---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1331.5"
title: "45"
number: "1331.5"
heading: "Limitations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1331.5"
---

# §1331.5. Limitations.

- (a) **Use of grants.** Except as specified in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, and in the terms and conditions in the notice of grant award, a State that receives a grant under this subpart may use the grant for any reasonable expenses for planning, developing, implementing and/or operating the program for which the grant is made as described in the solicitation for application for the grant.
- (b) **Maintenance of effort.** A State that receives a grant to supplement an existing program (that is, an existing program enhancement grant)—
  - (1) Must not use the grant to supplant funds for activities that were conducted immediately preceding the date of the initial award of a grant made under this subpart and funded through other sources (including in-kind contributions).
  - (2) Must maintain the activities of the program at least at the level that those activities were conducted immediately preceding the initial award of a grant made under this subpart.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1395b-4.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 5918, Feb. 4, 2016, unless otherwise noted.