Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§6702 Direct grants; Federal share

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 80— - PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS › § 6702

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can give grants to state or local governments to build, fix up, or improve local public works projects. That includes demolition and site preparation. Grants can also pay to finish plans, drawings, and cost estimates when some design or engineering work or planning has already been done but more is needed to allow construction under this chapter. The federal government will pay the entire cost of any project funded by these grants — 100 percent.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §6702

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(a)The Secretary is authorized to make grants to any State or local government for construction (including demolition and other site preparation activities), renovation, repair, or other improvement of local public works projects including but not limited to those public works projects of State and local governments for which Federal financial assistance is authorized under provisions of law other than this chapter. In addition the Secretary is authorized to make grants to any State or local government for the completion of plans, specifications, and estimates for local public works projects where either architectural design or preliminary engineering or related planning has already been undertaken and where additional architectural and engineering work or related planning is required to permit construction of the project under this chapter.

(b)The Federal share of any project for which a grant is made under this section shall be 100 per centum of the cost of the project.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 6702

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73