---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 15703"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "15703"
heading: "Counties eligible for assistance in more than one region"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/15703"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development"
  - "Chapter 157 — Administrative Provisions"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §15703. Counties eligible for assistance in more than one region

- (a) **Limitation.—** A political subdivision of a State may not receive assistance under this subtitle in a fiscal year from more than one [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1).
- (b) **Selection of Commission.—** A political subdivision included in the [region](/usc/40/15101.md?p=6) of more than one [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) shall select the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) with which it will participate by notifying, in writing, the Federal Cochairperson and the appropriate State member of that [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1).
- (c) **Changes in Selections.—** The selection of a [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) by a political subdivision shall apply in the fiscal year in which the selection is made, and shall apply in each subsequent fiscal year unless the political subdivision, at least 90 days before the first day of the fiscal year, notifies the Cochairpersons of another [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) in writing that the political subdivision will participate in that [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) and also transmits a copy of such notification to the Cochairpersons of the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) in which the political subdivision is currently participating.
- (d) **Inclusion of Appalachian Regional Commission.—** In this section, the term “[Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1)” includes the Appalachian Regional [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) established under chapter 143.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1480, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2242.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning after June 18, 2008, see section 14217(d) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 15101 of this title.