{"data":{"id":"us/31-u.s.c.-6309","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 U.S.C. § 6309","heading":"Non-propagation of core-based statistical area delineations","body":"(a) In General.—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 section 3504(e) of title 44—(1) shall not propagate automatically for any non-statistical use by any domestic assistance program, including any such use as required through—(A) statutory reference to any core-based statistical area delineation; or (B) administrative or regulatory reference to any core-based statistical area delineation; and (2) shall propagate for any non-statistical use by any domestic assistance program only—(A) if a relevant agency determines that such a propagation—(i) supports the purposes of the program; and (ii) is in the public interest; and (B) through affirmative adoption through notice-and-comment rulemaking pursuant to section 553 of title 5. (b) Definitions.—The definitions in section 4 of the MAPS Act of 2021 shall apply to this section.","path":["Title 31—MONEY AND FINANCE","CHAPTER 63—USING PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS AND GRANT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc31@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:03Z","sha256":"6154dfcd2950d77d90e61d079e7005a4c37a5963a9447445be7f1cb08e9aa974","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/31-u.s.c.-6308","next":"us/31-u.s.c.-6401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}