40 USC § 15701 - Consent of States

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identifier: "/us/usc/t40/s15701"
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title: "40 USC § 15701 - Consent of States"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "15701"
section_name: "Consent of States"
chapter_number: 157
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1479, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2241.)"
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# § 15701. Consent of States

This subtitle does not require a State to engage in or accept a program under this subtitle without its consent.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1479, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2241.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

and  enacted identical sections.  was repealed by .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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