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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 124 — Public Housing Drug Elimination

§ 11921. Statement of purpose

Statutory text

The purpose of this subchapter is to reaffirm the principle that decent affordable shelter is a basic necessity, and the general welfare of the Nation and the health and living standards of its people require better coordination and training in drug prevention programs among the public officials and agencies responsible for administering the public housing programs of the Nation.

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. Drug-Free Public Housing Act of 1988

    Pub. L. 100–690 title V § 5142 · 102 Stat. 4181

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 11921

    (Pub. L. 100–690, title V, § 5142, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4303.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 100–690, title V, § 5142, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4303.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 5142. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to reaffirm the principle that decent affordable shelter is a basic necessity, and the general welfare of the Nation and the health and living standards of its people require better coordination and training in drug prevention programs among the public officials and agencies responsible for administering the public housing programs of the Nation.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 100–690, title V, § 5142, , 102 Stat. 4303.)

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