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# 42 U.S.C. § 5028a - Prohibition

## Text

The Director may not reduce the activities, projects, or volunteers funded under the other parts of this subchapter in order to support projects under this part.

(Pub. L. 93–113, title II, § 232, as added Pub. L. 103–82, title III, § 351, Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 907.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 392 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as an Effective Date of 1993 Amendment note under section 4951 of this title.