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# 42 U.S.C. § 300x–61 - Solicitation of views of certain entities

## Text

In carrying out this part, the Secretary, as appropriate, shall solicit the views of the States and other appropriate entities.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1951, as added Pub. L. 102–321, title II, § 203(a), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 408.)