of law unless consented to by all parties. 3. Safeguards regarding State appointment of an emergency financial manager (a) Reduction of Byrne-JAG funds The Attorney General may withhold 5 percent of the funds that would otherwise be allocated to a State under the program under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.) for the fiscal year following any fiscal year in which an emergency financial manager is appointed by that State or continues in a previous appointment and— (1) the chief legal officer or other appropriate State official does not, by the date of the appointment and every 18 months thereafter while the appointment remains in effect, submit to the Attorney General a certification that— (A) such appointment does not have the purpose nor will it have the effect of denying, abridging, or diluting the right to vote on account of race or color