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B-167694 1 (1978-05-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfzo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: (01 ? / a THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL cECI*;CN OF THE UNITED STATES . WASHINGTON, o.C. SODAS'1 IT FILE: 3 7DATE: My 22, 1978 MATTER OF: Availability of Federal Funds to Pay Local Matching Share In Fede-al Grant Program under Coastal Zone Management Act DIGEST: 1. Federal grant funds received by coastal State under certain sections of Coaetal Zone Management Act (CZMA) cannot be used by State to -ay its required share of andther matching grant program authorized by CZV* since general rule prohibits matching Fed- eral funds with other jFoderal funds unless specifically autharized by statute. No such specific authority is ryes forth anywhere in CZMA. However, State cruld use Federal funds from another source to pay its share of costs under two CZMA grant pro- grams, provid; I statutory source of those funds authorized recipient to use them to pay States matching share of another Federal grant program and provided CZMA grant was consistent with purpose for which other funds were furnished. 2. Statutory prohibition in CZMA is stricter than above stated general rule and prohibits use of Federal matching funds, even if permitted by statutory authorization for such funds, for four specifically designited CZMA grants. Since section 308(c) and 315 grants were no. named in the statutory prohibition, only general rule applies. This decision is in response to a requeet rom the GeIeral Counsel of the Department of Commerce for on ruling on the proper interpretation and application of several -1,rovisicus of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, Pub. L. No.v 92-503, approved October 27, 1972, as amended by Pub. L. No. 93-612, approved January 2, 1975, and by the Coastal Zone Management Act Amendments of 1976, Pub. L. No. 94-370, approvea July 26, 1976. Sections 308(c) and 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), as amended, provide for Federal grants to coastal states with a requirement of matching StaLe shares. Specifically. section 308(c), 16 U.S.C. S 1456(c)(1976), provides: -- 1 - III

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