§ 6507. — Congressional review of grant programs.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 31USC6507]
TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
SUBTITLE V--GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 65--INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION
Sec. 6507. Congressional review of grant programs
(a) The committees of Congress having jurisdiction over a grant
program authorized by a law of the United States without a specified
expiration date for the program shall study the program. The committees
may conduct studies separately or jointly and shall report the results
of their findings to their respective Houses of Congress not later than
the end of each period specified in subsection (b) of this section. The
committees shall give special attention to--
(1) the extent to which the purposes of the grants have been
met;
(2) the extent to which the objective of the program can be
carried on without further assistance;
(3) whether a change in the purpose, direction, or
administration of the original program, or in procedures and
requirements applicable to the program, should be made; and
(4) the extent to which the program is adequate to meet the
growing and changing needs that it was designed to support.
(b)(1) A study under subsection (a) of this section of a grant
program authorized by a law of the United States enacted before October
16, 1968, shall be conducted before the end of each 4th calendar year
after the year during which a study of the program was last conducted
under this section.
(2) A study under subsection (a) of this section of a grant program
authorized by a law of the United States enacted after October 16, 1968,
shall be conducted before the end of the 4th calendar year after the
year of enactment of the law and before the end of each 4th calendar
year thereafter.
(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1009.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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6507(a).............................. 42:4241(a). Oct. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90-577, Sec. 601,
82 Stat. 1106.
6507(b).............................. 42:4241(b).
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In the section, the words ``law of the United States'' are
substituted for ``Act of Congress'' for clarity. The word ``grants'' is
substituted for ``grants-in-aid'', and the words ``grant program'' are
substituted for ``grant-in-aid program'', for consistency in the
chapter.
In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words ``grant program''
are substituted for ``program under which such grants-in-aid are made''
for consistency in the chapter and to eliminate unnecessary words. The
words ``committees of Congress'' are substituted for ``Committee of the
Senate and the House of Representatives'' for consistency in the revised
title and with other titles of the United States Code. The words ``The
committees may conduct'' are added for clarity. The word ``report'' is
substituted for ``advise'' for clarity. In clause (2), the word
``assistance'' is substituted for ``financial assistance from the United
States'' because of the definition in section 6501(1) of the revised
title.
In subsection (b), the words ``prior to the expiration of the fourth
calendar year beginning after October 16, 1968, and thereafter'' are
omitted as executed.
