§ 6721 Congressional findings of fact and declaration of policy
§ 6722 Financial assistance
§ 6723 Allocation of amounts
§ 6724 Uses of payments
§ 6725 Statement of assurances as prerequisite for payments; rules governing time and manner of filing; contents of statement
§ 6727 Nondiscrimination
§ 6728 Wage standards for laborers and mechanics; enforcement
§ 6729 Reports to Secretary by States and local governments; contents
§ 6730 Payments
§ 6731 Economization by State and local governments; statement of assurances, etc., required
§ 6732 Withholding of payments for failure to comply with statement of assurances; procedures applicable
§ 6734 Administration; rules; authorization of appropriations
§ 6735 Program studies and recommendations; evaluation; countercyclical study
§ 6736 Authorization of appropriations for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and Virgin Islands

Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 42 > Chapter 80 > Subchapter II - Antirecession Provisions

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • county: includes a parish, or any other equivalent subdivision of a State or Territory of the United States. See 1 USC 2
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
  • writing: includes printing and typewriting and reproductions of visual symbols by photographing, multigraphing, mimeographing, manifolding, or otherwise. See 1 USC 1