PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981 shall give special consideration in the designation of community action agencies to any successor agency which is operated in substantially the same manner as the predecessor agency which did receive funds in the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made; (5) provide assurances that the State may transfer funds, but not to exceed 5 percent of its allotment under section 674, for the provisions set forth in this subtitle to services under the Older Americans Act of 1965, the Head Start program under subchapter B of chapter 8 of subtitle A of this title, or the energy crisis intervention program under title XXVI of this Act (relating to low-mcome home energy assistance); (6) prohibit any political activities in accordance with subsection (e); (7) prohibit any activities to provide voters and prospective voters with transportation to the polls or provide similar assistance in connection with an election or any voter registration activity; (8) provide for coordination between antipoverty programs in each community, where appropriate, with emergency energy crisis intervention programs under title XXVI of this Act (relating to low-income home energy assistance) conducted in such community; (9) provide that fiscal control and fund accounting procedures will be established as may be necessary to assure the proper disbursal of and accounting for Federal funds paid to the State under this subtitle, including procedures for monitoring the assistance provided under this subtitle, and provide that at legist every year each State shall prepare, in accordance with subsection (f), an audit of its expenditures of amounts received under this subtitle and amounts transferred to carry out the purposes of this subtitle; and (10) permit and cooperate with Federal investigations undertaken in accordance with section 679. The Secretary may not prescribe the manner in which the States will comply with the provisions of this subsection. (d)(1) In addition to the requirements of subsection (c), the chief executive officer of each State shall prepare and furnish to the Secretary a plan which contains provisions describing how the State will carry out the assurances contained in subsection (c). The chief executive officer of each State may revise any plan prepared under this paragraph and shall furnish the revised plan to the Secretary. (2) Each plan prepared under paragraph (1) shall be made available for public inspection within the State in such a mgmner as will facilitate review of, and comment on, the plan. (e) For purposes of chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code, any nonprofit private organization receiving assistance under this subtitie which has responsibility for planning, developing, and coordinating community antipoverty programs shall be deemed to be a State or local agency. For purposes of clauses (1) and (2) of section 1502(a) of such title, any such organization receiving assistance under this subtitle shall l>ie deemed to be a State or local agency. (f) Each audit required by subsection (c)(9) shall be conducted by an entity independent of any agency administering activities or services carried out under this subtitle and shall be conducted in accordance with genereilly accepted accounting principles. Within 30 days after the completion of each audit, the chief executive officer of the State
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