Federal Funding Report

Volume 16, Number 41 (Period of October 09, 2006 -- October 13, 2006)

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**FEDERAL FUNDING REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS**

This Federal Funding Report is a weekly compilation of items published
in the Federal Register which affect Federal domestic assistance
programs. No attempt is made to include Federal Register notices not
directly related to Grants and Loans programs. The summary consists of
three parts: (1) Federal Register Summary, (2) Early Warning Grants
Report, and (3) Disaster Loan Applications.

Periodically, a Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number
will not be listed in the announcement. There are two (2) basic reasons
for this: 1) a CFDA number has been applied for and not yet received, or
2) the CFDA number has not been put in by the agency yet. Please call
the contact person listed in the Federal Register announcement for the
correct CFDA number. The new number should appear in the next edition of
the CFDA, which is published in June and December of each year.

PART 1. FEDERAL REGISTER SUMMARY

> (Each week, HIR summarizes information from Federal Register
> announcements that may significantly affect grants programs. The
> Federal Register is available online from GPO Access at
> http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html.) The House of
> Representatives\' Federal Funding Report contains the following
> sections:

I.  Availability of Funds - An expansion of the highlights, including
    synopsis on

> Notice, CFDA, and Federal Register references

II\. Notice of Rules - Synopsis of rule-making notices affecting Grants
with CFDA and Federal Register References

> III\. Other Federal Register Notices - For items not falling into the
> Rules or Availability sections

PART 2. EARLY WARNING GRANTS REPORT

(Listing of programs for which applications are being especially
solicited and which have been mentioned in the Federal Register in
recent weeks, listed in order of expiration date).

PART 3. DISASTER LOAN APPLICATIONS

> (Listing of areas for which Disaster Loan Programs are open, those
> with the most immediate closing dates listed first, those with the
> most recent disasters at the end. This part is divided into two
> sections, reflecting type of loan.)

I. Economic Injury Loans - For business losses

> II\. Physical Disaster Loans - For repair and replacement of real and
>
> personal property

VOLUME 16, NUMBER 41, GRANTS AND CONTRACTS INFORMATION SERVICE

HOUSE INFORMATION RESOURCES WEEK OF: October 09, 2006 -- October 13,
2006

**FEDERAL REGISTER SUMMARY**

This section contains summaries of those Federal Register entries
appearing during the last 2 weeks, which may significantly affect
Federal domestic assistance programs. For detailed information about a
specific assistance program, the program can be found in the Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) by looking it up by its 5-digit
program number. Each summary represents H.I.R.\'s interpretation of the
major import of an entry and does not reflect the full content of the
Federal Register announcement. Consult the Federal Register for the full
text of items of interest.

I. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Small Business Administration **CFDA#:**
59.002

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Economic Injury Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 10/10/06 **PAGE:** 59579 **DEADLINE:** 06/29/07

**CONTACT:** Disaster Area 3 Office (Ft. Worth, Texas)

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Economic Injury Disaster #10626 and #10627
for Otero County in the State of New Mexico; and for the following
contiguous counties of Chaves, Dona Ana, Eddy, Lincoln, and Sierra, in
the State of New Mexico; and Culberson, El Paso, and Hudspeth Counties
in the State of Texas, constitute a disaster area due to damage caused
by Otero County Flash Flood occurring on June 22, 2006.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Small Business Administration **CFDA#:**
59.008

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Physical Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 10/10/06 **PAGE:** 59579 **DEADLINE:** 11/28/06

**CONTACT:** Disaster Area 3 Office (Ft. Worth, Texas)

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Physical Disaster #10626 and #10627 for
Otero County in the State of New Mexico, constitute a disaster area due
to damage caused by Otero County Flash Flood occurring on June 22, 2006.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Small Business Administration **CFDA#:**
59.002

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Economic Injury Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 10/12/06 **PAGE:** 60220 **DEADLINE:** None

**CONTACT:** Disaster Area 3 Office (Ft. Worth, Texas)

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster
Loan Program (MREIDL) #10634 for The Entire United States and U.S.
Territories, for small business employing military reservists may apply
for economic injury disaster loans if those employees are called up to
active duty during a period of military conflict existing on or after
March 24, 1999 and those employees are essential to the success of the
small business daily operations.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Commerce **CFDA#:** 11.429 **AMOUNT:** Not
Listed

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Marine Sanctuary Program

**FR Date:** 10/12/06 **PAGE:** 60108 **DEADLINE:** 11/30/06

**CONTACT:** Becky Shortland **TELEPHONE:** 912 598-2381

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; Availability of Seats for the Gray's Reef
National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS or Sanctuary) is seeking applicants for
the following three vacant seats on its Sanctuary Advisory Council
(Council): University education, Living resources research, and Georgia
conservation.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Education **CFDA#:** 84.016A **AMOUNT:**
\$2,555,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign
Language Program

**FR Date:** 10/12/06 **PAGE:** 60123 **DEADLINE:** 11/17/06

**CONTACT:** Christine Corey **TELEPHONE:** 202 502-7629

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Office of Postsecondary
Education; Overview Information; Undergraduate International Studies and
Foreign Language Program; for New Awards, for fiscal year 2007. The
Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) Program
provides grants to strengthen and improve undergraduate instruction in
international studies and foreign languages. Applications for grants
under this competition may be submitted electronically using the
Grants.gov Apply site at
[http://www.Grants.gov](http://www.Grants.gov/), on or before the
November 17, 2006 deadline date, or in paper format (if you qualify for
an exception to the electronic submission requirement) by mail or hand
delivery, and submit, no later than two weeks before the application
deadline date, a written statement to the Department that you qualify
for one of these exceptions. You may not e-mail and electronic copy of a
grant application to us. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do
not wait until the application deadline date to begin the application
process through Grants.gov.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Education **CFDA#:** 84.153A **AMOUNT:**
\$2,195,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Business and International Education Projects

**FR Date:** 10/11/06 **PAGE:** 59749 **DEADLINE:** 11/21/06

**CONTACT:** Ms. Tanyelle Richardson **TELEPHONE:** 202 502-7626

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Office of Postsecondary
Education; Overview Information; Business and International Education
Program; for New Awards, for fiscal year 2007. The Business and
International Education program provides grants to enhance international
business education programs and to expand the capacity of the business
community to engage in international economic activities. Applications
for grants under this competition may be submitted electronically using
the Grants.gov Apply site at
[http://www.Grants.gov](http://www.Grants.gov/), or in paper format (if
you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement)
by mail or hand delivery, on or before the November 21, 2006 deadline
date. You may not e-mail and electronic copy of a grant application to
us. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the
application deadline date to begin the application process through
Grants.gov.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.210 **AMOUNT:** \$240,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Tribal Self-Governance Program: Planning and
Negotiation Cooperative Agreements and IHS Compacts/Funding Agreements

**FR Date:** 10/13/06 **PAGE:** 60545 **DEADLINE:** 11/16/06

**CONTACT:** Jolene Aguilar or Tena Larney (Programmatic Issues)
**TELEPHONE:** 301 443-7821

**CONTACT:** Denise Clark (Grants Management & Fiscal Issues)
**TELEPHONE:** 301 443-5204

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Indian Health Service; Tribal
Self-Governance Program (TSGP); Negotiation Cooperative Agreement; New
Funding Cycle for Fiscal Year 2007. Funding Opportunity Number:
HHS-2007-IHS-TSGP-0002. The TSGP is designed to promote
self-determination by allowing Tribes to assume more control of the
Indian Health Service (IHS) programs and services through compacts
negotiated with the IHS. Under the new IHS requirements, paper
applications are not the preferred method. It is recommended that
applicants submit their applications in electronic submission through
Grants.gov Apply site at
[http://www.Grants.gov](http://www.Grants.gov/), on or before November
16, 2006. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a cooperative
agreement application to us.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.210 **AMOUNT:** \$600,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Tribal Self-Governance Program: Planning and
Negotiation Cooperative Agreements and IHS Compacts/Funding Agreements

**FR Date:** 10/13/06 **PAGE:** 60549 **DEADLINE:** 11/16/06

**CONTACT:** Jolene Aguilar or Tena Larney (Programmatic Issues)
**TELEPHONE:** 301 443-7821

**CONTACT:** Denise Clark (Grants Management & Fiscal Issues)
**TELEPHONE:** 301 443-5204

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Indian Health Service; Tribal
Self-Governance Program (TSGP); Planning Cooperative Agreement; New
Funding Cycle for Fiscal Year 2007. Funding Opportunity Number:
HHS-2007-IHS-TSGP-0001. The TSGP is designed to promote
self-determination by allowing Tribes to assume more control of the
Indian Health Service (IHS) programs and services through compacts
negotiated with the IHS. Under the new IHS requirements, paper
applications are not the preferred method. It is recommended that
applicants submit their applications in electronic submission through
Grants.gov Apply site at
[http://www.Grants.gov](http://www.Grants.gov/), on or before November
16, 2006. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a cooperative
agreement application to us.

II\. NOTICE OF RULES

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Agriculture **CFDA#:** 10.450

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Crop Insurance

**FR Date:** 10/13/06 **PAGE:** 60439

**CONTACT:** William Kleim **TELEPHONE:** 816 926-7730

**SUMMARY:** Proposed rule regarding Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
(FCIC); Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Florida Citrus Fruit Crop
Insurance Provisions. FCIC proposes to replace the provisions currently
found at 7 CFR 457.107 with a new Florida Citrus Fruit Crop Insurance
Provisions. The intended effect of this actions is to provide policy
changes, and clarify existing policy provisions to better meet the needs
of insureds and to restrict the effect of the current Florida Citrus
Fruit Crop Insurance provisions to the 2007 and prior crop years.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Commerce **CFDA#:** 11.429

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Marine Sanctuary Program

**FR Date:** 10/12/06 **PAGE:** 60055

**CONTACT:** Greg McFall **TELEPHONE:** 912 598-2345

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration; Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Regulations. NOAA
is issuing a final revised management plan and revised regulations for
the

Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS or Sanctuary). The revised
regulations prohibit anchoring in the sanctuary, restrict all fishing,
except that conducted by rod and reel, handline, or spearfishing gear
without powerheads, and requires all other forms of fishing gear to be
stowed and not available for immediate use when a vessel with such gear
is in the sanctuary.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Homeland Security **CFDA#:** 97.022

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Flood Insurance

**FR Date:** 10/10/06 **PAGE:** 59398

**CONTACT:** William R. Blanton, Jr. **TELEPHONE:** 202 646-3151

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Final Flood Elevation Determinations
for various locations in City of Parkston, Hutchinson County in the
State of South Dakota; and various locations in Adams County in the
State of Colorado.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Homeland Security **CFDA#:** 97.022

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Flood Insurance

**FR Date:** 10/10/06 **PAGE:** 59385

**CONTACT:** William R. Blanton, Jr. **TELEPHONE:** 202 646-3151

**SUMMARY:** Interim rule regarding Changes in Flood Elevation
Determinations for various locations and various counties in the
following States of North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico,
Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico,
Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont,
Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

III\. OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL REGISTER HIGHLIGHTS (NOTICES)

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Housing and Urban Development **CFDA#:**
14.514

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities

**FR Date:** 10/11/06 **PAGE:** 59806

**CONTACT:** Susan Brunson **TELEPHONE:** 202 708-3061, Ext. 3852

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Policy Development and Research. Announcement of Funding Awards;
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities Program; for Fiscal
Year 2006. The purpose of this document is to announce the names,
addresses and the amount awarded to the winners to be used to help
Hispanic-Serving Institutions of higher education to expand their role
and effectiveness in addressing community development needs in their
localities, consistent with the purposes of Title I of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 as amended.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Housing and Urban Development **CFDA#:**
14.519

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Tribal Colleges and Universities Program

**FR Date:** 10/12/06 **PAGE:** 60163

**CONTACT:** Susan Brunson **TELEPHONE:** 202 708-3061, Ext. 3852

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Policy Development and Research. Announcement of Funding Awards; Tribal
Colleges and Universities Program; for Fiscal Year 2006. The purpose of
this document is to announce the names, addresses of the award winners
and the amount of the awards which are to be used to enable tribal
colleges and universities to build, expand, renovate, and equip their
own facilities, especially those that are available to and used by the
larger community.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Housing and Urban Development **CFDA#:**
14.520

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program

**FR Date:** 10/11/06 **PAGE:** 59807

**CONTACT:** Susan Brunson **TELEPHONE:** 202 708-3061, Ext. 3852

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Policy Development and Research. Announcement of Funding Awards;
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program; for Fiscal Year
2006.

The purposed of this document is to announce the names, addresses and
the amount awarded to the winners to be used to help Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) expand their role and effectiveness in
addressing community development needs in their localities, consistent
with the purpose of HUD's Community Development Block Grant program
(CDBG).

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Transportation **CFDA#:** 20.205

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Highway Planning and Construction

**FR Date:** 10/12/06 **PAGE:** 60228

**CONTACT:** Mark Schrader, Env. & Right-of-Way Engineer, FHWA
**TELEPHONE:** 701 250-4343, Ext. 111

**CONTACT:** Blane Hoesel, Local Government, North Dakota DOT
**TELEPHONE:** 701 328-3482

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Federal Highway Administration; issuing
this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) will be prepared for a proposed roadway project by either
upgrading and/or new construction to a proposed river crossing over the
Little Missouri River in Billings County, North Dakota.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Transportation **CFDA#:** 20.205

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Highway Planning and Construction

**FR Date:** 10/13/06 **PAGE:** 60604

**CONTACT:** Michael La Pietra, Environmental Realty Manager, FHWA
**TELEPHONE:** 515 233-7302,

**CONTACT:** James P. Rost, Director, Iowa Department of Transportation
**TELEPHONE:** 515 239-1798

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Federal Highway Administration and Iowa
Department of Transportation are issuing this notice to advise the
public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for
a proposed roadway project in Polk County, Iowa. The planned EIS will
evaluate potential transportation improvement alternatives for serving
northwest Des Moines and its neighboring communities between IA 415 and
Euclid Avenue.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.773

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medicare -- Hospital Insurance

**FR Date:** 10/11/06 **PAGE:** 59886

**CONTACT:** Valerie Miller (Wage Index Issues) **TELEPHONE:** 410
786-4535

**CONTACT:** Brian Slater (Geographic Reclassification Issues)
**TELEPHONE:** 410 786-5229 **CONTACT:** Marc Hartstein (All Other
Issues) **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-4548

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services;
Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and
Fiscal Year 2007 Rates: Final Fiscal Year 2007 Wage Indices and Payment
Rates After Application of Revised Occupational Mix Adjustment to Wage
Index. This notice contains tables listing the final occupational mix
adjusted wage indices, hospital reclassifications, payment rates,
impacts, and other related tables as a result of the application of the
occupational mix adjustment to 100 percent of the wage index effective
for fiscal year 2007.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.774

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medicare -- Supplementary Medical Insurance

**FR Date:** 10/11/06 **PAGE:** 59886

**CONTACT:** Valerie Miller (Wage Index Issues) **TELEPHONE:** 410
786-4535

**CONTACT:** Brian Slater (Geographic Reclassification Issues)
**TELEPHONE:** 410 786-5229 **CONTACT:** Marc Hartstein (All Other
Issues) **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-4548

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services;
Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and
Fiscal Year 2007 Rates: Final Fiscal Year 2007 Wage Indices and Payment
Rates After Application of Revised Occupational Mix Adjustment to Wage
Index. This notice contains tables listing the final occupational mix
adjusted wage indices, hospital reclassifications, payment rates,
impacts, and other related tables as a result of the application of the
occupational mix adjustment to 100 percent of the wage index effective
for fiscal year 2007.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Homeland Security **CFDA#:** 97.036

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Public Assistance Grants

**FR Date:** 10/10/06 **PAGE:** 59513

**CONTACT:** James A. Walke **TELEPHONE:** 202 646-3834

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Federal Emergency Management Agency;
Notice of Adjustment of Countywide Per Capita Impact Indicator, under
the Public Assistance program for disasters declared on or after October
1, 2006, will be increased.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Homeland Security **CFDA#:** 97.036

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Public Assistance Grants

**FR Date:** 10/10/06 **PAGE:** 59513

**CONTACT:** James A. Walke **TELEPHONE:** 202 646-3834

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Federal Emergency Management Agency;
Notice of Adjustment of Disaster Grant Amounts; an increase of the
maximum amount for Small Projects Grants to State and local governments
and private nonprofit facilities for disasters declared on or after
October 1, 2006.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Homeland Security **CFDA#:** 97.036

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Public Assistance Grants

**FR Date:** 10/10/06 **PAGE:** 59514

**CONTACT:** James A. Walke **TELEPHONE:** 202 646-3834

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Federal Emergency Management Agency;
Notice of Adjustment of Statewide Per Capita Impact Indicator, under the
Public Assistance program for disasters declared on or after October 1,
2006, will be increased.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Homeland Security **CFDA#:** 97.048

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households -
Housing

**FR Date:** 10/10/06 **PAGE:** 59514

**CONTACT:** Berl Jones **TELEPHONE:** 202 646-4235

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Federal Emergency Management Agency;
Notice of Maximum Amount of Assistance under the Individuals and
Households Program, Notice of Maximum Amount of Repair Assistance, and
Notice of Maximum Amount of Replacement Assistance, program for
emergencies and major disasters declared on or after October 1, 2006.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Homeland Security **CFDA#:** 97.049

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households --
Disaster Housing Operations

**FR Date:** 10/10/06 **PAGE:** 59514

**CONTACT:** Berl Jones **TELEPHONE:** 202 646-4235

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Federal Emergency Management Agency;
Notice of Maximum Amount of Assistance under the Individuals and
Households Program, Notice of Maximum Amount of Repair Assistance, and
Notice of Maximum Amount of Replacement Assistance, program for
emergencies and major disasters declared on or after October 1, 2006.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Homeland Security **CFDA#:** 97.050

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households --
Other Needs

**FR Date:** 10/10/06 **PAGE:** 59514

**CONTACT:** Berl Jones **TELEPHONE:** 202 646-4235

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Federal Emergency Management Agency;
Notice of Maximum Amount of Assistance under the Individuals and
Households Program, Notice of Maximum Amount of Repair Assistance, and
Notice of Maximum Amount of Replacement Assistance, program for
emergencies and major disasters declared on or after October 1, 2006.

**EARLY WARNING GRANTS REPORT**

Below are deadlines for the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Programs that have appeared in the Federal Register in the past
several weeks.

DEADLINE CFDA NUMBER PROGRAM TITLE

11/16/06 93.210 Tribal Self-Governance Program (Negotiation Cooperative)

11/16/06 93.210 Tribal Self-Governance Program (Planning Cooperative)

11/17/06 84.016A Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign
Language

11/21/06 84.153A Business and International Education Projects

11/30/06 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program (Gray's Reef National Marine)

> **DISASTER LOANS**

**59.002 ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOANS** **CLOSING DATE**:

New Mexico -- various counties 06/29/07

Texas -- various counties 06/29/07

**59.008 PHYSICAL DISASTER LOANS CLOSING DATE**:

New Mexico -- Otero county 11/28/06