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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1976

PUBLIC LAW 94-503—OCT. 15, 1976

90 STAT. 2419

the Administration shall, within ten days after such occurrence, notify the chief executive of th", affected State, or the State in which the affected unit of general local government is located, and the chief executive of such unit of general local government, that such program or activity has been so found or determined not to be in compliance with subsection (c)(1), and shall request each chief executive, notified under this subparagraph with respect to such violation, to secure compliance. For purposes of subparagraph (i) a finding by a Federal or State administrative agency shall be deemed rendered after notice and opportunity for a hearing if it is rendered pursuant to procedures consistent with the provisions of subchapter II of chapter 5, title 5, United States Code. "(B) In the event the chief executive secures compliance after notice pursuant to subparagraph (A), the terms and conditions with which the aff'ected State government or unit of general local government agrees to comply shall be set forth in writing and signed by the chief executive of the State, by the chief executive of such unit (in the event of a violation by a unit of general local government), and by the Administration, On or prior to the effective date of the agreement, the Administration shall send a copy of the agreement to each complainant, if any, with respect to such violation. The chief executive of the Reports to State, or the chief executive of the unit (in the event of a violation by Administration, a unit of general local government) shall file semiannual reports with the Administration detailing the steps taken to comply with the agreement. Within 15 days of receipt of such reports, the Administration shall send a copy thereof to each such complainant. "(C) If, at the conclusion of ninety days after notification under subparagraph (A) — "(i) compliance has not been secured by the chief executive of that State or the chief executive of that unit of general local government; and "(ii) an administrative law judge has not made a determination under subparagraph (F) that it is likely the State government or unit of local government will prevail on the merits; the Administration shall notify the Attorney General that compliance has not been secured and suspend further payment of any funds under this title to that program or activity. Such suspension shall be limited to the specific program or activity cited by the Administration in the notice under subparagraph (A). Such suspension shall be effective for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty days, or, if there is a hearing under subparagraph (G), not more than thirty days after the conclusion of such hearing, unless there has been an express finding by the Administration after notice and opportunity for such a hearing, that the recip^ ient is not in compliance with subsection (c)(1). "(D) Payment of the suspended funds shall resume only if— "(i) such State government or unit of general local government enters into a compliance agreement approved by the Administration and the Attorney General in accordance with subparagraph (B); "(ii) such State government or unit of general local government complies fully with the final order or judgment of a Federal or State court, or by a Federal or State administrative agency if that order or judgment covers all the matters raised by the Administration in the notice pursuant to subparagraph (A), or is found to be in compliance with subsection (c)(1) by such court; or " (iii) after a hearing the Administration pursuant to subparagraph (F) finds that noncompliance has not been demonstrated.