---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 15736"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "15736"
heading: "Southern New England Regional Commission"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/15736"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development"
  - "Chapter 157 — Administrative Provisions"
  - "Subchapter II — Designation of Regions"
---

# §15736. Southern New England Regional Commission


The [region](/usc/40/15101.md?p=6) of the Southern New England Regional [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) shall include the following counties:

- (1) **Rhode island.—** Each county in the State of Rhode Island.
- (2) **Connecticut.—** The counties of Hartford, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland, and Windham in the State of Connecticut.
- (3) **Massachusetts.—** Each county in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–272, div. B, title II, § 2250(b)(1), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3210.)