42 USC § 12655 - General authority

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title: "42 USC § 12655 - General authority"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "12655"
section_name: "General authority"
chapter_number: 129
chapter_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 199A, formerly § 121, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3140; Pub. L. 102–384, § 5, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1455; renumbered § 199A and amended Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 101(a), (e)(1), (2), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 788, 815.)"
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# 1 General authority

So in original. Probably should be followed by a period.

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The Corporation may make grants to States or local applicants and may transfer funds to the Secretary of Agriculture or to the Secretary of the Interior for the creation or expansion of full-time, part-time, year-round, or summer, youth corps programs  To the extent practicable, the Corporation shall apply the provisions of division C in making grants under this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 199A, formerly § 121, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3140; Pub. L. 102–384, § 5, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1455; renumbered § 199A and amended Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 101(a), (e)(1), (2), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 788, 815.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to renumbering by .

### Amendments

1993—, (2), substituted “Corporation” for “Commission”, substituted “or to the Secretary of the Interior” for “, to the Secretary of the Interior, or to the Director of ACTION”, struck out “under ” after “may make grants”, and inserted at end “To the extent practicable, the Corporation shall apply the provisions of division C in making grants under this section.”

1992— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The Commission may make grants under  to States or local applicants, to the Secretary of Agriculture, to the Secretary of the Interior, or to the Director of ACTION for the creation or expansion of full-time or summer youth corps programs.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under , Conservation.

### Short Title

For short title of subtitle I of title I of  which enacted this division, as the American Conservation and Youth Service Corps Act of 1990, see , set out as a note under .