42 U.S.C. § 3033a — Responsibilities of Assistant Secretary
submitted 26 years ago by Pub. L. 89-73 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 314 words · no verdicts yet
This section makes the Assistant Secretary responsible for grants and contracts under the subchapter and requires annual reports and evaluations. It requires public release of evaluation results and use of those results to improve services and programs.
(a) In general. The Assistant Secretary* is responsible for administering and implementing this subchapter and making its grants and contracts. The Assistant Secretary* may not delegate that authority to another person, agency, or organization.
(b) Report
(1) By January 1 after each fiscal year, the Assistant Secretary must report to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate on each project* and program funded under this subchapter that was completed during that fiscal year.
(2) The report must state* (A) each project or program’s name or descriptive title; (B) the name and address of the individual or government entity that conducted it; (C) when it was conducted; (D) every funding source and the amount from each; (E) what the project or program did and how it operated; and (F) a bibliography of published information about it.
(c) Evaluations
(1) The Assistant Secretary must establish by regulation and carry out a process for evaluating the results of projects and programs under this subchapter.
(2) The Assistant Secretary must (A) make each evaluation’s results public and (B) use the evaluation to improve services and the operation of projects and programs under this chapter, including by analyzing those services, projects, and programs and how the evaluation relates to improvements and to the Administration’s strategic plan.
The Assistant Secretary* shall be responsible for the administration*, implementation, and making of grants and contracts under this subchapter and shall not delegate authority under this subchapter to any other individual, agency, or organization.
Not later than January 1 following each fiscal year, the Assistant Secretary* shall submit, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate, a report for such fiscal year that describes each project* and each program—
for which funds were provided under this subchapter; and
that was completed in the fiscal year for which such report is prepared.
Such report shall contain—
the name or descriptive title of each project or program;
the name and address of the individual or governmental entity that conducted such project or program;
a specification of the period throughout which such project or program was conducted;
the identity of each source of funds expended to carry out such project or program and the amount of funds provided by each such source;
an abstract describing the nature and operation of such project or program; and
a bibliography identifying all published information relating to such project or program.
The Assistant Secretary shall establish by regulation and implement a process to evaluate the results of projects and programs carried out under this subchapter.
The Assistant Secretary shall—
make available to the public the results of each evaluation carried out under paragraph (1); and
use such evaluation to improve services delivered, or the operation of projects and programs carried out, under this chapter, including preparing an analysis of such services, projects, and programs, and of how the evaluation relates to improvements in such services, projects, and programs and in the strategic plan of the Administration.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–73, title IV, § 432, as added Pub. L. 106–501, title IV, § 401, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2266; amended Pub. L. 109–365, title IV, § 410, Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2563.)
- 2000Enacted · Pub. L. 89-73 · 114 Stat. 2266
- 2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-365 · 120 Stat. 2563
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-73 on 2000-11-13.
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