Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 1.djvu/1049

 PUBLIC LAW 97-258—SEPT. 13, 1982

96 STAT. 1007

agency or instrumentality of a State but does not mean a local government of a State. (9) "unit of general local government" means a county, city, town, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State. § 6502. Information on grants received On request of a chief executive officer of a State, a State legislature, or an official designated by either of them, an executive agency carrying out a grant program to States and local governments shall provide the requesting officer or legislature with written information on the purpose and amounts of grants provided to the State or local government. § 6503. Transfer and deposit requirements (a) Consistent with program purposes and regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, the head of an executive agency carrying out a grant program shall schedule the transfer of grant money to minimize the time elapsing between transfer of the money from the Treasury and the disbursement by a State, whether disbursement occurs before or after the transfer. A State is not accountable for interest earned on grant money pending its disbursement for program purposes. (b) A State may not be required by a law or regulation of the United States to deposit grant money received by it in a separate bank account. However, a State shall account for grant money made available to the State as United States Government grant money in the accounts of the State. The head of the State agency concerned shall make periodic authenticated reports to the head of the appropriate executive agency on the status and the application of the money, the liabilities and obligations on hand, and other information required by the head of the executive agency. Records related to the grant received by the State shall be made available to the head of the executive agency and the Comptroller General for auditing. § 6504. Use of existing State or multimember agency to administer grant programs Notwithstanding a law of the United States providing that one State agency or multimember agency must be established or designated to carry out or supervise the administration of a grant program, the head of the executive agency carrying out the program may, when requested by the executive or legislative authority of the State responsible for the organizational structure of a State government— (1) waive the one State agency or multimember agency provision on an adequate showing that the provision prevents the establishment of the most effective and efficient organizational arrangement within the State government; and (2) approve another State administrative structure or arrangement after deciding that the objectives of the law authorizing the grant program will not be endangered by using another State structure or arrangement. § 6505. Authority to provide specialized or technical services (a) The President may prescribe statistical and other studies and compilations, development projects, technical tests and evaluations, technical information, training activities, surveys, reports, docu-

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