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[CITE: 42USC3146]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
            CHAPTER 38--PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 
     SUBCHAPTER II--GRANTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 3146. Regulations on relative needs and allocations

    In promulgating rules, regulations, and procedures for assistance 
under this subchapter, the Secretary shall ensure that--
        (1) the relative needs of eligible areas are given adequate 
    consideration by the Secretary, as determined based on, among other 
    relevant factors--
            (A) the severity of the rates of unemployment in the 
        eligible areas and the duration of the unemployment;
            (B) the income levels and the extent of underemployment in 
        eligible areas; and
            (C) the outmigration of population from eligible areas and 
        the extent to which the outmigration is causing economic injury 
        in the eligible areas; and

        (2) allocations of assistance under this subchapter are 
    prioritized to ensure that the level of economic distress of an 
    area, rather than a preference for a geographic area or a specific 
    type of economic distress, is the primary factor in allocating the 
    assistance.

(Pub. L. 89-136, title II, Sec. 206, as added Pub. L. 105-393, title I, 
Sec. 102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3604.)
