal year ending June 30,1975. 
u 
PAYMENTS OF GRANTS 
"SEC. 432. (a) To the extent he deems it appropriate, tlie Commis-
sioner shall require the recipient of any grant or contract under this 
title to contribute money, facilities, or services for carrying out the 
project for which such grant or contract was made. 
" (b) Payments under this part pursuant to a grant or contract may 
Advance pay-
be made (after necessary adjustment, in the case of grants, on account '"^"*^' 
of previously made overpayments or miderpayments) in advance or 
by way of reimbursement, and in such installments and on such condi-
tions, as the Commissioner may determine. 
"(c) The Commissioner shall make no grant or contract under this 
title in any State which has established or designated a State agency 
for purposes of title I I I of this Act unless the Commissioner has con- 
Ante, p. 36. 
suited with such State agency regarding such grant or contract." 
TITLE 
V—MULTIPURPOSE 
SENIOR 
CENTERS 
SEC. 501. The Older Americans Act of 1965 is further amended by 
inserting immediately after title IV the following new title: 
22-150 O - 75 - 6 
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[87 STAT. 
Limitation. 
"Multipurpose 
senior center." 
"TITLE V—MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR CENTERS 
"PART A—ACQUISITION, ALTERATIOX, OR RENOVATION or MULTIPURPOSE 
SENIOR CENTERS 
a. 
GRANTS 
A U T H O R I Z E D 
"SEC. 501. (a) In order to provide a focal point in communities for 
the development and delivery of social services and nutritional services 
designed primarily for older persons, the Commissioner may make 
grants to units of general purpose local government or other public 
or nonprofit private agencies or organizations and may make contracts 
with any agency or organization to pay not to exceed 75 per centum of 
the cost of acquiring, altering, or renovating existing facilities to 
serve as multipurpose senior centei's (including the initial equipment 
of such facilities). Facilities assisted by grants or contracts under this 
part shall be in close proximity to the majority of individuals eligible 
to use the multipurpose senior center, and within walking distance 
where possible. 
"(b) The total payments made pursuant to grants or contracts 
under tliis section in any State for any fiscal year shall not exceed 
10 per centum of the total amount appropriated for the year for the 
purposes of carrying out this part, 
"(c) The term 'multipurpose senior center' means a community 
facility for the organization and pi-ovision of a broad spectrum of 
services (including provision of health, social, and educational services 
and provision of facilities for recreational activities) for older persons. 
82 Stat. 718. 
42 u s e 4151. 
49 Stat. 1011. 
REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS 
"SEC. 502. (a) A grant or conti-act for i)urchase under this )>art may 
be made only if the application therefor is approved by the Commis-
sioner u))on his detei'mination that— 
"(1) the application contains or is supported bv reasonable 
assurances that (A) for not less than ten yeai'S after purchase, 
the facility will be used for the ])uri)oses foi- Avliich it is to be 
purchased, (1^) sufficient funds will be available to meet tlie non-
Federal share of the cost of purchase of the facilitv. (C) sufficient 
funds will be available, when purchase is comi)]eted, for elective 
use of the facility for the purpose for which it is being ])urchased, 
and (I)) the facility Avill not be used and is not intended to be 
used for sectarian instiuction or as a place for religious worship; 
"(2) the application contains or is snoooi-ti^d by i-easom^ble 
assui'ances that there are no existing facilities in the community 
suitable for leasing as a multii)urpose senior center; 
"(3) the i)lans and Sj)ecificatious are in accordance witli regu-
lations relating to minimum standards of construction and equij)-
nient 
(promulgated with 
])articular emj)hasis on securing 
compliance with the requirements of the Architectural Bari-iers 
Act of 19()8 (Public Law 90-480)) ; and 
"(4) the ap)>lication contains or is su|)ported by adequate assur-
ance that any laborer oi- mechanic employed by any contiaetoi-s or 
subcontractors in the ))erforinance of work on the facilitv will be 
Daid wages at rates not less than those prevailing for similar work 
in the locality as determined bv tlie Secretarv of Labor in accord-
ance Avitli the Davis-Bacon .Vet, as amended (40 T'.S.C. 27()a-
276a5). The Secretarv of Labor shall have, with respect to the 
labor standards specified in this pai-a<rrai)h. the authority and 
functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 
87 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-29-MAY 3, 1973 
51 
u 
PAYMENTS 
"SEC. 503. Upon approval of any application for a grant or contract 
under this part, the Commissioner shall reserve, from any appropria-
tion available therefor, the amount of such grant or contract. The 
amount so reserved may be paid in advance or by way of reimburse-
ment, and in such installments consistent with progress in alteration 
or renovation, as the Commissioner may determine. The Commis-
sioner's reservation of any amount under this section may be amended 
by him, either upon approval of an amendment of the application or 
upon revision of the estimated cost of altering or renovating the 
facility. 
"RECAPTURE or PAYMENTS 
"SEC. 504. If, within ten years after purchase of any facility for 
which funds have been paid under this part— 
" (a) the owner of the facility ceases to be a public or nonprofit 
private agency or organization, or 
"(b) the facility ceases to be used for the purposes for which 
it was purchased (unless the Commissioner determines, in accord-
ance with regulations, that there is good cause for releasing the 
applicant or other owner from the obligation to do so), 
the United States shall be entitled to recover from the applicant or 
other owner of the facility an amount which bears to the then value 
of the facility (or so much thereof as constituted an approved project 
or projects) the same ratio as the amount of such Federal funds bore 
to the cost of the facility financed with the aid of such funds. Such 
value shall be determined by agreement of the parties or by action 
brought in the United States district court for the district in which 
such facility is situated. 
a AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
"SEC. 505. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated for the 
purpose of making grants or contracts under section 501, such sums 
as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30,1973, the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1974, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975. 
"(b) Sums appropriated for any fiscal year under subsection (a) 
of this section and remaining unobligated at the end of such year 
shall remain available for such purpose for the next fiscal year. 
"MORTGAGE I N S U R A N C E FOR MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR CENTERS 
"SEC. 506. (a) It is the purpose of this section to assist and encour-
age the provision of urgently needed facilities for programs for the 
elderly. 
63 Stat. 108. 
(15 F.R. 3176; 64 Stat. 1267), and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 
1934, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276c). 
"(b) In making grants or contracts under this part, the Commis-
sioner shall— 
"(1) give preference to the acquisition of multipurpose senior 
centers in areas where there is being developed a comprehensive 
and coordinated system under title I I I of this Act; and 
^"'e, p. 36. 
"(2) consult with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment with respect to the technical adequacy of any proposed 
alteration or renovation. 
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[87 STAT. 
Definitions. 
12 use 1713. 
Limitation. 
" (b) For the purpose of this part the terms 'mortgage', 'mortgagor, 
'mortgagee', 'maturity date', and 'State' shall have the meanings 
respectively set forth in section 207 of the National Housing Act. 
" (c) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized 
to insure any mortgage (including advances on such mortgage during 
acquisition, alteration, or renovation) in accordance with the pro-
visions of this section upon such terms and conditions as he may pre-
scribe and make commitments for insurance of such mortgage prior 
to the date of its execution or disbursement thereon. 
'^(d) In order to carry out the purpose of this section, the Secretary 
is authorized to insure any mortgage which covers a new multipurpose 
senior center, including equipment to be used in its operation, subject 
to the following conditions: 
"(1) The mortgage shall be executed by a mortgagor, approved by 
the Secretary, who demonstrates ability successfully to operate one 
or more programs for the elderly. The Secretary may in his discretion 
require any such mortgagor to be regulated or restricted as to minimum 
charges and methods of financing, and, in addition thereto, if the 
mortgagor is a corporate entity, as to capital structure and rate of 
return. As an aid to the regulation or restriction of any mortgagor 
with respect to any of the foregoing matters, the Secretary may make 
such contracts with and acquire for not to exceed $100 such stock 
interest in such mortgagoi- as he may deem necessary. Any stock or 
interest so purchased shall be paid for out of the Multipurpose Senior 
Center Insurance Fund, and shall be redeemed by the mortgagor at 
par upon the termination of all obligations of the Secretary under 
the insurance. 
"(2) The mortgage shall involve a principal obligation in an 
amount not to exceed $250,000 and not to exceed 90 per centum of the 
estimated replacement cost of the property or project, including equip-
ment to be used in the operation of the multipurjjose senior center, 
when the proposed improvements are completed and the equipment is 
installed. 
"(3) The mortgage shall— 
"(A) provide for complete amortization by peiiodic jjayments 
within such term as the Secretary shall prescribe, and 
"(B) bear interest (exclusive of i^remiam charges for insur-
ance and service charges, if any) at not to exceed such per centum 
per annum on the principal obligation outstanding at any time as 
the Secretary finds necessary to meet the mortgage maiket. 
" (4) The Secretary shall not insure any mortgage under this section 
unless he has determined that the center to be covered by the mortgage 
will be in comj^liance with minimum standards to be prescribed by the 
Secretary. 
"(5) In the plans for such Multipurpose Senior Center, due consid-
eration shall be given to excellence of architecture and design, and to 
the inclusion of works of art (not representing more than 1 per centum 
of the cost of the pioject). 
"(e) The Secretary shall fix and collect premium charges for the 
insurance of mortgages under this section which shall be jiayable annu-
ally in advance by the mortgagee, either in casii or in debentures of 
tlie Multipurpose Senior Center Insurance Fund (established by sub-
section (h)) issued at par j)lus accrued interest. In the case of any 
mortgage such charge shall be not less than an amount equivalent to 
one-fourth of 1 per centum per annum nor more than an amount equiv-
alent to 1 per centum per annum of the amount of the principal obli-
gation of the mortgage outstanding at any one time, without taking 
into account delinquent payments or prepayments. In addition to the 
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53 
premium charoe herein provided for, the Secretary is authorized to 
chai'jije and collect such auiouuts as he may deem reasonable for- the 
appraisal of a i)i'oi)erty or j)roject during- accpiisition, alteration, or 
renovation; but such chai'<jjes for ap})raisal and inspection shall not 
aj;gre«;ate more than 1 per centum of the original pi'incij)al face 
amount of the mortgage. 
"(f) The Secretary nuiy consent to the release of a T)ar't or ];a'ts of 
the mortgaged pr-oper-ty or* j)r-oject fr-om the lien of any mortgage 
insured under this section upon such ter-nrs and conditions as he rrray 
prescribe. 
"(g) (1) The Secretar-y shall have the same frrnctions, jwwer-s, and 
duties (insofar- as a))i)]icable) with r-e^])ect to the insrrr-arrce of uvor-t-
gages mider- this section as tlie Secretar-y of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment has with r-espect to the insur-ance of mortgages under title II 
of the National Housing Act. 
"(2) The provisions of subsections (e), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (1), 
and (n) of section '207 of the National Ilorrsing Act shall ai)ply to 
mortgages insured imder this section; except that, for the purposes of 
their- application with r-espect to such mortgages, all r-eferences in such 
pr-ovisions to tlie Oeneral Insurance Fund shall be deemed to r-efer to 
the Multipurpose Senior Center Lisur-ance Fund, and all r-eferences in 
such provisions to 'Secr-etary' shall be deemed to refer to the Secretar-y 
of Health, Education, and Welfare. 
"(h)(1) There is her-eby cr-eated a Multipurpose Senior Center 
Insurance Fund which shall be used by the Secretary as a revolving 
fund for cai'rying out all the insui-ance provisions of this section. All 
mortgages insui-ed under this section shall be insured under and be the 
obligation of the Multipui-i>ose Senior Center Insur-ance Fund. 
"(2) The general ex})enses of the operations of the Department of 
Health, Education, and Welfare relating to mor-tgages insur-ed under-
this section may be charged to the Multipurpose Senior Center 
Insurance Fund. 
"(3) Moneys in the Multipurpose Senior Center Insurance Fund 
not needed for- the curr-ent oper-ations of the Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare with respect to mortgages insured under this 
section shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States to 
the credit of such fund, or invested in bonds or other- obligatioirs of, 
or in bonds or other obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest 
by, the United States. The Secretary may, with the approval of the 
Secretary of the Treasury, purchase in the open market debentures 
issued as obligations of the Multipurpose Senior Center Insurance 
Fund. Such purchases shall be made at a price which will provide an 
investment yield of not less than the yield obtainable from other 
investments authorized by this section. Debentures so purchased shall 
be canceled and not reissued. 
"(4) Premium charges, adjusted premium charges, and appraisal 
and other fees received on account of the insur-ance of any mor-tgage 
under this section, the receipts derived from property covered by such 
mortgages and from any claims, debts, contracts, pr-oper-ty, and secu-
rity assigned to the Secretary in connection therewith, and all earnings 
as the assets of the fund, shall be credited to the Multipurpose Senior 
Center Insurance Fund. The principal of, and interest paid and to be 
paid on, debentures which are the obligation of such fund, cash insur-
ance payments and adjustments, and expenses incurred in the han-
dling, management, renovation, and disposal of properties acquired, 
in connection with mortgages insured under this section, shall be 
charged to such fund. 
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12 use 1713. 
Multipurpose 
Senior Center In-
surance Fund, 
establishment. 
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[87 STAT. 
Appropriation, 
Appropriation. 
Limitation. 
"(5) There are aiitliorized to bo appropi'iated to provide initial 
capital for tlie Multipurpose Senior Center Insur-ance Fund, and to 
assure the soundness of such fund thereaft(!r, sucji sums as may he 
necessary. 
" A X X U A L I N T E R E S T 
(UJAXTS 
"SEC. 5()7. (a) To assist nonprofit j)rivate agencies to reduce the 
cost of borrowing from other sources for the acquisition, alteration 
or renovation of facilities, the Secretary may make annual interest 
gr-ants to such a<rencies. 
"(h) Annual interest grants under this section with respect to any 
facility shall be made over a fixed period not exceeding forty years, 
and ])iovision for such f^rants shall be embodied in a contract ^uaran-
teeino^ their payment over such period. Each such grant shall be in 
an amount not greater than the difference between (1) the average 
annual debt service which would be required to be paid, during tlie 
life of the loan, on the amount borrowed from other sources for the 
acquisition, alteration or renovation or such facilities, and (2) the 
average annual debt service which the institution would have been 
required to pay, during the life of the loan, with respect to such 
amounts if the applicable interest rate were -
3 per centum per annum : 
Provided^ That the amount on which such grant is based shall be 
a])pi'oved by the Secretary. 
"(c)(1) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary such sums as may be necessary for payment of annual 
interest grants in accordance with this section. 
"(2) Contracts for annual interest grants under this section shall 
not be entered into in an aggregate amount greater than is authorized 
in appropriation Acts. 
"(d) Not more than 121/^ per centum of the funds provided for 
in this section for grants may be used within any one State. 
"PART B—INITIAL STAFFING OF ]MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR CENTERS 
Appropriation. 
P E R S O N N E L S T A F F I N G G R A N T PRO(;RAM 
A U T H O R I Z E D 
"SEC. 511. (a) For the purpose of assisting in the establishment 
and initial operation of multipurpose senior centers the Commissioner 
may, in accordance with the provisions of this part, make grants to 
meet, for the temporary periods specified in this part, all or part of 
the costs of compensation of professional and technical personnel for 
the initial operation of new multipurpose senior centers and for the 
delivery of social services established therein. 
"(b) Grants for such costs of any center under this title may be 
made only for the period beginning with the first day of the first 
month for which such grant is made and ending with the close of 
tiiree year-s after such first day. Such grants with respect to any center 
may not exceed 75 per centum of such costs for the first year of the 
project, 66% per centum of such costs for the second year of the proj-
ect, and 50 per centum of such costs for the third year of the project. 
"(c) In making such grants, the Secretary shall take into account 
the relative needs of the several States for community centers for senior 
citizens, their relativ-e financial needs, and their population of persons 
over sixtv years of age. 
"(d) For the purpose of this part, there are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1973, and for each of the next tw^o succeeding fiscal years." 
87 STAT. ] 
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S 
TITLE VI—NATIONAL OLDER AMERICANS VOLUNTEER 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 601. Section 601 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 is amended 
83 stat. iiu 
by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no compensation 
provided to individual volunteers under this part shall be considered 
income for any purpose whatsoever." 
SEC. 602. Section 603 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 is amended 
42 use 3044a. 
by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the fol-
lowing: "and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, 
$17,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $20,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1975". 
SEC. 603. (a) The heading of part B of title VI of the Older 
Americans Act of 1965 is amended to read as follows: 
" F O S T E R 
G R A N D P A R E N T 
PROGRAM 
A N D 
OLDER AMERICANS 
COMMUNITY 
SERVICE P R O G R A M S " . 
(b) Section 611 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
86^s\'at 705 
"SEC. 611. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to 
42 use 3044b. 
or contracts with public and nonprofit private agencies and organi-
zations to pay part or all of the cost of development and operation of 
projects designed to provide opportunities for low-income persons 
aged sixty or over to render supportive person-to-person services in 
health, education, welfare, and related settings to children having 
exceptional needs, including services as 'Foster Grandparents' to 
children receiving care in hospitals, homes for dependent and 
neglected children, or other establishments providing care for children 
with special needs. 
"(b) The Commissioner is also authorized to make grants or con-
tracts to carry out the purposes described in subsection (a) in the case 
of persons (other than children) having exceptional needs, including 
services as 'senior health aides' to work w-ith persons receiving home 
health care and nursing care, and as 'senior companions' to persons 
having developmental disabilities. 
"(c) Payments under this part pursuant to a grant or contract may 
Advance pay-
be made (after necessary adjustment on account of previously made ™
^
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^
-
overpayments or underpayments) in advance or by way of reimburse-
ment, in such installments and on such conditions as the Commissioner 
may determine. 
"(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no compensation 
provided to individual volunteers under this part shall be considered 
income for any purpose whatsoever." 
(c) The first sentence of section 613 of such Act is amended to read 
interagency 
V Ti 
cooperation. 
as follows:_ . 
. 
, 
. 
ss stat. 113. 
"In administering this part, the Commissioner shall consult with 
42 use 3 044d. 
the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Departments of Labor and 
Health, Education, and Welfare and any other Federal agencies 
administering relevant programs with a view to achieving optimal 
coordination with such other programs and shall promote the coordi-
nation of projects under this part with other public or private pro-
grams or projects carried out at State and local levels." 
SEC. 604. Section 614 of the Older Americans Act is amended to read 
Appropriations, 
a s f o l l o w s : 
42 use 3044e. 
"SEC. 614. (a) (1) There are authorized to be appropriated for grants 
or contracts under subsections (a) and (b) of section 611, $25,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, $32,500,000 for the fiscal year 
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[87 STAT. 
ending June 30, 1974, and $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1975, respectively, of which (A) $25,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1973, $26,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1974, and $32,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, respec-
tively, shall be available for such years for grants or conti-acts under 
subsection (a) of section 611, and (B) $6,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1974, and $8,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1975, respectively, shall be available for such yeai-s for grants or con-
tracts under subsection (b) of such section. 
"(2) If the sums authorized to be appropriated under paragraph 
(1) of this subsection for fiscal yeare beginning after June 30, 1973, 
are not appropriated and made available for each such fiscal year, then 
such sums as are so appropriated and made available for each such 
fiscal year shall be allocated so th at— 
"(A) any amounts appropriated not in excess of a sum which 
when added to carryover balances otherwise available for obliga-
tion under subsection (a) of section 611 equals $25,000,000 shall 
be used for grants or contracts under such subsection; and 
"(B) any amounts appropriated in excess of a sum which when 
added to carryover balances otherwise available for obligation 
under subsection (a) of section 611 equals $31,000,000 for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1974, and $33,000,000 for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1975, respectively, shall be used for grants or con-
tracts for such fiscal years under subsection (a) of such section." 
SEC. 605. The authorities conferred upon the Commissioner of the 
Administration on Aging by the amendments made in this title shall 
be carried out pursuant to delegations of authority, reorganization 
plans, and transfers made effective prior to the date of enactment of 
this Act with respect to authorities conferred upon the Secretary of 
the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under title VI 
83 Stat. 111. 
Qf ^-j^g Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. 
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TITLE VII—NUTRITIOI^ PROGRA^I 
AVAILABILITY OF SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
86 Stat. 94. 
§^0. 701. Sectlon 707 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 is amended 
42 use 3045f. 
^^ j , ^ ^ ^ ^g folloWS : 
(( 
AVAILABILITY OF SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
"SEC. 707. (a) Agricultural commodities and products purchased 
by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 32 of the Act of 
49 Stat. 774. 
August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) may be donated to a recipient of a 
grant or contract to be used for providing nutritional services in 
accordance with the provisions of this title. 
"(b) The Commodity Credit Corporation may dispose of food 
commodities under section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 
68 Stat. 458; 
U.S.C. 1431) by douatiug them to a recipient of a grant or contract 
86 Stat. 1492. 
^^ ^^ ^^g^^ ^^^ providiug nutritional services in accordance with the 
provisions of this title. 
"(c) Dairy products purchased by the Secretary of Agriculture 
under section 709 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 (7 U.S.C. 
79 Stat. 1212; 
1446a-l) may be used to meet the requirements of programs providing 
80 Stat. 1538. 
nutritlonal services in accordance with the provisions of this title." 
86 Stat. 9u 
SEC. 702. Section 705(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 is 
42 use 3 45d, 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"(5) provide that, when mutually agreed upon by recipients 
87 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-29-MAY 3, 1973 
57 
of grants and contracts and area planning and service areas 
agencies, nutrition projects assisted under this title shall be made 
a part of the comprehensive and coordinated systems established 
under title I I I of this Act." 
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STATE P L A N N I N G 
SEC. 703. Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Older Americans Act of 
1965 is amended by inserting "for the fiscal year ending June 30,1973," 
se stat. 9i. 
following "administrative cost,"; by striking out "any fiscal year" in 
"
^
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this section and substituting in lieu thereof "such fiscal year"; and by 
adding at the end of the first sentence thereof the following sentence: 
"For the fiscal years ending after June 30, 1973, funds allotted to a 
State for State planning and administration pursuant to section 306 
of this Act may be used for the administration of the State plan sub-
mitted pursuant to this section, except that wherever the governor 
of the State designates an agency other than the agency designated 
under section 304(a) (1) of this Act, then the Commissioner shall 
^"^^' P- 38. 
determine that portion of a State's allotment under section 306 which 
shall be available to the agency designated under section 705(a) (1) 
for planning and administration." 
CONFORMING AMENDMENT 
SEC. 704. (a) The first sentence of section 705(a) of the Older 
Americans Act of 1965 is amended by striking out "303" the first time 
it appears in such sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "304" and by 
striking out "303" the second time it appears in such sentence and 
inserting in lieu thereof, "305". 
(b) Section 705(a)(1) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 is 
amended by striking out "303" and inserting in lieu thereof "304". 
(c) Title V I I of the Older Americans Act of 1965 is amended by 
^2 use 3045, 
striking out "Secretary" wherever in such title the term refers to the 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and inserting in lieu 
thereof "Commissioner". 
TITLE VIII—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS 
AMENDMENT TO LIBRARY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION ACT 
SEC. 801. (a) The Library Services and Construction Act (20 U.S.C. 
351 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following „72^*^^V ^^^^j 
...1 ^ '
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=
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= 84 Stat. 1660. 
new title: 
"TITLE IV—OLDER READERS SERVICES 
"GRANTS TO STATES FOR OLDER READERS SERVICES 
"SEC. 401. The Commissioner shall carry out a program of making 
grants to States which have an approved basic State plan under sec-
tion 6 and have submitted a long-range program and an annual pro-
gram under section 403 for library services for older persons. 
u 
USES OF FEDERAL FUNDS 
"SEC. 402. (a) Funds appropriated pursuant to paragraph (4) of 
section 4(a) shall be available for grants to States from allotments 
under section 5(a) for the purpose of carrying out the Federal share of 
the cost of carrying out State plans submitted and approved under 
section 403. Such grants shall be used for (1) the training of librarians 
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[87 STAT. 
Federal 
share. 
to work with the elderly; (2) the conduct of special library programs 
for the elderly; (3) the purchase of special library materials for use 
)by the elderly; (4) the payment of salaries for elderly persons who 
wish to work in libraries as assistants on programs for the elderly; 
(5) the provision of in-home visits by librarians and other library 
personnel to the elderly; (6) the establishment of outreach programs 
to notify the elderly of library services available to them; and (7) the 
furnishing of transportation to enable the elderly to have access to 
library services. 
"(b) For the purposes of this title, the Federal share shall be 100 
per centum of the cost of carrying out the State plan. 
STATE A N N U A L PROGRAM FOR LIBRARY SERVICES FOR T H E ELDERLY 
"SEC. 403. Any State desiring to receive a grant from its allotment 
for the purposes of this title for any fiscal year shall, in addition to 
having submitted, and having had approved, a basic State plan under 
section 6, submit for that fiscal year an annual program for library 
services for older persons. Such program shall be submitted at such 
time, in such form, and contain such information as the Commissioner 
may require by regulation and shall— 
" (1) set forth a program for the year submitted under which 
funds paid to the State from appropriations pursuant to para-
graph (4) of section 4(a) will be used, consistent with its long-
range program for the purposes set forth in section 402, and 
"(2) include an extension of the long-range program taking 
into consideration the results of evaluations. 
Ante, 
p. 30. 
Appropriation. 
84 Stat. 1662. 
20 u s e 351b. 
Ante, p. 57. 
Allotments, 
20 u s e 351c. 
COORDINATION W I T H PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS 
"SEC. 404. In carrying out the program authorized by this title, 
the Commissioner shall consult with the Commissioner of the Admin-
istration on Aging and the Director of ACTION for the purpose of 
coordinating where practicable, the programs assisted under this title 
with the programs assisted under the Older Americans Act of 1965." 
(b) Section 4(a) of the Library Services and Construction Act is 
amended by adding at the end ther-eof the following new paragraph : 
"(4) For the purpose of making grants to States to enable 
them to carry out public library service programs for older 
persons authorized by title IV, there are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending-
June 30, 1973, the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, the fiscal vear 
ending June 30, 1975, and the fiscal year ending June 30. 1976." 
(c)(1) Section 5(a)(1) of such Act is amended by striking out 
"or (3)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(3), or (4)". 
(2) Section 5(a)(2) of such Act is amended by striking out "or 
(3)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(3), or (4)". 
(3) Section 5(a) of such Act is amended by striking out the word 
"and" at the end of such paragraph (B) ther-eof, by striking out the 
period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting in lieu thereof 
a semicolon and the word "and", and by inserting after subparagraph 
(C) thereof the following: 
"(D) with respect to appropriations for the purposes of title 
IV, $40,000 for each State, except that it shall be $10,000 in the 
case of Guam. American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust 
Territor-y of the Pacific Islands." 
(4) The last sentence of section 5(a) (3) of such Act is amended by 
striking out "or (3)" and inserting in lieu thereof " (3), or (4)". 
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20 u s e 351c. 
20 u s e 351ci. 
20 u s e 351e. 
(5) Section 5(b) of such Act is amended by striking out "or (3)" 
sj standi662. 
and inserting in lieu thereof " (3), or (4)". 
(c) Section 6(a) of such Act is amended by striking out "and I I I " 
and inserting in lieu thereof "III and IV". 
(d) (1) Section 7(a) of such Act is amended by striking out "or 
(3)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(3), or (4)". 
(2) Section 7(b) (1) of such Act is amended by inserting "and title 
IV" after "title III". 
(e) The amendments made by subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this 
Effective date, 
section shall be eifective after June 30,1973. 
AMENDMENT TO NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION 
SCIENCE ACT 
. 
SEC. 802. (a) Section 5(a)(2) of the National Commission on 
Libraries and Information Science Act is amended by striking out 
20 ^*^*''*'*o* 
"and" after "areas" and inserting a comma in lieu thereof, and by 
inserting after "deprived persons," the following: "and of elderly 
persons,". 
(b) The second sentence of section 6(a) (20 U.S.C. 1505(a)) of 
such Act is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof 
the following: ", and at least one other of whom shall be knowledge-
able with respect to the library and information service and science 
needs of the elderly". 
AMENDMENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 
1 9 6 5 
SEC. 803. Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended 
20 us^c ?oo9-
by redesignating sections 110, 111, and 112 (and cross references 1011. 
thereto) as 111, 112, and 113, respectively, and by inserting after 
section 109 the follow^ing new section: 
" S P E C I A L PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS RELATING TO PROBLEMS OF T H E 
ELDERLY 
"SEC. 110. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to 
Grants. 
institutions of higher education (and combinations thereof) to assist 
such institutions in planning, developing, and carrying out, consistent 
with the purpose of this title, programs specifically designed to apply 
the resources of higher education to the problems of the eldei'ly, par-
ticularly with regard to transportation and housing problems of 
elderly persons living in rural and isolated areas. 
"(b) For purposes of making grants under this section, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the 
fiscal year ending June 30,1973, and each succeeding fiscal year ending 
prior to July 1,1977. 
"(c) In carrying out the program authorized by this section, the 
Commissioner shall consult w^th the Commissioner of the Adminis-
tration on Aging for the purpose of coordinating, where practicable, 
the programs assisted under this section with the programs assisted 
under the Older Americans Act of 1965." 
^"^e- P- ^O. 
A M E N D M E N T TO ADULT EDUCATION ACT 
SEC. 804. (a) The Adult Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.) is 
20 ulc/2^09. 
amended by redesignating sections 310, 311, and 312 (and cross ref- 1211. 
erences thereto) as sections 311, 312, and 313, respectively, and by 
inserting after section 309 the following new section: 
Appropriation. 
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[87 STAT. 
Grants. 
Appropriation. 
Ante, 
p. 30. 
Ante, p. 59. 
SPECIAL, PROJECTS FOR T H E ELDERLY 
"SEC. 310. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to 
State and local educational agencies or other public or private non-
profit agencies for programs to further the purpose of this Act by 
providing educational programs for elderly persons whose ability to 
speak and read the English language is limited and who live in an area 
with a culture different than their own. Such programs shall be 
designed to equip such elderly persons to deal successfully with the 
practical problems in their everyday life, including the making of 
purchases, meeting their transportation and housing needs, and com-
plying with governmental requirements such as those for obtaining 
citizenship, public assistance and social security benefits, and housing. 
"(b) For the purpose of making grants under this section there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and each succeeding fiscal year end-
ing prior to July 1,1975. 
"(c) In carrying out the program authorized by this section, the 
Commissioner shall consult with the Commissioner of the Administra-
tion on Aging for the purpose of coordinating, where practicaible, the 
programs assisted under this section with the programs assisted under 
the Older Americans Act of 1965." 
(b) Section 313(a) of such Act, as redesignated, is amended by 
inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: "(other 
than section 310)". 
86 Stat. 688. 
42 u s e 2 701 
note. 
81 Stat. 698; 
82 Stat. 1019. 
42 u s e 2809. 
ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR SENIOR OPPORTUNITIES AND SERVICES 
SEC. 805. In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
and allocated pursuant to the Economic Opportunity Amendments of 
1972, there is further authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and the succeed-
ing fiscal year, to be used for the Senior Opportunities and Services 
program described in section 222(a) (7) of the Economic Opportunity 
Act of 1964. 
TITLE IX—COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR 
OLDER AMERICANS 
Citation of 
title. 
SHORT TITLE 
SEC. 901. Tliis title may be cited as the "Older American Community 
Service Employment Act". 
OLDER AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICE EMFL0Y3IENT PROGRAM 
SEC. 902. (a) In order to foster and promote useful part-time woi'k 
opportunities in community service activities for unemployed low-
income persons who are fifty-five years old or older and who have poor 
emi^loyment prospects, the Secretary of Labor (hereinafter referred 
to as the "Secretary") is authorized to establish an older American 
community service employment program (hereinafter referred to as 
the "program"). 
(b) In order to carry out the provisions of this title, the Secretary 
is autliorized— 
(1) to enter into agreements with public or private nonprofit 
agencies or organizations, agencies of a State government or a 
political subdivision of a State (having elected or duly appointed 
governing officials), or a combination of such political sub-
divisions, or Indian tribes on Federal or State reservations in 
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61 
order to further tlie purposes and goals of tlie program. Such 
agreements may include provisions for the payment of costs, as 
provided in subsection (c), of projects developed by such organi-
zations and agencies in cooperation with the Secretary in order 
to make the program effective or to supplement it. No payments 
shall be made by the Secretary toward the cost of any project 
established or administered by any such organization or agency 
unless he determines that such project— 
(A) will provide employment only for eligible individuals, 
except for necessary technical, administrative, and super-
visory personnel, but such personnel shall, to the fullest 
extent possible, be recruited from among eligible individuals; 
(B) will provide employment for eligible individuals in 
the community in which such individuals reside, or in nearby 
communities; 
(C) will employ eligible individuals in services related 
to publicly owned and operated facilities and projects, or 
projects sponsored by organizations exempt from taxation 
under the provisions of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
Eevenue Code of 1954 (other than political parties), except 
68A stat. les. 
projects involving the construction, operation, or mainte- 
"^^ 
nance of any facility used or to be used as a place for 
sectarian religious instruction or worship; 
(D) will contribute to the general welfare of the com-
munity ; 
(E) will provide employment for eligible individuals whose 
opportunities for other suitable public or private paid 
employment are poor; 
(F) will result in an increase in employment opportunities 
for eligible individuals, and will not result in the displace-
ment of employed workers or impair existing contracts; 
(G) will utilize methods of recruitment and selection 
(including, but not limited to, listing of job vacancies with 
the employment agency operated by any State or political 
subdivision thereof) which will assure that the maximum 
number of eligible individuals will have an opportunity to 
l^articipate in the project; 
(H) will include such training as may be necessary to make 
the most effective use of the skills and talents of those indi-
viduals who are participating, and will provide for the pay-
ment of the reasonable expenses of individuals being trained, 
including a reasonable subsistence allowance; 
(I) will assure that safe and healthy conditions of work 
will be provided, and will assure that persons employed in 
public service jobs assisted under this title shall be paid wages 
which shall not be lower than whichever is the highest of (i) 
the minimum wage w^hich would be applicable to the employee 
under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, if section 
52 stat. loeo. 
6(a)(1) of such Act applied to the participant and if he 
sosfau^saV. 
were not exempt under section 13 thereof, (ii) the State or 
29 usc*206.' 
local minimum w^age for the most nearly comparable covered 
^^ "^^ ^^^" 
employment, or (iii) the prevailing rates of pay for persons 
employed in similar public occujjations by the same employer: 
(J) will be established or administered with the advice 
of persons competent in the field of service in which employ-
ment is being provided, and of persons who are knowledgeable 
with regard to the needs of older persons; 
(K) will authorize pay for necessary transportation costs 
of eligible individuals which may be incurred in employment 
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[87 STAT. 
in any project funded under this title in accordance with 
regulations promulgated by the Secretary; and 
(L) will assure that to the extent feasible such projects 
will serve the needs of minority, Indian, and limited English-
speaking eligible individuals m proportion to their numbers 
in the State; 
Regulations. 
^2) to make, issue, and amend such regulations as may be neces-
sary to effectively carry out the provisions of this title. 
^°^'^- 
(c)(1) The Secretary is authorized to pay not to exceed 90 per 
centum of the cost of any project which is the subject of an agreement 
entered into under subsection (b), except that the Secretary is author-
ized to pay all of the costs of any such project which is (A) an emer-
gency or disaster project or (B) a project located in an economically 
depressed area as determined in consultation with the Secretary of 
Commerce and the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity. 
Non-Federal 
(2) The nou-Federal share shall be in cash or in kind. In determin-
^^^re. 
ing ii^Q amount of the non-Federal share, the Secretary is authorized 
to attribute fair market value to services and facilities contributed 
from non-Federal sources. 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 903. (a) In order to effectively cai'ry out the purposes of this 
title, the Secretary is authorized to consult with agencies of States and 
their political subdivisions with regard to— 
(1) the localities in which community service projects of the 
type authorized by this title are most needed; 
(2) consideration of the employment situation and the types 
of skills possessed by available local individuals who are eligible 
to participate; and 
(3) potential projects and the number and percentage of eligi-
ble individuals in the local population. 
Agency coopera- 
(b)(1) The Secretary is authorized and directed to require agen-
cies and organizations administering community service projects and 
other activities assisted under this title to coordinate their projects 
and activities with agencies and organizations conducting related man-
power and unemployment progi-ams receiving assistance under this 
Act and under other authorities such as the Economic Oppoi-tunity 
78 Stat. 508. 
^^t of 1964, tlic Maupowcr Development and Training Act of 1962, 
42 use'2 701 
and the Emergency Employment Act of 1971. In carrying out the pro-
note, 25 7
1 note. 
vislous of tlus paragraph, the Secretary is authorized to make neces-
42 vsc 4871 
sary arrangements to include projects and activities assisted under this 
note. 
title within a common agreement and a common application with proj-
ects assisted under this Act and other provisions of law such as the 
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the Manpower Development and 
Training Act of 1962, the Emergency Employment Act of 1971. 
(2) The Secretary is authorized to make whatever arrangements 
that are necessary to cai-ry out the programs assisted under this title 
as part of any general manpower legislation hereafter enacted, except 
that appropriations for programs assisted under this title may not be 
expended for programs assisted under that title, 
offices^utmza- 
(^) ^^ Carrying out the provisions of this title, the Secretary is 
tion. ' 
authorized to use, with their consent, the services, equipment, per-
sonnel, and facilities of Federal and other agencies with or without 
reimbursement, and on a similar basis to cooperate with other public 
and private agencies, and instrumentalities in the use of services, 
equipment, and facilities. 
Criteria. 
((J) xho Secretary shall establish criteria designed to assure equi-
table participation in the administration of community service proj-
tion. 
Advance 
payments. 
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63 
ects by agencies and organizations eligible for payment under section 
902(b). 
(e) Payments under this title may be made in advance or by way 
of reimbursement and in such installments as the Secretary may 
determine. 
(f) The Secretary shall not delegate his functions and duties under 
this title to any other department or agency of Government. 
PARTICIPANTS NOT FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 904. (a) Eligible individuals who are employed in any project 
funded under this title shall not be considered to be Federal employees 
as a result of such employment and shall not be subject to the pro-
visions of part I I I of title 5, United States Code. 
so stat. 407. 
(b) No contract shall be entered into under this title with a con- 
^ "^^ 2101. 
tractor who is, or whose employees are, under State law, exempted 
from ojieration of the State workmen's compensation law, generally 
applicable to employees, unless the contractor shall undertake to pro-
vide either through insurance by a recognized carrier, or by self insur-
ance, as allowed by State law, that the persons employed under the 
contract, shall enjoy workmen's compensation coverage equal to that 
})rovided by law for covered employment. The Secretary must estab- 
severance bene-
lish standards for severance benefits, in lieu of unemployment insur- ^''^' ='^"'^^'•^^• 
ance coverage, for eligible individuals who have participated in 
qualifying programs and who have become unemployed. 
INTERAGENCY 
COOPERATION 
SEC. 905. The Secretary shall consult and cooperate with the Office 
of Economic Opportunity, the Administration on Aging, the Depart-
ment of Health, Education, and Welfare, and any other related Federal 
agency administering related programs, with a view to achieving 
optimal coordination with such other programs and shall promote the 
coordination of projects under this title with other public and private 
programs or projects of a similar nature. Such Federal agencies shall 
cooperate with the Secretary in disseminating information about the 
availability of assistance under this title and in promoting the iden-
tification and interests of individuals eligible for employment in proj-
ects funded under this title. 
EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 906. (a) (1) From the sums appropriated for any fiscal year 
under section 908 there shall be initially allotted for projects within 
each State an amount which bears the same ratio to such sum as the 
population, aged fifty-five or over in such State bears to the popu-
lation aged fifty-five or over in all States, except that (A) no State 
shall be allotted less than one-half of 1 per centum of the sum appro-
priated for the fiscal year for which the determination is made; and 
(B) Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Ter-
ritory of the Pacific Islands shall each be allotted an amount equal to 
one-fourth of 1 per centum of the sum appropriated for the fiscal year 
^ 
for which the determination is made. For the purpose of the exception 
"state." 
contained in this paragraph, the term "State" does not include Guam, 
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[87 STAT. 
American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands. 
(2) The number of persons aged fifty-five or over in any State 
and for all States shall be determined by the Secretary on the basis 
of the most satisfactory data available to him. 
(b) The amount allotted for projects within any State under sub-
section (a) for any fiscal year which the Secretary determines will 
not be required for that year shall be reallotted, from time to time and 
on such dates during such year as the Secretary may fix, to projects 
within other States in proportion to the original allotments to projects 
within such States under subsection (a) for that year, but with such 
proportionate amount for any of such other States being reduced to 
the extent it exceeds the sum the Secretary estimates that projects 
within such State need and will be able to use for such year; and the 
total of such reductions shall be similarly reallotted among the States 
whose proportionate amounts were not so reduced. Any amount real-
lotted to a State under this subsection during a year shall be deemed 
part of its allotment under subsection (a) for that year. 
(c) The amount apportioned for projects within each State under 
subsection (a) shall be apportioned among areas within each such 
State in an equitable manner, taking into consideration the propor-
tion which eligible persons in each such area bears to such total number 
of such persons, respectively, in that State. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 907. As used in this title— 
(a) "State" means any of the several States of the United 
States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 
American Samoa, Guam, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
Islands; 
(b) "eligible individual" means an individual who is fifty-five 
years old or older, who has a low income, and who has or would 
have difficulty in securing employment, except that pursuant to 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary any such individual w^ho is 
sixty years old or older shall have priority for the work opportu-
nities provided for under this Act; 
(c) "community service" means social, health, welfare, educa-
tional, library, recreational, and other similar services; conserva-
tion, maintenance or restoration of natural resources; community 
bettennent or beautification; antipollution and environmental 
quality efforts; economic development; and such other services 
which are essential and necessary to the community as the Secre-
tary, by regulation, may prescribe. 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 908. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated $60,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1973, and $100,000,000 for fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1974, to carry out the provisions of this title. 
Approved May 3, 1973.