Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/74

 94 STAT. 24

Payments.

Notice and hearing on project compliance.

Independent study, contract.

Report to Congress.

PUBLIC LAW 96-190—FEB. 12, 1980 (C) 60 per centum of the estimated cost of the project, for the fourth fiscal year for which funds are available for such grants. (3) Payments made under this subsection may be made in installments, in advance, or by way of reimbursement, with necessary adjustments on account of underpayment or overpayment. Such payments shall not be used to compensate for any administrative expense incurred in submitting an application for a grant under this section. (4) In the case of any State or local government, or State or local governmental agency, which desires to receive financial assistance under this section, such government or agency may not receive any such financial assistance for any fiscal year if its expenditure of nonFederal funds for other than nonrecurrent expenditures for the establishment and administration of dispute resolution mechanisms will be less than its expenditure for such purposes in the preceding fiscal year, unless the Attorney General determines that a reduction in expenditures is reasonable. (h) Whenever the Attorney General, after giving reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to any grant recipient, finds that the project for which such grant was received no longer complies with the provisions of this Act, or with the relevant application as approved by the Attorney General, the Attorney General shall notify such grant recipient of such findings and no further payments may be made to such grant recipient by the Attorney General until the Attorney General is satisfied that such noncompliance has been, or promptly will be, corrected. The Attorney General may authorize the continuance of payments with respect to any program pursuant to this Act which is being carried out by such grant recipient and which is not involved in the noncompliance. (i) The Attorney General, to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts shall enter into a contract for an independent study of the Dispute Resolution Program. The study shall evaluate the performance of such program and determine its effectiveness in carrying out the purpose of this Act. The study shall contain such recommendations for additional legislation as may be appropriate, and shall include recommendations concerning the continuation or termination of the Dispute Resolution Program. Not later than April 1, 1984, the Attorney General shall make public and submit to each House of the Congress a report of the results of the study. (j) No funds for assistance available under this section shall be expended until one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. RECORDS; AUDIT; ANNUAL REPORT

28 USC app.

Restriction on Attorney General's authority.

SEC, 9. (a) Each grant recipient shall keep such records as the Attorney General shall require, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such grant recipient of the proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such assistance is given or used, the amount of that portion of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will assist in effective financial and performance audits. O> The Attorney General shall have access for purposes of audit t) and examination to any relevant books, documents, papers, and records of grant recipients. The authority of the Attorney General under this subsection is restricted to compiling information necessary to the filing of the annual report required under this section. No

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