Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/583

 PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

95 STAT. 557

ment of the description and after its transmittal. The description shall be revised (consistent with this section) throughout the year as may be necessary to reflect substantial changes in the programs and activities assisted under this part, and any revision shall be subject to the requirements of the preceding sentence. "REPORTS AND AUDITS

"SEC. 1928. (a)(1) Each State shall prepare and submit to the 42 USC 300y-7. Secretary annual reports on its activities under this part. Such reports shall be in such form and contain such information as the Secretary determines (after consultation with the States and the Comptroller General) to be necessary (A) to determine whether funds were expended in accordance with sections 1926 and 1927(c), (B) to secure a description of the activities under this part, and (C) to secure a record of the purposes for which funds were spent, of the recipients of such funds and of the progress made toward achieving the purposes for which the funds were provided. Copies of the report shall be provided, upon request, to any interested person (including any public agency). "(2) In determining the information that States must include in the report required by this subsection, the Secretary may not establish reporting requirements which are burdensome. "(b)(1) Each State shall establish fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure the proper disbursal of and accounting for Federal funds paid to the State under section 1925. "(2) Each State shall annually audit its expenditures from payments received under section 1925. Such State audits shall be conducted by an entity independent of any agency administering a program funded under this part and, to the extent practicable, in accordance with the Comptroller's General standards for auditing governmental organizations, programs, activities, and functions. Within 30 days following the date each audit is completed, the chief executive officer of the State shall transmit a copy of that audit to the Secretary. "(3) Each State shall, after being provided by the Secretary with adequate notice and opportunity for a hearing within the affected State, repay to the United States amounts found not to have been expended in accordance with the requirements of section 1926 or the certification and assurances provided under section 1927. If such repayment is not made, the Secretary shall, after providing the State with adequate notice and opportunity for a hearing, offset such amounts against the amount of any allotment to which the State is or may become entitled under section 1924. "(4) The State shall make copies of the reports and audits required Public by this section available for public inspection within the State, inspection. "(5) The Comptroller General of the United States shall, from time to time, evaluate the expenditures by States of grants under this part in order to assure that expenditures are consistent with the provisions of this part. "(6) Not later than January 1, 1984, the Secretary shall report to the Congress on the activities of the States which have received funds under this part and may include in the report any recommendations for appropriate changes in legislation.

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