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

# §3056n. Sense of Congress


It is the sense of Congress that—

- (1) the older American [community service employment](/usc/42/3056p.md?p=a-2) [program](/usc/42/3056p.md?p=a-7) described in this subchapter was established with the intent of placing [older individuals](/usc/42/3002.md?p=40) in [community service](/usc/42/3056p.md?p=a-1) positions and providing job training; and
- (2) placing [older individuals](/usc/42/3002.md?p=40) in [community service](/usc/42/3056p.md?p=a-1) positions strengthens the ability of the individuals to become self-sufficient, provides much-needed support to organizations that benefit from increased [civic engagement](/usc/42/3002.md?p=12), and strengthens the communities that are served by such organizations.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–73, title V, § 516, as added Pub. L. 109–365, title V, § 501, Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2587.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3056n, Pub. L. 89–73, title V, § 516, as added Pub. L. 106–501, title V, § 501, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2287, related to definitions, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 109–365. See section 3056p(a) of this title.