20 U.S.C. § 803 — Matching grants to States

Page 120 TITLE 20—EDUCATION § 803 general capacity in urban affairs and added urban af- fairs to authorized fields of study. 1969—Pub. L. 91–152 substituted provisions author- izing the Secretary to grant fellowships solely on the basis of ability for training in city planning at public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education and establishing the Urban Studies Fellowship Advi- sory Board for provisions authorizing the Secretary to make matching grants to States to assist in programs providing special training in community development and to support local research and setting forth the pro- visions required in any plan submitted to the Secretary in order to obtain grants. The former provisions of this section are now set forth in section 803 of this title with minor amendments. 1968—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 90–448 substituted ‘‘tech- nical, professional, and other persons with the capacity to master and employ such skills’’ for ‘‘technical and professional people’’, and inserted provisions to include employment by a private nonprofit organization which is conducting or has responsibility for housing and community development programs. 1967—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 90–19 substituted ‘‘Sec- retary’’ for ‘‘Administrator’’ wherever appearing. 1965—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 89–117 substituted ‘‘$30,000,000’’ for ‘‘$10,000,000’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TERMINATION OF ADVISORY BOARDS Advisory boards in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to termi- nate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, unless, in the case of a board es- tablished by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such board is renewed by appropriate ac- tion prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a board established by the Congress, its du- ration is otherwise provided for by law. See sections 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 803. Matching grants to States (a) Purposes Subject to the provisions of this chapter and in accordance with regulations prescribed by him, the Secretary may make matching grants to States to assist in— (1) organizing, initiating, developing, or ex- panding programs to provide special training in skills needed for economic and efficient community development to those technical, professional, and other persons with the ca- pacity to master and employ such skills who are, or are training to be, employed by a gov- ernmental or public body which has respon- sibilities for community development, or by a private nonprofit organization which is con- ducting or has responsibility for housing and community development programs; and (2) supporting State and local research that is needed in connection with housing programs and needs, public improvement programing, code problems, efficient land use, urban trans- portation, and similar community develop- ment problems, and collecting, collating, and publishing statistics and information relating to such research. (b) Training in housing management Grants may be made under subsection (a) to support (1) the training of persons, especially persons of low income, in acquiring the skills needed in the management of housing for low- and moderate-income persons, and (2) research and the dissemination of information with re- spect to the problems involved in the manage- ment of housing for low- and moderate-income persons. (c) State plan; required provisions No grants may be made to a State under this section unless the Secretary has approved a plan for the State which— (1) sets forth the proposed use of the funds and the objectives to be accomplished; (2) explains the method by which the re- quired amounts from non-Federal sources will be obtained; (3) provides such fiscal control and fund ac- counting procedures as may be reasonably necessary to assure proper disbursement of, and accounting for, Federal funds paid to the State under this section; (4) designates an officer or agency of the State government who has responsibility and authority for the administration of a state- wide research and training program as the of- ficer or agency with responsibility and author- ity for the execution of the State’s program under this section; and (5) provides that such officer or agency will make such reports to the Secretary, in such form, and containing such information, as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Secretary to perform his duties under this sec- tion. (d) Matching funds from non-Federal sources No grant may be made under this section for any use unless an amount at least equal to such grant is made available from non-Federal sources for the same purpose and for concurrent use. (Pub. L. 88–560, title VIII, § 803, Sept. 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 803; Pub. L. 89–117, title XI, § 1103(b), Aug. 10, 1965, 79 Stat. 503; Pub. L. 91–152, title III, § 307, Dec. 24, 1969, 83 Stat. 393; Pub. L. 91–609, title IX, § 904, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1809.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1970—Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 91–609 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively. 1969—Pub. L. 91–152 substituted provisions author- izing the Secretary to make matching grants to States to assist in programs providing special training in com- munity development and to support State and local re- search, provisions setting forth the required contents of any plan submitted to the Secretary in order to ob- tain grants, and provisions requiring the matching from non-Federal sources of any grant made pursuant to this section, for provisions requiring not more than 10 per centum of the total amount appropriated be used for making grants to any one State. The former provi- sions of this section are now set forth in section 804 of this title with minor amendments. 1965—Pub. L. 89–117 substituted ‘‘appropriated for the purposes of this subchapter’’ for ‘‘authorized to be ap- propriated by section 802(d) of this title’’. § 803a. Project grants and contracts (a) Authorization; purposes; application The Secretary is authorized to make grants to or contracts with institutions of higher edu- cation, or combinations of such institutions, to assist them in planning, developing, strength-