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title: "42 U.S.C. § 3540"
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 3540 - Repealed. Pub. L. 100–242, title IV, § 420, Feb. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1913

## Notes

Section, Pub. L. 95–128, title IX, § 904, Oct. 12, 1977, 91 Stat. 1149, required annual publication of prototype housing costs for one- to four-family dwelling units.