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42 U.S.C. 4022: State and local land use controls

Created in 1968 by Public Law 90-448. Changed by 5 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 42 U.S.C. 4015, 42 U.S.C. 4017, 42 U.S.C. 5135.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2012

    • Pub. L. 112–141 substituted "Administrator" for "Director" wherever appearing. (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act" or the "MAP-21) Law text · (a), (2), (C), (b)

    2004

    • Pub. L. 108–264 added subsec. (c). Law text · (c)

    1994

    • Pub. L. 103–325, §541(1), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)(1) and inserted headings. · (a)
    • Pub. L. 103–325, §580, added par. (2). · (a)
    • Pub. L. 103–325, §541(2), added subsec. (b). · (b)

    1983

    • Pub. L. 98–181 substituted "Director" for "Secretary".

    1969

    • Pub. L. 91–152 substituted provisions prohibiting new flood insurance coverage after Dec. 31, 1971, unless adequate land use measures have been adopted, for provisions prohibiting such coverage after June 30, 1970, unless permanent land use measures have been adopted.

    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.