TITLE 42 - US CODE - SUBCHAPTER V - AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

42 USC 5081 - National Volunteer Antipoverty Programs

(a) Authorizations

(1) Volunteers in Service to America
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out parts A and B of subchapter I of this chapter, excluding section 4959 of this title, $56,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996.

(2) Literacy activities
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 4959 of this title, $5,600,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996.

(3) Special volunteer programs
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part C of subchapter I of this chapter, excluding section 49951 of this title, such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.

(4) Literacy challenge grants
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 49951 of this title, such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.

(5) Specification of budget function
The authorizations of appropriations contained in this subsection shall be considered to be a component of budget function 500 as used by the Office of Management and Budget to cover education, training, employment, and social services, and, as such, shall be considered to be related to the programs of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for budgetary purposes.

(b) Subsistence
The minimum level of an allowance for subsistence required under section 4955 (b)(2) of this title, to be provided to each volunteer under subchapter I of this chapter, may not be reduced or limited in order to provide for an increase in the number of volunteer service years under part A of subchapter I of this chapter.

(c) Limitation
No part of the funds appropriated to carry out part A of subchapter I of this chapter may be used to provide volunteers or assistance to any program or project authorized under part B or C of subchapter I of this chapter, or under subchapter II of this chapter, unless the program or project meets the antipoverty criteria of part A of subchapter I of this chapter.

(d) Availability
Amounts appropriated for part A of subchapter I of this chapter shall remain available for obligation until the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the amounts were appropriated.

(e) Volunteer service requirement

(1) Volunteer service years
Of the amounts appropriated under this section for parts A, B, and C of subchapter I of this chapter, including section 4995 of this title, there shall first be available for part A of subchapter I of this chapter, including sections 4954 (e) and 4959 of this title, an amount not less than the amount necessary to provide 3,700 volunteer service years in fiscal year 1994, 4,000 volunteer service years in fiscal year 1995, and 4,500 volunteer service years in fiscal year 1996.

(2) Plan
If the Director determines that funds appropriated to carry out part A, B, or C of subchapter I of this chapter are insufficient to provide for the years of volunteer service required by paragraph (1), the Director shall submit a plan to the relevant authorizing and appropriations committees of Congress that will detail what is necessary to fully meet this requirement.

[1] See References in Text note below.

42 USC 5082 - National Senior Volunteer Corps

(a) Retired and Senior Volunteer Program
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part A of subchapter II of this chapter, $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996.

(b) Foster Grandparent Program
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part B of subchapter II of this chapter, $85,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996.

(c) Senior Companion Program
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part C of subchapter II of this chapter, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996.

(d) Demonstration programs
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part E of subchapter II of this chapter, such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.

42 USC 5083 - Repealed. Pub. L. 95510, 102(b), Oct. 24, 1978, 92 Stat. 1781

Section, Pub. L. 93–113, title V, § 503, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 415; Pub. L. 94–293, § 6(b), May 27, 1976, 90 Stat. 526, authorized appropriations for national volunteer programs to assist small businesses and promote volunteer service by persons with business experience.

42 USC 5084 - Administration and coordination

(a) In general
For each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996, there are authorized to be appropriated for the administration of this chapter as provided for in subchapter IV of this chapter, 18 percent of the total amount appropriated under sections 5081 and 5082 of this title with respect to such year.

(b) Evaluation
For each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996, the Director is authorized to expend not less than 21/2 percent, and not more than 5 percent, of the amount appropriated under subsection (a) of this section, for the purposes prescribed in section 5056 of this title.

42 USC 5085 - Availability of appropriations

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unless enacted in express and specific limitation of the provisions of this section, funds appropriated for any fiscal year to carry out any program under this chapter or any predecessor authority shall remain available, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, for obligation and expenditure until expended.