34 U.S.C. § 20110 — Administrative provisions

(a) Authority of Director to establish rules and regulations. The Director can establish whatever rules, regulations, guidelines, and procedures are necessary to carry out any of the Director's duties under this subchapter. (b) Recordkeeping. Anyone who gets money under this subchapter must keep the records the Director requires — including records fully showing the amount and use of the money, the total cost of the project it funds, the portion of that cost covered by other sources, and any other records needed to allow an effective audit. (c) Access of Director to books and records for purpose of audit and examination. The Director can access, for audits and examinations, any books, documents, papers, and records of a recipient that, in the Director's opinion, may relate to how the recipient spent the money. (d) Revealing research or statistical information; prohibition; immunity from legal proceedings; permission; admission of information as evidence. Except as another federal law allows, no federal officer or employee, and no recipient of money under this subchapter, can use or reveal research or statistical information provided under this subchapter by any person, if that information is identifiable to a specific private person, for any purpose other than what it was obtained for under this subchapter. That information, and any copy of it, is immune from legal process, and can't be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in a judicial, legislative, or administrative proceeding without the consent of the person who provided it. (e) Discrimination prohibited. No one can be excluded from participating in, denied the benefits of, subjected to discrimination under, or denied employment connected to, any project funded even partly with money made available under this subchapter, because of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, or sex. (f) Failure to comply with provisions; notice and hearing; power of Director. If, after reasonable notice and a hearing on the record, the Director finds a state has failed to substantially comply with this subchapter, or with a rule, regulation, guideline, or procedure issued under it, or with an application submitted under it or another applicable law, the Director must: (1) end payments to that state; (2) suspend payments until the Director is satisfied the noncompliance has stopped; or (3) take other action the Director considers appropriate. (g) Report. The Director must report to the President and Congress on December 31, 1990, and every two years after that on June 30, about the revenue from each source described in section 20101 of this title and how effective the activities funded under this subchapter have been. The Director can include legislative recommendations to improve this subchapter in that report. (h) Maintenance of effort. Any entity getting money under this subchapter for administrative purposes must certify that the money won't replace state or local funds, but will instead increase the amount of such funds that would otherwise be available for these purposes.