Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110
§7143 Certification
Title 16 › CHAPTER 90 — SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION › SUBCHAPTER III — COUNTY FUNDS › § 7143
Summary
A participating county must send a certification to the Secretary by February 1 after any year it spent county funds. The county official responsible must say the money was used for the allowed purposes in section 7142(a) and give the amounts spent and what they paid for. The Secretary will review those certifications as the Secretary finds appropriate.
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Title 16, §7143
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(a)In general
Not later than February 1 of the year after the year in which any county funds were expended by a participating county, the appropriate official of the participating county shall submit to the Secretary concerned a certification that the county funds expended in the applicable year have been used for the uses authorized under section 7142(a) of this title, including a description of the amounts expended and the uses for which the amounts were expended.
(b)Review
The Secretary concerned shall review the certifications submitted under subsection (a) as the Secretary concerned determines to be appropriate.
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 303 of Pub. L. 106–393 was set out in a note under section 500 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 110–343, div. C, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3893.
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16 U.S.C. § 7143
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110