42 USC § 6372e - Grants for technical assistance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s6372e"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 6372e - Grants for technical assistance"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "6372e"
section_name: "Grants for technical assistance"
chapter_number: 77
chapter_name: "ENERGY CONSERVATION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY"
part_number: "F"
part_name: "Energy Conservation Program for Buildings Owned by Units of Local Government and Public Care Institutions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–163, title III, § 400F, as added Pub. L. 95–619, title III, § 311(a), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3252.)"
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# § 6372e. Grants for technical assistance

**(a)** **Authorization of Secretary** section 6372d of this title

The Secretary may make grants to States and to units of local government and public care institutions in payment of technical assistance program costs for buildings owned by units of local government and public care institutions the applications for which have been approved under .

**(b)** **Restriction on use of funds** Amounts made available for purposes of this section (together with any amounts available for such purposes from other Federal sources) may not be used to pay more than 50 percent of technical assistance program costs.

**(c)** **Allocation requirements** section 6372g of this title

Grants made under this section in any State in any year shall be made in accordance with the requirements contained in .

**(d)** **Prescription of rules limiting allocations to States for administrative expenses** The Secretary shall prescribe rules limiting the amount of funds allocated to a State which may be expended for administrative expenses by such State.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–163, title III, § 400F, as added Pub. L. 95–619, title III, § 311(a), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3252.)