Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§3020b Reduction of paperwork
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - ADMINISTRATION ON AGING › § 3020b
Summary
The Assistant Secretary must regularly review all information requests made under this law and work with State agencies and other groups to cut unnecessary, duplicate, or disruptive paperwork. They must only ask for information needed to run the programs and should use standard service definitions when those are available.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §3020b
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In order to reduce unnecessary, duplicative, or disruptive demands for information, the Assistant Secretary, in consultation with State agencies and other appropriate agencies and organizations, shall continually review and evaluate all requests by the Administration for information under this chapter and take such action as may be necessary to reduce the paperwork required under this chapter. The Assistant Secretary shall request only such information as the Assistant Secretary deems essential to carry out the objectives and provisions of this chapter and, in gathering such information, shall make use of uniform service definitions to the extent that such definitions are available.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 211 of Pub. L. 89–73 was renumbered section 210 and is classified to section 3020a of this title.
Amendments
1993—Pub. L. 103–171 substituted “Assistant Secretary” for “Commissioner” wherever appearing and “State agencies” for “State agencies,”. 1992—Pub. L. 102–375, § 904(a)(9), substituted “objectives” for “purposes” in last sentence. Pub. L. 102–375, § 102(b)(9)(A), struck out “designated under section 3025(a)(1) of this title” after “in consultation with State agencies”. Pub. L. 102–375, § 102(b)(1)(A), substituted “Administration” for “Administration on Aging”. 1984—Pub. L. 98–459 inserted provision requiring the Commissioner, in gathering information, to make use of uniform service definitions to the extent that such definitions are available.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1984 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 98–459 effective Oct. 9, 1984, see section 803(a) of Pub. L. 98–459, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.
Effective Date
Section effective at close of Sept. 30, 1978, see section 504 of Pub. L. 95–478, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1978 Amendment note under section 3001 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
42 U.S.C. § 3020b
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73