104 STAT. 4732 PUBLIC LAW 101-645—NOV. 29, 1990 42 USC 290CC-32. 42 USC 290CC-33. there are reasonable assurances that the State will expend amounts received under section 521 in accordance with the agreements referred to in such paragraph. "(3) The Secretary may not withhold funds under paragraph (1) from a State for a minor failure to comply with the agreements referred to in such paragraph. "(c) OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING. — Before requiring repayment of payments under subsection (a)(D, or withholding payments under subsection (b)(D, the Secretary shall provide to the State an opportunity for a hearing. "(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a State receiving payments under section 521 may not, with respect to any agreements required to be contained in the application submitted under section 529, be considered to be in violation of any such agreements by reason of the fact that the State, in the regular course of providing services under section 522(b) to eligible homeless individuals, incidentally provides services to homeless individuals who are not eligible homeless individuals. "SEC. 532. PROHIBITION AGAINST CERTAIN FALSE STATEMENTS. "(a) IN GENERAL.— "(1) A person may not knowingly make or cause to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact in connection with the furnishing of items or services for which amounts may be paid by a State from pa3mients received by the State under section 521. "(2) A person with knowledge of the occurrence of any event affecting the right of the person to receive any amounts from payments made to the State under section 521 may not conceal or fail to disclose any such event with the intent of securing such an amount that the person is not authorized to receive or securing such an amount in an amount greater than the amount the person is authorized to receive. "(b) CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF PROHIBITION. —Any person who violates a prohibition established in subsection (a) may for each violation be fined in accordance with title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. "SEC. 533. NONDISCRIMINATION. "(a) IN GENERAL.— "(1) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING CERTAIN CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS.— For the purpose of applying the prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of age under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, on the basis of handicap under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, on the basis of sex under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, or on the basis of race, color, or national origin under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, programs and activities funded in whole or in part with funds made available under section 521 shall be considered to be programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance. "(2) PROHIBITION.—No person shall on the ground of sex or religion be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available under section 521. " (b) ENFORCEMENT. —
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