42 USC § 2991c - Technical assistance and training

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s2991c"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 2991c - Technical assistance and training"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "2991c"
section_name: "Technical assistance and training"
chapter_number: 34
chapter_name: "ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 88–452, title VIII, § 804, as added Pub. L. 102–375, title VIII, § 822(4), Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1298; Pub. L. 116–261, § 5(b), Dec. 30, 2020, 134 Stat. 3313.)"
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# § 2991c. Technical assistance and training

**(a)** **In general** The Commissioner shall provide, directly or through other arrangements—

**(1)** technical assistance to the public and private agencies in planning, developing, conducting, and administering projects under this subchapter;

**(2)** short-term in-service training for specialized or other personnel that is needed in connection with projects receiving financial assistance under this subchapter; and

**(3)** upon denial of a grant application, technical assistance to a potential grantee in revising a grant proposal.

**(b)** **Priority** section 2991b(b)(2) of this title

In providing assistance under subsection (a), the Commissioner shall give priority to any application described in .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 88–452, title VIII, § 804, as added Pub. L. 102–375, title VIII, § 822(4), Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1298; Pub. L. 116–261, § 5(b), Dec. 30, 2020, 134 Stat. 3313.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2991c, , as added , , , authorized Secretary to provide technical assistance and training in developing, conducting, and administering projects under this subchapter and short-term in-service training for specialized personnel, prior to repeal by .

Another prior section 2991c, , as added , , ; amended , , , provided for applicability of specified Federal laws, oath or affirmation, and status of volunteers as Federal employees and as persons employed in executive branch of Federal Government, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by , , .

### Amendments

2020— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).