42 USC § 3150 - Changed project circumstances

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s3150"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 3150 - Changed project circumstances"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "3150"
section_name: "Changed project circumstances"
chapter_number: 38
chapter_name: "PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–136, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 105–393, title I, § 102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3606.)"
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# § 3150. Changed project circumstances

In any case in which a grant (including a supplementary grant described in section 3145 of this title) has been made by the Secretary under this subchapter (or made under this chapter, as in effect on the day before the effective date of the Economic Development Administration Reform Act of 1998) for a project, and, after the grant has been made but before completion of the project, the purpose or scope of the project that was the basis of the grant is modified, the Secretary may approve, subject (except for a grant for which funds were obligated in fiscal year 1995) to the availability of appropriations, the use of grant funds for the modified project if the Secretary determines that—

**(1)** the modified project meets the requirements of this subchapter and is consistent with the comprehensive economic development strategy submitted as part of the application for the grant; and

**(2)** the modifications are necessary to enhance economic development in the area for which the project is being carried out.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–136, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 105–393, title I, § 102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3606.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

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## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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