PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.

SEC. 307. PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. Section 303(a)(3) (42 U.S.C. 10402(a)(3)) is amended— (1) by inserting “a 6-month period providing an” before “opportunity”; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: “The Secretary shall provide such notice within 45 days of the date of the application if any of the provisions of paragraph (2) have not been satisfied in such application. If the State has not corrected the deficiencies in such application within the 6-month period following the receipt of the Secretary’s notice of intention to disapprove, the Secretary shall withhold payment of any grant funds to such State until the date that is 30 days prior to the end of the fiscal year for which such grant funds are appropriated or until such time as the State provides documentation that the deficiencies have been corrected, whichever occurs first. State Domestic Violence Coalitions shall be permitted to participate in determining whether a grantee is in compliance with paragraph (2), except that no funds made available to State Domestic Violence Coalitions under section 311 shall be used to challenge a determination as to whether a grantee is in compliance with, or to seek the enforcement of, the eligibility requirements of such paragraph.”.