§10406 Payment requirements

Summary

The Attorney General must pay each State or specially qualified local government that applied and won money under this program by the later of two dates: 180 days after the money becomes available, or the first day of the payment period if the State gave the required assurances. States and specially qualified units must repay any award money they do not spend within 36 months of the award. The Attorney General can allow one one-time extension of up to 12 months. If unspent money is not repaid, future payments to that State or unit will be reduced. Repayments go into a special fund for future payments. A State or local unit may use no more than 5 percent of its award for administrative costs. The funds cannot be used to replace state or local money and must add to the funds that would otherwise come from those sources. The federal share of any grant may not exceed 90 percent of total program costs, except for building juvenile detention or correctional facilities, where the federal share may not exceed 50 percent of the approved cost.