Collapse to view only § 395. Assistance for demonstration projects
§ 395. Assistance for demonstration projects
(a) Authorization for grants and contracts
(b) Application approval
The Secretary may approve an application submitted under subsection (a) if he determines that—
(1) the project for which application is made will demonstrate innovative methods or techniques of utilizing nonbroadcast telecommunications equipment or facilities to satisfy the purpose of this subpart;
(2) demonstrations and related activities assisted under this subpart will remain under the administration and control of the applicant;
(3) the applicant has the managerial and technical capability to carry out the project for which the application is made; and
(4) the facilities and equipment acquired or developed pursuant to the application will be used substantially for the transmission, distribution, and delivery of health, education, or public or social service information.
(c) Contract with applicant
(d) Use of funds
(e) “Nonbroadcast telecommunications facilities” defined
(f) Funding
(g) Summary and evaluation
(h) Recordkeeping requirements; accessibility
(1) Each recipient of assistance under this subpart shall keep such records as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Secretary to carry out the Secretary’s functions under this subpart, including records which fully disclose the amount and the disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such assistance is given or used, the amount and nature of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit.
(2) The Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purposes of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of the recipient that are pertinent to assistance received under this subpart.
(i) Rules and regulations
(j) Assistance
(k) Authorization of appropriations
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 395, as added Pub. L. 95–567, title II, § 201, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2409.)