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Audit.

Notice and hearing.

Definitions.

Appropriation authorization.

PUBLIC LAW 94-503—OCT. 15, 1976 account of underpayment or overpayment, and may be made directly to a State or to one or more public agencies designated for this purpose by the State, or to both. " (f) The Comptroller General of the United States or any of his authorized representatives shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records that are pertinent to any grantee under this section. " is) Whenever the Attorney General, after giving reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to any State receiving a g r a n t under this section, finds— " (1) that the program for which such g r a n t was made has been so changed that it no longer complies with the provisions of this section; or " (2) that in the operation of the program there is failure to comply substantially with any such provision; the Attorney General shall notify such State of his findings and no further payments may be made to such State by the Attorney General until he is satisfied that such noncompliance has been, or will promptly be, corrected. However, the Attorney General may authorize the continuance of payments with respect to any program pursuant to this part which is being carried out by such State and which is not involved m the noncompliance. " (h) A s used in this section the term— " (1) ' State ' includes each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Kico; " (2) 'attorney general' means the principal law enforcement officer of a State, if that officer is not the attorney general of that State; and " (3) ' State officers and employees' includes law or economics students or instructors engaged in a clinical program under the supervision of the attorney general of a State or the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division. " (i) I n addition to any other sums authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this section not to exceed $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977; not to exceed $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978; and not to exceed $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979.". INSTITUTE

National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. 42 USC 3742.

42 USC 3763.

AMENDMENTS

SEC. 117. (a) Section 402 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended— (1) by striking out " A d m i n i s t r a to r " in the t h i r d sentence of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "Attorney General"; (2) in the second paragraph of subsection (c), by striking out "to evaluate" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "to make evaluations and to receive and review the results of evaluations of"; (3) in the second paragraph of subsection (c), by adding at the end the following: " The Institute shall, in consultation with State p l a n n i n g agencies, develop criteria and procedures for the performance and reporting of the evaluation of programs and projects carried out under this title, and shall disseminate information about such criteria and procedures to State planning agencies. The Institute shall also assist the Administrator in the performance of those duties mentioned in section 515(a) of this title.";

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