1 LAWS OF 95th CONG.—ist SESS. P.L. 95-134 Oct. 15 1976 (90 Stat: 263), and 502(a) (2) of said Covenant shall be applicable to the territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands on the same terms and conditions as such Jaws are applied to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. TITLE V Insular Arcas. 48 USC 1469a. Consolidation of grants. Sec. 501. In order to minimize the burden caused byexisting apphication and reporting procedures for certain grant-in-aid programs available to the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the ‘Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Governinent of the Northern Mariana Islands (hereafter referred to as “Insular Areas”) it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress that: (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any department ov agency of the Government of the United States which administers any Act of Congress which specifically provides for making grants to any Insular Area under which payments received may be used by such Insular Area onlyforcertain specified purposes (other than direct payments to classes of individuals) may, acting through Atlocation of funds. appropriate administrative authoritics of such department or agency, consolidate any or all grants made to such areca for any fiscal year or years. (b) Any consolidated grant for any insular area shall not be less than the sumof all grants which such area would olherwise be-entitled to receive for such year. (c) ‘The funds received under a consolidated grant shall be expended i furtherance of the programs and purposes authorized for any of the grants which are being consolidated, which are authorized under any of the Acts administered by the department or agency Grants-in-aid regulations; publication in Federal Register. making the erant, and which would be applicable to grants for such programs and purposes in the absence of the consolidation, but the Insular Areas shall determine the proportion of the funds granted which shall be allocated to such programs and purposes. (d) Each department or ageney making grants-in-aid shall, by regulations published in the Federal Register, provide the method by which any Insular Area nay submit (1) a single apphcation for a consolidated grant for anyfiscal vear period, bul not more than one such application for a consolidated grant shall be required by, any departinent or agency unless notice of such requirement is transmitted to the appropriate committees of the United States Congress together with a complete explanation of the necessity for requiring such additional applications and (ii) © single report to such department or agency with respect to each such consolidated grant: Provided, That nothing in this paragrapn shall preelude such department or agency from providing adequate procedures for accounting, auditing, evaluat- ing, and reviewing any programs oractivities receiving benefits from any consolidated grant. The administering authority of any department or agency, 1m its diseretion, may (1) waive any requirement for matching funds otherwise required by Jaw to be provided by the Waivers. 91 STAT. 1164 ae STEP RERF IRLpSRCTI OGG PIT NapsMTOT TRNOTE So OT . + \ . me OD JOLT Pug 4! yoo eR ne PeET ‘ TOSS epeeematpart