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Title 31 — Money and FinanceRelease 119-73not60

§6309 Non-propagation of Core-based Statistical Area Delineations

Title 31 › Subtitle SUBTITLE V— GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 63— USING PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS AND GRANT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS › § 6309

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Beginning on the date of enactment of the MAPS Act of 2021, changes to standards defining core‑based statistical areas cannot automatically be used by domestic assistance programs for nonstatistical use, including when laws or rules cite them. Use is allowed only if the agency finds the changes help the program and are in the public interest, and only after notice‑and‑comment rulemaking under section 553 of title 5. Section 4 definitions apply.

Full Legal Text

Title 31, §6309

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(a)Beginning on the date of enactment of the MAPS Act of 2021, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, any change to the standards of core-based statistical area delineations pursuant to section 3504(e) of title 44—
(1)shall not propagate automatically for any non-statistical use by any domestic assistance program, including any such use as required through—
(A)statutory reference to any core-based statistical area delineation; or
(B)administrative or regulatory reference to any core-based statistical area delineation; and
(2)shall propagate for any non-statistical use by any domestic assistance program only—
(A)if a relevant agency determines that such a propagation—
(i)supports the purposes of the program; and
(ii)is in the public interest; and
(B)through affirmative adoption through notice-and-comment rulemaking pursuant to section 553 of title 5.
(b)The definitions in section 4 of the MAPS Act of 2021 shall apply to this section.

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References in Text

The date of enactment of the MAPS Act of 2021, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 117–219, which was approved Dec. 5, 2022. section 4 of the MAPS Act of 2021, referred to in subsec. (b), is section 4 of Pub. L. 117–219, which is set out as a note under section 6102 of this title.

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31 U.S.C. § 6309

Title 31 — Money and Finance

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60