<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="idf0cf5b25-b211-11e9-9941-df2837ad0631" identifier="/us/usc/t40/s15701"><num value="15701">§ 15701.</num><heading> Consent of States</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">This subtitle does not require a State to engage in or accept a program under this subtitle without its consent.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="idf0cf5b26-b211-11e9-9941-df2837ad0631">(Added <ref href="/us/pl/110/234/tXIV/s14217/a/2">Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14217(a)(2)</ref>, <date date="2008-05-22">May 22, 2008</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/122/1479">122 Stat. 1479</ref>, and <ref href="/us/pl/110/246/s4/a">Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a)</ref>, title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), <date date="2008-06-18">June 18, 2008</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/122/1664">122 Stat. 1664</ref>, 2241.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I76" topic="codification" id="idf0cf5b28-b211-11e9-9941-df2837ad0631"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Codification</heading>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0"><ref href="/us/pl/110/234">Pub. L. 110–234</ref> and <ref href="/us/pl/110/246">Pub. L. 110–246</ref> enacted identical sections. <ref href="/us/pl/110/234">Pub. L. 110–234</ref> was repealed by <ref href="/us/pl/110/246/s4/a">section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246</ref>.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDate" id="idf0cf5b29-b211-11e9-9941-df2837ad0631"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Section effective on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning after <date date="2008-06-18">June 18, 2008</date>, see <ref href="/us/pl/110/246/s14217/d">section 14217(d) of Pub. L. 110–246</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href="/us/usc/t40/s15101">section 15101 of this title</ref>.</p>
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