---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 3145"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "3145"
heading: "Supplementary grants"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/3145"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Public Works and Economic Development"
  - "Subchapter II — Grants for Public Works and Economic Development"
---

# §3145. Supplementary grants

- (a) **Definition of designated Federal grant program—** In this section, the term “designated Federal grant program” means any Federal [grant](/usc/42/3122.md?p=8) [program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) that—
  - (1) provides assistance in the [construction](/usc/42/7479.md?p=2-C) or equipping of public works, public service, or development [facilities](/usc/42/11049.md?p=4);
  - (2) the [Secretary](/usc/42/3122.md?p=13) designates as eligible for an [allocation](/usc/42/2021b.md?p=2) of [funds](/usc/42/12854.md?p=3) under this section; and
  - (3) assists [projects](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20) that are—
    - (A) eligible for assistance under this subchapter; and
    - (B) consistent with a [comprehensive economic development strategy](/usc/42/3122.md?p=3).
- (b) **Supplementary grants—** Subject to [subsection (c)](#c), in order to assist [eligible recipients](/usc/42/3122.md?p=6-A) in taking advantage of [designated Federal grant programs](#a), on the application of an [eligible recipient](/usc/42/3122.md?p=6-A), the [Secretary](/usc/42/3122.md?p=13) may make a supplementary [grant](/usc/42/3122.md?p=8) for a [project](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20) for which the [recipient](/usc/42/2996a.md?p=6) is eligible but for which the [recipient](/usc/42/2996a.md?p=6) cannot provide the required non-Federal share because of the economic situation of the [recipient](/usc/42/2996a.md?p=6).
- (c) **Requirements applicable to supplementary grants—**
  - (1) **Amount of supplementary grants—** The share of the [project](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20) cost supported by a supplementary [grant](/usc/42/3122.md?p=8) under this section may not exceed the applicable Federal share under [section 3144 of this title](/usc/42/3144.md).
  - (2) **Form of supplementary grants—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/3122.md?p=13) shall make supplementary [grants](/usc/42/3122.md?p=8) by—
    - (A) the payment of [funds](/usc/42/12854.md?p=3) made available under this chapter to the heads of the [Federal agencies](/usc/42/3122.md?p=7) responsible for carrying out the applicable Federal [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4); or
    - (B) the award of [funds](/usc/42/12854.md?p=3) under this chapter, which will be combined with [funds](/usc/42/12854.md?p=3) transferred from other [Federal agencies](/usc/42/3122.md?p=7) in [projects](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20) administered by the [Secretary](/usc/42/3122.md?p=13).
  - (3) **Federal share limitations specified in other laws—** Notwithstanding any requirement as to the amount or source of non-Federal [funds](/usc/42/12854.md?p=3) that may be applicable to a Federal [program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4), [funds](/usc/42/12854.md?p=3) provided under this section may be used to increase the Federal share for specific [projects](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20) under the [program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) that are carried out in areas described in [section 3161(a) of this title](/usc/42/3161.md?p=a) above the Federal share of the cost of the [project](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20) authorized by the law governing the [program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–136, title II, § 205, as added Pub. L. 105–393, title I, § 102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3603; amended Pub. L. 108–373, title II, § 203, Oct. 27, 2004, 118 Stat. 1760.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2004—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–373, § 203(a), added subsec. (b) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (b). Text read as follows:

“(1) In general.—On the application of an eligible recipient, the Secretary may make a supplementary grant for a project for which the eligible recipient is eligible but, because of the eligible recipient’s economic situation, for which the eligible recipient cannot provide the required non-Federal share.

“(2) Purposes of grants.—Supplementary grants under paragraph (1) may be made for purposes that shall include enabling eligible recipients to use—

“(A) designated Federal grant programs; and

“(B) direct grants authorized under this subchapter.”

Subsec. (c)(1), (2). Pub. L. 108–373, § 203(b)(1), added pars. (1) and (2) and struck out former pars. (1) and (2), which read as follows:

“(1) Amount of supplementary grants.—Subject to paragraph (4), the amount of a supplementary grant under this subchapter for a project shall not exceed the applicable percentage of the cost of the project established by regulations promulgated by the Secretary, except that the non-Federal share of the cost of a project (including assumptions of debt) shall not be less than 20 percent.

“(2) Form of supplementary grants.—In accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may promulgate, the Secretary shall make supplementary grants by increasing the amounts of grants authorized under this subchapter or by the payment of funds made available under this chapter to the heads of the Federal agencies responsible for carrying out the applicable Federal programs.”

Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 108–373, § 203(b)(2), struck out heading and text of par. (4). Text read as follows:

“(A) Indian tribes.—In the case of a grant to an Indian tribe, the Secretary may reduce the non-Federal share below the percentage specified in paragraph (1) or may waive the non-Federal share.

“(B) Certain States, political subdivisions, and nonprofit organizations.—In the case of a grant to a State, or a political subdivision of a State, that the Secretary determines has exhausted its effective taxing and borrowing capacity, or in the case of a grant to a nonprofit organization that the Secretary determines has exhausted its effective borrowing capacity, the Secretary may reduce the non-Federal share below the percentage specified in paragraph (1).”

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Feb. 11, 1999, see section 105 of Pub. L. 105–393, set out as a note under section 3121 of this title.