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title: "42 U.S.C. § 4721"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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chapter_name: "INTERGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL PROGRAM"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 4721 - Declaration of purpose

## Text

The purpose of this subchapter is to assist State and local governments to strengthen their staffs by improving their personnel administration.

(Pub. L. 91–648, title II, § 201, Jan. 5, 1971, 84 Stat. 1911.)