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[CITE: 42USC6735]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                   CHAPTER 80--PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYMENT
 
                 SUBCHAPTER II--ANTIRECESSION PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 6735. Program studies and recommendations; evaluation; 
        countercyclical study
        
    (a) The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an 
investigation of the impact which emergency support grants have on the 
operations of State and local governments and on the national economy. 
Before and during the course of such investigation the Comptroller 
General shall consult with and coordinate his activities with the 
Congressional Budget Office and the Advisory Commission on 
Intergovernmental Relations. The Comptroller General shall report the 
results of such investigation to the Congress within one year after July 
22, 1976, together with an evaluation of the macroeconomic effect of the 
program established under this subchapter and any recommendations for 
improving the effectiveness of similar programs. All officers and 
employees of the United States shall make available all information, 
reports, data, and any other material necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this subsection to the Comptroller General upon a 
reasonable request.
    (b) The Congressional Budget Office and the Advisory Commission on 
Intergovernmental Relations shall conduct a study to determine the most 
effective means by which the Federal Government can stabilize the 
national economy during periods of rapid economic growth and high 
inflation through programs directed toward State and local governments. 
Such study shall include a comparison of the effectiveness of 
alternative factors for triggering and measuring the extent of the 
fiscal coordination problem addressed by this program, and the effect of 
the recession on State and local expenditures. Before and during the 
course of such study, the Congressional Budget Office and the Advisory 
Commission shall consult with and coordinate their activities with the 
Comptroller General of the United States. The Congressional Budget 
Office and the Advisory Commission shall report the results of such 
study to Congress within two years after July 22, 1976. Such study shall 
include the opinions of the Comptroller General with respect to such 
study.
    (c) The Secretary shall, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Commerce, conduct an investigation of--
        (1) the extent to which allocations of funds provided under this 
    chapter might be more precisely related to true economic conditions 
    by the use of data on aggregate declines in private real wages and 
    salaries;
        (2) the extent to which other factors, such as relative tax 
    effort, should also be made part of the allocation system provided 
    by this chapter; and
        (3) the availability and reliability of data concerning Puerto 
    Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust 
    Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the extent to which such 
    territories may properly be made part of the regular allocation 
    system applicable to the several States.

The results of such investigation shall be submitted to the Congress not 
later than March 1, 1978, in order that such results may be available 
during congressional consideration of any extension of this chapter 
beyond the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978.

(Pub. L. 94-369, title II, Sec. 215, July 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 1010; Pub. 
L. 95-30, title VI, Sec. 606, May 23, 1977, 91 Stat. 167.)


                               Amendments

    1977--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-30 added subsec. (c).

          Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

    For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note 
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular 
Possessions.
