{"identifier":"/us/usc/t31/s6309","title":31,"num":"\u00a7\u202f6309.","heading":"Non-propagation of core-based statistical area delineations","text":"\u00a7\u202f6309.\nNon-propagation of core-based statistical area delineations\n(a)\nIn General.\u2014\nBeginning on the date of enactment of the MAPS Act of 2021, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, any change to the standards of core-based statistical area delineations pursuant to\n(1) shall not propagate automatically for any non-statistical use by any domestic assistance program, including any such use as required through\u2014\n(A) statutory reference to any core-based statistical area delineation; or\n(B) administrative or regulatory reference to any core-based statistical area delineation; and\n(2) shall propagate for any non-statistical use by any domestic assistance program only\u2014\n(A) if a relevant agency determines that such a propagation\u2014\n(i) supports the purposes of the program; and\n(ii) is in the public interest; and\n(B) through affirmative adoption through notice-and-comment rulemaking pursuant to\nsection 553 of title 5\n(b)\nDefinitions.\u2014\nThe definitions in section 4 of the MAPS Act of 2021 shall apply to this section.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t31/s6309.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t31/s6309","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f6309."},{"t":"heading","text":"Non-propagation of core-based statistical area delineations"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t31/s6309/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In General.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Beginning on the date of enactment of the MAPS Act of 2021, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, any change to the standards of core-based statistical area delineations pursuant to ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 3504(e) of title 44","href":"/us/usc/t44/s3504/e","tail":"\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t31/s6309/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" shall not propagate automatically for any non-statistical use by any domestic assistance program, including any such use as required through\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t31/s6309/a/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" statutory reference to any core-based statistical area delineation; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t31/s6309/a/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" administrative or regulatory reference to any core-based statistical area delineation; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t31/s6309/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" shall propagate for any non-statistical use by any domestic assistance program only\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t31/s6309/a/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" if a relevant agency determines that such a propagation\u2014"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t31/s6309/a/2/A/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" supports the purposes of the program; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t31/s6309/a/2/A/ii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(ii)"},{"t":"content","text":" is in the public interest; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t31/s6309/a/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" through affirmative adoption through notice-and-comment rulemaking pursuant to ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 553 of title 5","href":"/us/usc/t5/s553","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t31/s6309/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The definitions in section 4 of the MAPS Act of 2021 shall apply to this section.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}