{"data":{"id":"us/42-u.s.c.-3057b","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 U.S.C. § 3057b","heading":"Findings","body":"The Congress finds that the older individuals who are Indians of the United States—(1) are a rapidly increasing population; (2) suffer from high unemployment; (3) live in poverty at a rate estimated to be as high as 61 percent; (4) have a life expectancy between 3 and 4 years less than the general population; (5) lack sufficient nursing homes, other long-term care facilities, and other health care facilities; (6) lack sufficient Indian area agencies on aging; (7) frequently live in substandard and over-crowded housing; (8) receive less than adequate health care; (9) are served under this subchapter at a rate of less than 19 percent of the total national population of older individuals who are Indians living on Indian reservations; and (10) are served under subchapter III at a rate of less than 1 percent of the total participants under that subchapter.","path":["Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","CHAPTER 35—PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc42@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:34Z","sha256":"b07cebf0d8f2589e521784ae23680f57817fbe8d037b43ae228e4dec5ce64a3e","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-u.s.c.-3057a","next":"us/42-u.s.c.-3057c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}