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 PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981 that, after the 30-day period beginning on the date of the notice to such chief executive officer, such amount may be reallotted; and (C) the State does not request, under paragraph (2), that such amount be held available for such State for the following fiscal year; then such amount shall be treated by the Secretary for purposes of this title as an amount appropriated for the following fiscal year to be allotted under section 2604 for such following fiscal year. (2)(A) Any State may request that an amount allotted to such State for a fiscal year be held available for such State for the following fiscal year. Any amount so held available for the following fiscal year shall not be taken into account in computing the allotment jof such State for such fiscal year under this title. (B) No amount may be held available under this paragraph for a State from a prior fiscal year to the extent such amount exceeds 25 percent of the amount allotted to such State for such prior fiscal year. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the amount allotted to a State for a fiscal year shall be determined without regard to any amount held available under this paragraph for such State for such fiscal year from the prior fiscal year. (3) During the 30-day period described in paragraph (1)(B), comments may be submitted to the Secretary. After considering such comments, the Secretary shall notify the chief executive officer of the State of any decision to reallot funds, and shall publish such decision in the Federal Register.

95 STAT. 901

Publication in Federal Register.

WITHHOLDING

SEC. 2608. (a)(1) The Secretary shall, after adequate notice and an opportunity for a hearing conducted within the affected State, withhold funds from any State which does not utilize its allotment substantially in accordance with the provisions of this title and the assurances such State provided under section 2605. (2) The Secretary shall respond in an expeditious and speedy manner to complaints of a substantial or serious nature that a State has failed to use funds in accordance with the provisions of this title or the assurances provided by the State under section 2605. For purposes of this paragraph, a violation of any one of the assurances contained in section 2605(b) that constitutes a disregard of such assurance shall be considered a serious complaint. (b)(1) The Secretary shall conduct in several States in each fiscal year investigations of the use of funds received by the States under this title in order to evaluate compliance with the provisions of this title. (2) Whenever the Secretary determines that there is a pattern of complaints from any State in any fiscal year, he shall conduct an investigation of the use of funds received under this title by such State in order to ensure compliance with the provisions of this title. (3) The Comptroller General of the United States may conduct an investigation of the use of funds received under this title by a State in order to ensure compliance with the provisions of this title. (c) Pursuant to an investigation conducted under subsection (b), a State shall make appropriate books, documents, papers, and records available to the Secretary or the Comptroller Gieneral of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, for examination, copying, or mechanical reproduction on or off the premises of the appropriate entity upon a reasonable request therefor.

Notice and hearing. 42 USC 8627.

Records, availability.

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