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§15703 Counties Eligible for Assistance in More Than One Region

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE V— REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 157— ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 15703

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

A local government cannot get aid from more than one Commission in the same fiscal year. If it is inside more than one Commission area, it must choose one by sending written notice to that Commission’s federal cochair and state member. The choice applies that year and future years unless, at least 90 days before a fiscal year, it sends written notice to the new Commission’s cochairs and copies the current Commission. "Commission" includes the Appalachian Regional Commission.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §15703

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(a)A political subdivision of a State may not receive assistance under this subtitle in a fiscal year from more than one Commission.
(b)A political subdivision included in the region of more than one Commission shall select the Commission with which it will participate by notifying, in writing, the Federal Cochairperson and the appropriate State member of that Commission.
(c)The selection of a Commission by a political subdivision shall apply in the fiscal year in which the selection is made, and shall apply in each subsequent fiscal year unless the political subdivision, at least 90 days before the first day of the fiscal year, notifies the Cochairpersons of another Commission in writing that the political subdivision will participate in that Commission and also transmits a copy of such notification to the Cochairpersons of the Commission in which the political subdivision is currently participating.
(d)In this section, the term “Commission” includes the Appalachian Regional Commission established under chapter 143.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning after June 18, 2008, see section 14217(d) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 15101 of this title.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 15703

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60