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Title 31 — Money and Finance

Chapter 73 — Administering Block Grants

§ 7302. Definitions

Statutory text

In this chapter—

(1)

“block grant amounts” means amounts received for a program that—

(A)

directly allocates amounts to States only, except for amounts allocated for use by the agency administering the program; and

(B)

provides that the State may use any part of the amounts at its discretion to continue to support activities financed on , under programs whose authorizations were discontinued by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–35, 95 Stat. 357) and that were financed on , by allocations by the United States Government to local governments or other eligible entities, or both local governments and other eligible entities.

(2)

“State” includes the District of Columbia and territories and possessions of the United States.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 97–258 · 96 Stat. 1040

    Enacted · 31 U.S.C. § 7302

    (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1040.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1040.)

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Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
730231:1243(note).Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, § 1741(b), 95 Stat. 763.

In clause (1)(A), the word “Federal” is omitted as surplus because of section 101 of the revised title.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, referred to in par. (1)(B), is Pub. L. 97–35, , 95 Stat. 357. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Credits

(Pub. L. 97–258, , 96 Stat. 1040.)

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