1206.4—Sanctions.
(a)
The Administrators shall not apportion any funds under 23 U.S.C. 402 to any State which is not implementing a highway safety program.
(b)
If the Administrators have apportioned funds to a State and subsequently determine that the State is not implementing a highway safety program, the Administrators shall reduce the funds apportioned under 23 U.S.C. 402 to the State by amounts equal to not less than 50 per centum, until such time as the Administrators determine that the State is implementing a highway safety program.
(c)
The Administrators shall consider the gravity of the State's failure to implement a highway safety program in determining the amount of the reduction.
(d)
If the Administrators determine that a State has begun implementing a highway safety program before the end of the fiscal year for which the funds were withheld, they shall promptly apportion to the State the funds withheld from its apportionment.
(e)
If the Administrators determine that the State did not correct its failure before the end of the fiscal year for which the funds were withheld, the Administrators shall reapportion the withheld funds to the other States, in accordance with the formula specified in 23 U.S.C. 402(c), not later than 30 days after such determination.