§ 6309. Non-propagation of core-based statistical area delineations

• (a) 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) The definitions in section 4 of the MAPS Act of 2021 shall apply to this section.