PRIA Logo™
Take the PRIA Score
Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§6106a Reports to the Secretary and Congress

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 76— - AGE DISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS › § 6106a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Heads of each federal department or agency must send the Secretary of Health and Human Services a report by December 31 each year starting in 1979. The report must explain what the department did in the past fiscal year to follow the related program rules and must include numbers of participants or beneficiaries broken down by age so performance can be checked. By March 31 each year starting in 1980, the Secretary must gather those reports and send them to Congress with an evaluation of how each department or agency performed.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §6106a

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Not later than December 31 of each year (beginning in 1979), the head of each Federal department or agency shall submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services a report (1) describing in detail the steps taken during the preceding fiscal year by such department or agency to carry out the provisions of section 6102 of this title; and (2) containing specific data about program participants or beneficiaries, by age, sufficient to permit analysis of how well the department or agency is carrying out the provisions of section 6102 of this title.
(b)Not later than March 31 of each year (beginning in 1980), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall compile the reports made pursuant to subsection (a) and shall submit them to the Congress, together with an evaluation of the performance of each department or agency with respect to carrying out the provisions of section 6102 of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 308 of Pub. L. 94–135 was renumbered section 309 and is classified to section 6107 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

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

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 6106a

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73