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42 U.S.C. 11301: Findings and purpose

Created in 1987 by Public Law 100-77. Changed by 1 later law. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

10 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 20 U.S.C. 6311, 20 U.S.C. 6312, 35 U.S.C. 2, 42 U.S.C. 1396a, 42 U.S.C. 1396r-1a.

This Congress

  • S. 2296 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · passed senate · would change the section as a whole

How it got here

2004

  • Pub. L. 108–199 substituted "the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness" for "an Interagency Council on the Homeless". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004) Law text · (b)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.