Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE IV— - APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 145— - SPECIAL APPALACHIAN PROGRAMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - PROGRAMS › § 14507
Lets the Federal Cochairman use Appalachian program funds to pay or raise the federal share of many kinds of federal grants when local places cannot afford their matching share or when the grant program has too little money. "Federal grant programs" here means grants for buying or improving land, building or equipping facilities, or other community and economic development work. It includes grants under laws for farm and rural development, water and flood protection, clean water, public health, job training, public works, housing, and communications. It does not include highway or road construction programs or programs that do not give grants. The Cochairman can pay any part of the usual federal contribution and can increase the federal share above the normal limit. But no money can be used until the federal official who runs the grant program confirms the project meets that program’s rules and could be approved if funds were available. These funds can be used even if other laws limit who is eligible or how much money is authorized. For supplemental grants, the Cochairman must accept the reports or certificates the federal agency requires. The federal share cannot exceed percentages the Commission sets and never more than 80 percent. From subtitle funds, the Commission may pay up to 50 percent of a project, but that cap can rise to 80 percent for counties labeled "distressed" and to 70 percent for counties labeled "at-risk."
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40 U.S.C. § 14507
Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73