34 USC 60505 - Audit and accountability of grantees

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 60505.

Audit and accountability of grantees

(a)

Definitions

In this section—

(1)

the term “covered grant program” means grants awarded under section 60511, 60521, or 60531 of this title, as amended by this title; 1

 See References in Text note below.

(2)

the term “covered grantee” means a recipient of a grant from a covered grant program;

(3)

the term “nonprofit”, when used with respect to an organization, means an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of title 26, and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such title; and

(4)

the term “unresolved audit finding” means an audit report finding in a final audit report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that a covered grantee has used grant funds awarded to that grantee under a covered grant program for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved during a 12-month period prior to the date on which the final audit report is issued.

(b)

Audit requirement

(c)

Mandatory exclusion

(d)

Reimbursement

If a covered grantee is awarded funds under the covered grant program from which it received a grant award during the 1-fiscal-year period during which the covered grantee is ineligible for an allocation of grant funds under subsection (c), the Attorney General shall—

(1)

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

(2)

seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the Fund from the covered grantee that was improperly awarded the grant funds.

(e)

Priority of grant awards

(f)

Nonprofit requirements

(1)

Prohibition

(2)

Disclosure

(g)

Prohibition on lobbying activity

(1)

In general

Amounts made available under a covered grant program may not be used by any covered grantee to—

(A)

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

(B)

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

(2)

Penalty

If the Attorney General determines that a covered grantee has violated paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall—

(A)

require the covered grantee to repay the grant in full; and

(B)

prohibit the covered grantee from receiving a grant under the covered grant program from which it received a grant award during at least the 5-year period beginning on the date of such violation.

(Pub. L. 115–391, title V, § 503, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5232.)

cite as: 34 USC 60505