domestic volunteer service act of 1973

domestic volunteer service act of 1973 Sec. 205. (a) (1) Section 502(a) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5082(a)), hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Act”, is amended— (A) by striking out “and” immediately after “1974,”; and (B) by inserting immediately after “respectively,” the following: “$6,000,000 for the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, and $22,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1977, and September 30, 1978,”. (2) Section 502(b)(1) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 5082(b)(1)) is amended— (A) by striking out “and” immediately after “1974,” each place it appears therein; (B) by inserting immediately after “respectively,” the first place it appears therein the following: $10,750,000 for the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, and $43,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1977, and September 30, 1978,”; (C) by inserting immediately after “respectively,” the second place it appears therein the following: “$8,750,000 for the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, and $35,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1977, and September 30, 1978,”; and (D) by inserting immediately after “respectively,” the third place it appears therein the following: “$2,000,000 for the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, and $8,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1977, and September 30, 1978,”. (b) (1) The first sentence of section 211(a) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 5011(a)) is amended— (A) by striking out “volunteers” the first and third places it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “individuals”; and (B) by striking out “serve as volunteers to”. (2) Section 211(b) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 5011(b)) is amended by striking out “volunteers” and inserting in lieu thereof “individuals”. (3) Section 212(a)(1) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 5012(a)(1)) is amended by striking out “volunteers” and inserting in lieu thereof “individuals”. (c) (1) In order to provide maximum coordination between programs carried out under title III and title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 3045 et seq.) and national older American volunteer programs carried out under title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5001 et seq.), and 89 STAT. 728in order to enhance the effectiveness of the support provided to such national older American volunteer programs by the ACTION Agency, the Director of the ACTION Agency shall designate an aging resource specialist with respect to programs carried out in each State under title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. (2) (A) Each aging resource specialist designated under paragraph (1) shall be qualified to serve in such capacity by appropriate experience and training, and shall be stationed in a State office of the ACTION Agency. (B) The primary responsibility of each aging resource specialist shall be— (i) to support programs carried out under title IT of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 in any State or other jurisdiction served by the State office involved; and (ii) to seek to coordinate such programs with programs carried out under title III and title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965 in any such State or other jurisdiction. (3) For purposes of this subsection— (A) the term “ACTION Agency” means the ACTION Agency established by section 401 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 5041); (B) the term “primary responsibility” means the devotion of more than one-half of regular working hours to the performance of duties described in paragraph (2) (B); and (C) the term “State” means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.