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Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program-RFP
[Federal Register: May 10, 2001 (Volume 66,
Number 91)]
[Notices]
[Page 24037-24042]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service
Alaska Native-Serving and Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions
Education Grants Program for Fiscal Year
2001; Request for Proposals
and Request for Stakeholder Input
AGENCY: Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service,USDA.
ACTION: Notice of request for proposals and
request for stakeholder
input.
SUMMARY: The Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension
Service (CSREES) is announcing the Alaska
Native-Serving and Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education
Grants Program for Fiscal Year
(FY) 2001. Proposals are hereby requested
from eligible institutions as
identified herein for consideration of grant
awards.
By this notice, CSREES
also requests stakeholder input from any
interested party regarding the FY 2001
Alaska Native-Serving and Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education
Grants Program Request for
Proposals (RFP) for use in development of
any future RFPs for this
program.
DATES: Proposals must be received on or
before 5:00 P.M. July 6, 2001.
Proposals received after this date will not
be considered for funding.
Comments regarding this
RFP are invited for six months from the
issuance of this notice. Comments received
after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Hand-delivered proposals (brought
in person by the applicant
or through a courier service) must be
delivered to the following
address: Alaska Native-Serving and Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions
Education Grants Program; `` Proposal
Services Unit; Office of
Extramural Programs; Cooperative State
Research, Education, and
Extension Service; U.S. Department of
Agriculture; Room 1307,
Waterfront Centre; 800 9th Street S.W.;
Washington, D.C. 20024. The
telephone number is (202) 401-5048.
Proposals transmitted via a
facsimile (fax) machine or via e-mail will
not be accepted.
Proposals submitted
through the U.S. Postal Service should be sent
to the following address: Alaska
Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education Grants
Program; `` Proposal Services
Unit; Office of Extramural Programs;
Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service; U.S.
Department of Agriculture; STOP
2245; 1400 Independence Avenue S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20250-2245.
Written stakeholder
comments should be submitted by mail to: Policy
and Program Liaison Staff; Office of
Extramural Programs; USDA-CSREES;
STOP 2299; 1400 Independence Avenue S.W.;
Washington, D.C. 20250-2299;
or via e-mail to: RFP-OEP@reeusda.gov. (This
e-mail address is intended
only for receiving stakeholder comments
regarding this RFP, and not for
requesting information or forms.) In your
comments, please state that
your are responding to the FY 2001 Alaska
Native-Serving and Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education
Grants Program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Jeffrey
L. Gilmore, Higher
Education Programs; Cooperative State
Research, Education, and
Extension Service; U.S. Department of
Agriculture; STOP 2251; 1400
Independence Avenue S.W.; Washington, D.C.
20250-2251; telephone: (202)
720-1973; e-mail: jgilmore@reeusda.gov
.
Stakeholder Input: CSREES
is requesting comments regarding this
solicitation of applications from any
interested party. In your
comments, please include the name of the
program and the fiscal year
RFP to which you are responding. These
comments will be considered in
the development of the next RFP for the
program. Such comments will be
used in meeting the requirements of section
103(c)(2) of the
Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Education Reform Act of 1998, 7
U.S.C. 7613(c). Comments should be submitted
as provided in the
``Addresses'' and ``Dates'' portions of this
Notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
A. Legislative Authority
B. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
C. Purpose of the Program
D. Eligible Institutions
E. Demonstration or Certification of
Eligibility
F. Available Funds
G. Scope of Activities to be Funded
H. Proposal Submission Limitations
I. Project Duration
J. Matching Requirements
K. Number and Size of Awards
L. Indirect Costs
M. Types of Proposals
N. Maximum Number of Grants or Sub-Grants
Per Institution
O. Proposal Evaluation
P. How to Obtain Application Materials
Q. What to Submit
R. Number of Copies to Submit
S. Where and When to Submit
T. Acknowledgment of Proposals
U. Intent to Submit a Proposal
V. Other Federal Statutes and Applicable
Regulations
A. Legislative Authority
Authority for this
program is contained in section 759 of Public
Law 106-78, the FY 2000 ``Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act'' (7 U.S.C.
3242). In the FY 2001 ``Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act'' (Pub. L. 106-387), Congress appropriated $3,000,000 for a
program of noncompetitive
grants, to be awarded on an equal basis, to
Alaska Native-Serving and
Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions to
carry out higher education
programs in the food and agricultural
sciences.
B. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
This program is listed in
the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance under No. 10.228, Alaska
Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education Grants
Program.
C. Purpose of the Program
Grants will be made to
eligible institutions for the purpose of
promoting and strengthening the ability of
Alaska Native-Serving
Institutions and Native Hawaiian-Serving
Institutions to carry out
higher education programs in the food and
agricultural sciences. Projects funded by this program in FY 2001
must be aimed at persons
enrolled in or teaching at an institution of
higher education. Grant
funds also may be used for other education
programs that have a direct
and explicit connection to higher education,
such as recruitment,
mentoring, and support programs for
under-represented students at the
high school level in order to enhance
education equity and prepare them
for advanced study at the collegiate level
and for careers related to
the food, agricultural, and natural resource
systems of the United
States.
The use of grant funds to
plan, acquire, or construct a building or
facility is not allowed under this program.
With prior approval, and in
accordance with the cost principles set
forth in OMB Circular No. A-21,
some grant funds may be used for minor
alterations, renovations, or
repairs deemed necessary to retrofit
existing teaching spaces in order
to carry out a funded project. However,
requests to use grant funds for
such purposes must demonstrate that such
expenditures are essential to
achieving the major purpose for which the
grant request is made.
Note that in FY 2001,
research and community development projects
will not be supported.
D. Eligible Institutions
Only public or private,
nonprofit Alaska Native-Serving and Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions of higher
education that meet the
definitions of Alaska Native-Serving
Institution or Native Hawaiian-Serving Institution established in Title
III, Part A of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C.
section 1059d.) are
eligible institutions under this program.
Only individual institutions,
including independent branch campuses, may
apply for grant awards under this program. A higher education system,
foundation, or district may
not apply on behalf of individual
institutions. An ``independent branch
campus'' means a unit of a 2-year or 4-year
institution of higher
education that is geographically apart from
the main campus, is
permanent in nature, offers courses for
credit and programs leading to
an associate or bachelor's degree, and is
autonomous to the extent that
it has its own faculty and administrative or
supervisory organization
and its own budgetary and hiring authority.
E. Demonstration or Certification of
Eligibility
At the time of
application, each institution will be required to
demonstrate or certify that it is an
eligible institution under this
program.
If an institution has
received a ``Designation as an Eligible
Institution'' letter for FY 2001 funding
under the Title III, Part A,
Alaska Native-Serving Institutions Program
or the Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program from the U.S.
Department of Education, the
institution may submit a copy of the letter
along with its application
to satisfy the demonstration of eligibility
requirement.
If an institution
currently has a Title III, Part A grant from the
U.S. Department of Education that does not
end prior to September 30,
2001, the institution may submit a copy of
the ``Notice of Award''
letter for that grant along with its
application to satisfy the
demonstration of eligibility requirement.
Otherwise, an institution
must submit a letter, signed by the
institution's ``authorized organizational
representative'' (AOR)
certifying that it meets the requirements of
an Alaska Native-Serving
Institution or Native Hawaiian-Serving
Institution as defined in the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20
U.S.C. 1059d.). The
institution's AOR is defined to mean the
president, or chief executive
officer or other designated official of the
applicant organization, who
has the authority to commit the resources of
the organization. The AOR
must certify that:
(1) The institution, or
parent institution in the case of an
independent branch campus, is legally
authorized by the State in which
it is located to provide an educational
program for which it awards an
associate's or bachelor's degree, or that it
is a junior or community
college;
(2) The institution, or
parent institution in the case of an
independent branch campus, is accredited by
a nationally recognized
accrediting agency or association determined
by the Secretary of
Education to be a reliable authority as to
the quality of training
offered, or making reasonable progress
toward such accreditation;
(3) At least 50 percent
of enrolled degree students are receiving
need-based assistance under Title IV of the
Higher Education Act, or that a substantial percentage of students
are receiving Pell Grants in comparison with the percentage of students
receiving Pell Grants at all
similar institutions (institution of higher
education, or junior or
community college);
(4) Unless waived by the
Secretary of Education, the average
educational and general expenditures per
full-time equivalent
undergraduate student are low in comparison
with the average
educational and general expenditures per
full-time equivalent student
at institutions that offer similar
instruction; and
(5) For an Alaska
Native-Serving Institution, at the time of
application, it has an enrollment of
undergraduate students that is at
least 20 percent Alaska Native students
(where the term ``Alaska
Native'' has the meaning given the term in
section 9308 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 [20 U.S.C. 7938]); or
(6) For a Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institution, at the time of
application, it has an enrollment of
undergraduate students that is at least 10 percent Native Hawaiian students
(where the term ``Native
Hawaiian'' has the meaning given the term in
section 9212 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 [20 U.S.C. 7912]).
F. Available Funds
The $3,000,000
appropriated for FY 2001, is reduced by $6,600 to
reflect the 0.22 percent government-wide
recission, and $119,736 is
retained by the Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension
Service (CSREES) for Federal Administration
costs, leaving $2,873,664
for grant awards. Of this amount, half will
be awarded non-competitively to eligible institutions in
Alaska ($1,436,832) and half
will be awarded non-competitively to
eligible institutions in Hawaii
($1,436,832). CSREES has determined that the
amounts available to each
State will be allocated equally to all
eligible institutions that
submit grant applications in response to
this notice.
G. Scope of Activities To Be Funded
Institutions receiving
funds under this program must use the funds
for the purpose of promoting and
strengthening the abilities of Alaska
Native-Serving or Native Hawaiian-Serving
Institutions to carry out
higher education programs in the food and
agricultural sciences. CSREES intends this program to address higher
education needs, as determined
by each institution, within a broadly
defined arena of food and
agricultural sciences-related disciplines.
Food and agricultural
sciences higher education programs are
defined to include academic programs in
agriculture, food and fiber,
renewable natural resources, forestry,
aquaculture, veterinary
medicine, family and consumer sciences, home
economics, nutrition and dietetics, and other higher education
activities and fields of study
related to the production, processing,
marketing, distribution,
conservation, utilization, consumption, and
development of food and
agriculturally related products and
services.
Grants shall be used:
(1) To support the
activities of consortia of Alaska Native-Serving
or Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions to
enhance educational equity
for under represented students;
(2) To strengthen
institutional education capacities, including
libraries, curriculum, faculty, scientific
instrumentation, instruction
delivery systems, and student recruitment
and retention, in order to
respond to identified State, regional,
national, or international
educational needs in the food and
agriculture sciences;
(3) To attract and
support undergraduate and graduate students from
under represented groups in order to prepare
them for careers related
to the food, agricultural, and natural
resource systems of the United
States, beginning with the mentoring of
students at the high school
level, and continuing with the provision of
financial support for
students through their attainment of a
doctoral degree; or
(4) To facilitate
cooperative initiatives between two or more
Alaska Native-Serving or Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions, or
between Alaska Native-Serving or Native Hawaiian-Serving
Institutions and units of State
government or the private sector, to
maximize the development and use
of resources, such as faculty, facilities,
and equipment, to improve
food and agricultural sciences teaching
programs.
H. Proposal Submission Limitations
Each institution may
submit one application for funding.
I. Project Duration
A project proposal may
request funding for a project period from 12
months up to 36 months duration (from one to
three years).
J. Matching Requirement
CSREES encourages, but
does not require, non-Federal matching
support for this program. Documentation of
matching support is neither
required nor requested.
K. Number and Size of Awards
The number of grants
awarded in FY 2001, and the amount of funds
available to each institution in FY 2001,
will depend on the number of
institutions submitting grant applications
in response to this notice. If all institutions currently eligible for
Title III, Part A grants from the U.S. Department of Education submit
acceptable applications to this program, CSREES estimates it will make
19 or 20 awards, one to each eligible institution, of $140,000 to
$150,000 each. Application budgets should reflect these estimates.
L. Indirect Costs
Indirect costs are
allowable costs under this program. The
applicant should use the institution's
approved negotiated instruction
indirect cost rate (or research rate if
there is no negotiated
instruction rate). An institution may elect
and is encouraged to
request, commensurate with planned grant
activities, an amount less
than the full negotiated indirect cost rate.
M. Types of Proposals
An eligible institution
or independent branch campus may submit a
``regular grant proposal'' for project
activities to be undertaken
principally on behalf of its own students or
faculty, and to be managed
primarily by its own personnel. CSREES
estimates that awards for a regular grant proposal will be in the range
of $140,000 to $150,000
each. Budget forms submitted with grant
applications should reflect
this estimate.
To facilitate
inter-institutional cooperation and collaborative
initiatives, two or more eligible
institutions within a State may form
a consortium and submit a ``consortium grant
proposal.'' In such cases,
one institution is to be designated as the
``lead institution.'' The
lead institution will receive the award on
behalf of all the consortium
members and will be responsible for managing
the grant. The other
consortium members will be sub-grantees of
the primary award. All
consortium members must be eligible
institutions under this program. A
consortium grant proposal must contain a
separate plan of work and a
separate budget for each consortium member,
as well as an overall
project plan of work and overall budget from
the lead institution. A
consortium project will be awarded grant
funds in proportion to the
number of consortium members (e.g.,
approximately $140,000 to $150,000
times the number of institutions), and each
consortium member is to
receive funds on an equal basis. Budget
forms should reflect these
requirements and estimates.
N. Maximum Number of Grants or Sub-Grants
Per Institution
Only one grant may be
awarded to any single institution or eligible
branch campus under the Alaska
Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education Grants
Program. This ceiling includes
sub-grant awards made under a consortium
arrangement (i.e., an
institution may not participate as a
sub-grantee on a consortium grant
and also receive a regular grant on its
own). Individuals may
participate in multiple grant projects and
may be compensated through
multiple subcontracts for consultant
services.
O. Proposal Evaluation
Although project grants
will be awarded non-competitively, all
proposed projects will be reviewed by CSREES
to determine whether the
project plan of work is consistent with the
guidelines contained in
this notice. Each proposed project also will
be evaluated for its
technical merit by CSREES staff and by
expert educators and scientists
from other Federal agencies as needed.
CSREES staff will consider the
following criteria and weights when
evaluating the technical merit of
the proposals submitted:
Potential for Advancing the Quality of
Education--20 Points
This criterion is used to
assess the likelihood that the project will have an impact on the quality of food
and agricultural sciences
higher education by promoting and
strengthening institutional
capacities to meet clearly delineated needs.
Elements include
identification of needs, justification for
the project, building
institutional capacity, advancing education
equity, continuation plans,
innovation, multidisciplinary focus, and
expected products and results.
Proposed Approach--35 Points
This criterion relates to
the soundness of the proposed approach
and includes objectives, plan of operation,
timetable, evaluation and
dissemination plans, and partnerships and
collaborative efforts.
Key Personnel--20 Points
This criterion relates to
the adequacy of the number and
qualifications of the key persons who will
carry out the project.
Institutional Commitment and Resources--15
Points
This criterion relates to
the institution's commitment to the
project and the adequacy of institutional
resources available to carry
out the project.
Budget and Cost-Effectiveness--10 Points
This criterion relates to
the extent to which the total budget
adequately supports the project and is
cost-effective. Elements
considered include the necessity and
reasonableness of costs to carry
out project activities and achieve project
objectives; the appropriateness of budget allocations
between the applicant and any
collaborating institution(s); the adequacy
of time committed to the
project by key project personnel; and the
degree to which the project
maximizes the use of limited resources,
optimizes educational value for
the dollar, achieves economies of scale,
leverages additional funds,
includes sound quality-control measures, and
focuses expertise and
activity on targeted educational areas.
P. How To Obtain Application Materials
An Application Kit
containing program application materials will be
made available to eligible institutions upon
request. These materials
include all the application and budget
forms, instructions, and other
relevant information needed to prepare and
submit grant applications.
Copies of the Application Kit may be
requested from the Proposal
Services Unit; Office of Extramural
Programs; Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service;
U.S. Department of
Agriculture; STOP 2245; 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW.; Washington, DC
20250-2245. The telephone number is (202)
401-5048. When contacting the
Proposal Services Unit, please indicate that
you are requesting forms
for the FY 2001 Alaska Native-Serving and
Native Hawaiian-Serving
Institutions Education Grants Program.
Application materials may
also be requested via Internet by sending
a message with your name, mailing address
(not e-mail) and telephone
number to psb@reeusda.gov that states that
you wish to receive a copy
of the application materials for the FY 2001
Alaska Native-Serving and
Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions
Education Grants Program. The
materials will then be mailed to you (not
e-mailed) as quickly as
possible.
Q. What To Submit
Each institution must
submit the following forms, information, and
documentation in an application package so
that it arrives on or before
the due date stated in this notice:
(1) A Form CSREES-712,
``Higher Education Proposal Cover Page,'' must be completed in its entirety, and one
copy of the form must
contain the pen-and-ink signatures of the
project director(s) and AOR
for the applicant institution;
(2) A ``Table of
Contents,'' for ease in locating information in the application package, must be placed
immediately following the
proposal cover page;
(3) Documentation of
eligibility, or a letter certifying eligibility signed by the AOR, for each
institution that is a party to
a grant application (i.e., documentation
from each of the institutions
participating in a consortium grant), as
outlined in section E.
``Demonstration or Certification of
Eligibility'' of this notice;
(4) A one page ``Project
Summary'' outlining the need for the
project and the plan of work, and including
the name of the
institution(s), project title, and project
director(s);
(5) A detailed ``Plan of
Work'' from the applicant institution (and
from each of the other institutions
participating in the proposal in
the case of a consortium grant) limited to
ten, double-spaced pages for
each eligible institution that is a party to
the grant application containing: (a) A general statement of the
institution's long-range
goals and how the proposed project aligns
with those goals; (b) a statement detailing the higher education
needs the project will
address; (c) the objectives of the proposed
project; (d) a justification for the project explaining how
the proposed project will
help the institution enhance its academic
programs, and promote and
strengthen its abilities to carry out higher
education programs in the
food and agricultural sciences as outlined
in this notice; (e) a
detailed explanation of the procedures that
will be used to achieve the
project objectives; (f) a description of the
personnel who will conduct
the project, including an outline of who
will be responsible for each
activity; (g) a detailed timeline showing
the schedule for conducting
the project; (h) the criteria and procedures
to be used for tracking
the progress and accomplishments of the
project, including any data and
methodologies that will be used to analyze
the extent to which project
objectives were met; (i) a list of expected
project outcomes and
products, including new courses, videos,
CDs, other teaching materials, etc. and (j) plans for disseminating
anticipated products and outcomes
resulting from the project.
(6) A resume or
curriculum vita (C.V.) for each faculty member or staff person contributing significantly to
the project (Form CSREES-708, ``Summary Vita'' may be used for this
purpose);
(7) A Form CSREES-713,
``Higher Education Budget'' for each year of requested support, including budget forms
for the lead institution and
each consortium member for a consortium
grant proposal;
(8) A summary budget, for
multi-year and consortium projects, detailing requested support for the overall
project period (use Form
CSREES-713, ``Higher Education Budget'');
(9) A ``Budget
Narrative'' providing detailed explanation and
justification for each requested budget line
item;
(10) A completed Form
CSREES-663, ``Current and Pending Support'' for each key person who will be working on
the project;
(11) A Form CSREES-1234,
``National Environmental Policy Act Exclusions Form'' covering planned project
activities; and
(12) A Form CSREES-662,
``Assurance Statement(s)'' covering planned
project activities.
Supplemental material
such as photographs, journal reprints,
brochures, and other pertinent materials
deemed to be illustrative of
major points of the proposal but unsuitable
for inclusion in the
proposal narrative itself, may be placed in
an ``Appendix'' and
attached to the end of the proposal.
R. Number of Copies to Submit
An original and six (6)
copies of a proposal must be submitted. Proposals should contain all requested
information when submitted. Each
proposal should be typed on 8\1/2\" x
11" white paper, double-spaced,
and on one side of the page only. Please
note that the text of the
proposal should be prepared using no type
smaller than 12 point font
size and one-inch margins. The entire
proposal should be paginated. All
copies of the proposal must be submitted in
one package. Each copy of
the proposal must be stapled securely in the
upper left-hand corner (Do
not bind).
S. Where and When To Submit
Hand-delivered proposals
(brought in person by the applicant or
through a courier service) must be received
on or before 5 P.M. July 6,
2001, at the following address: Alaska
Native-Serving and Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education
Grants Program; c/o Proposal
Services Unit; Office of Extramural
Programs; Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service;
U.S. Department of
Agriculture; Room 1307, Waterfront Centre;
800 9th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20024. The telephone number
is (202) 401-5048. Proposals
transmitted via a facsimile (fax) machine
will not be accepted.
Proposals submitted
through the U.S. Postal Service must be
received on or before 5 P.M. July 6, 2001.
Proposals submitted through
the U.S. Postal Service should be sent to
the following address: Alaska
Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving
Institutions Education
Grants Program; c/o Proposal Services Unit;
Office of Extramural
Programs; Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service;
U.S. Department of Agriculture; STOP 2245;
1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20250-2245. The
telephone number is (202) 401-5048.
T. Acknowledgment of Proposals
The receipt of all
proposals will be acknowledged by e-mail, therefore applicants are encouraged to
provide e-mail addresses, where
designated, on the Form CSREES-661. The
acknowledgment will contain an
identifying proposal number. Once your
proposal has been assigned a
proposal number, please cite that number in
future correspondence. If
the applicant does not receive an
acknowledgment within 60 days of the
submission deadline, please contact the
person listed in the For
Further Information section of this notice.
U. Intent To Submit a Proposal
For the FY 2001
competition, Form CSREES-711, ``Intent to Submit a
Proposal,'' is NOT requested or required for
the Alaska Native-Serving
and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions
Education Grants Program.
V. Applicable Regulations and Other Federal
Statutes
Several other Federal
statutes and regulations apply to grant
proposals considered for review and to
project grants awarded under
this program. These include but are not
limited to:
7 CFR Part 1, subpart A--USDA implementation
of Freedom of Information
Act
7 CRF Part 1b--USDA Implementation of the
National Environmental Policy
Act
7 CFR Part 3--USDA implementation of OMB
Circular No. A-129 regarding
debt collection
7 CFR Part 15, subpart A--USDA
implementation of Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964
7 CFR Part 3015--USDA Uniform Federal
Assistance Regulations,
implementing OMB directives (i.e. Circular
Nos. A-21 and A-122) and
incorporating provisions of 31 U.S.C.
6301-6308, as well as general
policy requirements applicable to recipients
of Departmental financial
assistance
7 CFR Part 3017, as amended--USDA
Implementation of Governmentwide
Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement)
and Governmentwide
Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace
(Grants)
7 CFR Part 3018--USDA Implementation of
Restrictions on Lobbying
7 CFR Part 3019--USDA Uniform Administrative
Requirements for Grants
and Agreements With Institutions of Higher
Education, Hospitals, and
Other Nonprofit Organizations
7 CFR Part 3052--USDA implementation of OMB
Circular No. A-133, Audits
of States, Local Governments, and Other
Nonprofit Organizations
29 U.S.C. 794 (section 504, Rehabilitation
Act of 1973) and 7 CFR Part
15B (USDA implementation of
statute)--prohibiting discrimination based
upon physical or mental handicap in
Federally assisted programs.
35 U.S.C. 200 et seq.--Bayh-Dole Act,
controlling allocation of rights
to inventions made by employees of small
business firms and domestic
nonprofit organizations, including
universities, in Federally assisted
programs (implementing regulations are
contained in 37 CFR Part 401).
Done at Washington, DC,
this 2nd day of May, 2001.
Colien Hefferan,
Administrator, Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension
Service.
[FR Doc. 01-11818 Filed 5-9-01; 8:45 am]
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