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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-626—NOV. 10, 1978 " (B) the term 'units of general local government' means (i) any city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a State, (ii) any combination of units of general local government in one or more States, (iii) an Indian tribe, and (iv) with respect to lead-based paint poisoning elimination activities, in their urban areas, the territories and possessions of the United States, Followup programs described in subparagraph (A) (iii) shall include programs to eliminate lead-based paint hazards from surfaces in and around residential dwelling units or houses, including programs to provide for such purpose financial assistance to the owners of such units or houses who are financially unable to eliminate such hazards from their units or houses. In administering programs for the elimination of such hazards, priority shall be given to the elimination of such hazards in residential dwelling units or houses in which reside childiren with diagnosed lead-based paint poisoning. "(b) No grant may be made under subsection (a) unless an application therefor has been submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary. Such an application shall be in such form and be submitted in such manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe and shall provide— "(1) a complete description of the type and extent of the leadbased paint poisoning prevention program which is to be provided by or through the applicant with a grant under subsection (a); "(2) assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the program to be provided under the grant applied for will be provided in accordance with the State health plan in eflfect under section 1524(c); "(3) assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the applicant will make such reports respecting the program as the Secretary may require; and " (4) such other information as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe. No grant may be made under subsection (a) unless the Secretary determines that there is satisfactory assurance that Federal funds made available under such a grant for any period will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the level of State, local, and other non-Federal funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available for the program for which the grant is to be made and will in no event supplant such State, local, and other non-Federal funds. "(c) The Secretary shall determine the amount of a grant made under subsection (a). Payments under such grants may be made in advance on the basis of estimates or by the way of reimbursement, with necessary adjustments on account of underpayments or overpayments, and in such installments and on such terms and conditions as the Secretary finds necessary to carry out the purposes of such grants. "(d)(1) Each recipient of a grant under subsection (a) shall keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such grant, the total cost of the undertaking in connection with which such grant was made, and the amount of that portion of the cost of the undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit.

92 STAT. 3587 "Units of general local government."

Grant applications.

42 USC 300m-3.

Recordkeeping.