97-22829. Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments, Universities, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 168 (Friday, August 29, 1997)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
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    [FR Doc No: 97-22829]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    
    7 CFR Parts 3016 and 3019
    
    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
    
    10 CFR Part 600
    
    SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
    
    13 CFR Part 143
    
    NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
    
    14 CFR Parts 1260 and 1273
    
    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
    
    15 CFR Part 24
    
    OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
    
    21 CFR Part 1403
    
    DEPARTMENT OF STATE
    
    22 CFR Parts 135 and 145
    
    INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY
    
    Agency for International Development
    
    22 CFR Part 226
    
    UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
    
    22 CFR Part 518
    
    DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
    
    28 CFR Parts 66 and 70
    
    DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
    
    29 CFR Parts 95 and 97
    
    FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
    
    29 CFR Part 1470
    
    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
    
    32 CFR Part 33
    
    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
    
    34 CFR Parts 74 and 80
    
    NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
    
    36 CFR Parts 1207 and 1210
    
    DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
    
    38 CFR Part 43
    
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
    40 CFR Parts 30 and 31
    
    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
    
    41 CFR 105-71 and 105-72
    
    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
    
    43 CFR Part 12
    
    FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
    
    44 CFR Part 13
    
    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    
    45 CFR Parts 74 and 92
    
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
    
    45 CFR Part 602
    
    NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
    
    National Endowment for the Arts
    
    45 CFR Part 1157
    National Endowment for the Humanities
    
    45 CFR Part 1174
    Institute of Museum and Library Services
    
    45 CFR Part 1183
    
    CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
    
    45 CFR Parts 2541 and 2543
    
    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    
    49 CFR Parts 18 and 19
    
    
    Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments, 
    Universities, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations
    
    AGENCIES: Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department 
    of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department 
    of Health and Human Services, Department of the Interior, Department of 
    Justice, Department of Labor, Department of State, Department of 
    Transportation, Department of Veterans Affairs, Agency for 
    International Development (IDCA), Corporation for National and 
    Community Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Emergency 
    Management Agency, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, General 
    Services Administration, Institute of Museum and Library Services 
    (NFAH), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National 
    Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Arts 
    (NFAH), National Endowment for the Humanities (NFAH), National Science 
    Foundation, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Small Business 
    Administration, United States Information Agency.
    
    ACTION: Interim final rule with request for comments.
    
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    SUMMARY: This interim final revision to the agencies' grants management 
    common rule, ``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and 
    Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments,'' and the 
    agencies' codification of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
    Circular A-110, ``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and 
    Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other 
    Non-Profit Organizations,'' is issued to implement the Single Audit Act 
    Amendments of 1996 and the June 24, 1997, revision of OMB Circular A-
    133, ``Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit 
    Organizations.'' The agencies' rules provide uniform fiscal and 
    administrative requirements applicable to all types of grants and 
    cooperative agreements to State and local governments, institutions of 
    higher
    
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    education, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations.
    
    DATES: This interim final rule is effective September 29, 1997. 
    Comments must be received on or before October 28, 1997 in order to be 
    assured of consideration.
    
    ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to submit comments on this interim final 
    rule should send them to Charles Gale, Director, Office of Grants 
    Management, Department of Health and Human Services, A-102 Rulemaking 
    Docket, Room 517D, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
    Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20201. A copy of each communication 
    submitted will be available for public inspection and copying during 
    regular business hours (9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. eastern standard time) at 
    the above address.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    For general issues regarding this interim final rule, contact Charles 
    Gale, Director, Office of Grants Management, Department of Health and 
    Human Services (202) 690-6377. For agency-specific issues, see contact 
    persons for individual agencies in preambles of the individual agencies 
    below.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    Background
    
        The Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 (Public Law 104-156, 110 
    Stat. 1396) and the June 24, 1997, revision of Office of Management and 
    Budget (OMB) Circular A-133, ``Audits of States, Local Governments, and 
    Non-Profit Organizations,'' (62 FR 35278, June 30, 1997) require 
    agencies to adopt in codified regulations the standards in the revised 
    Circular A-133 by August 29, 1997, so that they will apply to audits of 
    fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1996. The revised Circular A-133 
    co-locates audit requirements for States, local governments, and non-
    profit organizations. As a consequence, OMB rescinded OMB Circular A-
    128, ``Audits of State and Local Governments.''
        This interim final rule amends the agencies' grants management 
    common rule, ``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and 
    Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments,'' and the 
    agencies' codification of OMB Circular A-110, ``Uniform Administrative 
    Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher 
    Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations,'' to 
    implement the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 and the revised OMB 
    Circular A-133. Some agencies codified only one of the two rules and 
    these agencies will only be amending their appropriate rules.
        Under the provisions of section 7(o) of the Department of Housing 
    and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(o)), any Department of 
    Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed or interim final rule that 
    is issued for public comment is subject to prepublication Congressional 
    review for a period of 15 days. Therefore, HUD is not joining in 
    today's common rule but is adopting the common amendments in a separate 
    rulemaking.
        The existing agency rules refer to the Single Audit Act of 1984 
    which was replaced by the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996, the 
    rescinded OMB Circular A-128, the former title of OMB Circular A-133, 
    and the prior threshold that triggers an audit requirement. This 
    interim final rule corrects these references. Additional changes were 
    made to conform with the Act and revised Circular A-133, such as to 
    reflect that all non-profit hospitals are now subject to the Act, and 
    to reflect the General Accounting Office's revised terminology for 
    financial audits in accordance with generally accepted government 
    auditing standards.
        Under the Administrative Procedure Act, to issue an interim final 
    rule without a prior notice of proposed rulemaking, it is necessary to 
    make a finding that issuing a proposed rule would be impractical, 
    unnecessary, and contrary to the public interest. Since the Single 
    Audit Act Amendments of 1996 and revised OMB Circular A-133, which 
    provide standards applicable to non-Federal entities, are effective for 
    audits of fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1996, a proposed rule 
    would be impractical, unnecessary, and contrary to the public interest.
    
    Impact Analysis
    
    Executive Order 12866
    
        Executive Order 12866 requires that a regulatory impact analysis be 
    prepared for ``major'' rules, which are defined in the Order as any 
    rule that has an annual effect on the national economy of $100 million 
    or more, or certain other specified effects.
        The participating agencies do not believe that this modification to 
    the agencies' grant rules will have an annual impact of $100 million or 
    more or the other effects listed in the Order. However, the interim 
    final rule would result in some savings to organizations administering 
    grants or subgrants, primarily due to the increase in the threshold 
    (from $25,000 to $300,000) that triggers an audit requirement. For this 
    reason, the participating agencies have determined that this interim 
    final rule would not create a major rule within the meaning of the 
    Order.
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980
    
        The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 605(b)) requires that, for 
    each rule with a ``significant economic impact on a substantial number 
    of small entities,'' an analysis must be prepared describing the rule's 
    impact on small entities and identifying any significant alternatives 
    to the rule that would minimize the economic impact on small entities.
        The participating agencies certify that this interim final rule 
    will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of 
    small entities. The interim final rule does not affect the amount of 
    funds provided in the covered programs, but rather increases the 
    threshold for non-Federal entities subject to audit, thereby reducing 
    burden on some small entities.
    
    Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995
    
        The Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4) requires agencies 
    to prepare several analytic statements before proposing any rule that 
    may result in annual expenditures of $100 million of State, local, and 
    Indian tribal governments or the private sector. Since this interim 
    final rule will not result in expenditures of this magnitude, the 
    agencies certify that such statements are not necessary.
    
    Paperwork Reduction Act
    
        The participating agencies certify that this interim final rule 
    will impose additional reporting or recordkeeping requirements under 
    the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) after OMB 
    finalizes the new SF-SAC, ``Data Collection Form for Reporting on 
    Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations.'' On 
    June 30, 1997, OMB requested public comments on the proposed SF-SAC (62 
    FR 35302).
    
    Text of the Common Interim Final Rule
    
        The text of the common interim final rule as amended in this 
    document appears below:
    
    PART ____--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. Section ____.26 is amended by revising paragraphs (a), (b) 
    introductory text, and (b)(1) to read as follows:
    
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    ____.26  Non-Federal audit.
    
        (a) Basic Rule. Grantees and subgrantees are responsible for 
    obtaining audits in accordance with the Single Audit Act Amendments of 
    1996 (31 U.S.C. 7501-7507) and revised OMB Circular A-133, ``Audits of 
    States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations.'' The audits 
    shall be made by an independent auditor in accordance with generally 
    accepted government auditing standards covering financial audits.
        (b) Subgrantees. State or local governments, as those terms are 
    defined for purposes of the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996, that 
    provide Federal awards to a subgrantee, which expends $300,000 or more 
    (or other amount as specified by OMB) in Federal awards in a fiscal 
    year, shall:
        (1) Determine whether State or local subgrantees have met the audit 
    requirements of the Act and whether subgrantees covered by OMB Circular 
    A-110, ``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements 
    with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit 
    Organizations,'' have met the audit requirements of the Act. Commercial 
    contractors (private for-profit and private and governmental 
    organizations) providing goods and services to State and local 
    governments are not required to have a single audit performed. State 
    and local governments should use their own procedures to ensure that 
    the contractors has complied with laws and regulations affecting the 
    expenditure of Federal funds;
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    PART ____--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND 
    OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
    
        2. Section ____.26 is amended by revising paragraphs (a), (b) and 
    (c) to read as follows:
    
    
    ____.26  Non-Federal audits.
    
        (a) Recipients and subrecipients that are institutions of higher 
    education or other non-profit organizations (including hospitals) shall 
    be subject to the audit requirements contained in the Single Audit Act 
    Amendments of 1996 (31 U.S.C. 7501-7507) and revised OMB Circular A-
    133, ``Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit 
    Organizations.''
        (b) State and local governments shall be subject to the audit 
    requirements contained in the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 (31 
    U.S.C. 7501-7507) and revised OMB Circular A-133, ``Audits of States, 
    Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations.''
        (c) For-profit hospitals not covered by the audit provisions of 
    revised OMB Circular A-133 shall be subject to the audit requirements 
    of the Federal awarding agencies.
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    Adoption of Common Interim Final Rule
    
        The adoption of the common interim final rule by the agencies in 
    this document appears below.
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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA)
    
    Office of the Secretary
    
    7 CFR Parts 3016 and 3019
    
    RIN 0505-AA10
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Patricia Wensel, Director, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, 
    Planning and Accountability Division, 202-720-1175.
    
    ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USDA is joining other Federal 
    agencies in making the common rule amendments in 7 CFR Part 3016, 
    ``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements to 
    State and Local Governments,'' and 7 CFR Part 3019, ``Uniform 
    Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions 
    of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations.'' 
    USDA is adding amendments in Parts 3016 and 3019 to cross reference 
    that the revised Circular A-133 is codified verbatim in a new Part 3052 
    of title 7, ``Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit 
    Organizations.'' The new Part 3052 and amendments to remove the 
    existing audit requirements from 7 CFR Part 3015, ``Uniform Federal 
    Assistance Regulations,'' and 7 CFR Part 3051, ``Audits of Institutions 
    of Higher Education and Other Nonprofit Institutions,'' are published 
    as an interim final rule elsewhere in this Federal Register. 
    Additionally, USDA has published a notice in this Federal Register to 
    withdraw a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published in the 
    Federal Register on October 17, 1995, because the Single Audit Act 
    Amendments of 1996 and the revised Circular A-133 have replaced the 
    provisions in that NPRM.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    7 CFR Part 3016
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs--Agriculture, 
    reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    
    7 CFR Part 3019
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs--Agriculture, 
    reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    
        Issued at Washington, D.C., on August 21, 1997.
    
        Approved:
    Irvin T. David,
    Acting Chief Financial Officer.
    Dan Glickman,
    Secretary of Agriculture.
    
        Parts 3016 and 3019 of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
    are amended as follows:
    
    PART 3016--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 3016 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301.
    
        2. Section 3016.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory 
    instruction 1 at the end of the common preamble.
        3. Section 3016.26 is amended by adding paragraph (a)(1) and by 
    adding and reserving paragraph (a)(2) to read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 3016.26  Non-Federal audit.
    
        (a) * * *
        (1) In USDA, revised OMB Circular A-133 is implemented in 7 CFR 
    Part 3052, ``Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit 
    Organizations.''
        (2) [Reserved]
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    PART 3019--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND 
    OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
    
        4. The authority for part 3019 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301.
    
        5. Section 3019.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory 
    instruction 2 at the end of the common preamble.
        6. Section 3019.26 is further amended by adding paragraph (e) to 
    read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 3019.26  Non-Federal audits.
    
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        (e) In USDA, revised OMB Circular A-133 is implemented in 7 CFR 
    Part 3052, ``Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit 
    Organizations.''
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
    
    10 CFR Part 600
    
    RIN 1991-AB38
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cherlyn Seckinger, Procurement 
    Analyst, Office of Procurement and Assistance Policy, U.S. Department 
    of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-8246.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    10 CFR Part 600
    
        Accounting, Administrative practice and procedure. Audit 
    requirements, Government contracts, Grant programs, Intergovernmental 
    relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    
        Dated: July 8, 1997.
    Richard H. Hopf,
    Deputy Assistance Secretary for Procurement and Assistance Management.
    
        Part 600 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
    as follows:
    
    PART 600--FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE RULES
    
        1. The authority citation for part 600 continues to read as 
    follows:
    
        Authority: Sections 644 and 646, Pub. L. 95-91, 91 Stat. 599 (42 
    U.S.C. 7254 and 7256); Pub. L. 97-258, 96 Stat. 1003-1005 (31 U.S.C. 
    630-6308).
    
    Subpart B--Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and 
    Cooperative Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, 
    Hospitals, Other Non-Profit Organizations and Commercial 
    Organizations
    
    
    Sec. 600.126 [____.26]  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 600.126 [____.26] is amended as set forth in amendatory 
    instruction 2 at the end of the common preamble.
    
    Subpart C--Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and 
    Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments
    
    
    Sec. 600.226 [____.26]  [Amended]
    
        3. Section 600.226 [____.26] is amended as set forth in amendatory 
    instruction 1 at the end of the common preamble.
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    SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
    
    13 CFR Part 143
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David R. Kohler, Associate General 
    Counsel for General Law, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Small 
    Business Administration, Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205-6642.
    
    List of Subjects in 13 CFR Part 143
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs--Small business, 
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    
        Part 143 of title 13 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
    as follows:
    
    PART 143--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority citation for part 143 would continue to read as 
    follows:
    
        Authority: 15 U.S.C. 634(b)(6)
    
    Sec. 143.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 143.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    1 at the end of the common preamble.
    Antonella Pianalto,
    Acting Administrator.
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    NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
    
    14 CFR Parts 1260 and 1273
    
    RIN 2700-AA95
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Kall, Procurement Analyst, 
    Contract Management Division (Code HK), Office of Procurement, National 
    Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358-
    0459.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    14 CFR 1260
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    
    14 CFR 1273
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Reporting and recordkeeping 
    requirements.
    Laura Layton,
    Director, Contract Management Division.
    
        Parts 1273 and 1260 of title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
    are amended as follows:
    
    PART 1273--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 1273 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2473(c)(5)
    
    Sec. 1273.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 1273.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory 
    instruction 1 at the end of the common preamble.
    
    PART 1260--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND 
    OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
    
        3. The authority for part 1260 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2473(c)(5)
    
    Sec. 1260.126 [____.26]  [Amended]
    
        4. Section 1260.126 [____.26] is amended as set forth in amendatory 
    instruction 2 at the end of the common preamble.
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    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
    
    15 CFR Part 24
    
    [Docket No. 970820199-7199-01]
    RIN 0605-AA11
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John J. Phelan, III., Director, Office 
    of Executive Assistance Management, U.S. Department of Commerce, Office 
    of Executive Assistance Management, Room 6020, 14th Street and 
    Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230, Telephone Number 202-
    482-4115.
    
    List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 24
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Grant 
    administration, Insurance reporting, Reporting and recordkeeping 
    requirements.
    Sonya G. Stewart,
    Director for Executive Budgeting and Assistance Management.
        Part 24 of title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
    as follows:
    
    PART 24--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 24 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301.
    
    Sec. 24.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 24.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    1 at the end of the common preamble.
    
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    OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
    
    21 CFR Part 1403
    
    RIN 3201-ZA01
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Yamamoto, Program Director, 
    High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, Office of National Drug 
    Control Policy, Washington, DC. 20503, (202) 395-6755.
    
    List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 1403
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Contract programs, Grant programs, 
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    Barry McCaffrey,
    Director.
    
        Part 1403 of title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
    as follows:
    
    PART 1403--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for Part 1403 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301.
    
    Sec. 1403.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 1403.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory 
    instruction 1 at the end of the common preamble.
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    DEPARTMENT OF STATE
    
    22 CFR Parts 135 and 145
    
    RIN 1400-AA87
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gladys Gines, Procurement Analyst, 
    Office of the Procurement Executive, Policy Division, U.S. Department 
    of State, Washington, D.C. 20520, (703) 516-1691.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    22 CFR Part 135
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Contract programs, 
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    
    22 CFR Part 145
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Contract programs, 
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    Robert E. Lloyd,
    Procurement Executive, Acting.
        Parts 135 and 145 of title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
    are amended as follows:
    
    PART 135--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 135 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2658.
    
    Sec. 135.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 135.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    1 at the end of the common preamble.
    
    PART 145--GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
    EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
    
        3. The authority for part 145 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2658.1.
    
    Sec. 145.26  [Amended]
    
        4. Section 145.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    2 at the end of the common preamble.
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    INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY
    
    Agency for International Development
    
    22 CFR Part 226
    
    RIN 0412-AA36
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M/OP/P, Diana Esposito (703) 875-1529.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    22 CFR Part 226
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant Programs, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    Marcus L. Stevenson,
    Director, Office of Procurement.
        Part 226 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
    as follows:
    
    PART 226--ADMINISTRATION OF ASSISTANCE AWARDS TO U.S. NON-GOVERNMENTAL 
    ORGANIZATIONS
    
        1. The authority for part 226 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: Sec. 621, Pub. L. 87-195, 75 Stat. 445, (22 U.S.C. 
    2381) as amended; E.O. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 FR 56673; 3 CFR 
    1979 Comp., p. 435.
    
    Sec. 226.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 226.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    2 at the end of the common preamble.
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    UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
    
    22 CFR Part 518
    
    RIN 3116-AA13
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fannie L. Allen, Chief, Grants 
    Division, Office of Contracts, U.S. Information Agency, Washington, DC 
    20547, (202) 205-5477 or Connie L. Stinson, Senior Grants Officer, 
    Office of Contracts, Grants Division, Washington, DC 20547 on (202) 
    205-8383.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    22 CFR Part 518
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    
    Edward G. Muller,
    Acting Agency Procurement Executive.
    
        Part 518 of title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
    as follows:
    
    PART 518--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND 
    OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
    
        1. The authority for part 518 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2658; 31 U.S.C. 503 and 1111; 
    Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977, 42 FR 62461, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp. p. 
    200; E.O. 12048, 43 FR 13361, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp. p. 168.
    
    Sec. 518.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 518.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    2 at the end of the common preamble.
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    DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
    
    28 CFR Parts 66 and 70
    
    [A.G. Order No. 2107-97]
    RIN 1121-AA-45
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    James McKay, Director, Financial Management Division, Office of Justice 
    Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20531, (202) 616-
    2687.
    
    ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOJ's existing 28 CFR Part 70, 
    Sec. 70.26, includes provision for commercial organizations to follow 
    OMB Circular A-133. DOJ is including this requirement in the amended 
    rule.
    
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    List of Subjects
    
    28 CFR Part 66
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    
    28 CFR Part 70
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping.
    Janet Reno,
    Attorney General.
    
        Parts 66 and 70 of title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations are 
    amended as follows:
    
    PART 66--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 66 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
    1968, 42 U.S.C. 3711, et seq. (as amended); Juvenile Justice and 
    Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. 5601, et seq. (as 
    amended); Victims of Crime Act of 1984, 42 U.S.C. 10601, et seq. (as 
    amended); 18 U.S.C. 4042; and U.S.C. 4351-4353.
    
    Sec. 66.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 66.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    1 at the end of the common preamble.
    
    PART 70--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS AND 
    OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
    
        3. The authority for part 70 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
    Streets Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 3711, et seq. (as amended); Juvenile 
    Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. 5601, et 
    seq. (as amended); Victims of Crime Act of 1984, 42 U.S.C. 10601, et 
    seq. (as amended); 18 U.S.C. 4042; and U.S.C. 4351-4353.
    
        4. Section 70.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    2 at the end of the common preamble.
        5. Section 70.26 is further amended by adding paragraph (d) to read 
    as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 70.26  Non-Federal Audits.
    
    * * * * *
        (d) Commercial organizations must follow the audit threshold in 
    revised OMB Circular A-133 in determining whether to conduct an audit 
    in accordance with Government Auditing Standards.
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    DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
    
    29 CFR Parts 95 and 97
    
    RIN 1291-AA25
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al Stewart, Director, Office of the 
    Acquisition Advocate, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210, 
    (202) 219-9174.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    29 CFR Part 95
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Contract programs, Grant programs, 
    Reporting and recordkeeping.
    
    29 CFR Part 97
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Contract programs, Grant programs, 
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    Patricia W. Lattimore,
    Acting Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management.
    
        Parts 95 and 97 of title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations are 
    amended as follows:
    
    PART 95--GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
    EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND WITH 
    COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS, FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, ORGANIZATIONS UNDER 
    THE JURISDICTION OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL 
    ORGANIZATIONS
    
        1. The authority for part 95 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; OMB Circular A-110; Secretary of 
    Labor's Order 4-76.
    
    Sec. 95.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 95.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    2 at the end of the common preamble.
    
    PART 97--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 97 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; OMB Circular A-102.
    
    Sec. 97.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 97.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    1 at the end of the common preamble.
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    FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
    
    29 CFR Part 1470
    
    RIN 3076-AA01
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Peter L. Regner, Director of Program Services, Federal Mediation and 
    Conciliation Service, Washington, DC 20427 (202) 606-8181.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    29 CFR Part 1470
    
        Accounting Audit Requirements, Grant Programs, Reporting and 
    Recordkeeping requirements.
    John Calhoun Wells,
    Director of Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
    
    PART 1470--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 1470 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 29 U.S.C. 175a.
    
    Sec. 1470.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 1470.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory 
    instruction 1 at the end of the common preamble.
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    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
    
    Office of the Secretary
    
    32 CFR Part 33
    
    RIN 0790-AG49
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Mark Herbst; ODDR&E(R); 3080 Defense Pentagon; Washington, DC 20301-
    3080, (703) 325-4132.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    32 CFR Part 33
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    Linda M. Bynum,
    Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
    
        Part 33 of title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
    as follows:
    
    PART 33--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 33 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 10 U.S.C. 113.
    
    
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    Sec. 33.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 33.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    1 at the end of the common preamble.
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    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
    
    34 CFR Parts 74 and 80
    
    RIN 1890-AA04
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Kathy Thomas, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, 
    S.W., Room 3652, ROB-3, Washington, D.C. 20202-4258. Telephone: (202) 
    708-7227. Internet: kathy__thomas@ed.gov. Individuals who use a 
    telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
    Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 
    p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    34 CFR Part 74
    
        According, Audit requirements, Colleges and universities, Grant 
    programs, Hospitals, Nonprofit organizations, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping.
    
    34 CFR Part 80
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Indians, 
    Intergovernmental relations, Loan programs, Reporting and recordkeeping 
    requirements.
    Richard W. Riley,
    Secretary of Education.
    
        Parts 74 and 80 of title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations are 
    amended as follows:
    
    PART 74--ADMINISTRATION OF GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS 
    OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
    
        1. The authority for part 74 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3 and 3474; OMB Circular A-110, 
    unless otherwise noted.
    
    Sec. 74.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 74.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    2 at the end of the common preamble.
    
    PART 80--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        3. The authority for part 80 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3(a)(1) and 3474, OMB Circular A-102, 
    unless otherwise noted.
    
    Sec. 80.26  [Amended]
    
        4. Section 80.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    1 at the end of the common preamble.
    
    Appendix to Part 80 [Removed]
    
        5. The Appendix to part 80 is removed.
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    NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
    
    36 CFR Parts 1207 and 1210
    
    RIN 3095-AA78
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Allard, NARA Regulatory Contact, 
    at 301-713-7360, ext. 226.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    36 CFR Part 1207
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    
    36 CFR Part 1210
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    John W. Carlin,
    Archivist of the United States.
    
        Parts 1207 and 1210 of title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
    are amended as follows:
    
    PART 1207--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 1207 is revised to read:
    
        Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2104(a); 44 U.S.C. 2501-2506.
    
    Sec. 1207.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 1207.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory 
    instruction 1 at the end of the common preamble.
    
    PART 1210--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, 
    HOSPITALS, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
    
        3. The authority for part 1210 continues to read:
    
        Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2104(a); 44 U.S.C. 2501-2506.
    
    Sec. 1210.26  [Amended]
    
        4. Section 1210.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory 
    instruction 2 at the end of the common preamble.
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    DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
    
    38 CFR Part 43
    
    RIN 2900-AJ00
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Tackett, Office of Assistant 
    Secretary for Policy and Planning (008), Department of Veterans 
    Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-5033.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    38 CFR Part 43
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Indians, 
    Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    
        Approved: August 20, 1997.
    Hershel W. Gober,
    Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
    
        Part 43 of title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
    as follows:
    
    PART 43--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 43 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 1712.
    
    Sec. 43.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 43.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    1 at the end of the common preamble.
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
    40 CFR Parts 30 and 31
    
    [FRL-5881-5]
    RIN 2030-AA54
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Louise Anthony, Grant Policy 
    Specialist, Office of Grants and Debarment, U.S. Environmental 
    Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. 20460, (202) 564-5364.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    40 CFR Part 30
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs--environment, 
    protection of public health, pollution control, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    
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    40 CFR Part 31
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs--environment, 
    protection of public health, pollution control, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    
        Dated: August 19, 1997.
    Carol M. Browner,
    Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
        Parts 30 and 31 of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations are 
    amended as follows:
    
    PART 31--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 31 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; 42 
    U.S.C. 6901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.; 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 
    15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.; 20 U.S.C. 4011 et 
    seq.; 33 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.
    
    Sec. 31.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 31.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    1 at the end of the common preamble.
    
    PART 30--GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
    EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
    
        3. The authority for part 30 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 7 U.S.C. 135 et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.; 33 
    U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 241, 242b, 243, 246, 300f, 300j-1, 
    300j-2, 300j-3; 42 U.S.C. 1857 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; 42 
    U.S.C. 6901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.
    
    Sec. 30.26  [Amended]
    
        4. Section 30.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    2 at the end of the common preamble.
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    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
    
    41 CFR Parts 105-71 and 105-72
    
    RIN 3090-AG59
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Dobrow, Public Buildings 
    Service, General Services Administration, Washington, DC 20405, (202) 
    501-1542.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    41 CFR 105-71
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    
    41 CFR 105-72
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    Paul Chistolini,
    Deputy Commissioner, Public Buildings Service.
        Parts 105-71 and 105-72 of title 41 of the Code of Federal 
    Regulations are amended as follows:
    
    PART 105-71--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 105-71 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390 (40 U.S.C. 486(c)).
    
    Sec. 105-71.126 [____.26]  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 105-71.126 [____.26] is amended as set forth in 
    amendatory instruction 1 at the end of the common preamble.
    
    PART 105-72--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND 
    OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
    
        3. The authority for part 105-72 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390 (40 U.S.C. 486(c)).
    
    Sec. 105-72.306 [____.26]  [Amended]
    
        4. Section 105-72.306 [____.26] is amended as set forth in 
    amendatory instruction 2 at the end of the common preamble.
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    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
    
    Office of the Secretary
    
    43 CFR Part 12
    
    RIN 1090-AA62
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debra E. Sonderman, (Director, 
    Procurement and Property Management Systems), (202) 208-3336.
    
    ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Although the Department is 
    joining in the publication of this common rule, several other changes 
    in addition to those which will amend regulations implementing the 
    grants management common rule, ``Uniform Administrative Requirements 
    for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments,'' 
    and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-110, ``Uniform 
    Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions 
    of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations,'' 
    are required to be made to 43 CFR Part 12. Specifically, several 
    references to the previous version of OMB Circular A-133 have to be 
    revised to reflect the new title, the references to the previous OMB 
    Circular A-128 have to be deleted, and other changes have to be made to 
    reflect changes in Part 12 since the original publication of Subpart A. 
    In addition, the Department's implementation of OMB Circular A-128 at 
    Subpart B must be removed now that the Circular has been rescinded.
    
    List of Subjects 43 CFR Part 12
    
        Accounting, Administrative practice and procedure, Audit 
    requirements, Cooperative agreements, Grant programs, Grants 
    administration, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    
        Dated: August 18, 1997.
    Robert T. Lamb,
    Acting Assistant Secretary-Policy, Management and Budget.
    
        Part 12 of title 43 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
    as follows:
    
    PART 12--ADMINISTRATIVE AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS AND COST PRINCIPLES 
    FOR ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
    
        1. The authority for part 12 is revised to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note, 7501; 41 U.S.C. 
    252a, 701 et seq; sec. 501, Pub. L. 104-206, 110 Stat. 2984; sec. 
    307, Pub. L. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009; E.O. 12549, 3 CFR, 1986 Comp., 
    p. 189; E.O. 12674, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., 215; E.O. 12689, 3 CFR, 1989 
    Comp., p. 235; E.O. 12731, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306; OMB Circular 
    A-102; OMB Circular A-110; and OMB Circular A-133.
    
    Subpart A--Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost 
    Principles for Assistance Programs
    
        2. Section 12.2 is amended by revising paragraphs (a) and (b) to 
    read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 12.2  Policy.
    
        (a) All financial assistance awards and subawards, in the form of 
    grants and cooperative agreements, in accordance with paragraph (b) of 
    this section, are subject to subparts C, D, E, and F of this part, OMB 
    Circulars A-102, ``Grants and Cooperative Agreements with State and 
    Local Governments,'' A-110, ``Grants and Other Agreements with 
    Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit 
    Organizations,'' A-87,
    
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    ``Cost Principles for State and Local Governments,'' A-21, ``Cost 
    Principles for Educational Institutions,'' A-122, ``Cost Principles for 
    Non-Profit Organizations,'' and A-133, ``Audits of States, Local 
    Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations.''
        (b)(1) Governmental recipients and subrecipients are subject to 
    subparts C, D, and E of this part, Circulars A-87 and A-133.
        (2) Institutions of higher education which are recipients or 
    subrecipients are subject to subparts D, E, and F of this part, 
    Circulars A-110, A-21, and A-133.
        (3) Non-profit organizations which are recipients or subrecipients 
    are subject to subparts D, E, and F of this part, Circulars A-110, A-
    122, and A-133.
    * * * * *
    
    Subpart B--[Removed and reserved]
    
        3. Subpart B (Secs. 12.11 through 12.31 and appendix to subpart) is 
    removed and reserved.
    
    Subpart C--Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and 
    Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments
    
    
    Sec. 12.66 [____.26]  [Amended]
    
        4. Section 12.66 [____.26] is amended as set forth in amendatory 
    instruction 1 at the end of the common preamble.
    
    Subpart F--Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and 
    Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and 
    Other Non-Profit Organizations
    
    
    Sec. 12.926 [____.26]  [Amended]
    
        5. The text of Sec. 12.926 [____.26] is revised to read as set 
    forth following amendatory instruction 2 at the end of the common 
    preamble.
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    FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
    
    44 CFR Part 13
    
    RIN 3067-AC70
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Charles F. McNulty, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street 
    SW., Washington, DC 20472, 202-646-3422.
    
    List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 13
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    James L. Witt,
    Director.
        Part 13 of title 44 of the code of Federal Regulations is amended 
    as follows:
    
    PART 13--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority citation for Part 13 is amended to read as 
    follows:
    
        Authority: Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978; 43 FR 41943, 3 
    CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12148, 44 FR 43239, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., 
    p. 412.
    
    Sec. 13.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 13.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    1 at the end of the common preamble.
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    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    
    45 CFR Parts 74 and 92
    
    RIN 0991-AA92
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Charles Gale, Director, Office of Grants Management, 202-690-6377; for 
    the hearing impaired only: TDD 202-690-6415.
    
    ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In order to maintain the 
    Department's rules for audits of commercial organizations which receive 
    HHS awards (currently at 45 CFR 74.26(a)(2) and (3)) we are adding that 
    text to the common rule amendment at 45 CFR 74.26(d). Commercial 
    organizations are not covered by OMB Circular A-133.
        We are removing part 74's discussion of hospitals which are not 
    affiliated with an institution of higher education (currently at 45 CFR 
    74.26(b)(1) and (2)) because those hospitals are now covered by 
    Circular A-133. We are also removing the instructions for submission of 
    audit reports (currently at 45 CFR 74.26(d)) because that topic is 
    covered by the new Circular. Additionally, we have added a 
    parenthetical in 45 CFR 74.26(d)(1) that makes clear that for-profit 
    hospitals are included in the scope of that section.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    45 CFR Part 74
    
        Accounting, Administrative practice and procedures, Audit 
    requirements, Grants administration, Grant programs, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    
    45 CFR Part 92
    
        Accounting, Administrative practice and procedures, Audit 
    requirements, Grants administration, Grant programs, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    
    (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance does not apply.)
    
        Dated: August 18, 1997.
    Donna E. Shalala,
    Secretary.
    
        Parts 92 and 74 of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations are 
    amended as follows:
    
    PART 92--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 92 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301.
    
    Sec. 92.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 92.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    1 at the end of the common preamble.
    
    PART 74--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARDS AND 
    SUBAWARDS TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, OTHER 
    NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS; AND CERTAIN 
    GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH STATES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND INDIAN 
    TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 74 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; OMB Circular A-110 (58 FR 62992, 
    November 29, 1993).
    
        2. Section 74.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    2 at the end of the common preamble.
        3. Section 74.26(d) is revised to read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 74.26  Non-Federal audits.
    
    * * * * *
        (d)(1) Recipients and subrecipients that are commercial 
    organizations (including for-profit hospitals) have two options 
    regarding audits:
        (i) A financial related audit (as defined in the Government 
    Auditing Standards, GPO Stock #020-000-00-265-4) of a particular award 
    in accordance with Government Auditing Standards, in those cases where 
    the recipient receives awards under only one HHS program; or, if awards 
    are received under multiple HHS programs, a financial related audit of 
    all HHS awards in accordance with Government Auditing Standards; or
        (ii) An audit that meets the requirements contained in OMB Circular 
    A-133.
        (2) Commercial organizations that receive annual HHS awards 
    totaling less than OMB Circular A-133's audit requirement threshold are 
    exempt from requirements for a non-Federal audit for
    
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    that year, but records must be available for review by appropriate 
    officials of Federal agencies.
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    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
    
    45 CFR Part 602
    
    RIN 3145-AA35
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean Feldman, Head, Policy Office, 
    Division of Contracts, Policy & Oversight, 703-306-1243, e-mail 
    jfeldman@nsf.gov.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    45 CFR Part 602
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Contract programs, Grant programs, 
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    Joseph L. Kull,
    Chief Financial Officer.
    
        Part 602 of title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
    as follows:
    
    PART 602--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 602 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1870(a).
    
    Sec. 602.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 602.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    1 at the end of the common preamble.
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    NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
    
    National Endowment for the Arts
    
    45 CFR Part 1157
    
    RIN 3135-AA14
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Donna M. DiRicco, Grants and 
    Contracts Officer, National Endowment for the Arts, (202) 682-5403.
    
    List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 1157
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Contract programs, Grant programs, 
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    Laurence M. Baden,
    Director of Administration.
    
        Part 1157 of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
    as follows:
    
    PART 1157--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 1157 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 20 U.S.C. 959.
    
    Sec. 1157.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 1157.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory 
    instruction 1 at the end of the common preamble.
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    NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
    
    45 CFR Part 1174
    
    RIN 3136-AA23
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    David J. Wallace, Director, Grants Office, National Endowment for the 
    Humanities, (202) 606-8494.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    45 CFR Part 1174
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    Sheldon Hackney,
    Chairman.
    
        Part 1174 of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
    as follows:
    
    PART 1174--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 1174 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 20 U.S.C. 959(a)(1).
    
    Sec. 1174.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 1174.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory 
    instruction 1 at the end of the common preamble.
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    INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
    
    45 CFR Part 1183
    
    RIN 3137-AA09
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Estelle Kennelly, Acting Program 
    Director, Office of Museum Services, Institute of Museum and Library 
    Services, Washington, DC 20560, 202/606-8547.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    45 CFR Part 1183
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    Diane B. Frankel,
    Director, IMLS.
        Part 1183 of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
    as follows:
    
    PART 1183--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 1183 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 20 U.S.C. 961.
    
    Sec. 1183.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 1183.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory 
    instruction 1 at the end of the common preamble.
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    CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
    
    45 CFR Parts 2541 and 2543
    
    RIN 3045-AA14
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Organizations receiving assistance 
    under the National and Community Service Act should contact Michael 
    Kenefick at (202) 606-5000, ext. 101. Organizations receiving 
    assistance under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act should contact 
    Larry Floyd at (214) 767-5461.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    45 CFR Part 2541
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Grant programs, Indians, 
    Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    
    45 CFR Part 2543
    
        Accounting, Administrative practice and procedures, Audit 
    requirements, Grant programs--health, Grant programs--social, Grants 
    administration, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    John Gomperts,
    Acting Chief Operating Officer.
    
        Parts 2541 and 2543 of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
    are amended as follows:
    
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    PART 2541--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 2541 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq. and 12501 et seq.
    
    Sec. 2541.260 [____.26]  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 2541.260 [____.26] is amended as set forth in amendatory 
    instruction 1 at the end of the common preamble.
    
    PART 2543--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND 
    OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
    
        3. The authority for part 2543 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.
    
    Sec. 2543.26  [Amended]
    
        4. Section 2543.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory 
    instruction 2 at the end of the common preamble.
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    
    Office of the Secretary
    
    49 CFR Parts 18 and 19
    
    RIN 2105-AC66
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert G. Taylor, U.S. Department of 
    Transportation, Office of Acquisition and Grant Management, M-62, 400 
    Seventh Street, S.W., Room 9401, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-4289.
    
    ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Additional Departmental clarifying 
    audit requirements contained in 49 CFR part 18.26 (d) and (e) are no 
    longer required, and are being deleted as part of this rulemaking. 
    These paragraphs make references to audit requirements that have been 
    superseded by OMB Circular A-133.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    49 CFR Part 18
    
        Accounting, Audit requirements, Contract programs, Grant programs, 
    Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    
    52 CFR Part 19
    
        Accounting, Administrative practices and procedures, Audit 
    requirements, Grant programs, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    Rodney E. Slater,
    Secretary of Transportation.
        Parts 18 and 19 of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations are 
    amended as follows:
    
    PART 18--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND 
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
    
        1. The authority for part 18 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322(a).
    
    Sec. 18.26  [Amended]
    
        2. Section 18.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    1 at the end of the common preamble.
        3. Section 18.26 is further amended by removing paragraphs (d) and 
    (e).
    
    PART 19--UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS 
    WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT 
    ORGANIZATIONS
    
        4. The authority for part 19 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322(a).
    
    Sec. 19.26  [Amended]
    
        5. Section 19.26 is amended as set forth in amendatory instruction 
    2 at the end of the common preamble.
    [FR Doc. 97-22829 Filed 8-28-97; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
9/29/1997
Published:
08/29/1997
Department:
Transportation Department
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Interim final rule with request for comments.
Document Number:
97-22829
Dates:
This interim final rule is effective September 29, 1997. Comments must be received on or before October 28, 1997 in order to be assured of consideration.
Pages:
45937-45947 (11 pages)
PDF File:
97-22829.pdf
CFR: (42)
7 CFR 3016.26
7 CFR 3019.26
10 CFR 600.126
10 CFR 600.226
13 CFR 143.26
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