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[CITE: 42USC6721]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                   CHAPTER 80--PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYMENT
 
                 SUBCHAPTER II--ANTIRECESSION PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 6721. Congressional findings of fact and declaration of 
        policy
        
    The Congress finds--
        (1) that State and local governments represent a significant 
    segment of the national economy whose economic health is essential 
    to national economic prosperity;
        (2) that present national economic problems have imposed 
    considerable hardships on State and local government budgets;
        (3) that those governments, because of their own fiscal 
    difficulties, are being forced to take budget-related actions which 
    tend to undermine Federal Government efforts to stimulate the 
    economy;
        (4) that efforts to stimulate the economy through reductions in 
    Federal Government tax obligations are weakened when State and local 
    governments are forced to increase taxes;
        (5) that the net effect of Federal Government efforts to reduce 
    unemployment through public service jobs is substantially limited if 
    State and local governments use federally financed public service 
    employees to replace regular employees that they have been forced to 
    lay off;
        (6) that efforts to stimulate the construction industry and 
    reduce unemployment are substantially undermined when State and 
    local governments are forced to cancel or delay the construction of 
    essential capital projects; and
        (7) that efforts by the Federal Government to stimulate the 
    economic recovery will be substantially enhanced by a program of 
    emergency Federal Government assistance to State and local 
    governments to help prevent those governments from taking budget-
    related actions which undermine the Federal Government efforts to 
    stimulate economic recovery.

(Pub. L. 94-369, title II, Sec. 201, July 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 1002.)
