---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch38"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 38"
heading: "Public Works and Economic Development"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch38"
sections_count: 61
---

# Chapter 38 — Public Works and Economic Development

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Sections

- [§3121. Findings and declarations](/usc/42/3121.md)
- [§3122. Definitions](/usc/42/3122.md)
- [§3123. Discrimination on basis of sex prohibited in federally assisted programs](/usc/42/3123.md)

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Economic Development Partnerships Cooperation and Coordination](/usc/42/ch38-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Grants for Public Works and Economic Development](/usc/42/ch38-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Eligibility; Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies](/usc/42/ch38-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Economic Development Districts](/usc/42/ch38-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Administration](/usc/42/ch38-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Miscellaneous](/usc/42/ch38-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — Funding](/usc/42/ch38-schVII.md)