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§14102. Definitions — Inbound Citations

40 U.S.C. § 14102

Cited by 51 provisions in release 119-102.

Citations to 40 U.S.C. § 14102 as a whole

Citations to §14102(a)(1)

  • 40 U.S.C. § 14101(a)(1)
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    (1) Congress finds and declares that the Appalachian region of the United States, while abundant in natural resources and rich in potential, lags behind the rest of the Nation in its economic growth and that its people have not shared properly in the Nation’s prosperity. The region’s uneven past development, with its historical reliance on a few basic industries and a marginal agriculture, has failed to provide the economic base that is a vital prerequisite for vigorous, self-sustaining growth. State and local governments and the people of the region understand their problems and have been working, and will continue to work, purposefully toward their solution. Congress recognizes the comprehensive report of the President’s Appalachian Regional Commission documenting these findings and concludes that regionwide development is feasible, desirable, and urgently needed.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14101(b)(1)
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    (1) Congress further finds and declares that while substantial progress has been made toward achieving the purposes set out in subsection (a), especially with respect to the provision of essential public facilities, much remains to be accomplished, especially with respect to the provision of essential health, education, and other public services. Congress recognizes that changes and evolving national purposes in the decade since 1965 affect not only the Appalachian region but also its relationship to a nation that on December 31, 1975, is assigning higher priority to conservation and the quality of life, values long cherished within the region. Appalachia as of December 31, 1975, has the opportunity, in accommodating future growth and development, to demonstrate local leadership and coordinated planning so that housing, public services, transportation and other community facilities will be provided in a way congenial to the traditions and beauty of the region and compatible with conservation values and an enhanced quality of life for the people of the region, and consistent with that goal, the Appalachian region should be able to take advantage of eco-industrial development, which promotes both employment and economic growth and the preservation of natural resources. Congress recognizes also that fundamental changes are occurring in national energy requirements and production, which not only risk short-term dislocations but will undoubtedly result in major long-term effects in the region. It is essential that the opportunities for expanded energy production be used so as to maximize the social and economic benefits and minimize the social and environmental costs to the region and its people.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14101(c)(1)
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    (1) Congress further finds and declares that while substantial progress has been made in fulfilling many of the objectives of this subtitle, rapidly changing national and global economies over the decade ending November 13, 1998, have created new problems and challenges for rural areas throughout the United States and especially for the Appalachian region.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14101(c)(2)(A)
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    (A) to assist the Appalachian region in—
    (i) providing the infrastructure necessary for economic and human resource development;
    (ii) developing the region’s industry;
    (iii) building entrepreneurial communities;
    (iv) generating a diversified regional economy; and
    (v) making the region’s industrial and commercial resources more competitive in national and world markets;
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14101(c)(2)(B)
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    (B) to provide a framework for coordinating federal, state, and local initiatives to respond to the economic competitiveness challenges in the Appalachian region through—
    (i) improving the skills of the region’s workforce;
    (ii) adapting and applying new technologies for the region’s businesses, including eco-industrial development technologies; and
    (iii) improving the access of the region’s businesses to the technical and financial resources necessary to development of the businesses; and
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14101(c)(2)(C)
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    (C) to address the needs of severely and persistently distressed areas of the Appalachian region and focus special attention on the areas of greatest need so as to provide a fairer opportunity for the people of the region to share the quality of life generally enjoyed by citizens across the United States.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14301(b)(1)
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    (1) The Commission is composed of the Federal Cochairman, appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and the Governor of each participating State in the Appalachian region.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14303(a)(1)
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    (1) develop, on a continuing basis, comprehensive and coordinated plans and programs and establish priorities under those plans and programs, giving due consideration to other federal, state, and local planning in the Appalachian region;
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14303(a)(11)
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    (11) support broadband access in the Appalachian region.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14304(1)
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    (1) the expenditure of amounts by federal, state, and local departments and agencies in the Appalachian region in the fields of natural resources, agriculture, education, training, and health and welfare and in other fields related to the purposes of this subtitle; and
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14305(b)
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    (b) In carrying out subsection (a), the President shall establish the Interagency Coordinating Council on Appalachia, to be composed of the Federal Cochairman and representatives of federal agencies that carry out economic development programs in the Appalachian region. The Federal Cochairman is the Chairperson of the Council.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14306(d)
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    (d) Administrative expenses of the Commission shall be paid equally by the Government and the States in the Appalachian region, except that the expenses of the Federal Cochairman, the alternate to the Federal Cochairman, and the staff of the Federal Cochairman shall be paid only by the Government. The Commission shall determine the amount to be paid by each State. The Federal Cochairman shall not participate or vote in that determination. Assistance authorized by this subtitle shall not be furnished to any State or to any political subdivision or any resident of any State, and a state member of the Commission shall not participate or vote in any decision by the Commission, while the State is delinquent in payment of its share of administrative expenses.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14310
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    Not later than six months after the close of each fiscal year, the Appalachian Regional Commission shall prepare and submit to the Governor of each State in the Appalachian region and to the President, for transmittal to Congress, a report on the activities carried out under this subtitle during the fiscal year.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14321(a)(1)(B)
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    (B) for assistance to States for a period of not more than two years to strengthen the state development planning process for the Appalachian region and the coordination of state planning under this subtitle, the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.), and other federal and state programs; and
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14501(a)
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    (a) To provide a highway system which, in conjunction with the Interstate System and other Federal-aid highways in the Appalachian region, will open up an area with a developmental potential where commerce and communication have been inhibited by lack of adequate access, the Secretary of Transportation may assist in the construction of an Appalachian development highway system and local access roads serving the Appalachian region. Construction on the development highway system shall not be more than three thousand and ninety miles. There shall not be more than 1,400 miles of local access roads that serve specific recreational, residential, educational, commercial, industrial, or similar facilities or facilitate a school consolidation program.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14501(d)(1)
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    (1) In the construction of highways and roads authorized under this section, a State may give special preference to the use of materials and products indigenous to the Appalachian region.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14502(a)
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    (a) To demonstrate the value of adequate health facilities and services to the economic development of the Appalachian region, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may make grants for the planning, construction, equipment, and operation of multi-county demonstration health, nutrition, and child care projects, including hospitals, regional health diagnostic and treatment centers, and other facilities and services necessary for the purposes of this section.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14502(g)
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    (g) To provide for the further development of the Appalachian region’s human resources, grants under this section shall give special emphasis to programs and research for the early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of occupational diseases arising from coal mining, such as black lung.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14503(b)
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    (b) To encourage and facilitate the construction or rehabilitation of housing to meet the needs of low- and moderate-income families and individuals, the Secretary may make grants and loans from the Fund, under terms and conditions the Secretary may prescribe. The grants and loans may be made to nonprofit, limited dividend, or cooperative organizations and public bodies and are for planning and obtaining federally insured mortgage financing or other financial assistance for housing construction or rehabilitation projects for low- and moderate-income families and individuals, in any area of the Appalachian region the Appalachian Regional Commission establishes, under—
    (1) section 221 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715l);
    (2) section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f);
    (3) section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485); or
    (4) any other law of similar purpose administered by the Secretary or any other department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Government or a state government.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14507(b)
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    (b) To enable the people, States, and local communities of the Appalachian region, including local development districts, to take maximum advantage of federal grant programs for which they are eligible but for which, because of their economic situation, they cannot supply the required matching share, or for which there are insufficient amounts available under the federal law authorizing the programs to meet pressing needs of the region, the Federal Cochairman may use amounts made available to carry out this section—
    (1) for any part of the basic federal contribution to projects or activities under the federal grant programs authorized by federal laws; and
    (2) to increase the federal contribution to projects and activities under the programs above the fixed maximum part of the cost of the projects or activities otherwise authorized by the applicable law.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14508(a)
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    (a) The Appalachian Regional Commission may provide technical assistance, make grants, enter into contracts, or otherwise provide amounts to persons or entities in the Appalachian region for projects and activities—
    (1) to promote energy efficiency in the Appalachian region to enhance the economic competitiveness of the Appalachian region;
    (2) to increase the use of renewable energy resources, particularly biomass, in the Appalachian region to produce alternative transportation fuels, electricity, and heat; and
    (3) to support the development of regional, conventional energy resources to produce electricity and heat through advanced technologies that achieve a substantial reduction in emissions, including greenhouse gases, over the current baseline.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14508(a)(1)
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    (1) to promote energy efficiency in the Appalachian region to enhance the economic competitiveness of the Appalachian region;
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14508(a)(2)
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    (2) to increase the use of renewable energy resources, particularly biomass, in the Appalachian region to produce alternative transportation fuels, electricity, and heat; and
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14509(a)
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    (a) The Appalachian Regional Commission may provide technical assistance, make grants, enter into contracts, or otherwise provide amounts to individuals or entities in the Appalachian region for projects and activities to increase affordable access to broadband networks throughout the Appalachian region.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14509(b)(1)
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    (1) to conduct research, analysis, and training to increase broadband adoption efforts in the Appalachian region; or
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14509(b)(2)
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    (2) for the construction and deployment of broadband service-related infrastructure in the Appalachian region.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14510(a)
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    (a) The Appalachian Regional Commission may provide technical assistance to, make grants to, enter into contracts with, or otherwise provide amounts to individuals or entities in the Appalachian region for projects and activities to address drug abuse, including opioid abuse, in the region, including projects and activities—
    (1) to facilitate the sharing of best practices among States, counties, and other experts in the region with respect to reducing such abuse;
    (2) to initiate or expand programs designed to eliminate or reduce the harm to the workforce and economic growth of the region that results from such abuse;
    (3) to attract and retain relevant health care services, businesses, and workers; and
    (4) to develop relevant infrastructure, including broadband infrastructure that supports the use of telemedicine.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14511(a)
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    (a) The Appalachian Regional Commission may provide technical assistance to, make grants to, enter into contracts with, or otherwise provide amounts to individuals or entities in the Appalachian region for projects and activities—
    (1) to conduct research and analysis regarding the economic impact of an ethane storage hub in the Appalachian region that supports a more-effective energy market performance due to the scale of the project, such as a project with the capacity to store and distribute more than 100,000 barrels per day of hydrocarbon feedstock with a minimum gross heating value of 1,700 Btu per standard cubic foot;
    (2) with the potential to significantly contribute to the economic resilience of the area in which the project is located; and
    (3) that will help establish a regional energy hub in the Appalachian region for natural gas and natural gas liquids, including hydrogen produced from the steam methane reforming of natural gas feedstocks.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14511(a)(1)
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    (1) to conduct research and analysis regarding the economic impact of an ethane storage hub in the Appalachian region that supports a more-effective energy market performance due to the scale of the project, such as a project with the capacity to store and distribute more than 100,000 barrels per day of hydrocarbon feedstock with a minimum gross heating value of 1,700 Btu per standard cubic foot;
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14511(a)(3)
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    (3) that will help establish a regional energy hub in the Appalachian region for natural gas and natural gas liquids, including hydrogen produced from the steam methane reforming of natural gas feedstocks.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14521
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    A State or political subdivision of a State is not eligible to receive benefits under this subtitle unless the aggregate expenditure of state amounts, except expenditures for participation in the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways and local and federal amounts, for the benefit of the area within the State located in the Appalachian region is maintained at a level which does not fall below the average level of those expenditures for the State’s last two full fiscal years prior to March 9, 1965. In computing the level, a State’s past expenditure for participation in the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways and expenditures of local and federal amounts shall not be included. The Commission shall recommend to the President a lesser requirement when it finds that a substantial population decrease in that part of a State which lies within the region would not justify a state expenditure equal to the average level of the last two years or when it finds that a State’s average level of expenditure in an individual program has been disproportionate to the present need for that part of the State.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14523(a)(2)(B)
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    (B) will contribute to the development of the Appalachian region.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14524(c)
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    (c) Amounts may be provided for programs and projects in a State under this subtitle only if the Commission determines that the level of federal and state financial assistance under other laws for the same type of programs or projects in that part of the State within the Appalachian region will not be diminished in order to substitute amounts authorized by this subtitle.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14525(a)
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    (a) Pursuant to policies the Appalachian Regional Commission establishes, each state member shall submit a development plan for the area of the State within the Appalachian region. The plan shall—
    (1) be submitted according to a schedule the Commission prescribes;
    (2) reflect the goals, objectives, and priorities identified in the regional development plan and in any subregional development plan that may be approved for the subregion of which the State is a part;
    (3) describe the state organization and continuous process for Appalachian development planning, including—
    (A) the procedures established by the State for the participation of local development districts in the process;
    (B) how the process is related to overall statewide planning and budgeting processes; and
    (C) the method of coordinating planning and projects in the region under this subtitle, the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.), and other federal, state, and local programs;
    (4) set forth the goals, objectives, and priorities of the State for the region, as established by the Governor, and identify the needs on which the goals, objectives, and priorities are based; and
    (5) describe the development strategies for achieving the goals, objectives, and priorities, including funding sources, and recommendations for specific projects to receive assistance under this subtitle.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14526(a)(1)(A)
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    (A) designate as “distressed counties” those counties in the Appalachian region that are the most severely and persistently distressed;
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14526(a)(1)(B)
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    (B) designate as “at-risk counties” those counties in the Appalachian region that are most at risk of becoming economically distressed; and
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14703(f)
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    (f) Funds approved by the Appalachian Regional Commission for a project in a State in the Appalachian region pursuant to a congressional directive shall be derived from the total amount allocated to the State by the Appalachian Regional Commission from amounts appropriated to carry out this subtitle.
  • 40 U.S.C. § 14704
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    This subtitle, except sections 14102(a)(1) and (b) and 14501, ceases to be in effect on October 1, 2026.

Citations to §14102(a)(2)