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§8401a “Local government” defined

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 92— - POWERPLANT AND INDUSTRIAL FUEL USE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE › § 8401a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines "local government" for section 8401 as local units that can tax, spend funds, and exercise government powers when they are partly or wholly in or oversee the energy impacted area. If the Governor agrees, it may also include nonprofits, schools, and special districts. Applies to assistance applications received since the effective date of section 8401.

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Title 42, §8401a

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For the purposes of section 8401 of this title, the term “local government” shall include—
(1)any county, parish, city, town, township, village or other general purpose political subdivision of a State with the power to levy taxes and expend Federal, State, and local funds and exercise governmental powers; and
(2)which (in whole or in part) is located in, or has authority over the energy impacted area: Provided further, That such term shall include a public or private nonprofit corporation, or a school, water, sewer, highway, or other public special purpose district, authority, or body, with the concurrence of the Governor: Provided further, That such term shall be applicable to all applications for assistance received since the effective date of section 8401 of this title.

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of section 8401 of this title, referred to in par. (2), see section 901 of Pub. L. 95–620, set out as an

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note under section 8301 of this title. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1981, and not as part of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 which comprises this chapter.

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42 U.S.C. § 8401a

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

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Apr 6, 2026

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