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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1539. Financial assistance
(a) Processing of applications
Within 12 months after October 29, 1992, the Secretary of
Commerce shall develop and, after notice and opportunity for public
comment, promulgate regulations or guidelines to ensure that a
completed application for a grant, contract, or other financial
assistance under a nondiscretionary assistance program shall be
processed and approved or disapproved within 75 days after
submission of the application to the responsible program office of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(b) Notification of applicant
Not later than 14 days after the date on which the Secretary of
Commerce receives an application for a contract, grant, or other
financial assistance provided under a nondiscretionary assistance
program administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, the Secretary shall indicate in writing to the
applicant whether or not the application is complete and, if not
complete, shall specify the additional material that the applicant
must provide to complete the application.
(c) Exemption
In the case of a program for which the recipient of a grant,
contract, or other financial assistance is specified by statute to
be, or has customarily been, a State or an interstate fishery
commission, such financial assistance may be provided by the
Secretary to that recipient on a sole-source basis, notwithstanding
any other provision of law.
(d) "Nondiscretionary assistance program" defined
In this section, the term "nondiscretionary assistance program"
means any program for providing financial assistance -
(1) under which the amount of funding for, and the intended
recipient of, the financial assistance is specified by Congress;
or
(2) the recipients of which have customarily been a State or an
interstate fishery commission.
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