34 USC 20704 - Grant accountability

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 26, 2024

§ 20704.

Grant accountability

(a)

Definition

(b)

Accountability

All covered grants shall be subject to the following accountability provisions:

(1)

Audit requirement

(A)

In general

(B)

Definition

(C)

Mandatory exclusion

(D)

Priority

(E)

Reimbursement

If an entity is awarded a covered grant during the 2-fiscal-year period in which the entity is barred from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), the Attorney General 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

(D)

Annual certification

Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after May 29, 2015, the Attorney General shall submit, to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, an annual certification that—

(i)

all audits issued by the Office of the Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;

(ii)

all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued;

(iii)

all reimbursements required under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and

(iv)

includes a list of any grant recipients excluded under paragraph (1) from the previous year.

(4)

Prohibition on lobbying activity

(A)

In general

Amounts awarded under this title,¹ or any amendments made by this title,¹ may not be utilized by any grant recipient to—

(i)

lobby any representative of the Department of Justice regarding the award of 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 covered grant 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 covered grant for not less than 5 years.

(Pub. L. 114–22, title I, § 117, May 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 245.)

cite as: 34 USC 20704