---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 205.22"
title: "31"
number: "205.22"
heading: "How are accurate clearance patterns maintained?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/205.22"
---

# §205.22. How are accurate clearance patterns maintained?

- (a) If a State has knowledge, at any time, that a clearance pattern no longer reflects a Federal assistance program's actual clearance activity, or if a Federal assistance program undergoes operational changes that may affect clearance activity, the State must notify us, develop a new clearance pattern, and certify that the new pattern corresponds to the Federal assistance program's clearance activity. Clearance patterns will remain in effect until a new clearance pattern is certified.
- (b) An authorized State official must certify that a clearance pattern corresponds to the clearance activity of the Federal assistance program to which it is applied. An authorized State official must re-certify the accuracy of a clearance pattern at least every five years. If a State develops a clearance pattern for a bank account or a specific type of payment, or on another basis, as set forth in [§ 205.21](/cfr/31/205.21.md), we may prescribe other requirements for re-certifying the accuracy of the clearance pattern. A State can begin to use a new clearance pattern on the date the new clearance pattern is certified.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321, 3332, 3335, 6501, 6503.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 31885, May 10, 2002, unless otherwise noted.