42 U.S.C. § 10710 — Records and reports

(a) Reports The Institute is authorized to require that reports as it deems necessary from any recipient with respect to activities carried out pursuant to this chapter. (b) Records The Institute is authorized to prescribe the keeping of records with respect to funds provided by any grant, cooperative agreement, or contract under this chapter and must have access to that records at all reasonable times for the purpose of ensuring compliance with that grant, cooperative agreement, or contract or the terms and conditions upon which financial assistance was provided. (c) Submission of copies of reports to recipients; maintenance in principal office of Institute; availability for public inspection; furnishing of copies to interested parties Copies of all reports pertinent to the evaluation, inspection, or monitoring of any recipient must be submitted on a timely basis to that recipient, and must be maintained in the principal office of the Institute for a period of at least five years after that evaluation, inspection, or monitoring. Such reports must be available for public inspection during regular business hours, and copies must be furnished, upon request, to interested parties upon payment of that reasonable fees as the Institute may establish. (d) Funds accounted for and reported as receipts and disbursements separate and distinct from Federal funds Non-Federal funds received by the Institute, and funds received for projects funded in part by the Institute or by any recipient from a source other than the Institute, must be accounted for and reported as receipts and disbursements separate and distinct from Federal funds.