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 PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 108 STAT. 1275 (B) the total cost of the plan or program for which the grant is given or used; and (C) the amounts and kinds of costs of the plan or program provided by other sources; and (2) that make it easier to carry out an audit. (b) AUDITS AND EXAMINATIONS. —The Secretary and the Comptroller General may audit and examine records of a sponsor that are related to a grant made under this subchapter. (c) AUTHORITY OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL. — When an independent audit is made of the accounts of a sponsor under this subchapter related to the disposition of the proceeds of the grant or related to the plan or program for which the grant was given or used, the sponsor shall submit a certified copy of the audit to the Comptroller General not more than 6 months after the end of the fiscal year for which the audit was made. Not later than Reports. April 15 of each year, the Comptroller General shall report to Congress describing the results of each audit conducted or reviewed by the Comptroller General under this section during the prior fiscal year. The Comptroller General shall prescribe regulations necessary to carry out this subsection. (d) AUDIT REQUIREMENT. —The Secretary may require a sponsor to conduct an appropriate audit as a condition for receiving a grant under this subchapter. (e) ANNUAL REVIEW.— The Secretary shall review annually the recordkeeping and reporting requirements under this subchapter to ensure that they are the minimum necessary to carry out this subchapter. (f) WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM CONGRESS.— T h is section does not authorize the Secretary or the Comptroller General to withhold information from a committee of Congress authorized to have the information. §47122. Administrative (a) GENERAL. —The Secretary of Transportation may take action the Secretary considers necessary to carry out this subchapter, including conducting investigations and public hearings, prescribing regulations and procedures, and issuing orders. (b) CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIONS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS.—In conducting an investigation or public hearing under this subchapter, the Secretary has the same authority the Secretary has under section 46104 of this title. An action of the Secretary in exercising that authority is governed by the procedures specified in section 46104 and shall be enforced as provided in section 46104. §47123. Nondiscrimination The Secretary of Transportation shall take affirmative action to ensure that an individual is not excluded because of race, creed, color, national origin, or sex from participating in an activity carried out with money received under a grant under this subchapter. The Secretary shall prescribe regulations necessary to carry out Regulations, this section. The regulations shall be similar to those in effect under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.). This section is in addition to title VI of the Act.

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