Federal Funding Report

Volume 16, Number 48 (Period of November 27, 2006 - December 01, 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 48, GRANTS AND CONTRACTS INFORMATION SERVICE

HOUSE INFORMATION RESOURCES WEEK OF: November 27, 2006 -- December 01,
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}** Education **CFDA#:** 84.217A **AMOUNT:**
\$41,900,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** TRIO -- McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement

**FR Date:** 12/01/06 **PAGE:** 69552 **DEADLINE:** 01/31/07

**CONTACT:** Eileen S. Bland **TELEPHONE:** 202 502-7600

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Office of Postsecondary
Education; Overview Information; Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate
Achievement (McNair) Program; for New Awards, for Fiscal Year 2007. The
purpose of the McNair Program is to award grants to institutions of
higher education for projects designed to provide disadvantaged college
students with effective preparation for doctoral study. 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 January 31, 2007 deadline
date. 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#:** 84.323A **AMOUNT:**
\$28,600,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Special Education -- State Personnel Development

**FR Date:** 11/27/06 **PAGE:** 68571 **DEADLINE:** 03/27/07

**CONTACT:** Larry Wexler **TELEPHONE:** 202 245-7571

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services; Overview Information; State Personnel
Development Grants Program; for New Awards, for fiscal year 2006 (to be
awarded in FY 2007). The purpose of this program is to assist SEAs in
reforming and improving their systems for personnel preparation and
professional development in early intervention, educational, and
transition services in order to improve results for children with
disabilities. 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 by
mail or hand delivery, on or before the March 27, 2007 deadline date.
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#:** 84.325R **AMOUNT:**
\$1,668,121

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Special Education -- Personnel Development to Improve
Services and Results for Children with Disabilities

**FR Date:** 11/27/06 **PAGE:** 68577 **DEADLINE:** 01/11/07

**CONTACT:** Vicki Mims **TELEPHONE:** 202 245-7451

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services; Overview Information; Personnel Development
to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities --
National Outreach and Technical Assistance Center on Discretionary
Awards for Minority Institutions; for New Awards, for fiscal year 2007.
The purpose of this program is to (1) help address State-identified
needs for highly qualified personnel, and (2) Ensure that those
personnel have the skills and knowledge. 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 by mail or hand delivery, on or before the January 11, 2007
deadline date. 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#:** 84.328C **AMOUNT:**
\$1,000,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Special Education -- Parent Information Centers

**FR Date:** 11/27/06 **PAGE:** 68582 **DEADLINE:** 01/11/07

**CONTACT:** Lisa Gorove **TELEPHONE:** 202 245-7357

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services; Overview Information; Training and
Information for Parents of Children With Disabilities -- Community
Parent Resource Centers; for New Awards, for fiscal year 2007. The
purpose of this program is to ensure that parents of children with
disabilities receive training and information to help improve results
for their children. 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 by
mail or hand delivery, on or before the January 11, 2007 deadline date.
Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the
application deadline date to begin the application process through
Grants.gov.

II\. NOTICE OF RULES

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Veterans Affairs **CFDA#:** 64.009

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Veterans Medical Care Benefits

**FR Date:** 11/28/06 **PAGE:** 68739

**CONTACT:** Ruth Cecire **TELEPHONE:** 202 501-2012

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Veterans Affairs; Medical: Informed
Consent -- Extension of Time Period and Modification of Witness
Requirement for Signature Consent. This final rule extends the period of
time during which a signed consent form remains valid from 30 to 60 days
and eliminates the requirement that a third-party witness the patient or
surrogate and practitioner signing the consent form, except in those
circumstances where the patient or surrogate signs with an "X" due to a
debilitating illness or disability, i.e., significant physical
impairment and/or difficulty in executing a signature due to an
underlying health condition(s), or is unable to read and write.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Veterans Affairs **CFDA#:** 64.010

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Veterans Nursing Home Care

**FR Date:** 11/28/06 **PAGE:** 68739

**CONTACT:** Ruth Cecire **TELEPHONE:** 202 501-2012

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Veterans Affairs; Medical: Informed
Consent -- Extension of Time Period and Modification of Witness
Requirement for Signature Consent. This final rule extends the period of
time during which a signed consent form remains valid from 30 to 60 days
and eliminates the requirement that a third-party witness the patient or
surrogate and practitioner signing the consent form, except in those
circumstances where the patient or surrogate signs with an "X" due to a
debilitating illness or disability, i.e., significant physical
impairment and/or difficulty in executing a signature due to an
underlying health condition(s), or is unable to read and write.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Veterans Affairs **CFDA#:** 64.011

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Veterans Dental Care

**FR Date:** 11/28/06 **PAGE:** 68739

**CONTACT:** Ruth Cecire **TELEPHONE:** 202 501-2012

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Veterans Affairs; Medical: Informed
Consent -- Extension of Time Period and Modification of Witness
Requirement for Signature Consent. This final rule extends the period of
time during which a signed consent form remains valid from 30 to 60 days
and eliminates the requirement that a third-party witness the patient or
surrogate and practitioner signing the consent form, except in those
circumstances where the patient or surrogate signs with an "X" due to a
debilitating illness or disability, i.e., significant physical
impairment and/or difficulty in executing a signature due to an
underlying health condition(s), or is unable to read and write.

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

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

**FR Date:** 11/27/06 **PAGE:** 68498

**CONTACT:** Mike Frueh **TELEPHONE:** 202 273-7325

**SUMMARY:** Proposed rulemaking regarding Veterans Affairs; Loan
Guaranty: Loan Servicing and Claims Procedures Modifications. This
document provides supplemental notice regarding a proposal to amend the
VA Loan Guaranty regulations related to several aspects of the servicing
and liquidating of guaranteed housing loans in default, and submission
of guaranty claims by loan holders. It provides specific information
regarding the computer-based system that VA proposes to implement as
part of the loan servicing and claims procedure modifications in this
rulemaking.

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

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

**FR Date:** 11/27/06 **PAGE:** 68519

**CONTACT:** Tom Noplock **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-3378

**SUMMARY:** Proposed rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; Use of Repayment Plans. This proposed rule
would modify Medicare regulations to implement a provision of the
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
pertaining to the use of repayment plans (also known as extended
repayment schedules or "ERS"). Under this provision, we propose to grant
a provider or a supplier an extended repayment schedule under certain
terms and conditions as defined in the statute.

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

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

**FR Date:** 11/27/06 **PAGE:** 68519

**CONTACT:** Tom Noplock **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-3378

**SUMMARY:** Proposed rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; Use of Repayment Plans. This proposed rule
would modify Medicare regulations to implement a provision of the
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
pertaining to the use of repayment plans (also known as extended
repayment schedules or "ERS"). Under this provision, we propose to grant
a provider or a supplier an extended repayment schedule under certain
terms and conditions as defined in the statute.

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

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

**FR Date:** 11/27/06 **PAGE:** 68672

**CONTACT:** Patricia Chmielewski **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-6899

**CONTACT:** Monique Howard **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-3869

**CONTACT:** Jeannie Miller **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-3164

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Conditions of
Participation: Requirements for History and Physical Examinations;
Authentication of Verbal Orders; Securing Medications; and
Postanesthesia Evaluations. In this rule, we finalize changes to four of
the current requirements (or conditions of participation (CoPs)) that
hospital must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

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

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

**FR Date:** 11/27/06 **PAGE:** 68672

**CONTACT:** Patricia Chmielewski **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-6899

**CONTACT:** Monique Howard **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-3869

**CONTACT:** Jeannie Miller **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-3164

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Conditions of
Participation: Requirements for History and Physical Examinations;
Authentication of Verbal Orders; Securing Medications; and
Postanesthesia Evaluations. In this rule, we finalize changes to four of
the current requirements (or conditions of participation (CoPs)) that
hospital must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

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

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medical Assistance Program

**FR Date:** 11/27/06 **PAGE:** 68672

**CONTACT:** Patricia Chmielewski **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-6899

**CONTACT:** Monique Howard **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-3869

**CONTACT:** Jeannie Miller **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-3164

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Conditions of
Participation: Requirements for History and Physical Examinations;
Authentication of Verbal Orders; Securing Medications; and
Postanesthesia Evaluations. In this rule, we finalize changes to four of
the current requirements (or conditions of participation (CoPs)) that
hospital must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

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

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

**FR Date:** 11/27/06 **PAGE:** 68708

**CONTACT:** Eileen Zerhusen, for Original Medicare Issues
**TELEPHONE:** 410 786-7803

**CONTACT:** Tim Roe, for Medicare Advantage Issues **TELEPHONE:** 410
786-2006

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; Notification of Hospital Discharge Appeal
Rights. This final rule sets forth requirement for how hospitals must
notify Medicare beneficiaries who are hospital inpatients about their
hospital discharge rights. Notice is required both for original Medicare
beneficiaries and for beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA)
plans and other Medicare health plans subject to the MA regulations.

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

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

**FR Date:** 11/27/06 **PAGE:** 68708

**CONTACT:** Eileen Zerhusen, for Original Medicare Issues
**TELEPHONE:** 410 786-7803

**CONTACT:** Tim Roe, for Medicare Advantage Issues **TELEPHONE:** 410
786-2006

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; Notification of Hospital Discharge Appeal
Rights. This final rule sets forth requirement for how hospitals must
notify Medicare beneficiaries who are hospital inpatients about their
hospital discharge rights. Notice is required both for original Medicare
beneficiaries and for beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA)
plans and other Medicare health plans subject to the MA regulations.

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

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medical Assistance Program

**FR Date:** 11/27/06 **PAGE:** 68708

**CONTACT:** Eileen Zerhusen, for Original Medicare Issues
**TELEPHONE:** 410 786-7803

**CONTACT:** Tim Roe, for Medicare Advantage Issues **TELEPHONE:** 410
786-2006

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; Notification of Hospital Discharge Appeal
Rights. This final rule sets forth requirement for how hospitals must
notify Medicare beneficiaries who are hospital inpatients about their
hospital discharge rights. Notice is required both for original Medicare
beneficiaries and for beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA)
plans and other Medicare health plans subject to the MA regulations.

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

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

**FR Date:** 12/01/06 **PAGE:** 69624

**CONTACT:** Pam West, (issues related to practice expense)
**TELEPHONE:** 410 786-2302

**CONTACT:** Glenn McGuirk, (issues related to ambulance fee sched.)
**TELEPHONE:** 410 786-5723 **CONTACT:** Diane Milstead, (for all other
issues) **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-3355 **CONTACT:** Gaysha Brooks, (for all
other issues) **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-9649

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies, Five-Year
Review of Work Relative Value Units, Changes to the Practice Expense
Methodology Under the Physician Fee Schedule, and Other Changes to
Payment Under Part B; Revisions to the Payment Polices of Ambulance
Services Under the Fee Schedule for Ambulance Services; and Ambulance
Inflation Factor Update for CY 2007.

III\. OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL REGISTER HIGHLIGHTS (NOTICES)

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Commerce **CFDA#:** 11.313

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Trade Adjustment Assistance

**FR Date:** 11/28/06 **PAGE:** 68799

**CONTACT:** Trade Adjustment Assistance **TELEPHONE:** Not Listed

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Economic Development Administration; of
Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility to Apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance, for period of October 21, 2006 through November
20, 2006.

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

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Highway Planning and Construction

**FR Date:** 11/29/06 **PAGE:** 69178

**CONTACT:** Ms. Mary Ridgeway, Environmental Review Engineer, FHWA
**TELEPHONE:** 573 638-2620

**CONTACT:** Dave Nichols, Dir. Of Projects Development, Missouri DOT
**TELEPHONE:** 573 751-4586

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Federal Highway Administration, to advise
the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared
for proposed improvements along U.S. Route 63 between the U.S. 63 and
U.S. 50 interchange in Osage County to a point in Phelps County, south
of the Maries County Line, in the State of Missouri.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Education **CFDA#:** 84.323A

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Special Education -- State Personnel Development

**FR Date:** 12/01/06 **PAGE:** 69622

**CONTACT:** Larry Wexler **TELEPHONE:** 202 245-7571

**SUMMARY:** Correction notice regarding from Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services; Overview Information; State
Personnel Development Grants Program. Correction of the Deadline for
Transmittal of Applications "May 29, 2007" should read "March 27, 2007".
(Correction updated in the Availability Funds "Grants" section).
Originally was published in the Federal Register on November 27, 2006.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.767

**PROGRAM TITLE:** State Children's Insurance Program

**FR Date:** 11/30/06 **PAGE:** 69209

**CONTACT:** Thomas Musco or Robert Stewart **TELEPHONE:** 202 690-6870

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding from the Office of the Secretary; Federal
Financial Participation in State Assistance Expenditures; Federal
Matching Shares for Medicaid, The State Children's Health Insurance
Program, and Aid to the Needy Aged, Blind, or Disabled Persons for
October 1, 2007 Through September 30, 2008. This notice announces the
calculated "Federal Medical Assistance Percentages: and "Enhanced
Federal Medical Assistance Percentages" that we will use in determining
the amount of Federal matching for State Medical Assistance (Medicaid)
and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) expenditures, and
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Contingency Funds.

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

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Medical Assistance Program

**FR Date:** 11/30/06 **PAGE:** 69209

**CONTACT:** Thomas Musco or Robert Stewart **TELEPHONE:** 202 690-6870

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding from the Office of the Secretary; Federal
Financial Participation in State Assistance Expenditures; Federal
Matching Shares for Medicaid, The State Children's Health Insurance
Program, and Aid to the Needy Aged, Blind, or Disabled Persons for
October 1, 2007 Through September 30, 2008. This notice announces the
calculated "Federal Medical Assistance Percentages: and "Enhanced
Federal Medical Assistance Percentages" that we will use in determining
the amount of Federal matching for State Medical Assistance (Medicaid)
and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) expenditures, and
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Contingency Funds.

**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

01/11/07 84.325R Special Education -- Personnel Development to Improve
Services

01/11/07 84.328C Special Education -- Parent Information Centers

01/31/07 84.217A TRIO -- McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement

03/27/07 84.323A Special Education -- State Personnel Development

> **DISASTER LOANS**

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

None.

**59.008 PHYSICAL DISASTER LOANS CLOSING DATE**:

None.