42 U.S.C. § 8627 : US Code - Section 8627: Withholding of funds

Search 42 U.S.C. § 8627 : US Code - Section 8627: Withholding of funds

(a) Improper utilization of funds; response to complaints
respecting improprieties
(1) The Secretary shall, after adequate notice and an opportunity
for a hearing conducted within the affected State, withhold funds
from any State which does not utilize its allotment substantially
in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter and the
assurances such State provided under section 8624 of this title.
(2) The Secretary shall respond in writing in no more than 60
days to matters raised in complaints of a substantial or serious
nature that a State has failed to use funds in accordance with the
provisions of this subchapter or the assurances provided by the
State under section 8624 of this title. For purposes of this
paragraph, a violation of any one of the assurances contained in
section 8624(b) of this title that constitutes a disregard of such
assurance shall be considered a serious complaint.
(b) Investigations; conduct, etc.
(1) The Secretary shall conduct in several States in each fiscal
year investigations of the use of funds received by the States
under this subchapter in order to evaluate compliance with the
provisions of this subchapter.
(2) Whenever the Secretary determines that there is a pattern of
complaints from any State in any fiscal year, the Secretary shall
conduct an investigation of the use of funds received under this
subchapter by such State in order to ensure compliance with the
provisions of this subchapter.
(3) The Comptroller General of the United States may conduct an
investigation of the use of funds received under this subchapter by
a State in order to ensure compliance with the provisions of this
subchapter.
(c) Inspection of books, documents, etc.
Pursuant to an investigation conducted under subsection (b) of
this section, a State shall make appropriate books, documents,
papers, and records available to the Secretary or the Comptroller
General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized
representatives, for examination, copying, or mechanical
reproduction on or off the premises of the appropriate entity upon
a reasonable request therefor.
(d) Request for information not readily available
In conducting any investigation under subsection (b) of this
section, the Secretary may not request any information not readily
available to such State or require that any information be
compiled, collected, or transmitted in any new form not already
available.