Title 31 — Money and FinanceRelease 119-73not60
§7101 Purposes
Title 31 › Subtitle SUBTITLE V— GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 71— JOINT FUNDING SIMPLIFICATION › § 7101
Summary
Allows States, local governments, and nonprofit groups to use federal aid more effectively and efficiently. It makes it easier to mix support from more than one federal program and to form federal-state partnerships so local governments and nonprofits can pool resources for shared projects.
Full Legal Text
Title 31, §7101
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The purposes of this chapter are to—
(1)enable States, local governments, and private nonprofit organizations to use assistance of the United States Government more effectively and efficiently;
(2)adapt the assistance more readily to particular needs through wider use of projects that are supported by more than one executive agency, assistance program, or appropriation of the United States Government; and
(3)encourage Federal-State arrangements under which local governments and private nonprofit organizations may more effectively and efficiently combine Federal and State resources to support projects of common interest to those local governments and those organizations.
Legislative History
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 710142:4251.Dec. 5, 1974, Pub. L. 93–510, § 2, 88 Stat. 1604. In the chapter, the words “executive agency” are substituted for “Federal agency” because of the definition in section 102 of the revised title. The words “assistance program” are substituted for “Federal assistance programs” because of the definition in section 7102 of the revised title. In the section, the words “resources available from” and “It is the further purpose of this chapter” are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement.
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Citation
31 U.S.C. § 7101
Title 31 — Money and Finance
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60