§6713 Suspension and Termination of Payments in Discrimination Proceedings

Summary

The Secretary must stop payments to a local government when an administrative law judge first says the government probably won’t prove it followed the rules, or when the judge later finds the government did not follow the rules unless the government signs a compliance agreement within 30 days after that decision, or when another rule requires stopping payments. If payments were stopped after the judge’s early finding, that stop stays in place if the judge later finds noncompliance. Payments can be restarted only in specific ways. The Secretary can restart payments when the Secretary approves or enters a compliance agreement; when the government fully follows a court or judge order that covers every issue in the Secretary’s notice; when a court or judge rules the government has complied; or when a suspension is ended because an appeals court reversed a discrimination finding. Paying restitution to people harmed can count as full compliance. Payments that were ended by a termination can only be restarted if an appeals court reverses the decision.