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[88 STAT. 1607]
PUBLIC LAW 93-000—MMMM. DD, 1975
[88 STAT. 1607]

88 STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 93-510-DEC. 5, 1974

ferred to the joint management fund from each affected program or appropriation, from time to time, its proportionate share of amounts needed for payment to the grantee. Any unexpended amounts shall be returned to the joint management fund by the grantee at the completion of the project. (b) Any account in a joint management fund shall be subject to such agreements, not inconsistent with this section and other applicable law, as may be entered into by the Federal agencies concerned w4th respect to the discharge of the responsibilities of those agencies and shall assure the availability of necessary information to those agencies and to the Congress. These agreements shall also provide that the agency administering a joint management fund shall be responsible and accountable by program and appropriation for the amounts provided for the purposes of each account established in the fund; and shall include procedures for determining, from time to time, whether amounts in the account are in excess of the amounts required, and for returning that excess to the participating Federal agencies according to the applicable appropriations, subject to fiscal year limitations. Excess amounts applicable to expired appropriations will be lapsed from that fund. (c) For each project financed through an account in a joint management fund established pursuant to this section, the recipients of moneys drawn from the fund shall keep such records as the head of the Federal agency responsible for administering the fund will prescribe. Such records shall, as a minimum, fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of Federal assistance received under each program and appropriation, the total cost of the project in connection with which such Federal assistance was given or used, the amount of that portion of the cost of the project supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit. (d) The head of the Federal agency responsible for administering such joint management fund and the Comptroller General of the United States or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of such recipients that are pertinent to the moneys received from such fund. (e) In the case of any project covered in a joint management fund, a single non-Federal share may be established according to the Federal share ratios applicable to the several Federal assistance programs involved and the proportion of funds transferred to the project account from each of those programs.

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Recordkeeping.

Audit.

A U X I L I A R Y PROVISIONS

SEC. 9. Appropriations available to any Federal assistance program for technical assistance or the training of personnel may be made available for the provision of technical assistance and training in connection with projects proposed or approved for joint funding involving that program and any other Federal assistance program.

42 USC 4258.

FEDERAL-STATE ASSISTANCE A N D AGREEMENTS

SEC. 10. Subject to such regulations as the President may prescribe. Federal agencies may enter into agreements with States as appropriate to extend the benefits of this Act to projects involving assistance from one or more Federal agencies and one or more State agencies. These agreements may include arrangements for the processing of requests for, or the administration of, assistance to such projects on a joint basis.

Regulations, 42 USC 4259.