42 USC Ch. 113: Front Matter
From Title 42-THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARECHAPTER 113-STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE
CHAPTER 113-STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE
Sec.
10701.
Definitions.
10702.
Establishment of Institute; duties.
(a)
Establishment; purpose; incorporation; powers.
(b)
Duties.
(c)
Duplication of functions; responsibility of State agencies.
(d)
Maintenance of offices in State of incorporation; agent for receipt of service of process.
(e)
Tax status of Institute and programs assisted thereby.
(f)
Rules, regulations, etc.; notice and comment.
10703.
Board of Directors.
(a)
Appointment and membership.
(b)
Term of office.
(c)
Reappointment.
(d)
Compensation; reimbursement for expenses.
(e)
Status of members of Board as officers and employees of United States.
(f)
Voting rights of Board members; quorum; action of Board on concurrence of majority.
(g)
Chairman; initial selection and term of office; subsequent annual election.
(h)
Grounds for removal of members.
(i)
Quarterly meetings of Board; special meetings.
(j)
Open meetings.
(k)
Duties and functions of Board.
10704.
Officers and employees.
(a)
Duties of Director; appointment and removal of employees; political tests or qualifications prohibited.
(b)
Compensation.
(c)
Status of Institute as department, agency, or instrumentality of Federal Government; authority of Office of Management and Budget.
(d)
Status of officers and employees of Institute as officers and employees of United States.
(e)
Freedom of information requirements.
10705.
Grants and contracts.
(a)
Authority of Institute; purposes of grants.
(b)
Priority in making awards; alternative recipients; approval of applications; receipt and administration of funds; accountability.
(c)
Permissible uses of funds.
(d)
Matching fund requirements.
(e)
Compliance monitoring and evaluation by Institute.
(f)
Independent study of financial and technical assistance programs.
10706.
Limitations on grants and contracts.
(a)
Duties of Institute.
(b)
Use of funds for training programs for advocacy of nonjudicial public policies or encouraging nonjudicial political activities.
(c)
Authority coextensive with appropriation Acts.
(d)
Prohibited uses of funds.
10707.
Restrictions on activities of Institute.
(a)
Litigation; interference with independence of State judiciary; funding of State judicial system activities other than pursuant to this chapter; legislative lobbying.
(b)
Issuance of shares of stock; declaration of dividends; compensation for services; reimbursement for expenses; political activities.
(c)
Identification of Institute with political activities.
10708.
Administrative provisions.
10709.
Presidential coordination.
10710.
Records and reports.
(a)
Reports.
(b)
Records.
(c)
Submission of copies of reports to recipients; maintenance in principal office of Institute; availability for public inspection; furnishing of copies to interested parties.
(d)
Funds accounted for and reported as receipts and disbursements separate and distinct from Federal funds.
10711.
Audits.
(a)
Time and place of audits; standards; availability of books, accounts, facilities, etc., to auditors; filing of report and availability for public inspection.
(b)
Additional audits; requirements; reports and recommendations to Congress and Attorney General.
(c)
Annual audits by Institute or recipients; reports; submission of copies to Comptroller General; inspection of books, accounts, etc.; availability of audit reports for public inspection.
10712.
Report by Attorney General.
10713.
Authorization of appropriations.