---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 5028"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "5028"
heading: "Authority of Director"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/5028"
units:
  - "Chapter 66 — Domestic Volunteer Services"
  - "Subchapter II — National Senior Service Corps"
  - "Part E — Demonstration Programs"
---

# §5028. Authority of Director

- (a) **In general—** The [Director](/usc/42/5061.md?p=1) is authorized to make grants to or enter into contracts with public or [nonprofit](/usc/42/5061.md?p=3) organizations, including organizations funded under part A, B, or C, for the purposes of demonstrating innovative activities involving older Americans as volunteers. The [Director](/usc/42/5061.md?p=1) may support under this part both volunteers receiving stipends and volunteers not receiving stipends.
- (b) **Activities—** An organization that receives a grant or enters into a contract under [subsection (a)](#a) may use funds made available through the grant or contract for activities such as—
  - (1) linking youth groups and older American organizations in volunteer activities;
  - (2) involving older volunteers in programs and activities different from programs and activities supported in the community; and
  - (3) testing whether older American volunteer programs may contribute to new objectives or certain national priorities.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–113, title II, § 231, as added Pub. L. 103–82, title III, § 351, Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 906.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 392 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as an Effective Date of 1993 Amendment note under section 4951 of this title.