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title: "7 U.S.C. § 2009h"
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title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 2009h - Local involvement

## Text

An application for assistance under this subchapter shall include evidence of significant community support for the project for which the assistance is requested. In the case of assistance for a community facilities or infrastructure project, the evidence shall be in the form of a certification of support for the project from each affected general purpose local government.

(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 381I, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1146.)