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Enteritidis (SE) prevention measures,
how to sample for SE, and how to
maintain records documenting
compliance with the final rule.
DATES: Although you can comment on
any guidance at any time (see
§ 10.115(g)(5) (21 CFR 10.115(g)(5))), to
ensure that the agency considers your
comments on the draft guidance before
it begins work on the final version of the
guidance, submit either electronic or
written comments on the draft guidance
by October 12, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit written requests for
single copies of the draft guidance to the
Division of Plant and Dairy Food Safety/
Office of Food Safety, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS–
315), Food and Drug Administration,
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park,
MD 20740, or fax your request to 301–
436–1070. Send two self-addressed
adhesive labels to assist that office in
processing your request. See the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
electronic access to the draft guidance.
Submit electronic comments on the
draft guidance to https://
www.regulations.gov. Submit written
comments to the Division of Dockets
Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm.
1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Bufano, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition (HFS–316), Food
and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint
Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740,
301–436–1493.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In the Federal Register of July 9, 2009
(74 FR 33030), FDA issued the final rule
requiring shell egg producers to
implement measures to prevent SE from
contaminating eggs on the farm and
from further growth during storage and
transportation, and requiring these
producers to maintain records
concerning their compliance with the
final rule and to register with FDA. The
final rule became effective September 8,
2009.
FDA is issuing the draft guidance as
a level 1 draft guidance consistent with
FDA’s good guidance practices
regulation (§ 10.115). The draft
guidance, when finalized, will represent
the agency’s current thinking on how to
comply with certain measures designed
to prevent SE from contaminating eggs
on the farm, as well as how to sample
for SE and maintain records
documenting compliance with the final
rule. It does not create or confer any
rights for or on any person and does not
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alternative approach may be used if
such approach satisfies the
requirements of the applicable statutes
and regulations.
II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This draft guidance refers to
previously approved collections of
information found in FDA regulations.
These collections of information are
subject to review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). The collections
of information in 21 CFR 118.5, 118.6,
118.10, and 118.11 have been approved
under OMB control number 0910–0660.
III. Comments
Interested persons may submit to the
Division of Dockets Management (see
ADDRESSES) either electronic or written
comments regarding this document. It is
only necessary to send one set of
comments. It is no longer necessary to
send two copies of mailed comments.
Identify comments with the docket
number found in brackets in the
heading of this document. Received
comments may be seen in the Division
of Dockets Management between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
IV. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the Internet
may obtain the draft guidance at https://
www.fda.gov/FoodGuidances or https://
www.regulations.gov.
Dated: August 9, 2010.
Leslie Kux,
Acting Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Notice of Intent To Award Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act
Funding to Approved But Unfunded
Applications (ABU) Formerly Received
in Response to the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention Funding Opportunity
DP09–912ARRA09, ‘‘Communities
Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW)’’
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice provides notice of
CDC’s intent to fund additional
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Approved but Unfunded (ABU)
cooperative agreement applications
previously received and competed in
response to CDC Funding Opportunity,
CDC–RFA–DP09–912ARRA09,
‘‘Communities Putting Prevention to
Work’’ (CPPW). It is the intent of CDC
to fund additional previously received
applications with Patient Protection
Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Section
4002, appropriations. To this end, CDC
will remove the following ARRA–
Specific Requirements published in the
aforementioned funding opportunity
announcement:
—Catalogue of Domestic Assistance
Number 93.724
—Recovery Act-Specific Reporting
Requirements
Recipients of Federal awards from
funds authorized under Division A of
the Recovery Act must comply with all
requirements specified in Division A of
the Recovery Act (Pub. L. 111–5),
including reporting requirements
outlined in Section 1512 of the Act and
designated Recovery Act outcome and
output measures as detailed at the end
of this section. For purposes of
reporting, Recovery Act recipients must
report on Recovery Act sub-recipient
(sub-grantee and sub-contractor)
activities as specified below.
Not later than 10 days after the end of
each calendar quarter, starting with the
quarter ending ______; and reporting by
______, the recipient must submit
quarterly reports to HHS that will
posted to Recovery.gov, containing the
following information:
a. The total amount of Recovery Act
funds under this award;
b. The amount of Recovery Act funds
received under this award that were
obligated and expended to projects or
activities;
c. The amount of unobligated award
balances;
d. A detailed list of all projects or
activities for which Recovery Act funds
under this award were obligated and
expended, including
• The name of the project or activity;
• A description of the project or
activity;
• An evaluation of the completion
status of the project or activity;
• An estimate of the number of jobs
created and the number of jobs retained
by the project or activity (see OMB
Guidance M–09–21, June 22, 2009) and;
• For infrastructure investments
made by State and local governments,
the purpose, total cost, and rationale of
the agency for funding the infrastructure
investment with funds made available
under this Act, and the name of the
person to contact at the agency if there
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are concerns with the infrastructure
investment.
e. Detailed information on any subawards (sub-contracts or sub-grants)
made by the grant recipient to include
the data elements required to comply
with the Federal Funding
Accountability and Transparency Act of
2006 (Pub. L. 109–282).
For any sub-award equal to or larger
than $25,000, the following information:
• The name of the entity receiving the
sub-award;
• The amount of the sub-award;
• The transaction type;
• The North American Industry
Classification System code or Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
number;
• Program source;
• An award title descriptive of the
purpose of each funding action;
• The location of the entity receiving
the award;
• The primary location of
performance under the award, including
the city, State, congressional district,
and county.
• A unique identifier of the entity
receiving the award and of the parent
entity of the recipient, should the entity
be owned by another entity;
• The date the sub-award was issued;
• The term of the sub-award (start/
end dates);
• The scope/activities of the subaward;
• The amount of the total sub-award
that has been obligated or disbursed by
the sub-recipient; and
• The amount of the total sub-award
that remains unobligated by the subrecipient.
f. All sub-awards less than $25,000 or
to individuals may be reported in the
aggregate, as prescribed by HHS.
g. Recipients must account for each
Recovery Act award and sub-award
(sub-grant and sub-contract) separately.
Recipients will draw down Recovery
Act funds on an award-specific basis.
Pooling of Recovery Act award funds
with other funds for drawdown or other
purposes is not permitted.
h. Recipients must account for each
Recovery Act award separately by
referencing the assigned CFDA number
for each award.
The definition of terms and data
elements, as well as any specific
instructions for reporting, including
required formats, will be provided in
subsequent guidance issued by HHS.
repair of a public building or public
work unless all of the iron, steel, and
manufactured goods used in the project
are produced in the United States unless
HHS waives the application of this
provision. (Recovery Act Sec. 1605)
Wage Rate Requirements
[This term and condition shall not
apply to tribal contracts funded with
this appropriation. (Recovery Act Title
VII—Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies, Department of Health and
Human Services, Indian Health
Facilities)] Subject to further
clarification issued by the Office of
Management and Budget, and
notwithstanding any other provision of
law and in a manner consistent with
other provisions of Recovery Act, all
laborers and mechanics employed by
contractors and subcontractors on
projects funded directly by or assisted
in whole or in part by and through the
Federal Government pursuant to this
award shall be paid wages at rates not
less than those prevailing on projects of
a character similar in the locality as
determined by the Secretary of Labor in
accordance with subchapter IV of
chapter 31 of title 40, United States
Code. With respect to the labor
standards specified in this section, the
Secretary of Labor shall have the
authority and functions set forth in
Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of
1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and
section 3145 of title 40, United States
Code. (Recovery Act Sec. 1606)
Preference for Quick Start Activities
(Recovery Act)
In using funds for this award for
infrastructure investment, recipients
shall give preference to activities that
can be started and completed
expeditiously, including a goal of using
at least 50 percent of the funds for
activities that can be initiated not later
than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of Recovery Act. Recipients
shall also use grant funds in a manner
that maximizes job creation and
economic benefit. (Recovery Act Sec.
1602)
Buy American—Use of American Iron,
Steel, and Manufactured Goods
Limit on Funds (Recovery Act)
None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available in Recovery
Act may be used by any State or local
government, or any private entity, for
any casino or other gambling
establishment, aquarium, zoo, golf
course, or swimming pool. (Recovery
Act Sec. 1604)
Recipients may not use any funds
obligated under this award for the
construction, alteration, maintenance, or
Disclosure of Fraud or Misconduct
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the Recovery Act shall promptly refer to
the HHS Office of Inspector General any
credible evidence that a principal,
employee, agent, contractor, subrecipient, subcontractor, or other person
has submitted a false claim under the
False Claims Act or has committed a
criminal or civil violation of laws
pertaining to fraud, conflict of interest,
bribery, gratuity, or similar misconduct
involving those funds. The HHS Office
of Inspector General can be reached at
https://www.oig.hhs.gov/fraud/hotline/
Recovery Act: One-Time Funding
Unless otherwise specified, Recovery
Act funding to existent or new awardees
should be considered one-time funding.
Schedule of Expenditures of Federal
Awards
Recipients agree to separately identify
the expenditures for each grant award
funded under Recovery Act on the
Schedule of Expenditures of Federal
Awards (SEFA) and the Data Collection
Form (SF–SAC) required by Office of
Management and Budget Circular A–
133, ‘‘Audits of States, Local
Governments, and Non-Profit
Organizations.’’ This identification on
the SEFA and SF–SAC shall include the
Federal award number, the Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
number, and amount such that separate
accountability and disclosure is
provided for Recovery Act funds by
Federal award number consistent with
the recipient reports required by
Recovery Act Section 1512(c). (2 CFR
215.26, 45 CFR 74.26, and 45 CFR
92.26)
Responsibilities for Informing SubRecipients
Recipients agree to separately identify
to each sub-recipient, and document at
the time of sub-award and at the time of
disbursement of funds, the Federal
award number, any special CFDA
number assigned for Recovery Act
purposes, and amount of Recovery Act
funds. (2 CFR 215.26, 45 CFR 74.26, and
45 CFR 92.26)
Reporting Jobs Creation
HHS’ recipients of Recovery Act
funding who are subject to Section 1512
reporting should report job-created data
as prescribed in Section 5 of the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
guidance M–09–21. HHS will not accept
statistical sampling methods to estimate
the number of jobs created and retained.
All recipients must report a direct and
comprehensive count of jobs, as
specified by OMB guidance M–09–21.
See Section 5.3 of the OMB guidance for
more information on calculating jobs,
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including job estimation examples. For
the full OMB guidance, please visit:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/
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Conclusion of Recovery Act-Specific
Reporting Requirements
Recipient Reporting Requirements
under PPACA
The removal of ARRA Section 1512
Reporting Requirements does not
absolve the applicant from reporting
project status as well as the other terms
and conditions set forth in the abovereferenced CPPW FOA and the Notice of
Cooperative Agreement Award.
Recipients funded with PPACA
appropriations will be required to report
project status on a semi-annual basis.
Specific reporting requirements will be
detailed in the Terms and Conditions of
the Notice of Cooperative Agreement
Award.
CFDA Number 93.520 is the PPACAspecific CFDA number for this
initiative. It will replace CFDA Number
93.724 published in the abovereferenced CPPW Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA).
Award Information:
Approximate Current Fiscal Year
Funding: $34,000,000.
Approximate Number of Awards: 11.
Approximate Average Award:
$3,000,000.
Fiscal Year Funds: Patient Protection
and Affordable Health Care Act of 2010.
Anticipated Award Date: 30 Sep 2010.
Budget Period: 24 months.
Project Period: 24 months.
Application Selection Process: CDC
will apply the same selection
methodology published in the CPPW
FOA, CDC–RFA–DP09–912ARRA09.
Applications will be funded in order
by score and rank determined by the
previously held review panel.
In addition, as was referenced in the
CPPW FOA, funding decisions may be
made to ensure:
• Representation of tobacco and
obesity/physical activity/nutrition
across communities, including a varied
type of interventions and evidencebased strategies.
• Geographic distribution of The
Communities Putting Prevention to
Work Initiative nationwide.
• Inclusion of communities of varying
sizes, including rural, suburban, and
urban communities.
• Inclusion of populations
disproportionately affected by chronic
disease and associated risk factors.
CDC will provide justification for any
decision to fund out of rank order.
CDC will add the following Authority
to that which is reflected in the
published Funding Opportunity:
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—Section 4002 of the Patient Protection
and Affordability Care Act (Public
Law 111–148.)
The effective date for this action
is August 12, 2010 and remains in effect
until the expiration of the project period
of the PPACA funded applications.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elmira Benson, Deputy Director, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention,
2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA
30341, telephone: (770) 488–2802, email: EBenson@cdc.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March
23, 2010, the President signed into law
the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (PPACA). PPACA is designed
to improve and expand the scope of
health care coverage for Americans. Cost
savings through disease prevention is an
important element of this legislation
and PPACA has established a
Prevention and Public Health Fund
(PPHF) for this purpose. Specifically,
the legislation states in Section 4002
that the PPHF is to ‘‘provide for
expanded and sustained national
investment in prevention and public
health programs to improve health and
help restrain the rate of growth in
private and public sector health care
costs’’. PPACA and the Prevention and
Public Health Fund make improving
public health a priority with
investments to improve public health.
The PPHF states that the Secretary
shall transfer amounts in the Fund to
accounts within the Department of
Health and Human Services to increase
funding, over the fiscal year 2008 level,
for programs authorized by the Public
Health Services Act, for prevention,
wellness and public health activities
including prevention research and
health screenings, such as the
Community Transformation Grant
Program, the Education and Outreach
Campaign for Preventative Benefits, and
Immunization Programs.
Both ARRA and PPACA legislation
affords an important opportunity to
advance public health across the
lifespan and to reduce health disparities
by supporting an intensive community
approach to chronic disease prevention
and control. Therefore, awarding
cooperative agreements with PPACA
funds under PPHF to ABUs to carry out
CPPW objectives is consistent with the
purpose of PPHF, as stated above, to
provide for the expanded and sustained
national investment in prevention and
public health programs. Further, the
Secretary allocated funds to CDC,
pursuant to the PPHF, for the types of
activities that the CPPW initiative is
designed to carry out.
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Therefore, the CPPW program
activities CDC proposes to fund with
PPACA appropriations are authorized
by the amendment to the Public Health
Services Act which authorized the
Prevention and Wellness Program as
embodied in CDC RFA DP09–
912ARRA09.
Dated: August 5, 2010.
Tanja Popovic,
Deputy Associate Director for Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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National Institutes of Health
National Eye Institute; Notice of Closed
Meetings
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
hereby given of the following meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
property such as patentable material,
and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: National Eye Institute
Special Emphasis Panel, Epi R01s, Data
Analysis R21s, and K99 Applications.
Date: August 23, 2010.
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: Hyatt Regency Bethesda, 1 Bethesda
Metro Center, 7400 Wisconsin Avenue,
Bethesda, MD 20814.
Contact Person: SAMUEL RAWLINGS,
PhD, Chief, Scientific Review Officer,
Division of Extramural Research, National
Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health,
5635 Fishers Lane, Suite 1300, MSC 9300,
301–451–2020, rawlings@nei.nih.gov.
This notice is being published less than 15
days prior to the meeting due to the timing
limitations imposed by the review and
funding cycle.
Name of Committee: National Eye Institute
Special Emphasis Panel, Clinical Trials.
Date: August 24–25, 2010.
Time: 8 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health, NEI
Division of Extramural Research, 5635
Fishers Lane, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Virtual
Meeting).
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Notice of Intent To Award Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act Funding to Approved But Unfunded Applications (ABU) Formerly
Received in Response to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 (ARRA) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Funding
Opportunity DP09-912ARRA09, ``Communities Putting Prevention to Work
(CPPW)''
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides notice of CDC's intent to fund additional
Approved but Unfunded (ABU) cooperative agreement applications
previously received and competed in response to CDC Funding
Opportunity, CDC-RFA-DP09-912ARRA09, ``Communities Putting Prevention
to Work'' (CPPW). It is the intent of CDC to fund additional previously
received applications with Patient Protection Affordable Care Act
(PPACA), Section 4002, appropriations. To this end, CDC will remove the
following ARRA-Specific Requirements published in the aforementioned
funding opportunity announcement:
--Catalogue of Domestic Assistance Number 93.724
--Recovery Act-Specific Reporting Requirements
Recipients of Federal awards from funds authorized under Division A
of the Recovery Act must comply with all requirements specified in
Division A of the Recovery Act (Pub. L. 111-5), including reporting
requirements outlined in Section 1512 of the Act and designated
Recovery Act outcome and output measures as detailed at the end of this
section. For purposes of reporting, Recovery Act recipients must report
on Recovery Act sub-recipient (sub-grantee and sub-contractor)
activities as specified below.
Not later than 10 days after the end of each calendar quarter,
starting with the quarter ending ------------; and reporting by ------
------, the recipient must submit quarterly reports to HHS that will
posted to Recovery.gov, containing the following information:
a. The total amount of Recovery Act funds under this award;
b. The amount of Recovery Act funds received under this award that
were obligated and expended to projects or activities;
c. The amount of unobligated award balances;
d. A detailed list of all projects or activities for which Recovery
Act funds under this award were obligated and expended, including
The name of the project or activity;
A description of the project or activity;
An evaluation of the completion status of the project or
activity;
An estimate of the number of jobs created and the number
of jobs retained by the project or activity (see OMB Guidance M-09-21,
June 22, 2009) and;
For infrastructure investments made by State and local
governments, the purpose, total cost, and rationale of the agency for
funding the infrastructure investment with funds made available under
this Act, and the name of the person to contact at the agency if there
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are concerns with the infrastructure investment.
e. Detailed information on any sub-awards (sub-contracts or sub-
grants) made by the grant recipient to include the data elements
required to comply with the Federal Funding Accountability and
Transparency Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109-282).
For any sub-award equal to or larger than $25,000, the following
information:
The name of the entity receiving the sub-award;
The amount of the sub-award;
The transaction type;
The North American Industry Classification System code or
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number;
Program source;
An award title descriptive of the purpose of each funding
action;
The location of the entity receiving the award;
The primary location of performance under the award,
including the city, State, congressional district, and county.
A unique identifier of the entity receiving the award and
of the parent entity of the recipient, should the entity be owned by
another entity;
The date the sub-award was issued;
The term of the sub-award (start/end dates);
The scope/activities of the sub-award;
The amount of the total sub-award that has been obligated
or disbursed by the sub-recipient; and
The amount of the total sub-award that remains unobligated
by the sub-recipient.
f. All sub-awards less than $25,000 or to individuals may be
reported in the aggregate, as prescribed by HHS.
g. Recipients must account for each Recovery Act award and sub-
award (sub-grant and sub-contract) separately. Recipients will draw
down Recovery Act funds on an award-specific basis. Pooling of Recovery
Act award funds with other funds for drawdown or other purposes is not
permitted.
h. Recipients must account for each Recovery Act award separately
by referencing the assigned CFDA number for each award.
The definition of terms and data elements, as well as any specific
instructions for reporting, including required formats, will be
provided in subsequent guidance issued by HHS.
Buy American--Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods
Recipients may not use any funds obligated under this award for the
construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building
or public work unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods
used in the project are produced in the United States unless HHS waives
the application of this provision. (Recovery Act Sec. 1605)
Wage Rate Requirements
[This term and condition shall not apply to tribal contracts funded
with this appropriation. (Recovery Act Title VII--Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies, Department of Health and Human
Services, Indian Health Facilities)] Subject to further clarification
issued by the Office of Management and Budget, and notwithstanding any
other provision of law and in a manner consistent with other provisions
of Recovery Act, all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and
subcontractors on projects funded directly by or assisted in whole or
in part by and through the Federal Government pursuant to this award
shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on projects
of a character similar in the locality as determined by the Secretary
of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40,
United States Code. With respect to the labor standards specified in
this section, the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority and
functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64
Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United States
Code. (Recovery Act Sec. 1606)
Preference for Quick Start Activities (Recovery Act)
In using funds for this award for infrastructure investment,
recipients shall give preference to activities that can be started and
completed expeditiously, including a goal of using at least 50 percent
of the funds for activities that can be initiated not later than 120
days after the date of the enactment of Recovery Act. Recipients shall
also use grant funds in a manner that maximizes job creation and
economic benefit. (Recovery Act Sec. 1602)
Limit on Funds (Recovery Act)
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in
Recovery Act may be used by any State or local government, or any
private entity, for any casino or other gambling establishment,
aquarium, zoo, golf course, or swimming pool. (Recovery Act Sec. 1604)
Disclosure of Fraud or Misconduct
Each recipient or sub-recipient awarded funds made available under
the Recovery Act shall promptly refer to the HHS Office of Inspector
General any credible evidence that a principal, employee, agent,
contractor, sub-recipient, subcontractor, or other person has submitted
a false claim under the False Claims Act or has committed a criminal or
civil violation of laws pertaining to fraud, conflict of interest,
bribery, gratuity, or similar misconduct involving those funds. The HHS
Office of Inspector General can be reached at https://www.oig.hhs.gov/fraud/hotline/
Recovery Act: One-Time Funding
Unless otherwise specified, Recovery Act funding to existent or new
awardees should be considered one-time funding.
Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards
Recipients agree to separately identify the expenditures for each
grant award funded under Recovery Act on the Schedule of Expenditures
of Federal Awards (SEFA) and the Data Collection Form (SF-SAC) required
by Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133, ``Audits of States,
Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations.'' This identification
on the SEFA and SF-SAC shall include the Federal award number, the
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, and amount such
that separate accountability and disclosure is provided for Recovery
Act funds by Federal award number consistent with the recipient reports
required by Recovery Act Section 1512(c). (2 CFR 215.26, 45 CFR 74.26,
and 45 CFR 92.26)
Responsibilities for Informing Sub-Recipients
Recipients agree to separately identify to each sub-recipient, and
document at the time of sub-award and at the time of disbursement of
funds, the Federal award number, any special CFDA number assigned for
Recovery Act purposes, and amount of Recovery Act funds. (2 CFR 215.26,
45 CFR 74.26, and 45 CFR 92.26)
Reporting Jobs Creation
HHS' recipients of Recovery Act funding who are subject to Section
1512 reporting should report job-created data as prescribed in Section
5 of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance M-09-21. HHS
will not accept statistical sampling methods to estimate the number of
jobs created and retained. All recipients must report a direct and
comprehensive count of jobs, as specified by OMB guidance M-09-21. See
Section 5.3 of the OMB guidance for more information on calculating
jobs,
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including job estimation examples. For the full OMB guidance, please
visit: https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/memoranda_fy2009/m09-21.pdf.
Conclusion of Recovery Act-Specific Reporting Requirements
Recipient Reporting Requirements under PPACA
The removal of ARRA Section 1512 Reporting Requirements does not
absolve the applicant from reporting project status as well as the
other terms and conditions set forth in the above-referenced CPPW FOA
and the Notice of Cooperative Agreement Award. Recipients funded with
PPACA appropriations will be required to report project status on a
semi-annual basis. Specific reporting requirements will be detailed in
the Terms and Conditions of the Notice of Cooperative Agreement Award.
CFDA Number 93.520 is the PPACA-specific CFDA number for this
initiative. It will replace CFDA Number 93.724 published in the above-
referenced CPPW Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).
Award Information:
Approximate Current Fiscal Year Funding: $34,000,000.
Approximate Number of Awards: 11.
Approximate Average Award: $3,000,000.
Fiscal Year Funds: Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care
Act of 2010.
Anticipated Award Date: 30 Sep 2010.
Budget Period: 24 months.
Project Period: 24 months.
Application Selection Process: CDC will apply the same selection
methodology published in the CPPW FOA, CDC-RFA-DP09-912ARRA09.
Applications will be funded in order by score and rank determined
by the previously held review panel.
In addition, as was referenced in the CPPW FOA, funding decisions
may be made to ensure:
Representation of tobacco and obesity/physical activity/
nutrition across communities, including a varied type of interventions
and evidence-based strategies.
Geographic distribution of The Communities Putting
Prevention to Work Initiative nationwide.
Inclusion of communities of varying sizes, including
rural, suburban, and urban communities.
Inclusion of populations disproportionately affected by
chronic disease and associated risk factors.
CDC will provide justification for any decision to fund out of rank
order.
CDC will add the following Authority to that which is reflected in
the published Funding Opportunity:
--Section 4002 of the Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act
(Public Law 111-148.)
DATES: The effective date for this action is August 12, 2010 and
remains in effect until the expiration of the project period of the
PPACA funded applications.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elmira Benson, Deputy Director,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2920 Brandywine Road,
Atlanta, GA 30341, telephone: (770) 488-2802, e-mail: EBenson@cdc.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 23, 2010, the President signed into
law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). PPACA is
designed to improve and expand the scope of health care coverage for
Americans. Cost savings through disease prevention is an important
element of this legislation and PPACA has established a Prevention and
Public Health Fund (PPHF) for this purpose. Specifically, the
legislation states in Section 4002 that the PPHF is to ``provide for
expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public
health programs to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth
in private and public sector health care costs''. PPACA and the
Prevention and Public Health Fund make improving public health a
priority with investments to improve public health.
The PPHF states that the Secretary shall transfer amounts in the
Fund to accounts within the Department of Health and Human Services to
increase funding, over the fiscal year 2008 level, for programs
authorized by the Public Health Services Act, for prevention, wellness
and public health activities including prevention research and health
screenings, such as the Community Transformation Grant Program, the
Education and Outreach Campaign for Preventative Benefits, and
Immunization Programs.
Both ARRA and PPACA legislation affords an important opportunity to
advance public health across the lifespan and to reduce health
disparities by supporting an intensive community approach to chronic
disease prevention and control. Therefore, awarding cooperative
agreements with PPACA funds under PPHF to ABUs to carry out CPPW
objectives is consistent with the purpose of PPHF, as stated above, to
provide for the expanded and sustained national investment in
prevention and public health programs. Further, the Secretary allocated
funds to CDC, pursuant to the PPHF, for the types of activities that
the CPPW initiative is designed to carry out.
Therefore, the CPPW program activities CDC proposes to fund with
PPACA appropriations are authorized by the amendment to the Public
Health Services Act which authorized the Prevention and Wellness
Program as embodied in CDC RFA DP09-912ARRA09.
Dated: August 5, 2010.
Tanja Popovic,
Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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