---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 3174"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "3174"
heading: "Provision of comprehensive economic development strategies to Regional Commissions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/3174"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Public Works and Economic Development"
  - "Subchapter IV — Economic Development Districts"
---

# §3174. Provision of comprehensive economic development strategies to Regional Commissions


If any part of an [economic development district](/usc/42/3122.md?p=5-A) is in a region covered by 1 or more of the [Regional Commissions](/usc/42/3122.md?p=12), the [economic development district](/usc/42/3122.md?p=5-A) shall ensure that a copy of the [comprehensive economic development strategy](/usc/42/3122.md?p=3) of the district is provided to the affected [Regional Commission](/usc/42/3122.md?p=12).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–136, title IV, § 404, as added Pub. L. 105–393, title I, § 102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3609; amended Pub. L. 108–373, title IV, § 402(a), Oct. 27, 2004, 118 Stat. 1768.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 404 of Pub. L. 89–136 was classified to section 3172 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–393, § 102(a).

### Amendments

2004—Pub. L. 108–373 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “If any part of an economic development district is in the Appalachian region (as defined in section 403 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 (40 U.S.C. App.)), the economic development district shall ensure that a copy of the comprehensive economic development strategy of the district is provided to the Appalachian Regional Commission established under that Act.”

### 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.