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PUBLIC LAW 93-29-MAY 3, 1973 SPECIAL, P R O J E C T S FOR THE Grants.

Appropriation.

Ante,

p. 30.

Ante,

p. 59.

[87 STAT.

ELDERLY

"SEC. 310. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to State and local educational agencies or other public or private nonprofit 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 complying 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 ending prior to July 1, 1975. "(c) I n carrying out the program authorized by this section, the Commissioner shall consult with the Commissioner of the Administration 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)". ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR SENIOR O P P O R T U N I T I E S A N D SERVICES

86 Stat. 688. 42 USC 2 701 note.

81 Stat. 698; 82 Stat. 1019. 42 USC 2809.

SEC. 805. I n 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 succeeding 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 SHORT TITLE

Citation of title.

SEC. 901. This title may be cited as the "Older American Community Service Employment Act". OLDER AMERICA N COMMUNITY SERVICE E M F L 0 Y 3 I E N T PROGRAM

SEC. 902. (a) In order to foster and promote useful part-time work opportunities in community service activities for unemployed lowincome 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 authorized— (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 subdivisions, or Indian tribes on Federal or State reservations in

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