PUBLIC LAW 106-501—NOV. 13, 2000 114 STAT. 2267 TITLE V—AMENDMENT TO TITLE V OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965 42 USC 3001 note. SEC. 501. AMENDMENT TO TITLE V OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965. Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:
- TITLE V—COMMUNITY SERVICE
cider An^encan EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS seJTe""*^ Employment Act. "SEC. 50L SHORT TITLE. 'This title may be cited as the 'Older American Community Service Employment Act'. "SEC. 502. OLDER AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT 42 USC 3056 PROGRAM. "(a)(1) In order to foster and promote useful part-time opportunities in community service activities for unemployed lowincome persons who are 55 years or older and who have poor employment prospects, and in order to foster individual economic self-sufficiency and to increase the number of persons who may enjoy the benefits of unsubsidized employment in both the public and private sectors, the Secretary of Labor (hereafter in this title referred to as the 'Secretary*) is authorized to establish an older American community service employment program. "(2) Amounts appropriated to carry out this title shall be used only to carry out the provisions contained in this title. "(b)(1) In order to carry out the provisions of this title, the Secretary is authorized to enter into agreements, subject to section 514, with State and national public and private nonprofit agencies and 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 subdivisions, or tribal organizations in order to further the purposes and goals of the program. Such agreements may include provisions for the payment of costs, as provided in subsection (c) of this section, of projects developed by such organizations and agencies in cooperation with the Secretary in order to make the program effective or to supplement the program. No payment shall be made by the Secretary toward the cost of any project established or administered by any organization or agency unless the Secretary determines that such project— "(A) will provide employment only for eligible individuals except for necessary technical, administrative, and supervisory personnel, but such personnel shall, to the fullest extent possible, be recruited from among eligible individuals; "(B)(i) will provide employment for eligible individuals in the community in which such individuals reside, or in nearby communities; or "(ii) if such project is carried out by a tribal organization that enters into an agreement under this subsection or receives assistance from a State that enters into such an agreement, will provide emplo3mrient for such individuals, including those
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