--- kind: "section" citation: "42 U.S.C. § 3029" title: "42" title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare" number: "3029" heading: "Payments of grants or contracts" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/3029" units: - "Chapter 35 — Programs for Older Americans" - "Subchapter III — Grants for State and Community Programs on Aging" - "Part A — General Provisions" --- # §3029. Payments of grants or contracts - (a) **Advances or reimbursement; installments; assistance in development of State plan—** Payments of grants or contracts under this subchapter may be made (after necessary adjustments resulting from previously made overpayments or underpayments) in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such installments, as the [Assistant Secretary](/usc/42/3002.md?p=7) may determine. From a [State](/usc/42/3002.md?p=51)’s allotment for a fiscal year which is available under [section 3028 of this title](/usc/42/3028.md) the [Assistant Secretary](/usc/42/3002.md?p=7) may pay to a [State](/usc/42/3002.md?p=51) which does not have a [State](/usc/42/3002.md?p=51) plan approved under [section 3027 of this title](/usc/42/3027.md) such amounts as the [Assistant Secretary](/usc/42/3002.md?p=7) deems appropriate for the purpose of assisting such [State](/usc/42/3002.md?p=51) in developing a [State](/usc/42/3002.md?p=51) plan. - (b) **Matching funds; percentage limitation—** - (1) For each fiscal year, not less than 25 percent of the non-Federal share of the total expenditures under the [State](/usc/42/3002.md?p=51) plan which is required by [section 3024(d) of this title](/usc/42/3024.md?p=d) shall be met from funds from [State](/usc/42/3002.md?p=51) or local public sources. - (2) Funds required to meet the non-Federal share required by [section 3024(d)(1)(D) of this title](/usc/42/3024.md?p=d-1-D), in amounts exceeding 10 percent of the cost of the services specified in such [section 3024(d)(1)(D) of this title](/usc/42/3024.md?p=d-1-D), shall be met from [State](/usc/42/3002.md?p=51) sources. - (c) **Reduction of State allotment—** A [State](/usc/42/3002.md?p=51)’s allotment under [section 3024 of this title](/usc/42/3024.md) for a fiscal year shall be reduced by the percentage (if any) by which its expenditures for such year from [State](/usc/42/3002.md?p=51) sources under its [State](/usc/42/3002.md?p=51) plan approved under [section 3027 of this title](/usc/42/3027.md) are less than its average annual expenditures from such sources for the period of 3 fiscal years preceding such year. ## Source credit (Pub. L. 89–73, title III, § 309, as added Pub. L. 95–478, title I, § 103(b), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1532; amended Pub. L. 98–459, title III, § 309, Oct. 9, 1984, 98 Stat. 1779; Pub. L. 100–175, title I, § 139, Nov. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 944; Pub. L. 103–171, § 3(a)(13), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1990; Pub. L. 109–365, title III, § 308, Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2545.) ## Notes ### Editorial Notes ### Prior Provisions A prior section 3029, Pub. L. 89–73, title III, § 309, as added Pub. L. 93–351, § 3, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 357, related to transportation projects, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 95–478. See section 3026 of this title. Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in Pub. L. 89–73, title III, § 307, as added Pub. L. 93–29, title III, § 301, May 3, 1973, 87 Stat. 44, which was classified to section 3027 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 95–478. ### Amendments 2006—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 109–365 substituted “10 percent of the cost of the services specified in such section 3024(d)(1)(D) of this title” for “the non-Federal share required prior to fiscal year 1981”. 1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–171 substituted “Assistant Secretary” for “Commissioner” wherever appearing. 1987—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–175 substituted “its average annual expenditures from such sources for the period of 3 fiscal years preceding such year” for “its expenditures from such sources for the preceding fiscal year”. 1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–459, § 309(a), substituted “as the Commissioner deems appropriate” for “as he deems appropriate”. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 98–459, § 309(b), substituted “section 3024(d)(1)(D)” for “section 3024(d)(1)(B)”. ### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ### Effective Date of 1987 Amendment Amendment by Pub. L. 100–175 effective Oct. 1, 1987, except not applicable with respect to any area plan submitted under section 3026(a) of this title or any State plan submitted under section 3027(a) of this title and approved for any fiscal year beginning before Nov. 29, 1987, see section 701(a), (b) of Pub. L. 100–175, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title. ### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment Amendment by Pub. L. 98–459 effective Oct. 9, 1984, see section 803(a) of Pub. L. 98–459, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title. ### Effective Date Section effective at close of Sept. 30, 1978, see section 504 of Pub. L. 95–478, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 3001 of this title.