Title 42The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§5054 Distribution of benefits between rural and urban areas

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 66— - DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION › § 5054

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Title 42, §5054

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The Director shall adopt appropriate administrative measures to assure that the benefits of and services under this chapter will be distributed equitably between residents of rural and urban areas.

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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 93–113, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 394, known as the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 4950 of this title and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Rural Program Report Pub. L. 96–143, § 16, Dec. 13, 1979, 93 Stat. 1082, provided that not later than Feb. 1, 1980, the Director of the ACTION Agency was to submit to appropriate committees of Congress a report specifying special needs and circumstances to be addressed in designing programs under Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 [this chapter] for implementation in rural areas, such report to include a detailed statement of manner in which Director intended to address such needs and circumstances, together with a timetable for designing and implementing such programs.

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42 U.S.C. § 5054

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

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Apr 6, 2026

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