2016 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 80 - Public Works Employment
Subchapter II - Antirecession Provisions
Sec. 6721 - Congressional findings of fact and declaration of policy

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Citation 42 U.S.C. § 6721 (2016)
Section Name §6721. Congressional findings of fact and declaration of policy
Section Text

The Congress finds—

(1) that State and local governments represent a significant segment of the national economy whose economic health is essential to national economic prosperity;

(2) that present national economic problems have imposed considerable hardships on State and local government budgets;

(3) that those governments, because of their own fiscal difficulties, are being forced to take budget-related actions which tend to undermine Federal Government efforts to stimulate the economy;

(4) that efforts to stimulate the economy through reductions in Federal Government tax obligations are weakened when State and local governments are forced to increase taxes;

(5) that the net effect of Federal Government efforts to reduce unemployment through public service jobs is substantially limited if State and local governments use federally financed public service employees to replace regular employees that they have been forced to lay off;

(6) that efforts to stimulate the construction industry and reduce unemployment are substantially undermined when State and local governments are forced to cancel or delay the construction of essential capital projects; and

(7) that efforts by the Federal Government to stimulate the economic recovery will be substantially enhanced by a program of emergency Federal Government assistance to State and local governments to help prevent those governments from taking budget-related actions which undermine the Federal Government efforts to stimulate economic recovery.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 94–369, title II, §201, July 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 1002.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 80 - PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYMENT
SUBCHAPTER II - ANTIRECESSION PROVISIONS
Sec. 6721 - Congressional findings of fact and declaration of policy
Contains section 6721
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 90 Stat. 1002
Public Law References Public Law 94-369
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