FEDERAL FUNDING REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

                 This Federal Funding Report is a weekly compilation of items published in the Federal Register which affect Federal domestic assistance programs. No attempt is made to include Federal Register notices not directly related to Grants and Loans programs.  The summary consists of three parts:  (1) Federal Register Summary, (2) Early Warning Grants Report, and (3) Disaster Loan Applications.

 

                Periodically, a Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number will not be listed in the announcement.  There are two (2) basic reasons for this: 1) a CFDA number has been applied for and not yet received, or 2) the CFDA number has not been put in by the agency yet.  Please call the contact person listed in the Federal Register announcement for the correct CFDA number. The new number should appear in the next edition of the CFDA, which is published in June and December of each year.

                                                 

                                               

                PART 1.                 FEDERAL REGISTER SUMMARY

 

(Each week, HIR summarizes information from Federal Register announcements that may significantly affect grants programs.  The Federal Register is available online from GPO Access at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html.)  The House of Representatives' Federal Funding Report contains the following sections:

 

I.                    Availability of Funds - An expansion of the highlights, including synopsis on

              Notice, CFDA, and Federal Register references

 

                                                II.            Notice of Rules - Synopsis of rule-making notices affecting Grants with                                                                 CFDA  and Federal Register References

 

III.          Other Federal Register Notices - For items not falling into the Rules or Availability sections

 

                PART 2.                 EARLY WARNING GRANTS REPORT

 

(Listing of programs for which applications are being especially solicited and which have been mentioned in the Federal Register in recent weeks, listed in order of expiration date).

 

                PART 3.                 DISASTER LOAN APPLICATIONS

 

(Listing of areas for which Disaster Loan Programs are open, those with the most immediate closing dates listed first, those with the most recent disasters at the end.  This part is divided into two sections, reflecting type of loan.)

 

                                                I.             Economic Injury Loans - For business losses

 

II.            Physical Disaster Loans - For repair and replacement of real and

              personal property

 

                                                 

                                               

                 

 

 

 

 

VOLUME   16,     NUMBER   41,   GRANTS AND CONTRACTS INFORMATION SERVICE

HOUSE INFORMATION RESOURCES        WEEK OF: October 09, 2006October 13, 2006 

 

 

 FEDERAL REGISTER SUMMARY

This section contains summaries of those Federal Register entries appearing during the last 2 weeks, which may significantly affect Federal domestic assistance programs.  For detailed information about a specific assistance program, the program can be found in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) by looking it up by its 5-digit program number.  Each summary represents H.I.R.'s interpretation of the major import of an entry and does not reflect the full content of the Federal Register announcement. Consult the Federal Register for the full text of items of interest.

 

I.             AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

 

DEPARTMENT: Small Business Administration           CFDA#: 59.002                        

PROGRAM TITLE: Economic Injury Disaster Loans               

FR Date: 10/10/06                                                                 PAGE: 59579                  DEADLINE: 06/29/07   

CONTACT: Disaster Area 3 Office   (Ft. Worth, Texas)                                                                                         

SUMMARY: Declaration of Economic Injury Disaster #10626 and #10627 for Otero County in the State of New Mexico; and for the following contiguous counties of Chaves, Dona Ana, Eddy, Lincoln, and Sierra, in the State of New Mexico; and Culberson, El Paso, and Hudspeth Counties in the State of Texas, constitute a disaster area due to damage caused by Otero County Flash Flood occurring on June 22, 2006.

 

DEPARTMENT: Small Business Administration           CFDA#: 59.008                        

PROGRAM TITLE: Physical Disaster Loans               

FR Date: 10/10/06                                                                 PAGE: 59579                  DEADLINE: 11/28/06

CONTACT: Disaster Area 3 Office   (Ft. Worth, Texas)                                                                                         

SUMMARY: Declaration of Physical Disaster #10626 and #10627 for Otero County in the State of New Mexico, constitute a disaster area due to damage caused by Otero County Flash Flood occurring on June 22, 2006.

 

DEPARTMENT: Small Business Administration           CFDA#: 59.002                        

PROGRAM TITLE: Economic Injury Disaster Loans               

FR Date: 10/12/06                                                                 PAGE: 60220                  DEADLINE: None  

CONTACT: Disaster Area 3 Office   (Ft. Worth, Texas)                                                                                         

SUMMARY: Declaration of Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (MREIDL) #10634 for The Entire United States and U.S. Territories, for small business employing military reservists may apply for economic injury disaster loans if those employees are called up to active duty during a period of military conflict existing on or after March 24, 1999 and those employees are essential to the success of the small business daily operations.

 

DEPARTMENT: Commerce                                              CFDA#: 11.429                AMOUNT: Not Listed           

PROGRAM TITLE: Marine Sanctuary Program               

FR Date: 10/12/06                                                                 PAGE: 60108                  DEADLINE: 11/30/06   

CONTACT: Becky Shortland                                                                                          TELEPHONE: 912 598-2381             

SUMMARY: Applications are invited for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Availability of Seats for the Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS or Sanctuary) is seeking applicants for the following three vacant seats on its Sanctuary Advisory Council (Council): University education, Living resources research, and Georgia conservation.

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT: Education                                               CFDA#: 84.016A             AMOUNT: $2,555,000          

PROGRAM TITLE: Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program             

FR Date: 10/12/06                                                                 PAGE: 60123                 DEADLINE: 11/17/06   

CONTACT: Christine Corey                                                                                            TELEPHONE: 202 502-7629             

SUMMARY: Applications are invited for Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program; for New Awards, for fiscal year 2007.  The Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) Program provides grants to strengthen and improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign languages. Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov,  on or before the November 17, 2006 deadline date, or in paper format (if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement) by mail or hand delivery, and submit, no later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these exceptions. You may not e-mail and electronic copy of a grant application to us. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline date to begin the application process through Grants.gov.

 

DEPARTMENT: Education                                               CFDA#: 84.153A             AMOUNT: $2,195,000           

PROGRAM TITLE: Business and International Education Projects              

FR Date: 10/11/06                                                                 PAGE: 59749                 DEADLINE: 11/21/06   

CONTACT: Ms. Tanyelle Richardson                                                                           TELEPHONE: 202 502-7626              

SUMMARY: Applications are invited for Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Business and International Education Program; for New Awards, for fiscal year 2007.  The Business and International Education program provides grants to enhance international business education programs and to expand the capacity of the business community to engage in international economic activities.  Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov, or in paper format (if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement) by mail or hand delivery, on or before the November 21, 2006 deadline date. You may not e-mail and electronic copy of a grant application to us. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline date to begin the application process through Grants.gov.

 

DEPARTMENT: Health and Human Services               CFDA#: 93.210                AMOUNT: $240,000           

PROGRAM TITLE: Tribal Self-Governance Program: Planning and Negotiation Cooperative Agreements and IHS Compacts/Funding Agreements                

FR Date: 10/13/06                                                                 PAGE: 60545                  DEADLINE: 11/16/06   

CONTACT: Jolene Aguilar or Tena Larney  (Programmatic Issues)                        TELEPHONE: 301 443-7821

CONTACT: Denise Clark  (Grants Management & Fiscal Issues)                            TELEPHONE: 301 443-5204              

SUMMARY: Applications are invited for Indian Health Service; Tribal Self-Governance Program (TSGP); Negotiation Cooperative Agreement; New Funding Cycle for Fiscal Year 2007. Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2007-IHS-TSGP-0002. The TSGP is designed to promote self-determination by allowing Tribes to assume more control of the Indian Health Service (IHS) programs and services through compacts negotiated with the IHS.  Under the new IHS requirements, paper applications are not the preferred method. It is recommended that applicants submit their applications in electronic submission through Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov, on or before November 16, 2006. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a cooperative agreement application to us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT: Health and Human Services               CFDA#: 93.210                AMOUNT: $600,000           

PROGRAM TITLE: Tribal Self-Governance Program: Planning and Negotiation Cooperative Agreements and IHS Compacts/Funding Agreements                

FR Date: 10/13/06                                                                 PAGE: 60549                  DEADLINE: 11/16/06   

CONTACT: Jolene Aguilar or Tena Larney  (Programmatic Issues)                        TELEPHONE: 301 443-7821

CONTACT: Denise Clark  (Grants Management & Fiscal Issues)                            TELEPHONE: 301 443-5204              

SUMMARY: Applications are invited for Indian Health Service; Tribal Self-Governance Program (TSGP); Planning Cooperative Agreement; New Funding Cycle for Fiscal Year 2007. Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2007-IHS-TSGP-0001. The TSGP is designed to promote self-determination by allowing Tribes to assume more control of the Indian Health Service (IHS) programs and services through compacts negotiated with the IHS.  Under the new IHS requirements, paper applications are not the preferred method. It is recommended that applicants submit their applications in electronic submission through Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov, on or before November 16, 2006. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a cooperative agreement application to us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II.    NOTICE OF RULES

 

DEPARTMENT: Agriculture                                                                           CFDA#: 10.450          

PROGRAM TITLE: Crop Insurance                             

FR Date: 10/13/06                                                                                              PAGE: 60439

CONTACT: William Kleim                                                                              TELEPHONE: 816 926-7730          

SUMMARY: Proposed rule regarding Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC); Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Florida Citrus Fruit Crop Insurance Provisions.  FCIC proposes to replace the provisions currently found at 7 CFR 457.107 with a new Florida Citrus Fruit Crop Insurance Provisions. The intended effect of this actions is to provide policy changes, and clarify existing policy provisions to better meet the needs of insureds  and to restrict the effect of the current Florida Citrus Fruit Crop Insurance provisions to the 2007 and prior crop years.

 

DEPARTMENT: Commerce                                                                           CFDA#: 11.429           

PROGRAM TITLE: Marine Sanctuary Program                       

FR Date: 10/12/06                                                                                              PAGE: 60055

CONTACT: Greg McFall                                                                                  TELEPHONE: 912 598-2345          

SUMMARY: Final rule regarding National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary Regulations. NOAA is issuing a final revised management plan and revised regulations for the  

Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS or Sanctuary). The revised regulations prohibit anchoring in the sanctuary, restrict all fishing, except that conducted by rod and reel, handline, or spearfishing gear without powerheads, and requires all other forms of fishing gear to be stowed and not available for immediate use when a vessel with such gear is in the sanctuary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT: Homeland Security                                                            CFDA#: 97.022         

PROGRAM TITLE: Flood Insurance                            

FR Date: 10/10/06                                                                                              PAGE: 59398

CONTACT: William R. Blanton, Jr.                                                                TELEPHONE: 202 646-3151        

SUMMARY: Final rule regarding Final Flood Elevation Determinations for various locations in City of Parkston, Hutchinson County in the State of South Dakota; and various locations in Adams County in the State of Colorado.

 

DEPARTMENT: Homeland Security                                                            CFDA#: 97.022         

PROGRAM TITLE: Flood Insurance                            

FR Date: 10/10/06                                                                                              PAGE: 59385

CONTACT: William R. Blanton, Jr.                                                                TELEPHONE: 202 646-3151 

SUMMARY: Interim rule regarding Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations for various locations and various counties in the following States of North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III.   OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL REGISTER HIGHLIGHTS (NOTICES)

 

DEPARTMENT: Housing and Urban Development                                                  CFDA#: 14.514                     

PROGRAM TITLE: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities       

FR Date: 10/11/06                                                                                                             PAGE: 59806

CONTACT: Susan Brunson                                                                          TELEPHONE: 202 708-3061, Ext. 3852              

SUMMARY: Notice regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research. Announcement of Funding Awards; Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities Program; for Fiscal Year 2006. The purpose of this document is to announce the names, addresses and the amount awarded to the winners to be used to help Hispanic-Serving Institutions of higher education to expand their role and effectiveness in addressing community development needs in their localities, consistent with the purposes of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 as amended.   

 

DEPARTMENT: Housing and Urban Development                                                  CFDA#: 14.519                     

PROGRAM TITLE: Tribal Colleges and Universities Program       

FR Date: 10/12/06                                                                                                             PAGE: 60163

CONTACT: Susan Brunson                                                                          TELEPHONE: 202 708-3061, Ext. 3852              

SUMMARY: Notice regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research. Announcement of Funding Awards; Tribal Colleges and Universities Program; for Fiscal Year 2006. The purpose of this document is to announce the names, addresses of the award winners and the amount of the awards which are to be used to enable tribal colleges and universities to build, expand, renovate, and equip their own facilities, especially those that are available to and used by the larger community.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT: Housing and Urban Development                                                  CFDA#: 14.520                     

PROGRAM TITLE: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program     

FR Date: 10/11/06                                                                                                             PAGE: 59807

CONTACT: Susan Brunson                                                                          TELEPHONE: 202 708-3061, Ext. 3852              

SUMMARY: Notice regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research. Announcement of Funding Awards; Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program; for Fiscal Year 2006.

The purposed of this document is to announce the names, addresses and the amount awarded to the winners to be used to help Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) expand their role and effectiveness in addressing community development needs in their localities, consistent with the purpose of HUD’s Community Development Block Grant program (CDBG).

 

DEPARTMENT: Transportation                                                                                    CFDA#: 20.205                   

PROGRAM TITLE: Highway Planning and Construction       

FR Date: 10/12/06                                                                                                             PAGE: 60228

CONTACT: Mark Schrader, Env. & Right-of-Way Engineer, FHWA    TELEPHONE: 701 250-4343, Ext. 111 

CONTACT: Blane Hoesel, Local Government, North Dakota DOT       TELEPHONE: 701 328-3482            

SUMMARY: Notice regarding Federal Highway Administration; issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for a proposed roadway project by either upgrading and/or new construction to a proposed river crossing over the Little Missouri River in Billings County, North Dakota.

 

DEPARTMENT: Transportation                                                                                    CFDA#: 20.205                   

PROGRAM TITLE: Highway Planning and Construction       

FR Date: 10/13/06                                                                                                             PAGE: 60604

CONTACT: Michael La Pietra, Environmental Realty Manager, FHWA              TELEPHONE: 515 233-7302,

CONTACT: James P. Rost, Director, Iowa Department of Transportation            TELEPHONE: 515 239-1798

SUMMARY: Notice regarding Federal Highway Administration and Iowa Department of Transportation are issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for a proposed roadway project in Polk County, Iowa. The planned EIS will evaluate potential transportation improvement alternatives for serving northwest Des Moines and its neighboring communities between IA 415 and Euclid Avenue.

 

DEPARTMENT: Health and Human Services                                                            CFDA#: 93.773                   

PROGRAM TITLE: Medicare – Hospital Insurance       

FR Date: 10/11/06                                                                                                             PAGE: 59886  

CONTACT: Valerie Miller  (Wage Index Issues)                                                          TELEPHONE: 410 786-4535

CONTACT: Brian Slater  (Geographic Reclassification Issues)                                TELEPHONE: 410 786-5229 CONTACT: Marc Hartstein  (All Other Issues)                                                                                               TELEPHONE: 410 786-4548             

SUMMARY: Notice regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2007 Rates: Final Fiscal Year 2007 Wage Indices and Payment Rates After Application of Revised Occupational Mix Adjustment to Wage Index. This notice contains tables listing the final occupational mix adjusted wage indices, hospital reclassifications, payment rates, impacts, and other related tables as a result of the application of the occupational mix adjustment to 100 percent of the wage index effective for fiscal year 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT: Health and Human Services                                                            CFDA#: 93.774                  

PROGRAM TITLE: Medicare – Supplementary Medical Insurance

FR Date: 10/11/06                                                                                                             PAGE: 59886  

CONTACT: Valerie Miller  (Wage Index Issues)                                                          TELEPHONE: 410 786-4535

CONTACT: Brian Slater  (Geographic Reclassification Issues)                                TELEPHONE: 410 786-5229 CONTACT: Marc Hartstein  (All Other Issues)                                                                                               TELEPHONE: 410 786-4548             

SUMMARY: Notice regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2007 Rates: Final Fiscal Year 2007 Wage Indices and Payment Rates After Application of Revised Occupational Mix Adjustment to Wage Index. This notice contains tables listing the final occupational mix adjusted wage indices, hospital reclassifications, payment rates, impacts, and other related tables as a result of the application of the occupational mix adjustment to 100 percent of the wage index effective for fiscal year 2007.

 

DEPARTMENT: Homeland Security                                                                            CFDA#: 97.036                    

PROGRAM TITLE: Public Assistance Grants        

FR Date: 10/10/06                                                                                                             PAGE: 59513

CONTACT: James A. Walke                                                                                           TELEPHONE: 202 646-3834                

SUMMARY: Notice regarding Federal Emergency Management Agency; Notice of Adjustment of Countywide Per Capita Impact Indicator, under the Public Assistance program for disasters declared on or after October 1, 2006, will be increased.

 

DEPARTMENT: Homeland Security                                                                            CFDA#: 97.036                    

PROGRAM TITLE: Public Assistance Grants        

FR Date: 10/10/06                                                                                                             PAGE: 59513

CONTACT: James A. Walke                                                                                           TELEPHONE: 202 646-3834               

SUMMARY: Notice regarding Federal Emergency Management Agency; Notice of Adjustment of Disaster Grant Amounts; an increase of the maximum amount for Small Projects Grants to State and local governments and private nonprofit facilities for disasters declared on or after October 1, 2006.

 

DEPARTMENT: Homeland Security                                                                            CFDA#: 97.036                    

PROGRAM TITLE: Public Assistance Grants        

FR Date: 10/10/06                                                                                                             PAGE: 59514

CONTACT: James A. Walke                                                                                           TELEPHONE: 202 646-3834                

SUMMARY: Notice regarding Federal Emergency Management Agency; Notice of Adjustment of Statewide Per Capita Impact Indicator, under the Public Assistance program for disasters declared on or after October 1, 2006, will be increased.

 

DEPARTMENT: Homeland Security                                                                            CFDA#: 97.048                   

PROGRAM TITLE: Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households - Housing       

FR Date: 10/10/06                                                                                                             PAGE: 59514 

CONTACT: Berl Jones                                                                                                      TELEPHONE: 202 646-4235              

SUMMARY: Notice regarding Federal Emergency Management Agency; Notice of Maximum Amount of Assistance under the Individuals and Households Program, Notice of Maximum Amount of Repair Assistance, and Notice of Maximum Amount of Replacement Assistance, program for emergencies and major disasters declared on or after October 1, 2006.  

 

DEPARTMENT: Homeland Security                                                                            CFDA#: 97.049                   

PROGRAM TITLE: Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households – Disaster Housing Operations      

FR Date: 10/10/06                                                                                                             PAGE: 59514 

CONTACT: Berl Jones                                                                                                      TELEPHONE: 202 646-4235              

SUMMARY: Notice regarding Federal Emergency Management Agency; Notice of Maximum Amount of Assistance under the Individuals and Households Program, Notice of Maximum Amount of Repair Assistance, and Notice of Maximum Amount of Replacement Assistance, program for emergencies and major disasters declared on or after October 1, 2006. 

 

DEPARTMENT: Homeland Security                                                                            CFDA#: 97.050                    

PROGRAM TITLE: Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households – Other Needs      

FR Date: 10/10/06                                                                                                             PAGE: 59514 

CONTACT: Berl Jones                                                                                                      TELEPHONE: 202 646-4235              

SUMMARY: Notice regarding Federal Emergency Management Agency; Notice of Maximum Amount of Assistance under the Individuals and Households Program, Notice of Maximum Amount of Repair Assistance, and Notice of Maximum Amount of Replacement Assistance, program for emergencies and major disasters declared on or after October 1, 2006. 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARLY WARNING GRANTS REPORT

 

                                                                                              

 Below are deadlines for the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Programs that have appeared in the Federal Register in the past several weeks.

 

DEADLINE              CFDA NUMBER                                             PROGRAM TITLE

 

11/16/06                               93.210                                   Tribal Self-Governance Program (Negotiation Cooperative)

11/16/06                               93.210                                   Tribal Self-Governance Program (Planning Cooperative)

11/17/06                               84.016A                                                Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language

11/21/06                               84.153A                                                Business and International Education Projects

11/30/06                               11.429                                   Marine Sanctuary Program  (Gray’s Reef National Marine)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISASTER LOANS

               

59.002   ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOANS                                 CLOSING DATE:

                                 

                                 

                New Mexico – various counties                                                                        06/29/07

                Texas – various counties                                                                                   06/29/07

 

 

 

               

 

59.008   PHYSICAL DISASTER LOANS                                                                    CLOSING DATE:             

                                                                                                                 

   

              New Mexico – Otero county                                                                               11/28/06