[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR96.14]

[Page 491-492]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 96_BLOCK GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B_General Procedures
 
Sec. 96.14  Time period for obligation and expenditure of grant funds.

    (a) Obligations. Amounts unobligated by the State at the end of the 
fiscal year in which they were first allotted shall remain available for 
obligation during the succeeding fiscal year for all block grants 
except:
    (1) Primary care. Amounts are available only if the Secretary 
determines that the State acted in accordance with section 1926(a)(1) of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300y-5(a)(1)) and there is good 
cause for funds remaining unobligated.
    (2) Low-income home energy assistance. Regular LIHEAP block grant 
funds authorized under section 2602(b) of Public Law 97-35 (42 U.S.C. 
8621(b)) are available only in accordance with section 2607(b)(2)(B) of 
Public Law 97-35 (42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(2)(B)), as follows. From allotments 
for fiscal year 1982 through fiscal year 1984, a maximum of 25 percent 
may be held available for the next

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fiscal year. From allotments for fiscal year 1985 through fiscal year 
1990, a maximum of 15 percent of the amount payable to a grantee and not 
transferred to another block grant according to section 2604(f) of 
Public Law 97-35 (42 U.S.C. 8623(f)) may be held available for the next 
fiscal year. From allotments for fiscal year 1991 through fiscal year 
1993, a maximum of 10 percent of the amount payable to a grantee and not 
transferred to another block grant according to section 2604(f) of 
Public Law 97-35 (42 U.S.C. 8623(f)) may be held available for the next 
fiscal year. Beginning with allotments for fiscal year 1994, a maximum 
of 10 percent of the amount payable to a grantee may be held available 
for the next fiscal year. No funds may be obligated after the end of the 
fiscal year following the fiscal year for which they were allotted.
    (b) Expenditure. No limitations exist on the time for expenditure of 
block grant funds, except those imposed by statute with respect to the 
community services, maternal and child health services, and social 
services block grants.

[47 FR 29486, July 6, 1982; 47 FR 43062, Sept. 30, 1982, as amended at 
52 FR 37965, Oct. 13, 1987; 60 FR 21357, May 1, 1995]