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 57 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 1 ST SESS.-CH. 190-JULY 6, 1943 such conditions as shall be prescribed in general regulations promul- gated by him. "(c) The method of computing and paying amounts pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) shall be as follows: "(1) The Administrator shall from time to time estimate the amount to be paid to each State under the provisions of this Act, such estimate to be based on (A) a report iled by the State con- taining its estimate of the total sum to be expended for vocational rehabilitation during the period for which such estimate is made, and stating the amount appropriated or made available by the State and its political subdivisions for such expenditures in such period, (B) a report filed by the State containing its estimate for such period of the administrative expenses to be incurred by the State board in carrying out its functions under such State plan, (C) records showing the number of individuals in the State need- ing and eligible under the State plan for vocational rehabilita- tion, and (D) such other investigation as the Administrator may find necessary. "(2) The Administrator shall then certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount so estimated by the Administrator for any period, reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any sum by which he finds that his estimate for any prior period was greater or less than the amount which should have been paid to the State for such prior period, except that such increases or reductions shall not be made to the extent that such sums have been applied to make the amount certified for any prior period greater or less than the amount estimated by the Administrator for such prior period. "(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall, upon receiving such certification, pay, through the Division of Disbursement of the Treasury Department and prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, to the State, at the time or times fixed by the Administrator, the amounts so certified. The money so received by the State shall be paid out in accordance with the provisions of the State plan. OPERATION OF STATE PLANS "SEC. 4. Whenever the Administrator, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to the State board, finds that in the adminis- tration of the plan there is- "(1) a failure to comply substantially with any provision of the plan approved by the Administrator under section 2; or "(2) a failure to afford reasonable cooperation with other Federal and State agencies providing vocational rehabilitation or similar services, the Administrator shall notify such State board that further pay- ments will not be made to the State under this Act until he is satis- fied that there will no longer be any such failure. Until he is so satisfied the Administrator shall make no further certification to the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to such State under this Act. "SERVICES FOR STATE BOARDS "SEC. 5 . To facilitate the operation of State plans under this Act, the Administrator is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with two or more State boards needing access to special facilities and services and to furnish to such boards, on a cost basis, services and facilities; and is hereby authorized to establish such needed facilities 377 Computation and payment. Estimates. Certification. Payments. Withholding of mnds. Agreements to fir- nisb services and fa- ilities.

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