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 PUBLIC LAW 103-322—SEPT. 13, 1994 108 STAT. 1873 period on a competitive basis to Indian Tribes and Alaskan native village for— "(A) programs described in section 6701(a)(2); or "(B) renovating or building prisons or other correctional facilities. " (a) POPULATION DATA FOR PAYMENT PERIOD BEGINNING OCTO- BER 1, 1994. —For the payment period beginning October 1, 1994, the Secretary, in making allocations pursuant to sections 6704 through 6706 and 6708, shall use for the population of the States the population for 1992 as reported by the Bureau of the Census in the publication Current Population Reports, Series P-25, No. 1045 (July 1992) and for the population of units of general local government the Secretary shall use the population for 1990 as reported by the Bureau of the Census in the publication Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics. "(b) DATA FOR PAYMENT PERIODS BEGINNING AFTER SEPTEMBER 30, 1995. —For any payment period beginning after September 30, 1995, the Secretary, in making allocations pursuant to sections 6704 through 6706 and 6708, shall use information more recent than the information used for the payment period beginning October 1, 1994, provided the Secretary notifies the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives at least 90 days prior to the beginning of the payment period that the Secretary has determined that the more recent information is more reliable than the information used for the payment period beginning October 1, 1994. " §6710. Public participation "(a) HEARINGS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—^A unit of general local government expending payments under this chapter shall hold at least one public hearing on the proposed use of the payment in relation to its entire budget. At the hearing, persons shall be given an opportunity to provide written and oral views to the governmental authority responsible for enacting the budget and to ask questions about the entire budget and the relation of the payment to the entire budget. The government shall hold the hearing at a time and a place that allows and encourages public attendance and participation. "(2) SENIOR CITIZENS. —^A unit of general local government holding a hearing required under this subsection or by the budget process of the government shall try to provide senior citizens and senior citizen organizations with an opportunity to present views at the hearing before the government makes a final decision on the use of the payment. " (b) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —By the 10th day before a hearing required under subsection (a)(1) is held, a unit of general local government shall— "(A) make available for inspection by the public at the principal office of the government a statement of the proposed use of the payment and a summary of the proposed budget of the government; and "(B) publish in at least one newspaper of general cir- Publication. culation the proposed use of the payment with the summary
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