---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 3143"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "3143"
heading: "Grants for planning and grants for administrative expenses"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/3143"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Public Works and Economic Development"
  - "Subchapter II — Grants for Public Works and Economic Development"
---

# §3143. Grants for planning and grants for administrative expenses

- (a) **In general—** On the application of an [eligible recipient](/usc/42/3122.md?p=6-A), the [Secretary](/usc/42/3122.md?p=13) may make [grants](/usc/42/3122.md?p=8) to pay the costs of economic development planning and the administrative expenses of organizations that carry out the planning.
- (b) **Planning process—** Planning assisted under this subchapter shall be a continuous process involving public officials and private citizens in—
  - (1) analyzing local economies;
  - (2) defining economic development goals;
  - (3) determining [project](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) opportunities; and
  - (4) formulating and implementing an economic development program that includes systematic efforts to reduce unemployment and increase incomes.
- (c) **Use of planning assistance—** Planning assistance under this subchapter shall be used in conjunction with any other available Federal planning assistance to ensure adequate and effective planning and economical use of funds.
- (d) **Administrative expenses—** Administrative expenses that may be paid with a [grant](/usc/42/3122.md?p=8) under this section include—
  - (1) expenses related to carrying out the planning process described in [subsection (b)](#b);
  - (2) expenses related to [project predevelopment](/usc/42/3122.md?p=11);
  - (3) expenses related to updating economic development plans to align with other applicable [State](/usc/42/3122.md?p=14), regional, or local planning efforts; and
  - (4) expenses related to hiring professional staff to assist communities in—
    - (A) [project predevelopment](/usc/42/3122.md?p=11) and implementing [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) and priorities included in—
      - (i) a [comprehensive economic development strategy](/usc/42/3122.md?p=3); or
      - (ii) an economic development planning [grant](/usc/42/3122.md?p=8);
    - (B) identifying and using other Federal, [State](/usc/42/3122.md?p=14), and Tribal economic development programs;
    - (C) leveraging private and philanthropic investment;
    - (D) preparing economic recovery plans in response to [disasters](/usc/42/5204.md?p=2); and
    - (E) carrying out economic development and predevelopment activities in accordance with professional economic development best [practices](/usc/42/17061.md?p=19).
- (e) **State plans—**
  - (1) **Development—** Any [State](/usc/42/3122.md?p=14) plan developed with assistance under this section shall be developed, to the maximum extent practicable, cooperatively by the [State](/usc/42/3122.md?p=14), political subdivisions of the [State](/usc/42/3122.md?p=14), and the [economic development districts](/usc/42/3122.md?p=5-A) located wholly or partially in the [State](/usc/42/3122.md?p=14).
  - (2) **Comprehensive economic development strategy—** As a condition of receipt of assistance for a [State](/usc/42/3122.md?p=14) plan under this subsection, the [State](/usc/42/3122.md?p=14) shall have or develop a [comprehensive economic development strategy](/usc/42/3122.md?p=3).
  - (3) **Coordination—** Before providing assistance for a [State](/usc/42/3122.md?p=14) plan under this section, the [Secretary](/usc/42/3122.md?p=13) shall consider the extent to which the [State](/usc/42/3122.md?p=14) will consider local and [economic development district](/usc/42/3122.md?p=5-A) plans.
  - (4) **Comprehensive planning process—** Any overall [State](/usc/42/3122.md?p=14) economic development planning assisted under this section shall be a part of a comprehensive planning process that shall consider the provision of public works to—
    - (A) promote economic development and opportunity;
    - (B) foster effective transportation access;
    - (C) enhance and protect the environment;
    - (D) assist in carrying out the workforce investment strategy of a [State](/usc/42/3122.md?p=14);
    - (E) promote the use of technology in economic development, including access to high-speed telecommunications (including broadband);
    - (F) address and mitigate economic impacts of extreme weather; and
    - (G) balance resources through the sound management of physical development.
  - (5) **Report to Secretary—** Each [State](/usc/42/3122.md?p=14) that receives assistance for the development of a plan under this subsection shall submit to the [Secretary](/usc/42/3122.md?p=13) an annual report on the planning process assisted under this subsection.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–136, title II, § 203, as added Pub. L. 105–393, title I, § 102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3602; amended Pub. L. 108–373, title II, § 201, Oct. 27, 2004, 118 Stat. 1759; Pub. L. 118–272, div. B, title II, § 2214, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3180.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3143, Pub. L. 89–136, title II, § 203, Aug. 26, 1965, 79 Stat. 558; Pub. L. 94–273, § 2(25), Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 376, directed deposit of funds into Economic Development Revolving Fund, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–393, § 102(a).

### Amendments

2025—Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 118–272, § 2214(1), (2), added subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsec. (d) as (e).

Subsec. (e)(4)(E). Pub. L. 118–272, § 2214(3)(A), substituted “(including broadband);” for “; and”.

Subsec. (e)(4)(F), (G). Pub. L. 118–272, § 2214(3)(B), (C), added subpar. (F) and redesignated former subpar. (F) as (G).

2004—Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 108–373, § 201(1), inserted “, to the maximum extent practicable,” after “shall be developed”.

Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 108–373, § 201(2), added par. (3) and struck out heading and text of former par. (3). Text read as follows: “On completion of a State plan developed with assistance under this section, the State shall—

“(A) certify to the Secretary that, in the development of the State plan, local and economic development district plans were considered and, to the maximum extent practicable, the State plan is consistent with the local and economic development district plans; and

“(B) identify any inconsistencies between the State plan and the local and economic development district plans and provide a justification for each inconsistency.”

Subsec. (d)(4)(D) to (F). Pub. L. 108–373, § 201(3), added subpars. (D) and (E) and redesignated former subpar. (D) as (F).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Feb. 11, 1999, see section 105 of Pub. L. 105–393, set out as a note under section 3121 of this title.