--- kind: "section" citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300x–30" title: "42" title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare" number: "300x–30" heading: "Maintenance of effort regarding State expenditures" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/300x-30" units: - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service" - "Subchapter XVII — Block Grants" - "Part B — Block Grants Regarding Mental Health and Substance Use" - "Subpart ii — block grants for substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services" --- # §300x–30. Maintenance of effort regarding State expenditures - (a) **In general—** With respect to the principal [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) of a [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) for carrying out [authorized activities](/usc/42/300x–34.md?p=1), a [funding agreement](/usc/42/300x–8.md?p=2) for a grant under [section 300x–21 of this title](/usc/42/300x–21.md) for the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) for a fiscal year is that such [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) will for such year maintain aggregate [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) expenditures for [authorized activities](/usc/42/300x–34.md?p=1) at a level that is not less than the average level of such expenditures maintained by the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) for the 2-year period preceding the fiscal year for which the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) is applying for the grant. - (b) **Exclusion of certain funds—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may exclude from the aggregate [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) expenditures under [subsection (a)](#a), funds appropriated to the principle [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) for [authorized activities](/usc/42/300x–34.md?p=1) which are of a non-recurring nature and for a specific purpose. - (c) **Waiver—** - (1) **In general—** Upon the request of a [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f), the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may waive all or part of the requirement established in [subsection (a)](#a) if the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) determines that extraordinary economic conditions exist in the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f), or any part of the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f), to justify the waiver. - (2) **Date certain for acting upon request—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) shall approve or deny a request for a waiver under [paragraph (1)](#c-1) not later than 120 days after the date on which the request is made. - (3) **Applicability of waiver—** Any waiver provided by the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) under [paragraph (1)](#c-1) shall be applicable only to the fiscal year involved. - (d) **Noncompliance by State—** - (1) **In general—** In making a grant under [section 300x–21 of this title](/usc/42/300x–21.md) to a [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) for a fiscal year, the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) shall make a determination of whether, for the previous fiscal year, the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) maintained material compliance with any agreement made under [subsection (a)](#a). If the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) determines that a [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) has failed to maintain such compliance, the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) shall reduce the amount of the allotment under [section 300x–21 of this title](/usc/42/300x–21.md) for the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) for the fiscal year for which the grant is being made by an amount equal to the amount constituting such failure for the previous fiscal year. - (2) **Submission of information to Secretary—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may make a grant under [section 300x–21 of this title](/usc/42/300x–21.md) for a fiscal year only if the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) involved submits to the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) information sufficient for the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) to make the determination required in [paragraph (1)](#d-1). - (3) **Alternative—** A [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) that has failed to comply with this section and would otherwise be subject to a reduction in the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f)’s allotment under [section 300x–21 of this title](/usc/42/300x–21.md), may, upon request by the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f), in lieu of having the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f)’s allotment under [section 300x–21 of this title](/usc/42/300x–21.md) reduced, agree to comply with a negotiated agreement that is approved by the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) and carried out in accordance with guidelines issued by the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c). If a [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) fails to enter into or comply with a negotiated agreement, the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may take action under this paragraph or the terms of the negotiated agreement. ## Source credit (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1930, as added Pub. L. 102–321, title II, § 202, July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 397; amended Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXIII, § 3303(c), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1210; Pub. L. 114–255, div. B, title VIII, § 8002(g), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1230.) ## Notes ### Editorial Notes ### Prior Provisions A prior section 1930 of act July 1, 1944, was classified to section 300y–9 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–280. ### Amendments 2016—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 114–255, § 8002(g)(1), substituted “exist in the State, or any part of the State, to justify the waiver” for “in the State justify the waiver”. Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 114–255, § 8002(g)(2), added par. (3). 2000—Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 106–310 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively.