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Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73

§14521 Required level of expenditure

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE IV— - APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 145— - SPECIAL APPALACHIAN PROGRAMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - ADMINISTRATIVE › § 14521

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

To get the program benefits, a State or its local government must keep its own spending for the part of the State in the Appalachian region at least as high as the average of the State’s own spending in the two full fiscal years before March 9, 1965. When figuring that average, do not count money spent for participation in the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways or any local or federal funds. If the part of the State in the region lost a lot of people or if past spending on a specific program was much higher than the area now needs, the Commission can recommend to the President that the required spending level be lowered.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §14521

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A State or political subdivision of a State is not eligible to receive benefits under this subtitle unless the aggregate expenditure of state amounts, except expenditures for participation in the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways and local and federal amounts, for the benefit of the area within the State located in the Appalachian region is maintained at a level which does not fall below the average level of those expenditures for the State’s last two full fiscal years prior to March 9, 1965. In computing the level, a State’s past expenditure for participation in the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways and expenditures of local and federal amounts shall not be included. The Commission shall recommend to the President a lesser requirement when it finds that a substantial population decrease in that part of a State which lies within the region would not justify a state expenditure equal to the average level of the last two years or when it finds that a State’s average level of expenditure in an individual program has been disproportionate to the present need for that part of the State.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 1452140 App.:221.Pub. L. 89–4, title II, § 221, Mar. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 18; Pub. L. 90–103, title I, § 117, Oct. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 263; Pub. L. 101–427, Oct. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 927. The words “or such Federal officer or officers as the President may designate” are omitted because of 3:301.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 14521

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73