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representation, or false report or claim for work 

 or materials for any project approved by the Sec- 

 retary under this subchapter, or ; 



(3) knowingly makes any false statement or 

 false representation in any report required to be 

 made under this subchapter; 

 shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by Im- 

 prisonment for not to exceed five years or by a fine 

 of not to exceed $10,000. or by both. (Pub. L. 91-258, 

 title 1, § 25. May 21. 1970, 84 Stat. 233.) 



§1726. Access to records. 



(a) IJecordkcopiiiK requirements. 



Each recipient of a grant under this subchapter . 

 shall keep such records as the Secretary may pre- 

 scribe, including records which fully disclose the 

 amount and the disposition by the recipient of the 

 proceeds of the grant, the total cost of the plan 

 or program in connection with which the grant is 

 given or used, and the amount and nature of that 

 portion of the cost of the plan or program supplied 

 by other sources, and such other records as will fa- 

 cilitate an etfcctive audit. 



(b) Audit and examination. 



The Secretary and the Comptroller General Qf the 

 United States or any of their duly authorized repre- 

 sentatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit 

 and examination to any books, documents, papers, 

 and records of the recipient that are pertinent to 

 grants received under this subchapter. 



(c) Audit reports; report to ConRrcss; regulations. 

 In any case in which an independent audit is 



made of the accounts of a recipient of a grant under 

 this subchapter relating to the disposition of the 

 proceeds of such grant or relating to the plan or 

 program in connection with which the grant was 

 given or used, the recipient shall file a certified copy 

 of such audit with the Comptroller General of the 

 United States not later than six months following 

 the close of the fiscal year for which the audit was 

 made. On or before January 3 of each year the 

 Comptroller General .shall make a report to the 

 Congress describing the results of each audit con- 

 ducted or reviewed by him under this section during 

 the preceding fiscal year. The Comptroller General 

 shall prescribe such regulations as he may deem 

 necessary to carry out the provisions of this sub- 

 section. 



(d) Withholding information. 



Nothing in this section shall authorize the with- 

 holding of information by the Secretary or the 

 Comptroller General of the United States, or any 

 ofllcer or employee under the control of either of 

 them, from the duly authorized committees of the 

 Congress. (Pub. L. 91-258. title I, § 26, May 21. 1970, 

 84 Stat. 233.) 

 § 1727. General powers of Secretary. 



The Secretary is empowered to perform such acts, 

 to conduct such investigations and public hearings 

 to issue and amend such orders, and to make and 

 amend such regulations and procedures, pursuant 

 to and consistent with the provisions of this sub- 



chapter, as he considers necessary to carry out the 

 provisions of, and to exercise and perform his powers 

 and duties under, this subchapter. (Pub. L. 91-258, 

 title I, § 27. May 21. 1970, 84 Stat. 233.) 



§ 1728. State demonstration programs. 



(a) Demonstration programs. 



If the Secretary determines, after review of the 

 certification required by subsection (b) of this sec- 

 tion, that a State is capable of managing a demon- 

 stration program for administering United States 

 grants for general aviation airports in that State, 

 the Secretary may make a grant for such purpose 

 to such State of funds apportioned to it under sec- 

 tion 1715(a)(4)(A) of this Act and of any part 

 of the discretionary funds available luider section 

 1715(a) (4) (C) of this Act. Such a grant shall be 

 conditioned on a requirement that such State grant 

 funds to airport sponsors in the same manner and 

 subject to the same conditions as the Secretary 

 imposes in manking grants to such sponsors under 

 this title. 



(b) Certificate requirements. 



If a State wishes to manage a demonstration 

 program for administering United States grants for 

 general aviation airports, the Governor or the chief 

 executive officer of such State shall certify to the 

 Secretary, in the form and manner prescribed by 

 the Secretary, that — 



(1) the State complies with all eligibility re- 

 quirements and criteria established by this sec- 

 tion and by the Secretary. 



(2) such State's participation in the demon- 

 stration program has been specifically author- 

 ized by an action of such State's legislature duly 

 taken after the date of enactment of this sec- 

 tion, or if such State's legislature is not in regu- 

 lar session on such date and will not meet again 

 in regular session before January 1, 1977, such 

 participation has been authorized by such State's 

 Governor or chief executive ofiEicer; and 



(3) such State's legislature has authorized the 

 appropriation of State funds for the develop- 

 ment of general aviation airports in such State 

 during the period for which funds are sought 

 under this section. 



(c) Restrictions. 



The Secretary shall not, pursuant to this 

 section — 



(1) enter into demonstration projects in more 

 than four States; 



(2) allow any funds granted to States to be 

 used to pay costs incurred by the States in ad- 

 ministering the demonstration programs; 



(3) initiate any demonstration program after 

 January 1, 1977; and 



(4) make a grant to any State after Septem- 

 ber 30, 1978. 



(d) Report. 



The Secretary shall evaluate and report to Con- 

 gress, not later than March 31, 1978, on the results 



