42 USC § 501 - Use of available funds

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s501"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 501 - Use of available funds"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "501"
section_name: "Use of available funds"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS TO STATES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title III, § 301, 49 Stat. 626; Apr. 19, 1939, ch. 73, 53 Stat. 581; Pub. L. 86–778, title V, § 524(a), Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 982.)"
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# § 501. Use of available funds

section 1101(c)(1)(A) of this title

The amounts made available pursuant to  for the purpose of assisting the States in the administration of their unemployment compensation laws shall be used as hereinafter provided.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title III, § 301, 49 Stat. 626; Apr. 19, 1939, ch. 73, 53 Stat. 581; Pub. L. 86–778, title V, § 524(a), Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 982.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1960— struck out provisions prescribing specific sums for fiscal years 1936–1939 and for each fiscal year thereafter and inserted provisions relating to amounts made available pursuant to .

1939—Act , provided increased appropriation for fiscal year ending , and for each fiscal year thereafter.