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title: "40 U.S.C. § 14522"
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title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
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chapter_name: "SPECIAL APPALACHIAN PROGRAMS"
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# 40 U.S.C. § 14522 - Consent of States

## Text

This subtitle does not require a State to engage in or accept a program under this subtitle without its consent.

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1274.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 1452240 App.:222.Pub. L. 89–4, title II, § 222, Mar. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 18.