---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300x–60"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "300x–60"
heading: "Rule of construction regarding delegation of authority to States"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/300x-60"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter XVII — Block Grants"
  - "Part B — Block Grants Regarding Mental Health and Substance Use"
  - "Subpart iii — general provisions"
---

# §300x–60. Rule of construction regarding delegation of authority to States


With respect to [States](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) receiving grants under section [300x](/usc/42/300x.md) or [300x–21](/usc/42/300x–21.md) of this title, this part may not be construed to authorize the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) to delegate to the [States](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) the primary responsibility for interpreting the governing provisions of this part.


## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1950, as added Pub. L. 102–321, title II, § 203(a), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 408.)