---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 5423"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "5423"
heading: "Grants to States"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/5423"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards"
---

# §5423. Grants to States

- (a) **Purposes—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/5402.md?p=11) is authorized to make grants to the [States](/usc/42/5402.md?p=12) which have designated a [State agency](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=12) under [section 5422 of this title](/usc/42/5422.md) to assist them—
  - (1) in identifying their needs and responsibilities in the area of [manufactured home construction](/usc/42/5402.md?p=1) and safety standards; or
  - (2) in developing [State](/usc/42/5402.md?p=12) plans under [section 5422 of this title](/usc/42/5422.md).
- (b) **Designation by Governor of State agency for receipt of grant—** The Governor of each [State](/usc/42/5402.md?p=12) shall designate the appropriate [State agency](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=12) for receipt of any grant made by the [Secretary](/usc/42/5402.md?p=11) under this section.
- (c) **Submission of application by State agency to Secretary; review by Secretary—** Any [State agency](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=12) designated by the Governor of a [State](/usc/42/5402.md?p=12) desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application therefor to the [Secretary](/usc/42/5402.md?p=11). The [Secretary](/usc/42/5402.md?p=11) shall review and either accept or reject such application.
- (d) **Amount of Federal share; equality of distribution of funds—** The Federal share for each [State](/usc/42/5402.md?p=12) grant under [subsection (a)](#a) of this section may not exceed 90 per centum of the total cost to the [State](/usc/42/5402.md?p=12) in identifying its needs and developing its plan. In the event the Federal share for all [States](/usc/42/5402.md?p=12) under such subsection is not the same, the differences among the [States](/usc/42/5402.md?p=12) shall be established on the basis of objective criteria.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–383, title VI, § 624, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 713; Pub. L. 96–399, title III, § 308(c)(4), Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1641.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1980—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 96–399 substituted “manufactured home” for “mobile home”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective upon the expiration of 180 days following Aug. 22, 1974, see section 627 of Pub. L. 93–383, set out as a note under section 5401 of this title.