31 U.S.C. § 6703 Qualification For Payment

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31]
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 31 U.S.C. § 6703

(a) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary shall issue regulations establishing procedures under which eligible units of general local government are required to provide notice to the Secretary of the units' proposed use of assistance under this chapter. Subject to subsection (c), the assistance provided shall be used, in amounts determined by the unit, for activities under, or for activities that are substantially similar to an activity under, 1 or more of the following programs and the notice shall identify 1 or more of the following programs for each such use:

(1) The Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program under section 5122 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

(2) The National Youth Sports Program under section 682 of the Community Services Block Grant Act ( Public Law 97-35) as amended by section 205, Public Law 103-252.

(3) The Gang Resistance Education and Training Program under the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, and for other purposes", approved November 5, 1990 ( Public Law 101-509).

(4) Programs under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

(5) Programs under subtitle C of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.), as amended.

(6) Programs under the School to Work Opportunities Act ( Public Law 103-239).

(7) Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention programs authorized under title V or XIX of the Public Health Services Act ( 43 U.S.C. 201 et seq.).¹

(8) Programs under the Head Start Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.).

(9) Programs under part A or B of chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

(10) The TRIO programs under part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.).

(11) Programs under the National Literacy Act of 1991.

(12) Programs under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.).

(13) The demonstration partnership programs including the community initiative targeted to minority youth under section 203 ¹ of the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1994 ( Public Law 103-252).

(14) The runaway and homeless youth program and the transitional living program for homeless youth under title III of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act ( Public Law 102-586).

(15) After-school activities for school aged children under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9858 ¹ et seq.).

(16) The community-based family resource programs under section 401 ¹ of the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1994 ( Public Law 103-252).

(17) The family violence programs under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Amendments of 1984.

(18) Job training programs administered by the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Defense, or the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(b) NOTICE TO AGENCY.-Upon receipt of notice under subsection (a) from an eligible unit of general local government, the Secretary shall notify the head of the appropriate Federal agency for each program listed in subsection (a) that is identified in the notice as a program under which an activity will be conducted with assistance under this chapter. The notification shall state that the unit has elected to use some or all of its assistance under this chapter for activities under that program. The head of a Federal agency that receives such a notification shall ensure that such use is in compliance with the laws and regulations applicable to that program, except that any requirement to provide matching funds shall not apply to that use.

(c) ALTERNATIVE USES OF FUNDS.-

(1) ALTERNATIVE USES AUTHORIZED.-In lieu of, or in addition to, use for an activity described in subsection (a) and notice for that use under subsection (a), an eligible unit of general local government may use assistance under this chapter, and shall provide notice of that use to the Secretary under subsection (a), for any other activity that is consistent with 1 or more of the purposes described in section 6701(a)(2).