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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§3056c Interagency cooperation

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - COMMUNITY SERVICE SENIOR OPPORTUNITIES › § 3056c

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must get written advice from the Assistant Secretary before making rules or setting general policy for running this program. The Secretary must also work with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (including the Office of Community Services) and with leaders of other federal agencies that run related programs. Those agency leaders must help share information about available help and help identify people who can work in the program’s projects. The Secretary must promote and link projects under this program with other job and training programs, especially those under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, including one-stop delivery systems under section 121(e) (29 U.S.C. 3151(e)). The Secretary must also consult the Secretary of Education to coordinate with activities under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.).

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §3056c

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(a)The Secretary shall consult with and obtain the written views of the Assistant Secretary before issuing rules and before establishing general policy in the administration of this subchapter.
(b)The Secretary shall consult and cooperate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting through officers including the Director of the Office of Community Services), and the heads of other Federal agencies that carry out programs related to the program carried out under this subchapter, in order to achieve optimal coordination of the program carried out under this subchapter with such related programs. Each head of a Federal agency shall cooperate with the Secretary in disseminating information relating to the availability of assistance under this subchapter and in promoting the identification and interests of individuals eligible for employment in projects assisted under this subchapter.
(c)(1)The Secretary shall promote and coordinate efforts to carry out projects under this subchapter jointly with programs, projects, or activities carried out under other Acts, especially activities provided under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, including activities provided through one-stop delivery systems established under section 121(e) of such Act [29 U.S.C. 3151(e)], that provide training and employment opportunities to eligible individuals.
(2)The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Education to promote and coordinate efforts to carry out projects under this subchapter jointly with activities in which eligible individuals may participate that are carried out under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is Pub. L. 113–128, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1425, which enacted chapter 32 (§ 3101 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor, repealed chapter 30 (§ 2801 et seq.) of Title 29 and chapter 73 (§ 9201 et seq.) of Title 20, Education, and made

Amendments

to numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 3101 of Title 29 and Tables. The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, referred to in subsec. (c)(2), is Pub. L. 88–210, Dec. 18, 1963, 77 Stat. 403, as amended generally by Pub. L. 109–270, § 1(b), Aug. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 683, which is classified generally to chapter 44 (§ 2301 et seq.) of Title 20, Education. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2301 of Title 20 and Tables.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 3056c, Pub. L. 89–73, title V, § 505, as added Pub. L. 106–501, title V, § 501, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2276; amended Pub. L. 109–270, § 2(k)(3), Aug. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 749, related to interagency cooperation, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 109–365. Another prior section 3056c, Pub. L. 89–73, title V, § 505, formerly title IX, § 905, as added Pub. L. 94–135, title I, § 113(a), Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 723; renumbered title V, § 505, and amended Pub. L. 95–478, title I, § 105(a), (d), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1547, 1548; Pub. L. 97–115, § 12(b)(2), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1606; Pub. L. 102–375, title V, § 503, Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1267; Pub. L. 103–171, § 3(a)(8), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1990; Pub. L. 105–332, § 3(i)(2), Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3126, related to interagency cooperation, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 106–501. Another prior section 505 of Pub. L. 89–73 was classified to section 3041d of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 95–478.

Amendments

2014—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 113–128 substituted “activities carried out under other Acts, especially activities provided under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, including activities provided through one-stop delivery systems established under section 121(e) of such Act,” for “activities carried out under other Acts, especially activities provided under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.), including activities provided through one-stop delivery systems established under section 134(c)) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2864(c)),”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2014 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 113–128 effective on the first day of the first full program year after
July 22, 2014 (
July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 3101 of Title 29, Labor.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 3056c

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73