Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 2.djvu/480

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116 STAT. 1262 PUBLIC LAW 107-217—AUG. 21, 2002 to, or supplementation of, salary, for services on the Commission from a source other than the state, local, or intergovernmental department or agency from which the individual was detailed or from the Commission. (3) CRIMINAL PENALTY.— An individual violating this subsection shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. (c) FEDERAL COCHAIRMAN, ALTERNATE TO FEDERAL COCHAIRMAN, AND FEDERAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.— The Federal Cochairman, the alternate to the Federal Cochairman, and any federal officer or employee detailed to duty with the Commission under section 14306(a)(3) of this title are not subject to this section but remain subject to sections 202-209 of title 18. (d) RESCISSION.— The Commission may declare void and rescind any contract, loan, or grant of or by the Commission in relation to which it finds that there has been a violation of subsection (a)(1) or (b) of this section or any of the provisions of sections 202-209 of title 18. § 14310. Annual report Not later than six months after the close of each fiscal year, the Appalachian Regional Commission shall prepare and submit to the Governor of each State in the Appalachian region and to the President, for transmittal to Congress, a report on the activities carried out under this subtitle during the fiscal year. SUBCHAPTER II—FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE § 14321. Grants and other assistance (a) AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE GRANTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Appalachian Regional Commission may make grants— (A) for administrative expenses, including the development of areawide plans or action programs and technical assistance activities, of local development districts, but— (i) the amount of a grant shall not exceed 50 percent of administrative expenses or, at the discretion of the Commission, 75 percent of administrative expenses if the grant is to a local development district that has a charter or authority that includes the economic development of a county or part of a county for which a distressed county designation is in effect under section 14526 of this title; (ii) grants for administrative expenses shall not be made for a state agency certified as a local development district for a period of more than three years beginning on the date the initial grant is made for the development district; and (iii) the local development district contributions for administrative expenses may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including space, equipment, and services; (B) for assistance to States for a period of not more than two years to strengthen the state development planning process for the Appalachian region and the coordination of state planning under this subtitle, the Public Works