§2996g — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The Corporation may require reports from any grantee, contractor, or person or group getting money under this subchapter about the activities they carry out under this subchapter. It must require and keep records about grant or contract funds and must be allowed to look at those records at reasonable times to make sure rules and conditions are followed. The Corporation must publish an annual report and file it with the President and Congress. That report must describe the services listed in section 2996f(a)(2)(C)(i) and (ii). Copies of evaluation, inspection, or monitoring reports must be given promptly to the grantee or contractor and kept in the Corporation’s main office for at least five years. Those reports must be open for public inspection during business hours, and copies must be available for a reasonable fee. Before issuing rules, regulations, guidelines, or instructions the Corporation must give notice and a reasonable chance for comment and must publish them in the Federal Register at least 30 days before they take effect.

Title 42, §2996g

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(a)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)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)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 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)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.

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.

§2996g Records and Reports