CFR > Title 45 - Public Welfare > SUBTITLE A—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (parts 1 to 100) > PART 96—BLOCK GRANTS > SUBPART H—Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program (§96.80 to §96.89) > 96.81—Carryover and reallotment.

96.81—Carryover and reallotment.

(a) Scope. Pursuant to section 2607(b) of Public Law 97-35 (42 U.S.C. 8626(b) ), this section concerns procedures relating to carryover and reallotment of regular LIHEAP block grant funds authorized under section 2602(b) of Public Law 97-35 (42 U.S.C. 8621(b) ).
(b) Required carryover and reallotment report. Each grantee must submit a report to the Department by August 1 of each year, containing the information in paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(4) of this section. The Department shall make no payment to a grantee for a fiscal year unless the grantee has complied with this paragraph with respect to the prior fiscal year.
(1) The amount of funds that the grantee requests to hold available for obligation in the next (following) fiscal year, not to exceed 10 percent of the funds payable to the grantee;
(2) A statement of the reasons that this amount to remain available will not be used in the fiscal year for which it was allotted;
(3) A description of the types of assistance to be provided with the amount held available; and
(4) The amount of funds, if any, to be subject to reallotment.
(c) Conditions for reallotment. If the total amount available for reallotment for a fiscal year is less than $25,000, the Department will not reallot such amount. If the total amount available for reallotment for a fiscal year is $25,000 or more, the Department will reallot such amount, except that the Department will not award less than $25 in reallotted funds to a grantee.
[64 FR 55858, Oct. 15, 1999]