Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 1.djvu/1056

 96 STAT. 1014

Notification of noncompliance.

PUBLIC LAW 97-258—SEPT. 13, 1982

review compliance and operations under section 6723(b) of this title; and (8) the government will make reports the Secretary of the Treasury reasonably requires, in addition to the annual reports required under section 6724(b) of this title, (b) A unit of general local government shall give the chief executive officer of the State in which the government is located an opportunity for review and comment before establishing compliance with subsection (a) of this section. (c)(1) When the Secretary of the Treasury decides that a State government or unit of general local government has not complied substantially with subsection (a) of this section or regulations prescribed under subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify the government. The notice shall state that if the government does not take corrective action by the 60th day after the date the government receives the notice, the Secretary will withhold additional payments to the government for the current entitlement period and later entitlement periods until the Secretary is satisfied that the government— (A) has taken the appropriate corrective action; and (B) will comply with subsection (a) of this section and regulations prescribed under subsection (a). (2) Before giving notice under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Secretary shall give the chief executive officer of the State or unit of general local government reasonable notice and an opportunity for a proceeding. (3) The Secretary may make a payment to the government notified under paragraph (1) of this subsection only when the Secretary is satisfied that the government— (A) has taken the appropriate corrective action; and (B) will comply with subsection (a) of this section and regulations prescribed under subsection (a). § 6705. State government allocations For each entitlement period for which an amount is appropriated under section 6703(b)(1) of this title, the Secretary of the Treasury shall allocate to each State government out of the amount appropriated an amount bearing the same ratio to the amount appropriated as the amount allocated to the State under section 6707 of this title bears to the total amount allocated to States under section 6707. However, the Secretary may pay the amount allocated to the State government only when the Secretary determines (under regulations prescribed by the Secretary) that the State government has declined to receive or has refunded to the United States Government an amount available to the State government under any United States Government categorical grant program identified under the regulations that is equal to the amount allocated. The Secretary shall transfer from the State and Local Government Fiscal Assistance Trust Fund to the general fund of the Treasury an amount allocated to a State government but not paid under this section. § 6706. Reductions in State government allocations (a)(1) Except as provided in this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall reduce the amount allocated to a State government under section 6705 of this title for an entitlement period by the amount by which—

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