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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60

§11315 Powers

Title 42 › Chapter 119— HOMELESS ASSISTANCE › Subchapter II— UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS › § 11315

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Council may meet when and where it needs to do its work, and it can let members or staff act for it when authorized. It can get needed information from any federal agency, and the agency head must give that information when the Council’s chairperson asks. The Council may take and use public or private gifts of property or services without any yearly limit to help its work, and it may use the U.S. mail like other federal agencies.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §11315

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)For the purpose of carrying out this subchapter, the Council may hold such meetings, and sit and act at such times and places, as the Council considers appropriate.
(b)Any member or employee of the Council may, if authorized by the Council, take any action that the Council is authorized to take in this subchapter.
(c)The Council may secure directly from any Federal agency such information as may be necessary to enable the Council to carry out this subchapter. Upon request of the Chairperson of the Council, the head of such agency shall furnish such information to the Council.
(d)The Council may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services or property, both real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Council.
(e)The Council may use the United States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as other Federal agencies.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2009—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111–22 substituted “property, both real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Council.” for “property.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2009 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 111–22 effective on, and applicable beginning on, May 20, 2009, see section 1004(b) of Pub. L. 111–22, set out as a note under section 11311 of this title.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 11315

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60