[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: 45CFR96.84]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           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]