[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR96.84]



[Page 517-518]

 

                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 96_BLOCK GRANTS--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart H_Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program

 

Sec.  96.84  Miscellaneous.



    (a) Rights and responsibilities of territories. Except as otherwise 

provided, a territory eligible for funds shall have the same rights and 

responsibilities as a State.

    (b) Applicability of assurances. The assurances in section 2605(b) 

of Public Law 97-35 (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)), as amended, pertain to all 

forms of assistance provided by the grantee, with the exception of 

assurance 15, which applies to heating, cooling, and energy crisis 

intervention assistance.



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    (c) Prevention of waste, fraud, and abuse. Grantees must establish 

appropriate systems and procedures to prevent, detect, and correct 

waste, fraud, and abuse in activities funded under the low-income home 

energy assistance program. The systems and procedures are to address 

possible waste, fraud, and abuse by clients, vendors, and administering 

agencies.

    (d) End of transfer authority. Beginning with funds appropriated for 

FY 1994, grantees may not transfer any funds pursuant to section 2604(f) 

of Public Law 97-35 (42 U.S.C. 8623(f)) that are payable to them under 

the LIHEAP program to the block grant programs specified in section 

2604(f).



[57 FR 1978, Jan. 16, 1992, as amended at 64 FR 55858, Oct. 15, 1999]