Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part C · Chapter 152 — Energy Independence and Security
§ 17157. Review and evaluation
Statutory text
In general
The Secretary may review and evaluate the performance of any eligible entity that receives a grant under the program, including by conducting an audit, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
Withholding of funds
The Secretary may withhold from an eligible entity any portion of a grant to be provided to the eligible entity under the program if the Secretary determines that the eligible entity has failed to achieve compliance with—
any applicable guideline or regulation of the Secretary relating to the program, including the misuse or misappropriation of funds provided under the program; or
the energy efficiency and conservation strategy of the eligible entity.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
Pub. L. 110–140 title V § 547 · 121 Stat. 1492
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 17157
(Pub. L. 110–140, title V, § 547, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1674.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 110–140, title V, § 547, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1674.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 547. REVIEW AND EVALUATION. (a) In General.— The Secretary may review and evaluate the performance of any eligible entity that receives a grant under the program, including by conducting an audit, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. (b) Withholding of Funds.— The Secretary may withhold from an eligible entity any portion of a grant to be provided to the eligible entity under the program if the Secretary determines that the eligible entity has failed to achieve compliance with— (1) any applicable guideline or regulation of the Secretary relating to the program, including the misuse or misappropriation of funds provided under the program; or (2) the energy efficiency and conservation strategy of the eligible entity.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on the date that is 1 day after , see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.