§ 7303. — Reports and public hearings on proposed uses of amounts.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 31USC7303]
TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
SUBTITLE V--GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 73--ADMINISTERING BLOCK GRANTS
Sec. 7303. Reports and public hearings on proposed uses of
amounts
(a)(1) The chief executive officer of each State shall prepare for
each fiscal year a report on the proposed use during the fiscal year of
block grant amounts received by the State. The report shall include--
(A) a statement of goals and objectives;
(B) information on the types of activities to be supported,
geographic areas to be served, and categories or characteristics of
individuals to be served; and
(C) the criteria for, and way of, distributing the amounts,
including details on the way amounts will be distributed on the
basis of need to carry out the purposes of the block grant amounts.
(2) Beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, each
report shall describe how the State met the goals, objectives, and needs
in using the amounts described in the report for the prior fiscal year.
(b) A State may not receive block grant amounts for a fiscal year
until the State conducts a public hearing, after adequate public notice,
on the proposed use and distribution of the amounts set out in the
report prepared under subsection (a) of this section for the fiscal
year.
(c) Each report prepared under subsection (a) of this section and
changes to the report shall be made public in the State on a timely
basis and in a way that encourages comments from interested local
government and persons.
(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1040.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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7303................................. 31:1243(note). Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 1742,
95 Stat. 763.
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In subsection (a)(1), before clause (A), the words ``for each fiscal
year'' and ``during the fiscal year'' are substituted for ``for the
previous fiscal year'' for clarity.
In subsection (b), the words ``by the State'' are omitted as
surplus.
In subsection (c), the words ``by a State'' are omitted as surplus.
