34 USC 11296 - Oversight and accountability

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 07, 2024

§ 11296.

Oversight and accountability

All grants awarded by the Department of Justice that are authorized under this subchapter shall be subject to the following:

(1)

Audit requirement

(2)

Mandatory exclusion

(3)

Repayment of grant funds

If an entity is awarded grant funds under this subchapter during the 2-fiscal-year period in which the entity is barred from receiving grants under paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall—

(A)

deposit an amount equal to the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and

(B)

seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds.

(4)

Defined term

(5)

Nonprofit organization requirements

(A)

Definition

(B)

Prohibition

(C)

Disclosure

(6)

Conference expenditures

(A)

Limitation

(B)

Written approval

(C)

Report

(7)

Prohibition on lobbying activity

(A)

In general

Amounts authorized to be appropriated under this subchapter may not be utilized by any grant recipient to—

(i)

lobby any representative of the Department of Justice regarding the award of any grant funding; or

(ii)

lobby any representative of a Federal, State, local, or tribal government regarding the award of grant funding.

(B)

Penalty

If the Attorney General determines that any recipient of a grant under this subchapter has violated subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall—

(i)

require the grant recipient to repay the grant in full; and

(ii)

prohibit the grant recipient from receiving another grant under this subchapter for not less than 5 years.

(C)

Clarification

(Pub. L. 93–415, title IV, § 408, formerly § 407, as added Pub. L. 113–38, § 4, Sept. 30, 2013, 127 Stat. 529; renumbered § 408, Pub. L. 115–267, § 2(e)(1), Oct. 11, 2018, 132 Stat. 3760, and Pub. L. 115–393, title II, § 202(e)(1), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5271; amended Pub. L. 115–267, § 3(b), Oct. 11, 2018, 132 Stat. 3760.)

cite as: 34 USC 11296