---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 3056m"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "3056m"
heading: "Report on service to minority individuals"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/3056m"
units:
  - "Chapter 35 — Programs for Older Americans"
  - "Subchapter IX — Community Service Senior Opportunities"
---

# §3056m. Report on service to minority individuals

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/3002.md?p=46) shall annually prepare a report on the levels of participation and performance outcomes of minority individuals served by the [program](/usc/42/3056p.md?p=a-7) carried out under this subchapter.
- (b) **Contents—**
  - (1) **Organization and data—** Such report shall present information on the levels of participation and the outcomes achieved by such minority individuals with respect to each grantee under this subchapter, by service area, and in the aggregate, beginning with data that applies to [program](/usc/42/3056p.md?p=a-7) year 2005.
  - (2) **Efforts—** The report shall also include a description of each grantee’s efforts to serve minority individuals, based on information submitted to the [Secretary](/usc/42/3002.md?p=46) by each grantee at such time and in such manner as the [Secretary](/usc/42/3002.md?p=46) determines to be appropriate.
  - (3) **Related matters—** The report shall also include—
    - (A) an assessment of individual grantees based on the criteria established under [subsection (c)](#c);
    - (B) an analysis of whether any changes in grantees have affected participation rates of such minority individuals;
    - (C) information on factors affecting participation rates among such minority individuals; and
    - (D) recommendations for increasing participation of minority individuals in the [program](/usc/42/3056p.md?p=a-7).
- (c) **Criteria—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/3002.md?p=46) shall establish criteria for determining the effectiveness of grantees in serving minority individuals in accordance with the goals set forth in [section 3056(a)(1)](/usc/42/3056.md?p=a-1) of title.
- (d) **Submission—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/3002.md?p=46) shall annually submit such a report to the appropriate committees of Congress.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–73, title V, § 515, as added Pub. L. 109–365, title V, § 501, Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2587.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3056m, Pub. L. 89–73, title V, § 515, as added Pub. L. 106–501, title V, § 501, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2286, related to authorization of appropriations, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 109–365. See section 3056o of this title.