42 USC § 3545a - Notification of issuance of electronic notice of availability of assistance or funding to be competitively awarded for certain programs or discretionary funds

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title: "42 USC § 3545a - Notification of issuance of electronic notice of availability of assistance or funding to be competitively awarded for certain programs or discretionary funds"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "3545a"
section_name: "Notification of issuance of electronic notice of availability of assistance or funding to be competitively awarded for certain programs or discretionary funds"
chapter_number: 44
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–76, div. L, title II, § 226, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 632.)"
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# § 3545a. Notification of issuance of electronic notice of availability of assistance or funding to be competitively awarded for certain programs or discretionary funds

The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years, notify the public through the Federal Register and other means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that is to be competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate Government Web site or through other electronic media, as determined by the Secretary.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–76, div. L, title II, § 226, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 632.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the appropriation act cited as the credit to this section, and not as part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act which comprises this chapter.

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