42 USC § 5319 - Community participation in programs

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s5319"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 5319 - Community participation in programs"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "5319"
section_name: "Community participation in programs"
chapter_number: 69
chapter_name: "COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–383, title I, § 120, as added Pub. L. 95–557, title I, § 103(i), Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2084.)"
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# § 5319. Community participation in programs

No community shall be barred from participating in any program authorized under this chapter solely on the basis of population, except as expressly authorized by statute.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–383, title I, § 120, as added Pub. L. 95–557, title I, § 103(i), Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2084.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of , , , which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under , Banks and Banking.