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42 U.S.C. § 5023

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Minority population participation
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/us/usc/t42/s5023
Title
42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter
CH66
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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The Director shall take appropriate steps to insure that special efforts are made to recruit, select, and assign qualified individuals age 55 years or older from minority populations to serve as volunteers under this subchapter. (Pub. L. 93–113, title II, § 223, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 404; Pub. L. 111–13, title II, § 2146(b), Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1589.) Editorial Notes Amendments2009—Pub. L. 111–13 substituted “population” for “group” in section catchline and “age 55 years or older from minority populations” for “sixty years and older from minority groups” in text. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective Date of 2009 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 111–13 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as a note under section 4950 of this title.

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