Federal Funding Report

Volume 15, Number 04 (Period of January 24, 2005 -- January 28, 2005)

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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 15, NUMBER 04, GRANTS AND CONTRACTS INFORMATION SERVICE

HOUSE INFORMATION RESOURCES WEEK OF: January 24, 2005 -- January 28,
2005

**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}** Education **CFDA#:** 84.215B **AMOUNT:**
\$1,478,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Fund for the Improvement of Education

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4107 **DEADLINE:** 03/23/05

**CONTACT:** Carolyn J. Warren **TELEPHONE:** 202 205-5443

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Office of Innovation and
Improvement; Overview Information; Excellence in Economic Education
Program; for New Awards, for fiscal year 2005. This is for budget period
of one year.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Education **CFDA#:** 84.215B **AMOUNT:**
\$1,500,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Fund for the Improvement of Education

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4107 **DEADLINE:** 03/23/05

**CONTACT:** Carolyn J. Warren **TELEPHONE:** 202 205-5443

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Office of Innovation and
Improvement; Overview Information; Excellence in Economic Education
Program; for New Awards, for fiscal year 2005. This is for budget
periods of two through five years.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Education **CFDA#:** 84.282A **AMOUNT:**
\$91,000,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Charter Schools

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4101 **DEADLINE:** 03/14/05

**CONTACT:** Dean Kern **TELEPHONE:** 202 260-1882

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Office of Innovation and
Improvement; Overview Information; Charter Schools Program (CSP); for
New Awards, for fiscal year 2005. All SEA applicants must apply for
grant funds under this CFDA No. 84.282A.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Education **CFDA#:** 84.282B **AMOUNT:**
\$91,000,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Charter Schools

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4101 **DEADLINE:** 03/14/05

**CONTACT:** Dean Kern **TELEPHONE:** 202 260-1882

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Office of Innovation and
Improvement; Overview Information; Charter Schools Program (CSP); for
New Awards, for fiscal year 2005. Non-SEA eligible applicants that
propose to use grant funds for planning, program design, and
implementation must apply under CFDA No. 84.282B.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Education **CFDA#:** 84.282C **AMOUNT:**
\$91,000,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Charter Schools

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4101 **DEADLINE:** 03/14/05

**CONTACT:** Dean Kern **TELEPHONE:** 202 260-1882

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Office of Innovation and
Improvement; Overview Information; Charter Schools Program (CSP); for
New Awards, for fiscal year 2005. Non-SEA eligible applicants that are
requesting funds for dissemination activities must submit their
applications under CFDA No. 84.282C.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Education **CFDA#:** 84.364A **AMOUNT:**
\$19,683,264

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Literacy through School Libraries

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4097 **DEADLINE:** 03/14/05

**CONTACT:** Irene Harwarth **TELEPHONE:** 202 401-3751

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education; Overview Information; Improving Literacy through
School Libraries Program; for New Awards, for fiscal year 2005.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.283 **AMOUNT:** \$4,800,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Centers for Disease Control and Prevention --
Investigations and Technical Assistance

**FR Date:** 01/24/05 **PAGE:** 3374 **DEADLINE:** 03/14/05

**CONTACT:** John Eichwald **TELEPHONE:** 404 498-3961

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention; Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI)
Tracking, Surveillance, and Integration, for fiscal year 2005. Note -- a
correction; published by Federal Register on Tuesday, January 4, 2005
appearing on Page 357, to correct application deadline date as March 14,
2005.

II\. NOTICE OF RULES

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Agriculture **CFDA#:** 10.025

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal
Care

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4003

**CONTACT:** Michael B Stefan **TELEPHONE:** 301 734-7338

**SUMMARY:** Interim rule regarding Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service; amending the Asian Longhorned Beetle regulations by adding
portions of Middlesex and Union Counties, NJ, to the list of Quarantined
Areas and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from
those areas.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development **CFDA#:**
14.117

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Mortgage Insurance - Homes

**FR Date:** 01/26/05 **PAGE:** 3837

**CONTACT:** Vance T. Morris **TELEPHONE:** 202 709-2121

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Housing -- Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD; Eligibility of Mortgages
on Hawaiian Home Lands Insured under Section 247.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development **CFDA#:**
14.867

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Indian Housing Block Grants

**FR Date:** 01/27/05 **PAGE:** 3999

**CONTACT:** Rodger Boyd **TELEPHONE:** 202 401-7914

**SUMMARY:** Interim rule regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Public and Indian Housing, (HUD) Extension of Minimum Funding Under
the Indian Housing Block Grant Program.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Labor **CFDA#:** 17.203

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Labor Certification for Alien Workers

**FR Date:** 01/27/05 **PAGE:** 3993

**CONTACT:** William Carlson **TELEPHONE:** 202 693-3010

**SUMMARY:** Proposed rule regarding Employment and Training
Administration; in Post-Adjudication Audits of H-2B Petitions in All
Occupations Other Than Excepted Occupations in the United States.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Transportation **CFDA#:** 20.217

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Motor Carrier Safety

**FR Date:** 01/24/05 **PAGE:** 3339

**CONTACT:** Tom Yager **TELEPHONE:** 202 366-1425

**SUMMARY:** Notice of proposed rulemaking regarding Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration; Hours-of-Service regulations is to ensure
that driving requirements and other employment obligations imposed on
CMV operators ability to operate the vehicles safely.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Veterans Affairs **CFDA#:** 64.114

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Veterans Housing -- Guaranteed and Insured Loans

**FR Date:** 01/27/05 **PAGE:** 3892

**CONTACT:** Robert D. Finneran **TELEPHONE:** 202 273-7368

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Department of Veterans Affairs; Loan
Guaranty: regulations implementing sections 401 through 404 of Public
Law 107-103, of the Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of
2001.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Veterans Affairs **CFDA#:** 64.119

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Veterans Housing -- Manufactured Home Loans

**FR Date:** 01/27/05 **PAGE:** 3892

**CONTACT:** Robert D. Finneran **TELEPHONE:** 202 273-7368

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Department of Veterans Affairs; Loan
Guaranty: regulations implementing sections 401 through 404 of Public
Law 107-103, of the Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of
2001.

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

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

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4587

**CONTACT:** General Information **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-1296

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program: Establishment of the Medicare Advantage (MA)
Program.

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

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

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4587

**CONTACT:** General Information **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-1296

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program: Establishment of the Medicare Advantage (MA)
Program.

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

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

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4193

**CONTACT:** Lynn Orlosky **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-9064

**CONTACT:** Randy Brauer **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-1618

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program: Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit.

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

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

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4193

**CONTACT:** Lynn Orlosky **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-9064

**CONTACT:** Randy Brauer **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-1618

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program: Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.865

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Child Health and Human Development Extramural
Research

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4080

**CONTACT:** Jerry Moore **TELEPHONE:** 301 496-4607

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding National Institutes of Health; proposed
rulemaking on National Institutes of Health Training Grants, in
institutional training grants supporting pediatric research training.

III\. OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL REGISTER HIGHLIGHTS (NOTICES)

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Commerce **CFDA#:** 11.419

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards

**FR Date:** 01/27/05 **PAGE:** 3906

**CONTACT:** Nancy Briscoe **TELEPHONE:** 301 713-1219

**SUMMARY:** Notice of closure regarding National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; Federal Consistency Appeal by Fernando E.
Otero Rodriguez from an Objection by the Puerto Rico Planning Board.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Commerce **CFDA#:** 11.419

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards

**FR Date:** 01/27/05 **PAGE:** 3906

**CONTACT:** Nancy Briscoe **TELEPHONE:** 301 713-1219

**SUMMARY:** Notice of closure regarding National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; Federal Consistency Appeal by Luz Torres
DeRosa from an Objection by the Puerto Rico Planning Board.

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

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Highway Planning and Construction

**FR Date:** 01/27/05 **PAGE:** 3974

**CONTACT:** James Kirschensteiner **TELEPHONE:** 517 702-1835

**SUMMARY:** Notice of intent regarding Federal Highway Administration,
to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement will be
prepared for proposed improvements to the United States Port of Entry
plaza for the Blue Water Bridge in St. Clair County, Michigan.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Education **CFDA#:** 84.215L

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Fund for the Improvement of Education

**FR Date:** 01/27/05 **PAGE:** 3910

**CONTACT:** Matthew Fitzpatrick **TELEPHONE:** 202 245-7809

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Office of Vocational and Adult Education;
of proposed priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection
criteria, for Small Learning Communities Program.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.067

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Capacity Building Assistance for Global HIV/AIDS
Program Development through Technical Assistance Collaboration with
NASTAD

**FR Date:** 01/27/05 **PAGE:** 3931

**CONTACT:** Ethleen Lloyd **TELEPHONE:** 404 639-6318

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Intent to Fund Single Eligibility Award to
the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD);
to support Capacity Building Assistance for Global HIV/AIDS Program
Development Through Technical Assistance Collaboration with NASTAD.
Approximately \$2,000,000 will be funded, for fiscal year 2005.

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

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

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4129

**CONTACT:** Lynne Johnson **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-0090

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services;
Medicare Program: Re-Chartering of the Advisory Panel on Medicare
Education (APME) and Notice of the APME Meeting -- February 24, 2005.

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

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

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4129

**CONTACT:** Lynne Johnson **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-0090

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services;
Medicare Program: Re-Chartering of the Advisory Panel on Medicare
Education (APME) and Notice of the APME Meeting -- February 24, 2005.

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

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

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4130

**CONTACT:** Julie Jones **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-3039

**CONTACT:** Sidney Trieger **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-6613

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services;
Medicare Program: Demonstration of Coverage of Chiropractic Services
under Medicare.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.778

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medical Assistance Program

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4130

**CONTACT:** Julie Jones **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-3039

**CONTACT:** Sidney Trieger **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-6613

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services;
Medicare Program: Demonstration of Coverage of Chiropractic Services
under Medicare.

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

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Public Assistance Grants

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4138

**CONTACT:** Magda Ruiz **TELEPHONE:** 202 646-2705

**SUMMARY:** Emergency and Related Determinations regarding the impact
in certain areas of the State of Indiana, resulting from the record/near
record snow on December 21-23, 2004.

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

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Public Assistance Grants

**FR Date:** 01/28/05 **PAGE:** 4138

**CONTACT:** Magda Ruiz **TELEPHONE:** 202 646-2705

**SUMMARY:** Emergency and Related Determinations regarding the impact
in certain areas of the State of Ohio, resulting from the record snow on
December 22-24, 2004.

**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

03/01/05 11.550 Public Telecommunications Facilities Planning and
Construction

03/14/05 84.282A Charter Schools (All SEA)

03/14/05 84.282B Charter Schools (Non-SEA)

03/14/05 84.282C Charter Schools (Non-SEA)

03/14/05 84.364A Literacy through School Libraries

03/14/05 93.283 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

03/23/05 84.215B Fund for the Improvement of Education (1-year)

03/23/05 84.215B Fund for the Improvement of Education (2 through 5
years)

> **DISASTER LOANS**

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

None.

**59.008 PHYSICAL DISASTER LOANS CLOSING DATE**:

None.