Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§2643 Increase of State or local expenditures
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 31— - PUBLIC WORKS ACCELERATION PROGRAM › § 2643
Summary
Federal money under this law cannot be used in a fiscal year to pay for a state or local public works project unless the state or local government raises its own capital improvement spending that year (not counting federal money) by about the same amount as the project's required non‑federal share. None of the money can be used, even indirectly, to plan or build any school or other educational facility.
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Title 42, §2643
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(a)No part of any allocation made by the President under this chapter shall be made available during any fiscal year to any State or local government for any public works project, unless the proposed or planned total expenditure (exclusive of Federal funds) of such State or local government during such fiscal year for all its capital improvement projects is increased by an amount approximately equal to the non-Federal funds required to be made available for such public works project.
(b)No part of any allocation made by the President under this chapter shall be made available for any planning or construction, directly or indirectly, of any school or other educational facility.
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42 U.S.C. § 2643
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73