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[CITE: 42USC5776]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 72--JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
 
                     SUBCHAPTER IV--MISSING CHILDREN
 
Sec. 5776. Criteria for grants


(a) Establishment of priorities and criteria; publication in Federal 
        Register

    In carrying out the programs authorized by this subchapter, the 
Administrator shall establish--
        (1) annual research, demonstration, and service program 
    priorities for making grants and contracts pursuant to section 5775 
    of this title; and
        (2) criteria based on merit for making such grants and 
    contracts.

Not less than 60 days before establishing such priorities and criteria, 
the Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register for public 
comment a statement of such proposed priorities and criteria.

(b) Competitive selection process for grant or contract exceeding 
        $50,000

    No grant or contract exceeding $50,000 shall be made under this 
subchapter unless the grantee or contractor has been selected by a 
competitive process which includes public announcement of the 
availability of funds for such grant or contract, general criteria for 
the selection of recipients or contractors, and a description of the 
application process and application review process.

(c) Multiple grants or contracts to same grantee or contractor

    Multiple grants or contracts to the same grantee or contractor 
within any 1 year to support activities having the same general purpose 
shall be deemed to be a single grant for the purpose of this subsection, 
but multiple grants or contracts to the same grantee or contractor to 
support clearly distinct activities shall be considered separate grants 
or contractors.\1\
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``contracts.''
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(Pub. L. 93-415, title IV, Sec. 406, formerly Sec. 407, as added Pub. L. 
98-473, title II, Sec. 660, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2129; renumbered 
Sec. 406 and amended Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Secs. 7288, 7290, Nov. 
18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4461.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 406 of Pub. L. 93-415 was renumbered section 405 and 
is classified to section 5775 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7290(b), which purported to make 
technical amendment to reference to section 5775 of this title to 
reflect renumbering of corresponding section of original act, could not 
be executed to text because of general amendment of section by Pub. L. 
100-690, Sec. 7288, see below.
    Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7288, amended section generally. Prior to 
amendment, section read as follows: ``The Administrator, in consultation 
with the Advisory Board, shall establish annual research, demonstration, 
and service program priorities for making grants and contracts pursuant 
to section 5775 of this title and, not less than 60 days before 
establishing such priorities, shall publish in the Federal Register for 
public comment a statement of such proposed priorities.''


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-690 effective Oct. 1, 1988, see section 
7296(a) of Pub. L. 100-690, set out as a note under section 5601 of this 
title.
