52 USC § 21006 - Requirement for public notice and comment

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identifier: "/us/usc/t52/s21006"
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title: "52 USC § 21006 - Requirement for public notice and comment"
title_number: 52
title_name: "VOTING AND ELECTIONS"
section_number: "21006"
section_name: "Requirement for public notice and comment"
chapter_number: 209
chapter_name: "ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "COMMISSION"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Election Assistance"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–252, title II, § 256, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1697.)"
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# 1 Requirement for public notice and comment

See References in Text note below.

For purposes of section 21001(a)(1)(C) [^1] of this title, a State plan meets the public notice and comment requirements of this section if—

**(1)** not later than 30 days prior to the submission of the plan, the State made a preliminary version of the plan available for public inspection and comment;

**(2)** the State publishes notice that the preliminary version of the plan is so available; and

**(3)** the State took the public comments made regarding the preliminary version of the plan into account in preparing the plan which was filed with the Commission.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–252, title II, § 256, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1697.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in text, probably should be a reference to  because there is no subsec. (a)(1)(C) in section 21001 and subsec. (b)(1)(C) of section 21003 relates to public notice and comment requirements of .

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.