[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR285.5]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 285_PROVISION OF A NUTRITION ASSISTANCE GRANT FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF 
 
Sec.  285.5  Failure to comply.

    (a) Grant funds may be withheld in whole or in part, or denied if 
there is a substantial failure by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 
comply with the requirements of Sec.  285.4, or to bring into compliance 
a plan of operation disapproved by FNS, or to comply with program 
requirements detailed in the plan of operation approved for that fiscal 
year. (For example, funds shall be paid to the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico to cover only the costs of the part or parts of the plan of 
operation receiving FNS approval. Withheld payments shall be paid when 
the unapproved

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part(s) of the plan are modified and approved.) FNS shall notify the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that further payments shall not be made 
until FNS is satisfied that there will no longer be any such failure to 
comply.
    (b) Upon a finding of a substantial failure to comply with the 
requirements of Sec.  285.4 or the plan of operation, FNS may, in 
addition to or in lieu of actions taken in accordance with paragraph (a) 
of this section, refer the matter to the Attorney General with a request 
that injunctive relief be sought from the appropriate district court of 
the United States to require compliance with these regulations by the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

[Amdt. 209, 47 FR 32409, July 27, 1982. Redesignated by Amdt. 371, 61 FR 
60013, Nov. 26, 1996]

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