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[CITE: 42USC2996g]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 34--ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
 
                SUBCHAPTER X--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
 
Sec. 2996g. Records and reports


(a) Authority to require reports

    The Corporation is authorized to require such reports as it deems 
necessary from any grantee, contractor, or person or entity receiving 
financial assistance under this subchapter regarding activities carried 
out pursuant to this subchapter.

(b) Authority to require recordkeeping; access to records

    The Corporation is authorized to prescribe the keeping of records 
with respect to funds provided by grant or contract and shall have 
access to such records at all reasonable times for the purpose of 
insuring compliance with the grant or contract or the terms and 
conditions upon which financial assistance was provided.

(c) Annual report to President and Congress; contents

    The Corporation shall publish an annual report which shall be filed 
by the Corporation with the President and the Congress. Such report 
shall include a description of services provided pursuant to section 
2996f(a)(2)(C)(i) and (ii) of this title.

(d) Copies and retention of reports

    Copies of all reports pertinent to the evaluation, inspection, or 
monitoring of any grantee, contractor, or person or entity receiving 
financial assistance under this subchapter shall be submitted on a 
timely basis to such grantee, contractor, or person or entity, and shall 
be maintained in the principal office of the Corporation for a period of 
at least five years subsequent to such evaluation, inspection, or 
monitoring. Such reports shall be available for public inspection during 
regular business hours, and copies shall be furnished, upon request, to 
interested parties upon payment of such reasonable fees as the 
Corporation may establish.

(e) Publication in Federal Register of rules, regulations, guidelines 
        and instructions

    The Corporation shall afford notice and reasonable opportunity for 
comment to interested parties prior to issuing rules, regulations, and 
guidelines, and it shall publish in the Federal Register at least 30 
days prior to their effective date all its rules, regulations, 
guidelines, and instructions.

(Pub. L. 88-452, title X, Sec. 1008, as added Pub. L. 93-355, Sec. 2, 
July 25, 1974, 88 Stat. 386; amended Pub. L. 95-222, Sec. 9(b)(2), Dec. 
28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1621.)


                               Amendments

    1977--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-222 inserted provisions setting forth 
required contents of annual report.


                    Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-222 effective Dec. 28, 1977, see section 
17(b) of Pub. L. 95-222, set out as a note under section 2996 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2996h of this title.
