---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 U.S.C. § 6707"
title: "31"
title_heading: "Money and Finance"
number: "6707"
heading: "State variation of local government allocations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/31/6707"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — General Assistance Administration"
  - "Chapter 67 — Federal Payments"
---

# §6707. State variation of local government allocations

- (a) **State Formula.—** A [State](/usc/31/6201.md?p=2) government may provide by law for the allocation of amounts among units of general [local government](/usc/31/6302.md?p=3) in the [State](/usc/31/6201.md?p=2) on the basis of population multiplied by the general tax effort factors or [income](/usc/31/6720.md?p=a-5) gaps of the units of general [local government](/usc/31/6302.md?p=3) determined under [sections 6705(a)](/usc/31/6705.md?p=a) and (b)[^1] or a combination of those factors. A [State](/usc/31/6201.md?p=2) government providing for a variation of an allocation [formula](/usc/31/6101.md?p=7) provided under [sections 6705(a)](/usc/31/6705.md?p=a) and (b)[^1] shall notify the [Secretary](/usc/31/6401.md?p=6) of the variation by the 30th day before the beginning of the first [payment period](/usc/31/6720.md?p=a-2) in which the variation applies. A variation shall—
  - (1) provide for allocating the total amount allocated under [sections 6705(a)](/usc/31/6705.md?p=a) and (b);[^1] and
  - (2) apply uniformly in the [State](/usc/31/6201.md?p=2).
- (b) **Certification.—** A variation by a [State](/usc/31/6201.md?p=2) government under this section may apply only if the [Secretary](/usc/31/6401.md?p=6) certifies that the variation complies with this section. The [Secretary](/usc/31/6401.md?p=6) may certify a variation only if the [Secretary](/usc/31/6401.md?p=6) is notified of the variation at least 30 days before the first [payment period](/usc/31/6720.md?p=a-2) in which the variation applies.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be “section 6705(a) and (c)”.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 31001(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1872.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 6707, Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1016; Pub. L. 98–185, § 9(c), Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1312, related to State allocations for units of general local government, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–272, title XIV, § 14001(a)(1), (e), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 327, 329, eff. Oct. 18, 1986.