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42 U.S.C. 4992: Authority to establish and operate special volunteer and demonstration programs

Created in 1973 by Public Law 93-113. Changed by 6 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1993

    • Pub. L. 103–82 amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions which related to: in subsec. (a), youthful offender incarceration alternatives, veterans educational opportunities, drug abusers counseling, assistance to victims of domestic violence, periods of service, and i…

    1989

    • Pub. L. 101–204, §301(a), added par. (3) and redesignated former par. (3) as (4). · (d), (4)
    • Pub. L. 101–204, §301(b), added subsec. (e). · (e)

    1986

    • Pub. L. 99–551, §§6(a), 10(d), inserted "(including Indian reservations)" and substituted "offenders, a program" and "veterans, a program" for "offenders; a program" and "veterans; a program", respectively. · (a)
    • Pub. L. 99–551, §10(i)(4), substituted "the Director" for "he" before "shall prescribe". · (b)

    1984

    • Pub. L. 98–288, §30(b)(2), substituted "4953(f)" for "4953(d)". · (c)
    • Pub. L. 98–288, §12, added subsec. (d). · (d)

    1979

    • Pub. L. 96–143, §7(a), (b), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted "in urban and rural areas" after "volunteer programs" and ", a program of assistance to victims of domestic violence, a program to provide technical and management assistance to distressed communities, a p… · (a)
    • Pub. L. 96–143, §7(c), inserted provisions permitting support payments to part-time volunteers enrolled for at least 20 hours of service per week for at least 26 consecutive weeks and provisions applying sections 4953(b), (d), 4954(d), and 4955(a) of this title to full-time full-year v… · (c)

    1976

    • Pub. L. 94–293 inserted provision authorizing the Director to undertake and support volunteer service programs, and recruit, etc., volunteers to carry out this part. · (c)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.