Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§3057f Surplus educational facilities
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER X— - GRANTS FOR NATIVE AMERICANS › Part Part A— - Indian Program › § 3057f
Summary
Secretary of the Interior, via the Bureau of Indian Affairs, must give surplus Indian school buildings to tribes or tribe-approved nonprofits for senior centers (care, meals, childcare, and other support). Tribes must apply to Secretary as required.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §3057f
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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall make available surplus Indian educational facilities to tribal organizations, and nonprofit organizations with tribal approval, for use as multipurpose senior centers. Such centers may be altered so as to provide extended care facilities, community center facilities, nutrition services, child care services, and other supportive services.
(b)Each eligible tribal organization desiring to take advantage of such surplus facilities shall submit an application to the Secretary of the Interior at such time and in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information, as the Secretary of the Interior determines to be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
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Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 3057f, Pub. L. 89–73, title VI, § 607, as added Pub. L. 95–478, title I, § 106, Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1551, related to payments, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 100–175. See section 3057m of this title.
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Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1987, except not applicable with respect to any area plan submitted under section 3026(a) of this title or any State plan submitted under section 3027(a) of this title and approved for any fiscal year beginning before Nov. 29, 1987, see section 701(a), (b) of Pub. L. 100–175, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1987 Amendment note under section 3001 of this title.
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Citation
42 U.S.C. § 3057f
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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