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 658 Withholdin g payments.

PUBLIC LAW 565-AUG. 3, 1954 of

Appeal.

60 Stat. 237. 5 USC 1001 note.

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"(c) Whenever the Secretary, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to the State agency administering or supervising the administration of the State plan approved under this section, finds that— "(1) the plan has been so changed that it no longer complies with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section; or "(2) in the administration of the plan there is a failure to comply substantially with any such provision; the Secretary shall notify such State agency that no further payments will be made to the State under section 2 or 3 (or, in his discretion, that further payments will not be made to the State for projects under or parts of the State plan affected by such failure), until he is satisfied that there is no longer any such failure. Until he is so satisfied the Secretary shall make no further payments to such State under section 2 or 3 (or shall limit payments to projects under or parts of the State plan in which there is no such failure). " (d) If any State is dissatisfied with the Secretary's action under subsection (c) of this section, such State may appeal to the United States district court for the district where the capital of such State is located and judicial review of such action shall be on the record in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. u METHOD OF COMPUTING A N D M A K I N G PAYMENTS

"SEC. 6. The method of computing and paying amounts pursuant to section 2 or 3 shall be as follows: "(1) The Secretary shall, prior to the beginning of each calendar quarter or other period prescribed by him, estimate the amount to be paid to each State under the provisions of such section for such period, such estimate to be based on such records of the State and information furnished by it, and such other investigation, as the Secretary may find necessary. "(2) The Secretary shall pay, from the allotment available therefor, the amount so estimated by him for such period, reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any sum (not previously adjusted under this paragraph) by which he finds that his estimate of the amount to be paid the State for any prior period under such section was greater or less than the amount which should have been paid to the State for such prior period under such section. Such payments shall be made prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, shall be made through the disbursing facilities of the Treasury Department, and shall be made in such installments as the Secretary may determine. ii

s t u d i e s, etc.

T e c h n i c a l assistance, etc. Training.

ADMINISTRATION

"SEC. 7. (a) I n carrying out his duties under this Act, the Secretary shall— " (1) make studies, investigations, demonstrations, and reports with respect to abilities, aptitudes, and capacities of physically handicapped individuals, development of their potentialities, and their utilization in gainful and suitable employment; "(2) cooperate with and render technical assistance to States in matters relating to the vocational rehabilitation of physically handicapped individuals; "(3) provide short-term training and instruction in technical matters relating to vocational rehabilitation services, including the establishment and maintenance of such research fellowships and traineeships, with such stipends and allowances (including travel and subsistence expenses), as he may deem necessary, except that no such training or instruction (or fellowship or scholarship) shall

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