34 USC 20307 - Accountability

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

§ 20307.

Accountability

(a)

In general

All grants awarded by the Administrator under this subchapter shall be subject to the following accountability provisions:

(1)

Audit requirement

(A)

Definition

(B)

Audit

(C)

Mandatory exclusion

(D)

Priority

(E)

Reimbursement

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 Administrator shall—

(i)

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

(ii)

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

(2)

Nonprofit organization requirements

(A)

Definition

(B)

Prohibition

(C)

Disclosure

(3)

Conference expenditures

(A)

Limitation

(B)

Written approval

(C)

Report

(b)

Reporting

Not later than March 1 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report that—

(1)

summarizes the efforts of the Administrator to monitor and evaluate the regional children’s advocacy program activities under section 20303(d) of this title;

(2)

describes—

(A)

the method by which amounts are allocated to grantees and subgrantees under this subchapter, including to local children’s advocacy centers, State chapters, and regional children’s advocacy program centers; and

(B)

steps the Attorney General has taken to minimize duplication and overlap in the awarding of amounts under this subchapter; and

(3)

analyzes the extent to which both rural and urban populations are served under the regional children’s advocacy program.

(Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 214C, as added Pub. L. 113–163, § 2(b), Aug. 8, 2014, 128 Stat. 1864; amended Pub. L. 115–424, § 2(g), Jan. 7, 2019, 132 Stat. 5469.)

cite as: 34 USC 20307