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[CITE: 42USC4368]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 55--NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 4368. Grants to qualified citizens groups

    (1) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Environmental 
Protection Agency, for grants to qualified citizens groups in States and 
regions, $3,000,000.
    (2) Grants under this section may be made for the purpose of 
supporting and encouraging participation by qualified citizens groups in 
determining how scientific, technological, and social trends and changes 
affect the future environment and quality of life of an area, and for 
setting goals and identifying measures for improvement.
    (3) The term ``qualified citizens group'' shall mean a nonprofit 
organization of citizens having an area based focus, which is not 
single-issue oriented and which can demonstrate a prior record of 
interest and involvement in goal-setting and research concerned with 
improving the quality of life, including plans to identify, protect and 
enhance significant natural and cultural resources and the environment.
    (4) A citizens group shall be eligible for assistance only if 
certified by the Governor in consultation with the State legislature as 
a bonafide organization entitled to receive Federal assistance to pursue 
the aims of this program. The group shall further demonstrate its 
capacity to employ usefully the funds for the purposes of this program 
and its broad-based representative nature.
    (5) After an initial application for assistance under this section 
has been approved, the Administrator may make grants on an annual basis, 
on condition that the Governor recertify the group and that the 
applicant submits to the Administrator annually--
        (A) an evaluation of the progress made during the previous year 
    in meeting the objectives for which the grant was made;
        (B) a description of any changes in the objectives of the 
    activities; and
        (C) a description of the proposed activities for the succeeding 
    one year period.

    (6) A grant made under this program shall not exceed 75 per centum 
of the estimated cost of the project or program for which the grant is 
made, and no group shall receive more than $50,000 in any one year.
    (7) No financial assistance provided under this section shall be 
used to support lobbying or litigation by any recipient group.

(Pub. L. 95-477, Sec. 3(d), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1509.)

                       References in Text

    This section, referred to in par. (5), means section 3 of Pub. L. 
95-477, in its entirety, subsec. (d) of which enacted this section, 
subsecs. (a) and (b) of which were not classified to the Code, and 
subsec. (c) of which is set out as a note under section 4366 of this 
title.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Environmental Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1979, and not as 
part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises 
this chapter.
