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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
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[CITE: 42USC4722]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
             CHAPTER 62--INTERGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL PROGRAM
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--STRENGTHENING STATE AND LOCAL PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 4722. State government and statewide programs and grants


(a) Amount of grants; executive certification; systems of personnel 
        administration: innovation and diversity in design, execution, 
        and management

    The Office of Personnel Management (hereinafter referred to as the 
``Office'') is authorized to make grants to a State for up to 75 per 
centum (or, with respect to fiscal years commencing after the expiration 
of three years following the effective date of the grant provisions of 
this chapter, for up to 50 per centum) of the costs of developing and 
carrying out programs or projects, on the certification of the Governor 
of that State that the programs or projects contained within the State's 
application are consistent with the applicable principles set forth in 
clauses (1)-(6) of the third paragraph of section 4701 of this title, to 
strengthen personnel administration in that State government or in local 
governments of that State. The authority provided by this section shall 
be employed in such a manner as to encourage innovation and allow for 
diversity on the part of State and local governments in the design, 
execution, and management of their own systems of personnel 
administration.

(b) Application; time of making; information; terms and conditions; 
        personnel administration improvement

    An application for a grant shall be made at such time or times, and 
contain such information, as the Office may prescribe. The Office may 
make a grant under subsection (a) of this section only if the 
application therefor--
        (1) provides for designation, by the Governor or chief executive 
    authority, of the State office that will have primary authority and 
    responsibility for the development and administration of the 
    approved program or project at the State level;
        (2) provides for the establishment of merit personnel 
    administration where appropriate and the further improvement of 
    existing systems based on merit principles;
        (3) provides for specific personnel administration improvement 
    needs of the State government and, to the extent appropriate, of the 
    local governments in that State, including State personnel 
    administration services for local governments;
        (4) provides assurance that the making of a Federal Government 
    grant will not result in a reduction in relevant State or local 
    government expenditures or the substitution of Federal funds for 
    State or local funds previously made available for these purposes; 
    and
        (5) sets forth clear and practicable actions for the improvement 
    of particular aspects of personnel administration such as--
            (A) establishment of statewide personnel systems of general 
        or special functional coverage to meet the needs of urban, 
        suburban, or rural governmental jurisdictions that are not able 
        to provide sound career services, opportunities for advancement, 
        adequate retirement and leave systems, and other career 
        inducements to well-qualified professional, administrative, and 
        technical personnel;
            (B) making State grants to local governments to strengthen 
        their staffs by improving their personnel administration;
            (C) assessment of State and local government needs for 
        professional, administrative, and technical manpower, and the 
        initiation of timely and appropriate action to meet such needs;
            (D) strengthening one or more major areas of personnel 
        administration, such as recruitment and selection, training and 
        development, and pay administration;
            (E) undertaking research and demonstration projects to 
        develop and apply better personnel administration techniques, 
        including both projects conducted by State and local government 
        staffs and projects conducted by colleges or universities or 
        other appropriate nonprofit organizations under grants or 
        contracts;
            (F) strengthening the recruitment, selection, assignment, 
        and development of handicapped persons, women, and members of 
        disadvantaged groups whose capacities are not being utilized 
        fully;
            (G) training programs related directly to upgrading within 
        the agency for nonprofessional employees who show promise of 
        developing a capacity for assuming professional responsibility;
            (H) achieving the most effective use of scarce professional, 
        administrative, and technical manpower; and
            (I) increasing intergovernmental cooperation in personnel 
        administration, with respect to such matters as recruiting, 
        examining, pay studies, training, education, personnel 
        interchange, manpower utilization, and fringe benefits.

(Pub. L. 91-648, title II, Sec. 202, Jan. 5, 1971, 84 Stat. 1911; 1978 
Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 102, eff. Jan. 1, 1979, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 
3783.)

                       References in Text

    For effective date of the grant provisions of this chapter, referred 
to in subsec. (a), as being 180 days after Jan. 5, 1971, see section 
4772 of this title.
    This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original ``this 
Act'', meaning Pub. L. 91-648, Jan. 5, 1971, 84 Stat. 1909, as amended, 
known as the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970, which enacted this 
chapter and sections 3371 to 3376 of Title 5, Government Organization 
and Employees, amended section 246(f) of this title, section 1304 of 
Title 5, repealed sections 1881 to 1888 of Title 7, Agriculture, and 
section 869b of Title 20, Education, and enacted provisions set out as 
notes under section 3371 of Title 5. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out section 4701 of this title 
and Tables.

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Office of Personnel Management'' and ``Office'' substituted in 
text for ``United States Civil Service Commission'' and ``Commission'', 
respectively, pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1978, Sec. 102, 43 F.R. 
36037, 92 Stat. 3783, set out under section 1101 of Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees, which transferred all functions vested by 
statute in United States Civil Service Commission and Chairman thereof 
to Director of Office of Personnel Management (except as otherwise 
specified), effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section 1-102 of Ex. 
Ord. No. 12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, set out under section 1101 
of Title 5.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 4723, 4728 of this title.
