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SUBCHAPTER II.— GRANTS-IN-AID TO THE 

 STATES; IMPROVED ADMINISTRATION 



§ 4211. Full information on funds received. 



Any department or agency of the United States 

 Government which administers a program of grants- 

 in-aid to any of the State governments of the United 

 States or to their political subdivisions shall, upon 

 request, notify in writing the Governor, the State 

 legislature, or other official designated by either, of 

 the purpose and amounts of actual grants-in-aid 

 to the State or to its political subdivisions. In each 

 instance, a copy of requested information shall be 

 furnished the State legislature or the Governor de- 

 pending upon the original request for such data. 

 iPub L 90-577, title II, § 201, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 

 1101.) 



§4212. Deposit of grants-in-aid. 



No grant-in-aid to a State shall be required by 

 Federal law or administrative regulation to be de- 

 posited in a separate bank account apart from other 

 funds administered by the State. All Federal grant- 

 in-aid funds made available to the States shall be 

 properly accounted for as Federal funds in the ac- 

 counts of the State In each case the State agency 

 concerned shall render regular authenticated reports 

 to the appropriate Federal agency covering the 

 status and the application of the funds, the liabili- 

 ties and obligations on hand, and such other facts 

 as may be required by said Federal agency. The head 

 of the Federal agency and the Comptroller General 

 of the United States or any of their duly authorized 

 representatives shall have access for the purpose 

 of audit and examination to any books, documents, 

 papers, and records that are pertinent to the grant- 

 in-aid received by the States <Pub. L 90-577. title II, 

 § 202. Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1101.) 



§4213. Scheduling of Federal transfers to the States. 



Heads of Federal departments and agencies re- 

 sponsible for administering grant-in-aid programs 

 shall schedule the transfer of grant-in-aid funds 

 consistent with program purposes and applicable 

 Treasury regulations, so as *to minimize the time 

 elapsing between the transfer of such funds from 

 the United States Treasury and the disbursement 

 thereof by a State, whether such disbursement oc- 

 curs prior to or subsequent to such transfer of funds, 

 or subsequent to such transfer of funds.' States shall 

 not be held accountable for interest earned on grant- 

 in-aid funds, pending their disbursement for pro- 

 gram purposes. (Pub. L. 90-577, title II, § 203, Oct. 16, 

 1968, 82 Stat. 1101.) 



§ 4214. Eligible State agency. 



Notwithstanding any other Federal law which pro- 

 vides that a single State agency or multimember 

 board or commission must be established or desig- 

 nated to administer or supervise the administration 

 of any grant-in-aid program, the head of any Fed- 

 eral department or agency administering such pro- 

 gram may, upon request of the Governor or other 

 appropriate executive or legislative authority of the 



' So In original. 



State responsible for determining or revising the 

 organizational structure of State government, waive 

 the single State agency or multimember board or 

 commission provision upon adequate showing that 

 such provision prevents the establishment of the 

 most effective and efficient organizational arrange- 

 ments within the State government and approve 

 other State administrative structure or arrange- 

 ments: Provided, That the head of the Federal de- 

 partment or agency determines that the objectives 

 of the Federal statute authorizing the grant-in-aid 

 program will not be endangered by the use of such 

 other State structure or arrangements. (Pub. L. 90- 

 577, title n, § 204. Oct. 16, 1968. 82 Stat. 1101.) 



SUBCHAPTER HI —SPECIAL OR TECHNICAL 

 SERVICES PROVIDED FOR STATE AND LOCAL, 

 UNITS OF GOVERNMENT BY FEDERAL DE- 

 PARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 



§4221. Statement of purpose. 



It is the purpose of this subchapter to encourage 

 intergovernmental cooperation in the conduct of 

 specialized or technical services and provision of 

 facilities essential to the administration of State 

 or local governmental activities, many of which 

 are nationwide in scope and financed in part by Fed- 

 eral funds: to enable State or local governments to 

 avoid unnecessary duplication of special sei-vice func- 

 tions: and to authorize all departments and agen- 

 cies of the executive branch of the Federal Govern- 

 ment which do not have such authority to provide 

 reimbursable specialized or technical services to 

 State and local governments. (Pub. L. 90-577. title 

 III. § 301, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1102 ) 



§ 4222. .\uthorily to provide service. 



The head of any Federal department or agency is 

 authorized within his discretion, up>on written re- 

 quest from a State or political subdivision thereof, 

 to provide specialized or technical services, upon 

 payment, to the department or agency by the unit 

 of government making the request, of salaries and all 

 other identifiable direct or indirect costs of per- 

 forming such services: Provided, however. That such 

 services shall include only those which the Director 

 of the Office of Management and Budget through 

 rules and regulations determines Federal depart- 

 ments and agencies have special competence to pro- 

 vide. Such rules and regulations shall be consistent 

 with and in furtherance of the Government's policy 

 of relying on the private enterprise system to pro- 

 vide those services which are reasonably and ex- 

 peditiously available through ordinary business 

 channels. (Pub. L. 90-577, title lU, § 302, Oct. 16. 

 1968. 82 Stat. 1102: 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 1, 

 1970, 35 P.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2086.) 



§4223. Reimbursement of appropriation. 



All moneys received by any department or agency 

 of the executive branch of the Federal Government, 

 or any bureau or other administrative division there- 

 of, in payment for furnishing specialized or technical 

 services as authorized under section 4222 of this title 

 shall be deposited to the credit of the principal ap- 



