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 PUBLIC LAW 106-501—NOV. 13, 2000 114 STAT. 2271 "(ii) the number of employment positions in the project or the number of minority eligible individuals participating in the project will decline if the amount available for paying the cost of administration is not increased; or "(iii) the size of the project is so small that the amount of administrative expenses incurred to carry out the project necessarily exceeds 13.5 percent of the amount for such project, the Secretary shall increase the amount available for the fiscal year for paying the cost of administration to an amount not more than 15 percent of the cost of such project. "(4) The costs of administration are the costs, both personnel and non-personnel and both direct and indirect, associated with the following: "(A) The costs of performing overall general administrative functions and providing for the coordination of functions, such as— "(i) accounting, budgeting, financial, and cash management functions; "(ii) procurement and purchasing functions; "(iii) property management functions; "(iv) personnel management functions; "(v) payroll functions; "(vi) coordinating the resolution of findings arising from audits, reviews, investigations, and incident reports; "(vii) audit functions; "(viii) general legal services functions; and "(ix) developing systems and procedures, including information systems, required for these administrative functions. "(B) The costs of performing oversight and monitoring responsibilities related to administrative functions. "(C) The costs of goods and services required for administrative functions of the program, including goods and services such as rental or purchase of equipment, utilities, office supplies, postage, and rental and maintenance of office space. "(D) The travel costs incurred for official business in carrying out administrative activities or overall management. "(E) The costs of information systems related to administrative functions (for example, personnel, procurement, purchasing, property management, accounting, and payroll systems) including the purchase, systems development, and operating costs of such systems. "(5) To the extent practicable, an entity that carries out a project under this title shall provide for the payment of the expenses described in paragraph (4) from non-Federal sources. "(6)(A) Amounts made available for a project under this title that are not used to pay for the cost of administration shall be used to pay for the costs of programmatic activities, including— "(i) enrollee wages and fringe benefits (including physical examinations); "(ii) enrollee training, which may be provided prior to or subsequent to placement, including the payment of reasonable costs of instructors, classroom rental, training supplies, materials, equipment, and tuition, and which may be provided on the job, in a classroom setting, or pursuant to other appropriate arrangements;

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