Title 42The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§2996g Records and reports

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 34— - ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER X— - LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION › § 2996g

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Corporation can require reports from any grantee, contractor, or person or entity getting money under this subchapter about the work they do. It can require those recipients to keep records about the funds and can look at those records at reasonable times to make sure the money is used correctly. The Corporation must publish an annual report and file it with the President and Congress. That annual report must include a description of services provided under section 2996f(a)(2)(C)(i) and (ii). Copies of evaluation, inspection, or monitoring reports must be given promptly to the grantee, contractor, or recipient, and kept in the Corporation’s main office for at least five years after the review. Those reports must be open for public inspection during regular business hours, and copies must be provided on request for reasonable fees. The Corporation must give notice and a fair chance to comment before issuing rules, and must publish rules, guidelines, and instructions in the Federal Register at least 30 days before they take effect.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §2996g

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(a)The Corporation is authorized to require such reports as it deems necessary from any grantee, contractor, or person or entity receiving financial assistance under this subchapter regarding activities carried out pursuant to this subchapter.
(b)The Corporation is authorized to prescribe the keeping of records with respect to funds provided by grant or contract and shall have access to such records at all reasonable times for the purpose of insuring compliance with the grant or contract or the terms and conditions upon which financial assistance was provided.
(c)The Corporation shall publish an annual report which shall be filed by the Corporation with the President and the Congress. Such report shall include a description of services provided pursuant to section 2996f(a)(2)(C)(i) and (ii) of this title.
(d)Copies of all reports pertinent to the evaluation, inspection, or monitoring of any grantee, contractor, or person or entity receiving financial assistance under this subchapter shall be submitted on a timely basis to such grantee, contractor, or person or entity, and shall be maintained in the principal office of the Corporation for a period of at least five years subsequent to such evaluation, inspection, or monitoring. Such reports shall be available for public inspection during regular business hours, and copies shall be furnished, upon request, to interested parties upon payment of such reasonable fees as the Corporation may establish.
(e)The Corporation shall afford notice and reasonable opportunity for comment to interested parties prior to issuing rules, regulations, and guidelines, and it shall publish in the Federal Register at least 30 days prior to their effective date all its rules, regulations, guidelines, and instructions.

Legislative History

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Amendments

1977—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–222 inserted provisions setting forth required contents of annual report.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1977 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 95–222 effective Dec. 28, 1977, see section 17(b) of Pub. L. 95–222, set out as a note under section 2996 of this title. Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. (c) of this section relating to filing annual report with Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and item 2 on page 202 of House Document No. 103–7.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 2996g

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73