31 USC § 6309 - Non-propagation of core-based statistical area delineations

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title: "31 USC § 6309 - Non-propagation of core-based statistical area delineations"
title_number: 31
title_name: "MONEY AND FINANCE"
section_number: "6309"
section_name: "Non-propagation of core-based statistical area delineations"
chapter_number: 63
chapter_name: "USING PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS AND GRANT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 117–219, § 5(a), Dec. 5, 2022, 136 Stat. 2272.)"
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# § 6309. Non-propagation of core-based statistical area delineations

**(a)** **In General.—** Beginning on the date of enactment of the MAPS Act of 2021, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, any change to the standards of core-based statistical area delineations pursuant to section 3504(e) of title 44—

**(1)** shall not propagate automatically for any non-statistical use by any domestic assistance program, including any such use as required through—

**(A)** statutory reference to any core-based statistical area delineation; or

**(B)** administrative or regulatory reference to any core-based statistical area delineation; and

**(2)** shall propagate for any non-statistical use by any domestic assistance program only—

**(A)** if a relevant agency determines that such a propagation—

**(i)** supports the purposes of the program; and

**(ii)** is in the public interest; and

**(B)** through affirmative adoption through notice-and-comment rulemaking pursuant to section 553 of title 5.

**(b)** **Definitions.—** The definitions in section 4 of the MAPS Act of 2021 shall apply to this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 117–219, § 5(a), Dec. 5, 2022, 136 Stat. 2272.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### References in Text

The date of enactment of the MAPS Act of 2021, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of , which was approved .

Section 4 of the MAPS Act of 2021, referred to in subsec. (b), is , which is set out as a note under .