Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§2996g Records and Reports

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Corporation can require reports and records from any grantee, contractor, or other person or group that gets money under this part. It can set rules for keeping those records and can look at them at reasonable times to make sure rules and contracts are followed. The Corporation must publish one annual report and send it to the President and Congress. That report must include a description of services under section 2996f(a)(2)(C)(i) and (ii) of this title. Copies of reports used for evaluations, inspections, or monitoring 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. The reports are open for public inspection during normal business hours, and copies must be supplied on request for a reasonable fee. Before issuing rules, regulations, guidelines, or instructions, the Corporation must give notice, let interested parties comment, and publish them in the Federal Register at least 30 days before they take effect.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §2996g

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(a)Authority to require reports
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)Authority to require recordkeeping; access to records
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)Annual report to President and Congress; contents
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 and retention of reports
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)Publication in Federal Register of rules, regulations, guidelines and instructions
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

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

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 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110