Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§3030b Recapture of Payments Made for Multipurpose Senior Centers

Title 42 › CHAPTER 35 — PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS › SUBCHAPTER III — GRANTS FOR STATE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON AGING › Part A — General Provisions › § 3030b

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

If, within 10 years after buying the facility or within 20 years after finishing its construction, the owner stops being a public or nonprofit group or the facility stops being used for its original purpose (unless the Assistant Secretary finds good cause under the rules), the United States can recover money from the owner. The amount recovered is the facility’s current value multiplied by the same share that the federal funds were of the facility’s original cost. The value is set by agreement or by a lawsuit in the U.S. district court where the facility is located.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §3030b

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If, within 10 years after acquisition, or within 20 years after the completion of construction, of any facility for which funds have been paid under this subchapter—
(1)the owner of the facility ceases to be a public or nonprofit private agency or organization; or
(2)the facility ceases to be used for the purposes for which it was acquired (unless the Assistant Secretary determines, in accordance with regulations, that there is good cause for releasing the applicant or other owner from the obligation to do so);
the United States shall be entitled to recover from the applicant or other owner of the facility an amount which bears to the then value of the facility (or so much thereof as constituted an approved project or projects) the same ratio as the amount of such Federal funds bore to the cost of the facility financed with the aid of such funds. Such value shall be determined by agreement of the parties or by action brought in the United States district court for the district in which such facility is situated.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1993—Par. (2). Pub. L. 103–171 substituted “Assistant Secretary” for “Commissioner”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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. § 3030b

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110