---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch80/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Antirecession Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch80-schII"
sections_count: 16
---

# Subchapter II — Antirecession Provisions

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 80 — Public Works Employment

## Sections

- [§6721. Congressional findings of fact and declaration of policy](/usc/42/6721.md)
- [§6722. Financial assistance](/usc/42/6722.md)
- [§6723. Allocation of amounts](/usc/42/6723.md)
- [§6724. Uses of payments](/usc/42/6724.md)
- [§6725. Statement of assurances as prerequisite for payments; rules governing time and manner of filing; contents of statement](/usc/42/6725.md)
- [§6726. Repealed.](/usc/42/6726.md)
- [§6727. Nondiscrimination](/usc/42/6727.md)
- [§6728. Wage standards for laborers and mechanics; enforcement](/usc/42/6728.md)
- [§6729. Reports to Secretary by States and local governments; contents](/usc/42/6729.md)
- [§6730. Payments](/usc/42/6730.md)
- [§6731. Economization by State and local governments; statement of assurances, etc., required](/usc/42/6731.md)
- [§6732. Withholding of payments for failure to comply with statement of assurances; procedures applicable](/usc/42/6732.md)
- [§6733. Repealed.](/usc/42/6733.md)
- [§6734. Administration; rules; authorization of appropriations](/usc/42/6734.md)
- [§6735. Program studies and recommendations; evaluation; countercyclical study](/usc/42/6735.md)
- [§6736. Authorization of appropriations for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and Virgin Islands](/usc/42/6736.md)