§672 Grants to States

Summary

The Secretary may give money to States during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and the next two years to help States that have named a State agency under section 667. The grants can help States figure out their needs in workplace safety and health, create State plans under section 667, and make plans to collect injury and disease data, boost staff skills and enforcement, or otherwise improve how State safety and health laws are run. The Secretary can also fund experimental and demonstration projects that match these goals. Governors must pick which State agency will get a grant, and that agency must apply. The Secretary will review applications and, after talking with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, approve or reject them. The federal share cannot be more than 90% for the planning and demonstration grants and cannot be more than 50% for grants to run and enforce approved State plans. If States get different federal shares, those differences must be based on objective criteria. Before June 30, 1973, the Secretary must send a report to the President and Congress, after consulting HHS, describing the grant program experience and any recommendations.