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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§6730 Payments

Title 42 › CHAPTER 80 — PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYMENT › SUBCHAPTER II — ANTIRECESSION PROVISIONS › § 6730

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must pay each State and local government the amount allocated to them under section 6723 if they filed the required assurances under section 6725. Payment must come from the funds for State and local governments and be made within five days after a quarter starts. Payments can be adjusted later to fix overpayments or underpayments. No payment is due for a quarter if the calendar quarter that ended three months before that quarter started had an average unemployment rate below 4.5 percent, or if its last month's rate did not exceed 4.5 percent.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §6730

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

(a)Time and amount
From the amount allocated for State and local governments under section 6723 of this title, the Secretary shall pay not later than five days after the beginning of each quarter to each State and to each local government which has filed a statement of assurances under section 6725 of this title, an amount equal to the amount allocated to such State or local government under section 6723 of this title.
(b)Adjustments
Payments under this subchapter may be made with necessary adjustments on account of overpayments or underpayments.
(c)Termination
No amount shall be paid to any State or local government under the provisions of this section for any calendar quarter if—
(1)the average rate of unemployment within the jurisdiction of such State or local government during the most recent calendar quarter which ended three months before the beginning of such calendar quarter was less than 4.5 percent, or
(2)the rate of unemployment within the jurisdiction of such government for the last month of the most recent calendar quarter which ended three months before the beginning of such calendar quarter did not exceed 4.5 percent.

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Amendments

1976—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 94–447 substituted “4.5 percent, or” for “4.5 percent, and”.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 6730

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110