42 USC § 3219 - Relationship to assistance under other law

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s3219"
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title: "42 USC § 3219 - Relationship to assistance under other law"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "3219"
section_name: "Relationship to assistance under other law"
chapter_number: 38
chapter_name: "PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–136, title VI, § 609, as added Pub. L. 105–393, title I, § 102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3616; amended Pub. L. 108–373, title VI, § 602, Oct. 27, 2004, 118 Stat. 1769.)"
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# § 3219. Relationship to assistance under other law

Nothing in this chapter authorizes or permits any reduction in the amount of Federal assistance that any State or other entity eligible under this chapter is entitled to receive under any other Act.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–136, title VI, § 609, as added Pub. L. 105–393, title I, § 102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3616; amended Pub. L. 108–373, title VI, § 602, Oct. 27, 2004, 118 Stat. 1769.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3219, , , ; , , , authorized appropriations for which specific authority was not otherwise provided, prior to repeal by .

### Amendments

2004— designated text of subsec. (b) as entire section and struck out subsec. (b) heading and heading and text of subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (a) read as follows: “Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all financial and technical assistance authorized under this chapter shall be in addition to any Federal assistance authorized before the effective date of the Economic Development Administration Reform Act of 1998.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as a note under .