---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 3217"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "3217"
heading: "Maintenance and public inspection of list of approved applications for financial assistance"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/3217"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Public Works and Economic Development"
  - "Subchapter VI — Miscellaneous"
---

# §3217. Maintenance and public inspection of list of approved applications for financial assistance

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/3122.md?p=13) shall—
  - (1) maintain as a permanent part of the records of the [Department](/usc/42/3122.md?p=4) a list of applications approved for financial assistance under this chapter; and
  - (2) make the list available for public inspection during the regular business hours of the [Department](/usc/42/3122.md?p=4).
- (b) **Additions to list—** The following information shall be added to the list maintained under [subsection (a)](#a) as soon as an application described in [subsection (a)(1)](#a-1) is approved:
  - (1) The name of the applicant and, in the case of a corporate application, the name of each officer and [director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the [corporation](/usc/42/2297h.md?p=2).
  - (2) The amount and duration of the financial assistance for which application is made.
  - (3) The purposes for which the proceeds of the financial assistance are to be used.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–136, title VI, § 607, as added Pub. L. 105–393, title I, § 102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3615.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3217, Pub. L. 89–136, title VII, § 707, Aug. 26, 1965, 79 Stat. 573; Pub. L. 94–273, § 26, Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 380, required annual report to Congress on operations under this chapter, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–393, § 102(b)(3).

### 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.