congressional review of grant-in-aid programs

congressional review of grant-in-aid programs Sec. 601. (a) Where any Act of Congress authorizes the making of grants-in-aid and no expiration date for such authority has been specified by law, then prior to the expiration of each period specified in subsection (b) the Committees of the Senate and the House having legislative jurisdiction over such grants-in-aid shall, separately or jointly, conduct studies of the program under which such grants-in-aid are made and advise their respective Houses of the results of their findings with special attention to— (1) The extent to which the purposes for which the grants-in-aid are authorized have been met; (2) The extent to which the objectives of such programs can be carried on without further financial assistance from the United States; (3) Whether or not any changes in purpose, direction or administration of the original program, or in procedures and requirements applicable thereto, shall be made; and (4) The extent to which such grant-in-aid programs are adequate to meet the growing and changing needs which they were designed to support. (b) (1) A study of a grant-in-aid program to which subsection (a) applies and which is authorized by an Act of Congress enacted before the date of enactment of this Act shall be conducted prior to the expiration of the fourth calendar year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and thereafter prior to the expiration of the fourth calendar year following the year during which a study of such program was last conducted under this paragraph. (2) A study of a grant-in-aid program to which subsection (a) applies and which is authorized by an Act of Congress enacted after the date of enactment, of this Act shall be conducted prior to the 82 Stat. 1107expiration of the fourth calendar year following the year of enactment of such Act, and prior to the expiration of each fourth calendar year thereafter.