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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION
2 CFR Part 2600
36 CFR Parts 1206, 1207, and 1210
[FDMS No. NARA–15–0003; NARA–2015–
058]
RIN 3095–AB83
Implementation of Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards
ACTION:
Final rule.
This final rule implements
OMB’s guidance on Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards, published on
December 26, 2013. NARA published an
interim final rule proposing its
implementation of OMB’s new
requirements on December 19, 2014 (79
FR 75871), along with other Federal
awarding agencies. NARA received no
comments on the interim final rule and
by this action adopts the rule as final.
DATES: This rule is final on September
24, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Kimberly Keravuori, by
telephone at 301–837–3151, by email at
regulation_comments@nara.gov, or by
mail at Kimberly Keravuori, Regulations
Program Manager; Strategy Division
(SP), Suite 4100; National Archives and
Records Administration; 8601 Adelphi
Road; College Park, MD 20740–6001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Background
On December 26, 2013, the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
streamlined the Federal Government’s
guidance on Federal awards and
published final guidance in the Federal
Register (78 FR 78590), entitled
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Uniform Administrative Requirements,
Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards
(Uniform Guidance). OMB’s final
guidance at 2 CFR 200 followed on a
Notice of Proposed Guidance issued
February 1, 2013, and an Advanced
Notice of Proposed Guidance issued
February 28, 2012. The final guidance
incorporated feedback received from the
public in response to those earlier
issuances. Additional supporting
resources are available from the Council
on Financial Assistance Reform at
www.cfo.gov/COFAR. The final
guidance delivered on two presidential
directives; Executive Order 13520 on
Reducing Improper Payments (74 FR
62201; November 15, 20019), and
February 28, 2011 Presidential
Memorandum on Administrative
Flexibility, Lower Costs, and Better
Results for State, Local, and Tribal
Governments, (Daily Comp. Pres. Docs.;
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/DCPD201100123/pdf/DCPD-201100123.pdf).
It reflected more than two years of work
by the Council on Financial Assistance
Reform to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of Federal financial
assistance. For a detailed discussion of
the reform and its impacts, please see
the Federal Register notice for the
issuance of the final guidance (78 FR
78589).
As stated in 2 CFR 200.110 of the
guidance, Federal agencies must
implement the OMB guidance on
Federal awards by regulatory action.
Implementing the Uniform Guidance
will reduce administrative burden and
risk of waste, fraud, and abuse for the
approximately $600 billion per year
awarded in Federal financial assistance.
The result will be more Federal dollars
reprogrammed to support the mission,
new entities able to compete and win
awards, and ultimately a stronger
framework to provide key services to
American citizens and support the basic
research that underpins the United
Stated economy.
In accord with this requirement, on
December 19, 2014, OMB and Federal
awarding agencies, including NARA,
published a joint interim final rule in
the Federal Register (79 FR 75871), in
which Federal awarding agencies
revised their regulations to implement
OMB’s 2013 Uniform Guidance. The
interim final rule became effective on
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December 26, 2014, and comments were
accepted through February 2015.
NARA’s portion of the joint interim
rule adopted OMB’s new guidance by
replacing 2 CFR 2600, making minor
revisions to 36 CFR 1206 (regulations
for the National Historical Publications
and Records Commission, NARA’s
grant-making organization) to reflect
adoption of 2 CFR 200, and removing 36
CFR 1207 and 1210 (which were
rendered obsolete by the new
provisions). Additional NARA grant
administration policies in 36 CFR parts
1202, 1206, 1208, 1211, and 1212
remained in effect.
NARA received no comments on
these proposed changes.
Regulatory Analysis
Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Ch.
3506; 5 CFR 1320 Appendix A.1) (PRA),
we reviewed the final rule and
determined that there are no new
collections of information contained
therein. However, the OMB uniform
guidance in 2 CFR 200 may have a
negligible effect on burden estimates for
existing information collections,
including recordkeeping requirements
for non-Federal entities that receive
Federal awards.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
requires an agency that is issuing a final
rule to provide a final regulatory
flexibility analysis or to certify that the
rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. The common
interim final rule implemented OMB
final guidance issued on December 26,
2013, and will not have a significant
economic impact beyond the impact of
the December 2013 guidance; the same
remains true for this final rule.
Executive Order 12866 Determination
Pursuant to Executive Order 12866,
OMB’s Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has
designated this joint interim final rule to
be significant.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of
1995 Determination
Section 202 of the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995
(Unfunded Mandates Act) (2 U.S.C.
1532) requires that covered agencies
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prepare a budgetary impact statement
before promulgating a rule that includes
any Federal mandate that may result in
the expenditure by State, local, and
tribal governments, in the aggregate, or
by the private sector, of $100 million or
more in any one year. If a budgetary
impact statement is required, section
205 of the Unfunded Mandates Act also
requires covered agencies to identify
and consider a reasonable number of
regulatory alternatives before
promulgating a rule. OMB determined
that the joint interim final rule will not
result in expenditures by State, local,
and tribal governments, or by the
private sector, of $100 million or more
in any one year. The same remains true
for this final rule by NARA.
Accordingly, NARA has not prepared a
budgetary impact statement or
specifically addressed the regulatory
alternatives considered.
Executive Order 13132 Determination
OMB determined that the joint
interim final rule did not have any
Federalism implications, as required by
Executive Order 13132. The same
remains true for NARA’s final rule.
List of Subjects
2 CFR Part 2600
Accounting, Administrative practice
and procedure, Appeal procedures,
Auditing, Audit requirements, Colleges
and universities, Cost principles, Grant
administration, Grant programs,
Hospitals, Intergovernmental relations,
Nonprofit organizations, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Research
misconduct, Small business, State and
local governments, Tribal governments.
36 CFR Part 1206
Archives and records, Grant
programs—education, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
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36 CFR Part 1207
Accounting, Archives and records,
Audit requirements, Grant
administration, Grant programs,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, State and local
governments.
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Dated: August 18, 2015.
David S. Ferriero,
Archivist of the United States.
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RIN 1904–AD36
Energy Conservation Program: Test
Procedures for External Power
Supplies
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
On October 9, 2014, the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) issued a
notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR)
to amend the test procedure for External
Power Supplies (EPSs). That proposed
rulemaking serves as the basis for this
final rule. The U.S. Department of
Energy is issuing a final rule amending
its test procedure for external power
supplies. These changes, which will not
affect the measured energy use, will
harmonize the instrumentation
resolution and uncertainty requirements
with the second edition of the
International Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC) 62301 standard when
measuring standby power along with
other international standards programs,
and clarify certain testing set-up
requirements. This final rule also
clarifies which products are subject to
energy conservation standards.
DATES: The effective date of this rule is
September 24, 2015.
The incorporation by reference of
certain publications listed in this rule
was approved by the Director of the
Federal Register as of September 24,
2015.
SUMMARY:
The docket, which includes
Federal Register notices, public meeting
attendee lists and transcripts,
comments, and other supporting
documents/materials, is available for
review at regulations.gov. All
documents in the docket are listed in
the regulations.gov index. However,
some documents listed in the index,
such as those containing information
that is exempt from public disclosure,
may not be publicly available.
A link to the docket Web page can be
found at: https://www1.eere.energy.gov/
ADDRESSES:
36 CFR Part 1210
Accounting, Archives and records,
Audit requirements, Colleges and
universities, Grant administration, Grant
programs, Nonprofit organizations,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Accordingly, under the authority in
44 U.S.C. 2104(a); 44 U.S.C. 2501–2506;
and 2 CFR 200, NARA adopts as a final
rule without change the interim rule
amending 2 CFR 2600, 36 CFR 1206,
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79 FR 75871 on December 19, 2014.
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buildings/appliance_standards/
product.aspx?productid=23. This Web
page will contain a link to the docket for
this document on the regulations.gov
site. The regulations.gov Web page will
contain simple instructions on how to
access all documents, including public
comments, in the docket.
For further information on how to
review the docket, contact Ms. Brenda
Edwards at (202) 586–2945 or by email:
Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Direct requests for additional
information may be sent to Mr. Jeremy
Dommu, U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Building
Technologies Office, EE–2J, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC, 20585–0121.
Telephone: (202) 586–9870.
Email: battery_chargers_and_
external_power_supplies@EE.Doe.Gov.
In the office of the General Counsel,
contact Mr. Michael Kido, U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of the
General Counsel, GC–33, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC, 20585–0121.
Telephone: (202) 586–8145. Email:
Michael.Kido@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Authority and Background
A. General Test Procedure Rulemaking
Process
II. Synopsis of the Final Rule
III. Discussion
A. Measurement Accuracy and Precision
B. Test Set-up
C. EPSs with Current Limits
D. Power Factor
E. Adaptive EPSs
F. EPS Loading Points
G. Energy Conservation Standards
H. Indirect Operation EPSs
I. EPSs for Solid State Lighting
J. Sampling Plan
K. Expanding Regulatory Text
L. Effective Date and Compliance Date of
Test Procedure
IV. Procedural Issues and Regulatory Review
A. Review Under Executive Order 12866
B. Review Under the Regulatory Flexibility
Act
C. Review Under the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995
D. Review Under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
E. Review Under Executive Order 13132
F. Review Under Executive Order 12988
G. Review Under the Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act of 1995
H. Review Under the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 1999
I. Review Under Executive Order 12630
J. Review Under Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 2001
K. Review Under Executive Order 13211
L. Review Under Section 32 of the Federal
Energy Administration Act of 1974
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Federal Register
________________________________________________________________________
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents
having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed
to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published
under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.
The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents.
Prices of new books are listed in the first FEDERAL REGISTER issue of each
week.
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Rules and Regulations
[[Page 51423]]
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
2 CFR Part 2600
36 CFR Parts 1206, 1207, and 1210
[FDMS No. NARA-15-0003; NARA-2015-058]
RIN 3095-AB83
Implementation of Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule implements OMB's guidance on Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements
for Federal Awards, published on December 26, 2013. NARA published an
interim final rule proposing its implementation of OMB's new
requirements on December 19, 2014 (79 FR 75871), along with other
Federal awarding agencies. NARA received no comments on the interim
final rule and by this action adopts the rule as final.
DATES: This rule is final on September 24, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Kimberly Keravuori, by
telephone at 301-837-3151, by email at regulation_comments@nara.gov, or
by mail at Kimberly Keravuori, Regulations Program Manager; Strategy
Division (SP), Suite 4100; National Archives and Records
Administration; 8601 Adelphi Road; College Park, MD 20740-6001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 26, 2013, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
streamlined the Federal Government's guidance on Federal awards and
published final guidance in the Federal Register (78 FR 78590),
entitled Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and
Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). OMB's final
guidance at 2 CFR 200 followed on a Notice of Proposed Guidance issued
February 1, 2013, and an Advanced Notice of Proposed Guidance issued
February 28, 2012. The final guidance incorporated feedback received
from the public in response to those earlier issuances. Additional
supporting resources are available from the Council on Financial
Assistance Reform at www.cfo.gov/COFAR. The final guidance delivered on
two presidential directives; Executive Order 13520 on Reducing Improper
Payments (74 FR 62201; November 15, 20019), and February 28, 2011
Presidential Memorandum on Administrative Flexibility, Lower Costs, and
Better Results for State, Local, and Tribal Governments, (Daily Comp.
Pres. Docs.; https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/DCPD-201100123/pdf/DCPD-201100123.pdf). It reflected more than two years of work by the Council
on Financial Assistance Reform to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of Federal financial assistance. For a detailed
discussion of the reform and its impacts, please see the Federal
Register notice for the issuance of the final guidance (78 FR 78589).
As stated in 2 CFR 200.110 of the guidance, Federal agencies must
implement the OMB guidance on Federal awards by regulatory action.
Implementing the Uniform Guidance will reduce administrative burden and
risk of waste, fraud, and abuse for the approximately $600 billion per
year awarded in Federal financial assistance. The result will be more
Federal dollars reprogrammed to support the mission, new entities able
to compete and win awards, and ultimately a stronger framework to
provide key services to American citizens and support the basic
research that underpins the United Stated economy.
In accord with this requirement, on December 19, 2014, OMB and
Federal awarding agencies, including NARA, published a joint interim
final rule in the Federal Register (79 FR 75871), in which Federal
awarding agencies revised their regulations to implement OMB's 2013
Uniform Guidance. The interim final rule became effective on December
26, 2014, and comments were accepted through February 2015.
NARA's portion of the joint interim rule adopted OMB's new guidance
by replacing 2 CFR 2600, making minor revisions to 36 CFR 1206
(regulations for the National Historical Publications and Records
Commission, NARA's grant-making organization) to reflect adoption of 2
CFR 200, and removing 36 CFR 1207 and 1210 (which were rendered
obsolete by the new provisions). Additional NARA grant administration
policies in 36 CFR parts 1202, 1206, 1208, 1211, and 1212 remained in
effect.
NARA received no comments on these proposed changes.
Regulatory Analysis
Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Ch. 3506; 5 CFR 1320 Appendix A.1) (PRA), we reviewed the final rule
and determined that there are no new collections of information
contained therein. However, the OMB uniform guidance in 2 CFR 200 may
have a negligible effect on burden estimates for existing information
collections, including recordkeeping requirements for non-Federal
entities that receive Federal awards.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) requires an agency that is
issuing a final rule to provide a final regulatory flexibility analysis
or to certify that the rule will not have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities. The common interim final
rule implemented OMB final guidance issued on December 26, 2013, and
will not have a significant economic impact beyond the impact of the
December 2013 guidance; the same remains true for this final rule.
Executive Order 12866 Determination
Pursuant to Executive Order 12866, OMB's Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has designated this joint interim final rule
to be significant.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 Determination
Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Unfunded
Mandates Act) (2 U.S.C. 1532) requires that covered agencies
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prepare a budgetary impact statement before promulgating a rule that
includes any Federal mandate that may result in the expenditure by
State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the
private sector, of $100 million or more in any one year. If a budgetary
impact statement is required, section 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Act
also requires covered agencies to identify and consider a reasonable
number of regulatory alternatives before promulgating a rule. OMB
determined that the joint interim final rule will not result in
expenditures by State, local, and tribal governments, or by the private
sector, of $100 million or more in any one year. The same remains true
for this final rule by NARA. Accordingly, NARA has not prepared a
budgetary impact statement or specifically addressed the regulatory
alternatives considered.
Executive Order 13132 Determination
OMB determined that the joint interim final rule did not have any
Federalism implications, as required by Executive Order 13132. The same
remains true for NARA's final rule.
List of Subjects
2 CFR Part 2600
Accounting, Administrative practice and procedure, Appeal
procedures, Auditing, Audit requirements, Colleges and universities,
Cost principles, Grant administration, Grant programs, Hospitals,
Intergovernmental relations, Nonprofit organizations, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Research misconduct, Small business, State
and local governments, Tribal governments.
36 CFR Part 1206
Archives and records, Grant programs--education, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
36 CFR Part 1207
Accounting, Archives and records, Audit requirements, Grant
administration, Grant programs, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, State and local governments.
36 CFR Part 1210
Accounting, Archives and records, Audit requirements, Colleges and
universities, Grant administration, Grant programs, Nonprofit
organizations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Accordingly, under the authority in 44 U.S.C. 2104(a); 44 U.S.C.
2501-2506; and 2 CFR 200, NARA adopts as a final rule without change
the interim rule amending 2 CFR 2600, 36 CFR 1206, 1207, and 1210,
which was published at 79 FR 75871 on December 19, 2014.
Dated: August 18, 2015.
David S. Ferriero,
Archivist of the United States.
[FR Doc. 2015-21077 Filed 8-24-15; 8:45 am]
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