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Title 31, Money and FinanceRelease 119-102

§7303 Reports and Public Hearings on Proposed Uses of Amounts

Title 31 › SUBTITLE V — GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 73 — ADMINISTERING BLOCK GRANTS › § 7303

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The governor of each State must write a yearly report saying how the State plans to use federal block grant money that year. The report must give the goals, the kinds of activities, the areas and groups to be helped, and the rules and method for distributing the money, including how need will be used to decide who gets funds. A State cannot get the money until it holds a public hearing after giving enough notice. Beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, each report must also say how the State met the goals and needs with the prior year’s funds. Reports and any changes must be made public quickly and allow comments from local governments and people.

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Title 31, §7303

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(a)(1)The chief executive officer of each State shall prepare for each fiscal year a report on the proposed use during the fiscal year of block grant amounts received by the State. The report shall include—
(A)a statement of goals and objectives;
(B)information on the types of activities to be supported, geographic areas to be served, and categories or characteristics of individuals to be served; and
(C)the criteria for, and way of, distributing the amounts, including details on the way amounts will be distributed on the basis of need to carry out the purposes of the block grant amounts.
(2)Beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, each report shall describe how the State met the goals, objectives, and needs in using the amounts described in the report for the prior fiscal year.
(b)A State may not receive block grant amounts for a fiscal year until the State conducts a public hearing, after adequate public notice, on the proposed use and distribution of the amounts set out in the report prepared under subsection (a) of this section for the fiscal year.
(c)Each report prepared under subsection (a) of this section and changes to the report shall be made public in the State on a timely basis and in a way that encourages comments from interested local government and persons.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 730331:1243(note).Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, § 1742, 95 Stat. 763. In subsection (a)(1), before clause (A), the words “for each fiscal year” and “during the fiscal year” are substituted for “for the previous fiscal year” for clarity. In subsection (b), the words “by the State” are omitted as surplus. In subsection (c), the words “by a State” are omitted as surplus.

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31 U.S.C. § 7303

Title 31, Money and Finance

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102