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PART I

OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965,

AS AMENDED

(42 U.S. Code, § 3001, Et. Seq.)

Public Law 89-73 (July 14, 1965), as amended by
Public Law 90-42 (July 1, 1967),'

Public Law 91-69 (September 17, 1969),2
Public Law 92-258 (March 22, 1972),3

Public Law 93–29 (May 3, 1973),*

Public Law 93–351 (July 12, 1974), and

Public Law 94-135 (November 28, 1975)°

An Act

To provide assistance in the development of new or improved programs to help older persons through grants to the States for community planning and services and for training, through research, development, or training project grants, and to establish within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an operating agency to be designated as the "Administration on Aging".

1 Hereinafter referred to as the "1967 Amendments”. 'Hereinafter referred to as the "1969 Amendments”. "Hereinafter referred to as the "1972 Amendments”. "Hereinafter referred to as the "1973 Amendments".

'Hereinafter referred to as the "1974 Amendments”.

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• Hereinafter referred to as the "1975 Amendments”.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Older Americans Act of 1965".

TITLE I-DECLARATION OF OBJECTIVES:

DEFINITIONS

DECLARATION OF OBJECTIVES FOR OLDER AMERICANS

SEC. 101. The Congress hereby finds and declares that, in keeping with the traditional American concept of the inherent dignity of the individual in our democratic society, the older people of our Nation are entitled to, and it is the joint and several duty and responsibility of the governments of the United States and of the several States and their political subdivisions to assist our older people to secure equal opportunity to the full and free enjoyment of the following objectives:

(1) An adequate income in retirement in accordance with the American standard of living.

(2) The best possible physical and mental health which science can make available and without regard to economic status.

(3) Suitable housing, independently selected, designed and located with reference to special needs and available at costs which older citizens can afford.

(4) Full restorative services for those who require institutional care.

(5) Opportunity for employment with no discriminatory personnel practices because of age.

(6) Retirement in health, honor, dignity-after years of contribution to the economy.

(7) Pursuit of meaningful activity within the widest range of civic, cultural, and recreational opportunites.

(8) Efficient community services, including access to low-cost trans

portation,' which provide social assistance in a coordinated manner and which are readily available when needed. .

(9) Immediate benefit from proven research knowledge which can sustain and improve health and happiness.

(10) Freedom, independence, and the free exercise of individual initiative in planning and managing their own lives.

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 102. For the purposes of this Act

(1) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

'The 1973 Amendments, sec. 102 inserted ", including access to lowcost transportation,".

In addition to the Declaration of Objectives of the Older Americans Act, embodied in sec. 101, the 1973 Amendments stated their objectives, as follows:

"SEC. 101. The Congress finds that millions of older citizens in this Nation are suffering unnecessary harm from the lack of adequate services. It is therefore the purpose of this Act, in support of the objectives of the Older Americans Act of 1965, to—

(1) make available comprehensive programs which include a full range of health, education, and social services to our older citizens who need them,

(2) give full and special consideration to older citizens with special needs in planning such programs, and, pending the availability of such programs for all older citizens, give priority to the elderly with the greatest economic and social need,

(3) provide comprehensive programs which will assure the coordinated delivery of a full range of essential services to our older citizens, and, where applicable, also furnish meaningful employment opportunities for many individuals, including older persons, young persons, and volunteers from the community, and

(4) insure that the planning and operation of such programs will be undertaken as a partnership of older citizens, community agencies, and State and local governments, with appropriate assistance from the Federal Government."

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