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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 38 — Public Works and Economic Development

§ 3216. Employment of expediters and administrative employees

Statutory text

Assistance shall not be provided by the Secretary under this chapter to any business unless the owners, partners, or officers of the business—

(1)

certify to the Secretary the names of any attorneys, agents, and other persons engaged by or on behalf of the business for the purpose of expediting applications made to the Secretary for assistance of any kind, under this chapter, and the fees paid or to be paid to the person for expediting the applications; and

(2)

execute an agreement binding the business, for the 2-year period beginning on the date on which the assistance is provided by the Secretary to the business, to refrain from employing, offering any office or employment to, or retaining for professional services, any person who, on the date on which the assistance or any part of the assistance was provided, or within the 1-year period ending on that date—

(A)

served as an officer, attorney, agent, or employee of the Department; and

(B)

occupied a position or engaged in activities that the Secretary determines involved discretion with respect to the granting of assistance under this chapter.

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. Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965

    Pub. L. 89–136 title VI § 606 · 79 Stat. 552

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 3216

    (Pub. L. 89–136, title VI, § 606, as added Pub. L. 105–393, title I, § 102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3615.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 89–136, title VI, § 606, as added Pub. L. 105–393, title I, § 102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3615.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 3216, Pub. L. 89–136, title VII, § 706, , 79 Stat. 573, defined terms as used in this chapter, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–393, § 102(b)(3).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective , see section 105 of Pub. L. 105–393, set out as a note under section 3121 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 89–136, title VI, § 606, as added Pub. L. 105–393, title I, § 102(a), , 112 Stat. 3615.)

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