16 USC § 7143 - Certification

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s7143"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 7143 - Certification"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "7143"
section_name: "Certification"
chapter_number: 90
chapter_name: "SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "COUNTY FUNDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–393, title III, § 303, as added Pub. L. 110–343, div. C, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3910.)"
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# § 7143. Certification

**(a)** **In general** section 7142(a) of this title

Not later than February 1 of the year after the year in which any county funds were expended by a participating county, the appropriate official of the participating county shall submit to the Secretary concerned a certification that the county funds expended in the applicable year have been used for the uses authorized under , including a description of the amounts expended and the uses for which the amounts were expended.

**(b)** **Review** The Secretary concerned shall review the certifications submitted under subsection (a) as the Secretary concerned determines to be appropriate.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–393, title III, § 303, as added Pub. L. 110–343, div. C, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3910.)

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