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Senate and the House having legislative Jurisdiction 

 over such grants-in-aid shall, separately or jointly, 

 conduct studies of the program under which such 

 grants-in-aid are made and advise their respective 

 Houses of the results of their findings with special 

 attention to — 



( 1 ) The extent to which the purposes for which 

 the grants-in-aid are authorized have been met; 



(2) The extent to which the objectives of such 

 programs can be carried on without further finan- 

 cial assistance from the United States; 



(3) Whether or not any changes in purpose, 

 direction or administration of the original pro- 

 gram, or in procedures and requirements appli- 

 cable thereto, shall be made; and 



(4) The extent to which such grant-in-aid pro- 

 grams are adequate to meet the growing and 

 changing needs which they were designed to 

 support. 



(b) (1) A study of a grant-in-aid program to 

 which subsection (a) of this section applies and 

 which is authorized by an Act of Congress enacted 

 before October 16, 1968, shall be conducted prior to 

 the expiration of the fourth calendar year beginning 

 after October 16, 1968, and thereafter prior to the 

 expiration of the fourth calendar year following the 

 year during which a study of such program was last 

 conducted under this paragraph. 



(2) A study of a grant-in-aid program to which 

 subsection (a) of this section applies and which is 

 authorized by an Act of Congress enacted after 

 October 16, 1968, shall be conducted prior to the 

 expiration of the fourth calendar year following 

 the year of enactment of such Act, and prior to the 

 expiration of each fourth calendar year thereafter. 

 (Pub. L. 90-577, title VI, § 601, Oct. 16. 1968. 82 

 Stat. 1106.) 



§4242. Studies by Comptroller General of Federal 

 grant-in-aid programs; reports tq Congress. 



(a) Upon request of any committee having juris- 

 diction over a grant-in-aid program, the Comptroller 

 General shall make a study of such program to 

 determine among other relevant matters, the extent 



to which — 



(1) such program conflicts with or duplicates 

 other grant-in-aid programs; and 



(2) more effective, efficient, economical, and 

 uniform administration of such program can be 

 achieved by changing certain requirements and 

 procedures applicable thereto. 



(b) In reviewing grant-in-aid programs the 

 Comptroller General shall consider, among other 

 relevant matters, and the budgetary, accounting, re- 

 porting and administrative procedures applicable 

 to such programs. Reports on such studies, together 

 with recommendations, shall be submitted by the 

 Comptroller General to the Congress. Reports on 

 expiring programs should, to the extent practicable, 

 be submitted in the year prior to the date set for 

 their expiration. (Pub. L, 90-577, title VI, §602, 

 Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1107.) 



§4243. Studies by Advisory Commission on Inter- 

 governmental Relation.s; report to Congress. 



Upon request of any committee having jurisdiction 

 over a grant-in-aid program, the Advisory Commis- 

 sion on Intergovernmental Relations (established by 

 Public Law 86-380, as amended) shall conduct stud- 

 ies of the intergovernmental relations aspects of 

 such program including 1 1) the impact of such pro- 

 gram, if any, on the structural organization of State 

 and local governments and on Pederal-State-local 

 fiscal relations, and (2) the coordination of Federal 

 administration of such program with State and local 

 administration thereof, and shall report its findings 

 and recommendations to such committee and to the 

 Congress. (Pub. L. 90-577, title VI. §603, Oct. 16, 

 1968, 82 Stat. 1107.) 



§4244. Preservation of House and Senate committee 

 }uris<liction. 



Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to af- 

 fect the jurisdiction of committees under the rules 

 of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 

 (Pub. L. 90-577, title VI, §604, Oct. 16. 1968, 82 

 Stat. 1107.) 



17. Land Conservation and Utilization by the Secretary of Agriculture 



to Protect Fish and Wildlife 



7 US.C. 1010-lOlOa 



(See Federal Assistance Resource Conservation and Development Projects under this title) 



18. Military Easements for Rights-of-Way 

 10 UJS.C. 2668, 2671 



(a) If the Secretary of a military department 

 finds that It will not be against the public Interest, 

 he may grant, upon such terms as he considers 

 advisable, easements for rights-of-way over. In, 



and upon publlp lands permanently withdrawn or 

 reserved for the use of that department, and other 

 lands under his control, to a State, Territory, Com- 

 monwealth, or possession, or twUtical subdivision 



