Inviting Applications for Funds Under the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF), Section 314(a)(2); Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA) for Institutions of Higher Education That Meet the Criteria for the Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) Program, 19252-19256 [2021-07658]
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its terms and conditions, and/or all relevant
provisions and requirements of CRRSAA or
any other applicable law may result in
Recipient’s liability under the False Claims
Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729, et seq.; OMB Guidelines
to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment
and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR
part 180, as adopted and amended as
regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part
3485; 18 U.S.C. 1001, as appropriate; and all
of the laws and regulations referenced in the
‘‘Applicable Law’’ section of this
Supplemental Agreement, below.
Applicable Law
18. Recipient must comply with all
applicable assurances in OMB Standard
Forms (SF) SF–424B and SF–424D
(Assurances for Non-Construction and
Assurances for Construction Programs),
including the assurances relating to the legal
authority to apply for assistance; access to
records; conflict of interest;
nondiscrimination; Hatch Act provisions;
labor standards; Single Audit Act; and the
general agreement to comply with all
applicable Federal laws, executive orders,
and regulations.
19. Recipient certifies that with respect to
the certification regarding lobbying in
Department Form 80–0013, no Federal
appropriated funds have been paid or will be
paid to any person for influencing or
attempting to influence an officer or
employee of any agency, a Member of
Congress, an officer or employee of Congress,
or an employee of a Member of Congress in
connection with the making or
supplementing of Federal grants under this
program; Recipient must complete and
submit Standard Form-LLL, ‘‘Disclosure
Form to Report Lobbying,’’ when required
(34 CFR part 82, Appendix B).
20. Recipient must comply with the
provisions of all applicable acts, regulations
and assurances; the following provisions of
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) 34 CFR
parts 75, 77, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 99;
the OMB Guidelines to Agencies on
Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension
(Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR part 180, as
adopted and amended as regulations of the
Department in 2 CFR part 3485; and the
Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as
adopted and amended as regulations of the
Department in 2 CFR part 3474.
Paperwork Burden Statement
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, no persons are required to respond
to a collection of information unless such
collection displays a valid OMB control
number. The valid OMB control number for
this information collection is XXX–XXX.
Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 5 hours
per response, including time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources,
gathering, and maintaining the data needed,
and completing and reviewing the collection
of information. The obligation to respond to
this collection is required to obtain or retain
benefit (section 314(a)(1) of the Coronavirus
Response and Relief Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116–260)).
If you have any comments concerning the
accuracy of the time estimate, suggestions for
improving this individual collection, or if
you have comments or concerns regarding
the status of your individual form,
application or survey, please contact Karen
Epps, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20202 directly.
OMB Number: XXXX–XXXX
Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX
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Inviting Applications for Funds Under
the Higher Education Emergency
Relief Fund (HEERF), Section 314(a)(2);
Coronavirus Response and Relief
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021
(CRRSAA) for Institutions of Higher
Education That Meet the Criteria for
the Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs)
Program
Office of Postsecondary
Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Secretary is announcing
the availability of new HEERF grant
funding under section 314(a)(2) of the
CRRSAA for eligible institutions of
higher education (institutions) under
the Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs)
program, Assistance Listing Number
84.425L, to address needs directly
related to the coronavirus. The Secretary
invites applications from eligible
institutions that did not previously
receive funding under section
18004(a)(2) of the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security Act
(CARES Act) HEERF MSI program and
that are included in the CRRSAA
Section 314(a)(2) MSI Allocation Table
(www.ed2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/
crrsaa.html). The institutions eligible
for funding under this part include
institutions that generally would be
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eligible to apply for the following grant
programs under the Higher Education
Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), and
that are listed on the CRRSAA Section
314(a)(2) MSI Allocation Table: Title V,
part A Developing Hispanic-Serving
Institutions; Title V, part B Promoting
Post-baccalaureate Opportunities for
Hispanic Americans; and certain Title
III, part A programs for Minority Serving
Institutions, which are the
Strengthening Asian American and
Native American Pacific IslanderServing Institutions (AANAPISI),
Strengthening Alaska Native and Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH),
Strengthening Native American-Serving
Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI), and
Strengthening Predominantly Black
Institutions (PBI) programs. This notice
relates to the approved information
collection under OMB control number
1840–0843.
DATES:
Applications Available: April 13,
2021.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: Applications will be
accepted on a rolling basis until July 12,
2021.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for
obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common
Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary
Grant Programs, published in the
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Federal Register on February 13, 2019
(84 FR 3768) and available at
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-201902-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Epps, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 250–64, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: The Department of
Education HEERF Call Center at (202)
377–3711. Email: HEERF@ed.gov. Please
also visit our HEERF II website at:
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/
ope/crrsaa.html.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Full Text of Announcement
Background: On December 27, 2020,
the President signed the CRRSAA into
law (Pub. L. 116–260). This law makes
available approximately $22.7 billion
for institutions under the HEERF, with
funding appropriated for the existing
(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) programs
previously authorized under section
18004 of the CARES Act, as well as
funding for a new (a)(4) program
authorized under the CRRSAA.
With this notice, the Secretary is
announcing the availability of HEERF
grant funds under the CRRSAA section
314(a)(2) MSI program (Assistance
Listing Number 84.425L).
Eligible institutions are institutions of
higher education, as defined in sections
101 and 102(c) of the HEA, 20 U.S.C.
1001 and 1002(c). Allocations for these
programs will be calculated according to
the formula in section 314(a)(2)(A) of
the CRRSAA. Under CRRSAA section
314(c), grant awards under these
programs may be used to (1) defray
expenses associated with coronavirus
(including lost revenue, reimbursement
for expenses already incurred,
technology costs associated with a
transition to distance education, faculty
and staff trainings, and payroll); (2)
carry out student support activities
authorized by the HEA that address
needs related to coronavirus; and (3)
provide financial aid grants to students
(including students exclusively enrolled
in distance education), which may be
used for any component of the student’s
cost of attendance or for emergency
costs that arise due to coronavirus, such
as tuition, food, housing, health care
(including mental health care), or child
care. In making financial aid grants to
students, an institution must prioritize
grants to students with exceptional
need, such as students who receive Pell
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Grants. Institutions are urged to make
financial aid grants to students to the
maximum extent possible.
Section 314(d)(8) of the CRRSAA
provides that institutions that
previously received grants under section
18004(a)(2) of the CARES Act are not
required to submit new or revised
applications to receive funding under
the CRRSAA section 314(a)(2) MSI
program. As a result, the Department
will award supplemental funds to
eligible institutions that previously
received a section 18004(a)(2) award
under the CARES Act, Assistance
Listing Number 84.425L (identified by a
Grant Award beginning with P425L20).
No action is required by eligible
institutions to receive these
supplemental awards. The project
director identified on the most current
Grant Award Notification (GAN) will
automatically receive an email
indicating a supplemental award has
been made to your institution. Please
note that drawing down any amount of
these supplemental funds constitutes an
institution’s acceptance of the new
terms and conditions under the
CRRSAA and a new Supplemental
Agreement, which are included as an
attachment to this notice for reference.
Institutions that have not yet
complied with the reporting
requirements of the HEERF grant
program may receive delayed
supplemental (a)(2) awards and/or may
receive awards with a restriction on the
ability to draw down those awarded
funds (stop payment status) until the
institution has satisfied its HEERF
reporting obligations.
Institutions that did not receive a
CARES Act section 18004(a)(2) MSI
award but that are on the Department’s
published CRRSAA Section 314(a)(2)
MSI Allocation Table may apply for and
receive section 314(a)(2) MSI grant
awards. Pursuant to CRRSAA section
314(f), an institution must apply for
funds within 90 days of the publication
of this notice.
Program Authority: Section 314 of the
CRRSAA, 2021.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR
parts 75, 77, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and
99. (b) The Office of Management and
Budget Guidelines to Agencies on
Governmentwide Debarment and
Suspension (Non-procurement) in 2
CFR part 180, as adopted and amended
as regulations of the Department in 2
CFR part 3485. (c) The Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as
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adopted and amended as regulations of
the Department in 2 CFR part 3474.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Formula grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
Approximately $439,994,312 will be
used to make awards under this
program.
Grant Period: Institutions must
expend funds received under this
program within 12 months of obligation
of the funds by the Department.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Public and
private nonprofit institutions, as defined
in sections 101 and 102(c) of the HEA,
that are eligible for certain programs
under part A of title III and parts A and
B of title V of the HEA.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not require cost sharing or
matching.
3. Subgrantees: Subgrantees are not
allowed under this program.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Application Submission
Instructions: Applicants are required to
submit their applications using
Grants.gov. To register to use
Grants.gov, please visit their ‘‘How to
Apply for Grants’’ web page
(www.grants.gov/applicants/apply-forgrants.html), or call their Applicant
Support helpdesk at 1–800–518–4726.
Each completed application for the
MSI portion must consist of—
• A complete SF–424;
• Supplemental Information for the
SF–424;
• The Certification and Agreement for
an Award under Section 314(a)(2)
(Purple C&A); and
• The Required Notification of
Endowment Excise Tax Paid (if
applicable).
Note: The applicant must submit the
corresponding Certificate and
Agreement for the funds requested. Each
Certificate and Agreement must be
completed and include the correct
OPEID and DUNS number of the
institution for which you are requesting
funds. Each grantee will receive the
amount calculated for them and listed
in the Department’s published Section
314(a)(2) MSI Allocation Table.
2. Intergovernmental Review: This
program is subject to Executive Order
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR
part 79. However, under 34 CFR 79.8(a),
we waive intergovernmental review in
order to make timely awards.
3. Funding Restrictions: Funding
restrictions are specified in each
program’s Certification and Agreement
or Supplemental Agreement.
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4. Data Universal Numbering System
Number, Taxpayer Identification
Number, and System for Award
Management: In general, to do business
with the Department of Education, you
must—
(a) Have a Data Universal Numbering
System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer
Identification Number (TIN);
(b) Register both your DUNS number
and TIN with the System for Award
Management (SAM), the Government’s
primary registrant database;
(c) Provide your DUNS number and
TIN on your SAM application; and
(d) Maintain an active SAM
registration with current information
while your application is under review
by the Department and, if you are
awarded a grant, during the project
period.
You can obtain a DUNS number from
Dun and Bradstreet at the following
website: https://fedgov.dnb.com/
webform. A DUNS number can be
created within one to two business days.
If you are a corporate entity, agency,
institution, or organization, you can
obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue
Service. If you are an individual, you
can obtain a TIN from the Internal
Revenue Service or the Social Security
Administration. If you need a new TIN,
please allow two to five weeks for your
TIN to become active. The SAM
registration process can take
approximately seven business days, but
may take upwards of several weeks,
depending on the completeness and
accuracy of the data you enter into the
SAM database. Thus, if you think you
might want to apply for Federal
financial assistance under a program
administered by the Department, please
allow sufficient time to obtain and
register your DUNS number and TIN.
If you are currently registered with
SAM, you may not need to make any
changes. However, please make certain
that the TIN associated with your DUNS
number is correct. Also note that you
will need to update your registration
annually. This may take three or more
business days. Information about SAM
is available at www.SAM.gov. To further
assist you with obtaining and registering
your DUNS number and TIN in SAM or
updating your existing SAM account,
we have prepared a SAM.gov Tip Sheet,
which you can find at: www2.ed.gov/
fund/grant/apply/sam-faqs.html.
V. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If you receive a
grant award under this program, we will
send you a Grant Award Notification
(GAN), or we may send you an email
containing a link to access an electronic
version of your GAN.
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2. Reporting: Reporting requirements
are specified in each program’s
Certification and Agreement or
Supplemental Agreement. For
transparency and reporting purposes,
institutions must continue to publish
quarterly on their institutional websites
and submit annually to the Department
certain reporting requirements, and the
Secretary may adjust those requirements
to reflect evolving needs. The
Department continues to update its
interactive Education Stabilization Fund
online portal to provide transparency to
the public.
VI. Other Information
Accessible Format: On request to the
program contact person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT,
individuals with disabilities can obtain
this document in an accessible format.
The Department will provide the
requestor with an accessible format that
may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or
text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3
file, braille, large print, audiotape, or
compact disc, or other accessible format.
Electronic Access to This Document:
The official version of this document is
the document published in the Federal
Register. You may access the official
edition of the Federal Register and the
Code of Federal Regulations at
www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can
view this document, as well as all other
documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Portable Document Format
(PDF). To use PDF, you must have
Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at the site.
You may also access documents of the
Department published in the Federal
Register by using the article search
feature at www.federalregister.gov.
Specifically, through the advanced
search feature at this site, you can limit
your search to documents published by
the Department.
Tiwanda Burse,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management
& Planning, Office of Postsecondary
Education. Delegated authority to perform
functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary
Education.
Appendix—Coronavirus Response and
Relief Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 2021
Certification and Agreement for an Award
under Section 314(a)(2) (CFDAs 84.425 J, K,
L, M)
Grant Funds for a Section 314(a)(2) Award
The terms, conditions, and requirements
governing your institution’s (Recipient’s) use
of these supplemental grant funds awarded
pursuant to section 314(a)(2) of the
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Coronavirus Response and Relief
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021
(CRRSAA) (Pub. L. 116–260) (award or grant)
by the U.S. Department of Education
(Department) are governed by section 314 of
CRRSAA and the following terms and
conditions of this Certification and
Agreement (C&A):
Use of Grant Funds
1. Section 314(a)(2) of CRRSAA authorizes
the Secretary to make additional awards
under parts A and B of title III, parts A and
B of title V, and subpart 4 of part A of title
VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (‘‘HEA’’), to address needs directly
related to the coronavirus. These awards are
in addition to awards made in section
314(a)(1) of CRRSAA and have been allocated
by the Secretary proportionally to such
programs based on the relative share of
funding appropriated to such programs in the
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2020 (Pub. L. 116–94).
2. Pursuant to section 314(c) of CRRSAA,
Recipient may use this award to defray
expenses associated with the coronavirus
(including lost revenue, reimbursement for
expenses already incurred, technology costs
associated with a transition to distance
education, faculty and staff trainings, and
payroll); carry out student support activities
authorized by the HEA that address needs
related to the coronavirus; and make
financial aid grants to students, which may
be used for any component of the student’s
cost of attendance or for emergency costs that
arise due to coronavirus, such as tuition,
food, housing, health care (including mental
health care), or child care.
3. Recipient acknowledges that no
supplemental grant funds may be used to
fund contractors for the provision of preenrollment recruitment activities; marketing
or recruitment; endowments; capital outlays
associated with facilities related to athletics,
sectarian instruction, or religious worship;
senior administrator or executive salaries,
benefits, bonuses, contracts, incentives; stock
buybacks, shareholder dividends, capital
distributions, and stock options; or any other
cash or other benefit for a senior
administrator or executive.
4. The Secretary urges Recipient to devote
the maximum amount of funds possible to
financial aid grants to students. The
Secretary urges Recipient to take strong
measures to ensure that financial aid grants
to students are made to the maximum extent
possible.
5. Recipient must notify the Department
within 30 days of making a determination
that it is required to remit payment to the
Internal Revenue Service for the excise tax
paid on investment income of private
colleges and universities under section 4968
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for tax
year 2019 via the Required Notification of
Endowment Excise Tax Paid form provided
as an attachment to this GAN, pursuant to
section 314(d)(6) of CRRSAA. Recipient
acknowledges that if it was required to remit
payment to the Internal Revenue Service for
this excise tax paid, and if it is not an
institution that has been designated as an
eligible work college under HEA section 448,
20 U.S.C. 1087–58:
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a. Recipient must use its remaining
available funds only for financial aid grants
to students consistent with CRRSAA section
314(c)(3), or for sanitation, personal
protective equipment, or other expenses
associated with the general health and safety
of the campus environment related to the
qualifying emergency, unless a waiver of this
condition has been requested by Recipient
and until approved by the Secretary under
CRRSAA section 314(d)(6)(B), and subject to
other applicable requirements in section 314.
6. If Recipient is a Historically Black
College and University, Tribally Controlled
College and University, or a Minority Serving
Institution, then consistent with section
314(d)(1) of CRRSAA, Recipient may use
prior awards provided under Titles III, V, and
VII of the HEA to prevent, prepare for, and
respond to coronavirus. Should Recipient
avail itself of this flexibility, it must maintain
appropriate records and cost documentation
as required by 2 CFR 200.302 and 200.333 to
separately account for prior award funds
used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
coronavirus.
Grant Administration
7. Recipient acknowledges that consistent
with 2 CFR 200.305, it must minimize the
time between drawing down funds from G5
and paying incurred obligations (liquidation).
Recipient further acknowledges that if it
draws down funds and does not pay the
incurred obligations (liquidates) within 3
calendar days it may be subject to heightened
scrutiny by the Department, Recipient’s
auditors, and/or the Department’s Office of
the Inspector General (OIG). Recipient further
acknowledges that returning funds pursuant
to mistakes in drawing down excessive grant
funds in advance of need may also be subject
to heightened scrutiny by the Department,
Recipient’s auditors, and/or the Department’s
OIG. Finally, Recipient acknowledges that it
must maintain drawn down grant funds in an
interest-bearing account, and any interest
earned on all Federal grant funds above $500
(all Federal grants together) during an
institution’s fiscal year must be returned
(remitted) to the Federal government via a
process described here: https://www2.ed.gov/
documents/funding-101/g5-returninginterest.pdf.
8. Recipient may charge indirect costs to
supplemental funds made available under
this award consistent with its negotiated
indirect cost rate agreement. If Recipient does
not have a current negotiated indirect cost
rate with its cognizant agency for indirect
costs, it may appropriately charge the de
minimis rate of ten percent of Modified Total
Direct Costs (MTDC). Recipient may also
charge reasonable direct administrative costs
to the supplemental funds made available
under this award.
9. Recipient acknowledges that any
obligation under this grant (pre-award costs
pursuant to 2 CFR 200.458) must have been
incurred on or after December 27, 2020, the
date of the enactment of CRRSAA.
10. Recipient must promptly and to the
greatest extent practicable expend all grant
funds from this award within the period of
performance (2 CFR 200.77) specified in Box
6 of this Grant Award Notification (GAN).
11. Recipient must, to the greatest extent
practicable, continue to pay its employees
and contractors during the period of any
disruptions or closures related to coronavirus
pursuant to section 315 of CRRSAA.
12. Recipient acknowledges that its failure
to draw down any amount of its
supplemental grant funds within 90 days of
the date of this supplemental award will
constitute nonacceptance of the terms,
conditions, and requirements of this
Supplemental Agreement and of these
supplemental grant funds. In such event, the
Department, in its sole discretion, may
choose to deobligate these supplemental
grant funds or take other appropriate
administrative action, up to and including
terminating the grant award pursuant to 2
CFR 200.340.
Reporting and Accountability
13. Recipient must promptly and timely
report to the Department on the use of funds
no later than 6 months after the date of this
supplemental award in a manner to be
specified by the Secretary pursuant to section
314(e) of CRRSAA. Recipient must also
promptly and timely provide a detailed
accounting of the use of funds provided by
this supplemental award in such manner and
with such subsequent frequency as the
Secretary may require. Recipient will comply
with any other applicable reporting
requirements including those in section
15011(b)(2) of Division B of the CARES Act.
Recipient acknowledges the Department may
require additional or more frequent reporting
to be specified by the Secretary.
14. Recipient must comply with all
requirements of the Single Audit Act
Amendments of 1996, 31 U.S.C. 7501, et seq.
(Single Audit Act) and all applicable auditing
standards. Considering that the HEERF grant
program is a new program not previously
audited or subjected to Department oversight,
and the inherent risk that comes with a new
program, the Department strongly suggests
that the HEERF grant program be audited as
a major program in the first fiscal year(s) that
the institution received a HEERF grant.
15. Recipient acknowledges it is under a
continuing affirmative duty to inform the
Department if Recipient is to close or
terminate operations as an institution or
merge with another institution. In such cases,
Recipient must promptly notify in writing
the assigned education program specialist
contact in Box 3. Additionally, Recipient
must promptly notify the assigned education
program officer if the Recipient’s Authorized
Representative changes.
16. Recipient must cooperate with any
examination of records with respect to the
advanced funds by making records and
authorized individuals available when
requested, whether by (i) the Department
and/or its OIG; or (ii) any other Federal
agency, commission, or department in the
lawful exercise of its jurisdiction and
authority. Recipient must retain all financial
records, supporting documents, statistical
records, and all other non-Federal entity
records pertinent to a Federal award for a
period of three years from the date of
submission of the final expenditure report
pursuant to 2 CFR 200.334.
17. Recipient acknowledges that failure to
comply with this Supplemental Agreement,
its terms and conditions, and/or all relevant
provisions and requirements of CRRSAA or
any other applicable law may result in
Recipient’s liability under the False Claims
Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729, et seq.; OMB Guidelines
to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment
and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR
part 180, as adopted and amended as
regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part
3485; 18 U.S.C. 1001, as appropriate; and all
of the laws and regulations referenced in the
‘‘Applicable Law’’ section of this
Supplemental Agreement, below.
Applicable Law
18. Recipient must comply with all
applicable assurances in OMB Standard
Forms (SF) SF–424B and SF–424D
(Assurances for Non-Construction and
Assurances for Construction Programs),
including the assurances relating to the legal
authority to apply for assistance; access to
records; conflict of interest;
nondiscrimination; Hatch Act provisions;
labor standards; Single Audit Act; and the
general agreement to comply with all
applicable Federal laws, executive orders,
and regulations.
19. Recipient certifies that with respect to
the certification regarding lobbying in
Department Form 80–0013, no Federal
appropriated funds have been paid or will be
paid to any person for influencing or
attempting to influence an officer or
employee of any agency, a Member of
Congress, an officer or employee of Congress,
or an employee of a Member of Congress in
connection with the making or
supplementing of Federal grants under this
program; Recipient must complete and
submit Standard Form–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure
Form to Report Lobbying,’’ when required
(34 CFR part 82, Appendix B).
20. Recipient must comply with the
provisions of all applicable acts, regulations
and assurances; the following provisions of
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) 34 CFR
parts 75, 77, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 99;
the OMB Guidelines to Agencies on
Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension
(Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR part 180, as
adopted and amended as regulations of the
Department in 2 CFR part 3485; and the
Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as
adopted and amended as regulations of the
Department in 2 CFR part 3474.
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According to the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, no persons are required to respond
to a collection of information unless such
collection displays a valid OMB control
number. The valid OMB control number for
this information collection is XXX–XXX.
Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 5 hours
per response, including time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources,
gathering, and maintaining the data needed,
and completing and reviewing the collection
of information. The obligation to respond to
this collection is required to obtain or retain
benefit (section 314(a)(1) of the Coronavirus
Response and Relief Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116–260)).
If you have any comments concerning the
accuracy of the time estimate, suggestions for
improving this individual collection, or if
you have comments or concerns regarding
the status of your individual form,
application or survey, please contact Karen
Epps, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20202 directly.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Northern New
Mexico
Office of Environmental
Management, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Open Virtual Meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces an
online virtual meeting of the
Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),
Northern New Mexico. The Federal
Advisory Committee Act requires that
public notice of this online virtual
meeting be announced in the Federal
Register.
SUMMARY:
Wednesday, May 19, 2021; 1:00
p.m.–5:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held
virtually via Webex. To attend, please
contact Menice Santistevan by email,
Menice.Santistevan@em.doe.gov, no
later than 5:00 p.m. MT on Monday,
May 17, 2021.
To Sign Up for Public Comment:
Please contact Menice Santistevan by
email, Menice.Santistevan@em.doe.gov,
no later than 5:00 p.m. MT on Monday,
May 17, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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(NNMCAB), 94 Cities of Gold Road,
Santa Fe, NM 87506. Phone (505) 995–
0393 or email: Menice.Santistevan@
em.doe.gov.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request; 41
Source Categories
Purpose of the Board: The purpose of
the Board is to make recommendations
to DOE–EM and site management in the
areas of environmental restoration,
waste management, and related
activities.
• Overview and Approval of Agenda
• Approval of March 17, 2021 Minutes
• Old Business
Æ Report from NNMCAB Chair and
Vice Chair
Æ Report from NNMCAB Committee
Chairs
• New Business
• Proposal to Update New Mexico
Water Quality Standards: Copper
Site-Specific Water Quality Criteria
for the Pajarito Plateau
• Public Comment Period
• Presentation on Surface, Groundwater
and Soil Sampling Program
• Update from EM Los Alamos Field
Office and NNMCAB Deputy
Designated Federal Officer
• Update from N3B
• Update from New Mexico
Environment Department
• Future Presentation Requests
Public Participation: The online
virtual meeting is open to the public.
Written statements may be filed with
the Board either before or within five
days after the meeting by sending them
to Menice Santistevan at the
aforementioned email address. The
Deputy Designated Federal Officer is
empowered to conduct the meeting in a
fashion that will facilitate the orderly
conduct of business. Individuals
wishing to make public comments will
be provided a maximum of five minutes
to present their comments.
Minutes: Minutes will be available by
writing or calling Menice Santistevan at
the address or telephone number listed
above. Minutes and other Board
documents are on the internet at:
https://www.energy.gov/em/nnmcab/
meeting-materials.
Signed in Washington, DC on April 8,
2021.
LaTanya Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
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ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency is planning to submit
the below listed information collection
requests (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before
doing so, EPA is soliciting public
comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as
described below. These are proposed
extensions of the currently approved
ICRs. An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 14, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing the Docket ID numbers
provided for each item in the text,
online using https://
www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred
method), by email to a-and-r-docket@
epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460.
The EPA’s policy is that all relevant
comments received will be included in
the public docket without change
including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes
profanity, threats, information claimed
to be Confidential Business Information
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Out of an
abundance of caution for members of
the public and our staff, the EPA Docket
Center and Reading Room are closed to
the public, with limited exceptions, to
reduce the risk of transmitting COVID–
19. Our Docket Center staff will
continue to provide remote customer
service via email, phone, and webform.
We encourage the public to submit
comments via https://
www.regulations.gov/ or email, as there
may be a delay in processing mail and
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Inviting Applications for Funds Under the Higher Education
Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF), Section 314(a)(2); Coronavirus Response
and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA) for
Institutions of Higher Education That Meet the Criteria for the
Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) Program
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary is announcing the availability of new HEERF
grant funding under section 314(a)(2) of the CRRSAA for eligible
institutions of higher education (institutions) under the Minority
Serving Institutions (MSIs) program, Assistance Listing Number 84.425L,
to address needs directly related to the coronavirus. The Secretary
invites applications from eligible institutions that did not previously
receive funding under section 18004(a)(2) of the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) HEERF MSI program and
that are included in the CRRSAA Section 314(a)(2) MSI Allocation Table
(www.ed2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/crrsaa.html). The institutions
eligible for funding under this part include institutions that
generally would be eligible to apply for the following grant programs
under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), and that are
listed on the CRRSAA Section 314(a)(2) MSI Allocation Table: Title V,
part A Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions; Title V, part B
Promoting Post-baccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans; and
certain Title III, part A programs for Minority Serving Institutions,
which are the Strengthening Asian American and Native American Pacific
Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI), Strengthening Alaska Native
and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH), Strengthening Native
American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI), and Strengthening
Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI) programs. This notice relates to
the approved information collection under OMB control number 1840-0843.
DATES:
Applications Available: April 13, 2021.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: Applications will be
accepted on a rolling basis until July 12, 2021.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the
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Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768) and available at
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Epps, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 250-64, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: The Department of Education HEERF Call Center at (202) 377-
3711. Email: [email protected]. Please also visit our HEERF II website at:
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/crrsaa.html.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-
800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Full Text of Announcement
Background: On December 27, 2020, the President signed the CRRSAA
into law (Pub. L. 116-260). This law makes available approximately
$22.7 billion for institutions under the HEERF, with funding
appropriated for the existing (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) programs
previously authorized under section 18004 of the CARES Act, as well as
funding for a new (a)(4) program authorized under the CRRSAA.
With this notice, the Secretary is announcing the availability of
HEERF grant funds under the CRRSAA section 314(a)(2) MSI program
(Assistance Listing Number 84.425L).
Eligible institutions are institutions of higher education, as
defined in sections 101 and 102(c) of the HEA, 20 U.S.C. 1001 and
1002(c). Allocations for these programs will be calculated according to
the formula in section 314(a)(2)(A) of the CRRSAA. Under CRRSAA section
314(c), grant awards under these programs may be used to (1) defray
expenses associated with coronavirus (including lost revenue,
reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs
associated with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff
trainings, and payroll); (2) carry out student support activities
authorized by the HEA that address needs related to coronavirus; and
(3) provide financial aid grants to students (including students
exclusively enrolled in distance education), which may be used for any
component of the student's cost of attendance or for emergency costs
that arise due to coronavirus, such as tuition, food, housing, health
care (including mental health care), or child care. In making financial
aid grants to students, an institution must prioritize grants to
students with exceptional need, such as students who receive Pell
Grants. Institutions are urged to make financial aid grants to students
to the maximum extent possible.
Section 314(d)(8) of the CRRSAA provides that institutions that
previously received grants under section 18004(a)(2) of the CARES Act
are not required to submit new or revised applications to receive
funding under the CRRSAA section 314(a)(2) MSI program. As a result,
the Department will award supplemental funds to eligible institutions
that previously received a section 18004(a)(2) award under the CARES
Act, Assistance Listing Number 84.425L (identified by a Grant Award
beginning with P425L20). No action is required by eligible institutions
to receive these supplemental awards. The project director identified
on the most current Grant Award Notification (GAN) will automatically
receive an email indicating a supplemental award has been made to your
institution. Please note that drawing down any amount of these
supplemental funds constitutes an institution's acceptance of the new
terms and conditions under the CRRSAA and a new Supplemental Agreement,
which are included as an attachment to this notice for reference.
Institutions that have not yet complied with the reporting
requirements of the HEERF grant program may receive delayed
supplemental (a)(2) awards and/or may receive awards with a restriction
on the ability to draw down those awarded funds (stop payment status)
until the institution has satisfied its HEERF reporting obligations.
Institutions that did not receive a CARES Act section 18004(a)(2)
MSI award but that are on the Department's published CRRSAA Section
314(a)(2) MSI Allocation Table may apply for and receive section
314(a)(2) MSI grant awards. Pursuant to CRRSAA section 314(f), an
institution must apply for funds within 90 days of the publication of
this notice.
Program Authority: Section 314 of the CRRSAA, 2021.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97,
98, and 99. (b) The Office of Management and Budget Guidelines to
Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Non-procurement)
in 2 CFR part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the
Department in 2 CFR part 3485. (c) The Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal
Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted and amended as regulations of the
Department in 2 CFR part 3474.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Formula grants.
Estimated Available Funds: Approximately $439,994,312 will be used
to make awards under this program.
Grant Period: Institutions must expend funds received under this
program within 12 months of obligation of the funds by the Department.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Public and private nonprofit institutions,
as defined in sections 101 and 102(c) of the HEA, that are eligible for
certain programs under part A of title III and parts A and B of title V
of the HEA.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching.
3. Subgrantees: Subgrantees are not allowed under this program.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Application Submission Instructions: Applicants are required to
submit their applications using Grants.gov. To register to use
Grants.gov, please visit their ``How to Apply for Grants'' web page
(www.grants.gov/applicants/apply-for-grants.html), or call their
Applicant Support helpdesk at 1-800-518-4726.
Each completed application for the MSI portion must consist of--
A complete SF-424;
Supplemental Information for the SF-424;
The Certification and Agreement for an Award under Section
314(a)(2) (Purple C&A); and
The Required Notification of Endowment Excise Tax Paid (if
applicable).
Note: The applicant must submit the corresponding Certificate and
Agreement for the funds requested. Each Certificate and Agreement must
be completed and include the correct OPEID and DUNS number of the
institution for which you are requesting funds. Each grantee will
receive the amount calculated for them and listed in the Department's
published Section 314(a)(2) MSI Allocation Table.
2. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. However, under 34
CFR 79.8(a), we waive intergovernmental review in order to make timely
awards.
3. Funding Restrictions: Funding restrictions are specified in each
program's Certification and Agreement or Supplemental Agreement.
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4. Data Universal Numbering System Number, Taxpayer Identification
Number, and System for Award Management: In general, to do business
with the Department of Education, you must--
(a) Have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and a
Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN);
(b) Register both your DUNS number and TIN with the System for
Award Management (SAM), the Government's primary registrant database;
(c) Provide your DUNS number and TIN on your SAM application; and
(d) Maintain an active SAM registration with current information
while your application is under review by the Department and, if you
are awarded a grant, during the project period.
You can obtain a DUNS number from Dun and Bradstreet at the
following website: https://fedgov.dnb.com/webform. A DUNS number can be
created within one to two business days.
If you are a corporate entity, agency, institution, or
organization, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue Service.
If you are an individual, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal
Revenue Service or the Social Security Administration. If you need a
new TIN, please allow two to five weeks for your TIN to become active.
The SAM registration process can take approximately seven business
days, but may take upwards of several weeks, depending on the
completeness and accuracy of the data you enter into the SAM database.
Thus, if you think you might want to apply for Federal financial
assistance under a program administered by the Department, please allow
sufficient time to obtain and register your DUNS number and TIN.
If you are currently registered with SAM, you may not need to make
any changes. However, please make certain that the TIN associated with
your DUNS number is correct. Also note that you will need to update
your registration annually. This may take three or more business days.
Information about SAM is available at www.SAM.gov. To further assist
you with obtaining and registering your DUNS number and TIN in SAM or
updating your existing SAM account, we have prepared a SAM.gov Tip
Sheet, which you can find at: www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/sam-faqs.html.
V. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If you receive a grant award under this program,
we will send you a Grant Award Notification (GAN), or we may send you
an email containing a link to access an electronic version of your GAN.
2. Reporting: Reporting requirements are specified in each
program's Certification and Agreement or Supplemental Agreement. For
transparency and reporting purposes, institutions must continue to
publish quarterly on their institutional websites and submit annually
to the Department certain reporting requirements, and the Secretary may
adjust those requirements to reflect evolving needs. The Department
continues to update its interactive Education Stabilization Fund online
portal to provide transparency to the public.
VI. Other Information
Accessible Format: On request to the program contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with disabilities
can obtain this document in an accessible format. The Department will
provide the requestor with an accessible format that may include Rich
Text Format (RTF) or text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 file,
braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc, or other accessible
format.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may
access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of
Federal Regulations at www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can view this
document, as well as all other documents of this Department published
in the Federal Register, in text or Portable Document Format (PDF). To
use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at
the site.
You may also access documents of the Department published in the
Federal Register by using the article search feature at
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Tiwanda Burse,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management & Planning, Office of
Postsecondary Education. Delegated authority to perform functions and
duties of the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary
Education.
Appendix--Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 2021
Certification and Agreement for an Award under Section 314(a)(2) (CFDAs
84.425 J, K, L, M)
Grant Funds for a Section 314(a)(2) Award
The terms, conditions, and requirements governing your
institution's (Recipient's) use of these supplemental grant funds
awarded pursuant to section 314(a)(2) of the Coronavirus Response
and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA) (Pub. L.
116-260) (award or grant) by the U.S. Department of Education
(Department) are governed by section 314 of CRRSAA and the following
terms and conditions of this Certification and Agreement (C&A):
Use of Grant Funds
1. Section 314(a)(2) of CRRSAA authorizes the Secretary to make
additional awards under parts A and B of title III, parts A and B of
title V, and subpart 4 of part A of title VII of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended (``HEA''), to address needs
directly related to the coronavirus. These awards are in addition to
awards made in section 314(a)(1) of CRRSAA and have been allocated
by the Secretary proportionally to such programs based on the
relative share of funding appropriated to such programs in the
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. 116-94).
2. Pursuant to section 314(c) of CRRSAA, Recipient may use this
award to defray expenses associated with the coronavirus (including
lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred,
technology costs associated with a transition to distance education,
faculty and staff trainings, and payroll); carry out student support
activities authorized by the HEA that address needs related to the
coronavirus; and make financial aid grants to students, which may be
used for any component of the student's cost of attendance or for
emergency costs that arise due to coronavirus, such as tuition,
food, housing, health care (including mental health care), or child
care.
3. Recipient acknowledges that no supplemental grant funds may
be used to fund contractors for the provision of pre-enrollment
recruitment activities; marketing or recruitment; endowments;
capital outlays associated with facilities related to athletics,
sectarian instruction, or religious worship; senior administrator or
executive salaries, benefits, bonuses, contracts, incentives; stock
buybacks, shareholder dividends, capital distributions, and stock
options; or any other cash or other benefit for a senior
administrator or executive.
4. The Secretary urges Recipient to devote the maximum amount of
funds possible to financial aid grants to students. The Secretary
urges Recipient to take strong measures to ensure that financial aid
grants to students are made to the maximum extent possible.
5. Recipient must notify the Department within 30 days of making
a determination that it is required to remit payment to the Internal
Revenue Service for the excise tax paid on investment income of
private colleges and universities under section 4968 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 for tax year 2019 via the Required Notification
of Endowment Excise Tax Paid form provided as an attachment to this
GAN, pursuant to section 314(d)(6) of CRRSAA. Recipient acknowledges
that if it was required to remit payment to the Internal Revenue
Service for this excise tax paid, and if it is not an institution
that has been designated as an eligible work college under HEA
section 448, 20 U.S.C. 1087-58:
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a. Recipient must use its remaining available funds only for
financial aid grants to students consistent with CRRSAA section
314(c)(3), or for sanitation, personal protective equipment, or
other expenses associated with the general health and safety of the
campus environment related to the qualifying emergency, unless a
waiver of this condition has been requested by Recipient and until
approved by the Secretary under CRRSAA section 314(d)(6)(B), and
subject to other applicable requirements in section 314.
6. If Recipient is a Historically Black College and University,
Tribally Controlled College and University, or a Minority Serving
Institution, then consistent with section 314(d)(1) of CRRSAA,
Recipient may use prior awards provided under Titles III, V, and VII
of the HEA to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
Should Recipient avail itself of this flexibility, it must maintain
appropriate records and cost documentation as required by 2 CFR
200.302 and 200.333 to separately account for prior award funds used
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
Grant Administration
7. Recipient acknowledges that consistent with 2 CFR 200.305, it
must minimize the time between drawing down funds from G5 and paying
incurred obligations (liquidation). Recipient further acknowledges
that if it draws down funds and does not pay the incurred
obligations (liquidates) within 3 calendar days it may be subject to
heightened scrutiny by the Department, Recipient's auditors, and/or
the Department's Office of the Inspector General (OIG). Recipient
further acknowledges that returning funds pursuant to mistakes in
drawing down excessive grant funds in advance of need may also be
subject to heightened scrutiny by the Department, Recipient's
auditors, and/or the Department's OIG. Finally, Recipient
acknowledges that it must maintain drawn down grant funds in an
interest-bearing account, and any interest earned on all Federal
grant funds above $500 (all Federal grants together) during an
institution's fiscal year must be returned (remitted) to the Federal
government via a process described here: https://www2.ed.gov/documents/funding-101/g5-returning-interest.pdf.
8. Recipient may charge indirect costs to supplemental funds
made available under this award consistent with its negotiated
indirect cost rate agreement. If Recipient does not have a current
negotiated indirect cost rate with its cognizant agency for indirect
costs, it may appropriately charge the de minimis rate of ten
percent of Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC). Recipient may also
charge reasonable direct administrative costs to the supplemental
funds made available under this award.
9. Recipient acknowledges that any obligation under this grant
(pre-award costs pursuant to 2 CFR 200.458) must have been incurred
on or after December 27, 2020, the date of the enactment of CRRSAA.
10. Recipient must promptly and to the greatest extent
practicable expend all grant funds from this award within the period
of performance (2 CFR 200.77) specified in Box 6 of this Grant Award
Notification (GAN).
11. Recipient must, to the greatest extent practicable, continue
to pay its employees and contractors during the period of any
disruptions or closures related to coronavirus pursuant to section
315 of CRRSAA.
12. Recipient acknowledges that its failure to draw down any
amount of its supplemental grant funds within 90 days of the date of
this supplemental award will constitute nonacceptance of the terms,
conditions, and requirements of this Supplemental Agreement and of
these supplemental grant funds. In such event, the Department, in
its sole discretion, may choose to deobligate these supplemental
grant funds or take other appropriate administrative action, up to
and including terminating the grant award pursuant to 2 CFR 200.340.
Reporting and Accountability
13. Recipient must promptly and timely report to the Department
on the use of funds no later than 6 months after the date of this
supplemental award in a manner to be specified by the Secretary
pursuant to section 314(e) of CRRSAA. Recipient must also promptly
and timely provide a detailed accounting of the use of funds
provided by this supplemental award in such manner and with such
subsequent frequency as the Secretary may require. Recipient will
comply with any other applicable reporting requirements including
those in section 15011(b)(2) of Division B of the CARES Act.
Recipient acknowledges the Department may require additional or more
frequent reporting to be specified by the Secretary.
14. Recipient must comply with all requirements of the Single
Audit Act Amendments of 1996, 31 U.S.C. 7501, et seq. (Single Audit
Act) and all applicable auditing standards. Considering that the
HEERF grant program is a new program not previously audited or
subjected to Department oversight, and the inherent risk that comes
with a new program, the Department strongly suggests that the HEERF
grant program be audited as a major program in the first fiscal
year(s) that the institution received a HEERF grant.
15. Recipient acknowledges it is under a continuing affirmative
duty to inform the Department if Recipient is to close or terminate
operations as an institution or merge with another institution. In
such cases, Recipient must promptly notify in writing the assigned
education program specialist contact in Box 3. Additionally,
Recipient must promptly notify the assigned education program
officer if the Recipient's Authorized Representative changes.
16. Recipient must cooperate with any examination of records
with respect to the advanced funds by making records and authorized
individuals available when requested, whether by (i) the Department
and/or its OIG; or (ii) any other Federal agency, commission, or
department in the lawful exercise of its jurisdiction and authority.
Recipient must retain all financial records, supporting documents,
statistical records, and all other non-Federal entity records
pertinent to a Federal award for a period of three years from the
date of submission of the final expenditure report pursuant to 2 CFR
200.334.
17. Recipient acknowledges that failure to comply with this
Supplemental Agreement, its terms and conditions, and/or all
relevant provisions and requirements of CRRSAA or any other
applicable law may result in Recipient's liability under the False
Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729, et seq.; OMB Guidelines to Agencies on
Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR
part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in
2 CFR part 3485; 18 U.S.C. 1001, as appropriate; and all of the laws
and regulations referenced in the ``Applicable Law'' section of this
Supplemental Agreement, below.
Applicable Law
18. Recipient must comply with all applicable assurances in OMB
Standard Forms (SF) SF-424B and SF-424D (Assurances for Non-
Construction and Assurances for Construction Programs), including
the assurances relating to the legal authority to apply for
assistance; access to records; conflict of interest;
nondiscrimination; Hatch Act provisions; labor standards; Single
Audit Act; and the general agreement to comply with all applicable
Federal laws, executive orders, and regulations.
19. Recipient certifies that with respect to the certification
regarding lobbying in Department Form 80-0013, no Federal
appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for
influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any
agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or
an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the making or
supplementing of Federal grants under this program; Recipient must
complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, ``Disclosure Form to Report
Lobbying,'' when required (34 CFR part 82, Appendix B).
20. Recipient must comply with the provisions of all applicable
acts, regulations and assurances; the following provisions of
Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) 34
CFR parts 75, 77, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 99; the OMB Guidelines
to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension
(Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR part 180, as adopted and amended as
regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3485; and the Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements
for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted and amended as
regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3474.
Institution Name: ____________________
Authorized Representative (typed name): ____________________
Authorized Representative Title: ____________________
DUNS Number: ____________________
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OPE ID: ____________________
Date:____________________
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Paperwork Burden Statement
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are
required to respond to a collection of information unless such
collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB
control number for this information collection is XXX-XXX. Public
reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to
average 5 hours per response, including time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering, and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. The obligation to respond to this
collection is required to obtain or retain benefit (section
314(a)(1) of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116-260)). If you have any
comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate, suggestions
for improving this individual collection, or if you have comments or
concerns regarding the status of your individual form, application
or survey, please contact Karen Epps, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20202 directly.
OMB Number: XXXX-XXXX
Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX
[FR Doc. 2021-07658 Filed 4-9-21; 4:15 pm]
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