Federal Funding Report

Volume 16, Number 32 (Period of August 07, 2006 -- August 11, 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 32, GRANTS AND CONTRACTS INFORMATION SERVICE

HOUSE INFORMATION RESOURCES WEEK OF: August 07, 2006 -- August 11, 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}** Agriculture **CFDA#:** 10.458 **AMOUNT:**
\$4,500,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Crop Insurance Education in Targeted States

**FR Date:** 08/07/06 **PAGE:** 44608 **DEADLINE:** 08/22/06

**CONTACT:** Lon Burke **TELEPHONE:** 202 720-5265

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation (FCIC); for Crop Insurance Education in Targeted States
(Targeted States Program), for fiscal year 2006. This announcement
modifies the Request for application notice published in the Federal
Register, May 3, 2006. The Risk Management Agency (RMA) did not received
any complete and valid application packages for the State of
Massachusetts under the original request for applications. RMA is
re-announcing its Funding Opportunity -- Request for Applications under
the Targeted States Program for the State of Massachusetts only.
Applicants who previously submitted an application under the May 3, 2006
Targeted States Program for Massachusetts must submit new applications
that meet all the requirements of the original notice published in
Federal Register on May 3, 2006.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Commerce **CFDA#:** 11.417 **AMOUNT:**
\$1,000,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Sea Grant Support

**FR Date:** 08/08/06 **PAGE:** 45045 **DEADLINE:** 12/19/06

**CONTACT:** Melissa Pearson, (Competition Coordinator), NOAA
**TELEPHONE:** 301 713-2451, Ext. 190

**CONTACT:** Dorn Carlson, (Agency Program Manager), NOAA **TELEPHONE:**
301 713-2435

**CONTACT:** Pamela Thibodeaux, (Agency Program Manager), U.S. FWS
**TELEPHONE:** 703 358-2493

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; NOAA Project Competitions; under Oceans and
Atmospheric Research (OAR); for Ballast Water Technology Demonstration
Program Competitive Funding Announcement (Research, Development, Testing
and Evaluation Facility), for fiscal year 2007. Preliminary proposals
must be received by September 14, 2006, to National Sea Grant Office,
attn.: Mrs. Geraldine Taylor at 301 713-2445. Full proposals must be
submitted electronically via Grants.gov site at
[http://www.grants.gov](http://www.grants.gov/), or in paper format by
mail or hand delivery, on or before the December 19, 2006 deadline date.
Note: Corrections on this grant competition "Full proposals" deadline
date was in error, correct "Full proposals" deadline date is in this
announcement. Originally was published in the Federal Register on June
12, 2006.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Commerce **CFDA#:** 11.417 **AMOUNT:**
\$38,500

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Sea Grant Support

**FR Date:** 08/08/06 **PAGE:** 45045 **DEADLINE:** 02/16/07

**CONTACT:** Dr. Terry Smith **TELEPHONE:** 301 713-2435, Ext. 144

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; NOAA Fellowship, Scholarship and Internship
Programs; under Ocean and Atmospheric Research (OAR); for GradFell 2007
NMFS -- Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship Program in Marine Resource
Economics, for fiscal year 2007. Applications must be submitted
electronically via Grants.gov site at
[http://www.grants.gov](http://www.grants.gov/), or in paper format by
mail or hand delivery, on or before the February 16, 2007 deadline date.
Note: Corrections on this grant competition award amount of funding was
in error, correct award amount of funding is in this announcement.
Originally was published in the Federal Register on June 12, 2006.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Commerce **CFDA#:** 11.417 **AMOUNT:**
\$38,500

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Sea Grant Support

**FR Date:** 08/08/06 **PAGE:** 45045 **DEADLINE:** 02/16/07

**CONTACT:** Dr. Terry Smith **TELEPHONE:** 301 713-2435, Ext. 144

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; NOAA Fellowship, Scholarship and Internship
Programs; under Ocean and Atmospheric Research (OAR); for GradFell 2007
NMFS -- Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship Program in Population
Dynamics, for fiscal year 2007. Applications must be submitted
electronically via Grants.gov site at
[http://www.grants.gov](http://www.grants.gov/), or in paper format by
mail or hand delivery, on or before the February 16, 2007 deadline date.
Note: Corrections on this grant competition award amount of funding was
in error, correct award amount of funding is in this announcement.
Originally was published in the Federal Register on June 12, 2006.

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

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Marine Sanctuary Program

**FR Date:** 08/08/06 **PAGE:** 45044 **DEADLINE:** 08/31/06

**CONTACT:** Naomi McIntosh **TELEPHONE:** 808 397-2651

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; Availability of Seats for the Hawaiian
Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary (HIHWNMS) Advisory
Council. HIHWNMS is seeking applicants for both primary and alternate
members of the following seats on its Sanctuary Advisory Council
(Council): Business/Commerce, Citizen-At-Large, Commercial Shipping,
Conservation, Ocean Recreation, Tourism, and Whale Watching. Application
kits may be obtain from Mary Grady at <Mary.Grady@noaaa.gov>, or also
available online at
[http://hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov](http://hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/).

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Commerce **CFDA#:** 11.800 **AMOUNT:**
\$200,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Minority Business Development Centers

**FR Date:** 08/10/06 **PAGE:** 45773 **DEADLINE:** 09/11/06

**CONTACT:** Efrain Gonzalez **TELEPHONE:** 202 482-1940

**SUMMARY:** Amendment change and Applications are invited for Minority
Business Development Agency; for the Minority Business Enterprise Center
(MBEC) (Formerly Minority Business Development Center (MBDC)). This
notice amends the Federal Register, July 26, 2006 solicitation by
separating the Alabama/Mississippi MBEC into two geographic service
areas, the geographic service area for Mississippi MBEC will be limited
to the State of Mississippi, and Alabama MBEC will be limited to the
State of Alabama. Pre-Applications teleconference for the State of
Alabama MBEC will be held on August 25, 2006 and available on MBDA's
Portal at [http://www.mbda.gov](http://www.mbda.gov/). Interesting
parties must register at MBDA's Portal at least 24 hours in advance of
the event. The State of Alabama applicants are encouraged to submit
their proposals electronically via 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 September 11, 2006 deadline
date. The Mississippi grant applications remain unchanged. Originally
was published in the Federal Register on July 26, 2006.

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

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Economic Injury Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 08/07/06 **PAGE:** 44766 **DEADLINE:** 05/01/07

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

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Economic Injury Disaster #10554 for Queens
County in the State of New York; and for the following contiguous
counties of Bronx, Kings, Nassau, and New York, in the State of New
York, constitute a disaster area due to damage caused by power outage
precipitated by extreme heat and rising temperatures occurring on July
17, 2006 and continuing.

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

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Economic Injury Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45592 **DEADLINE:** 05/01/07

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

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Economic Injury Disaster #10557 and #10558
for Ashtabula, Geauga, and Lake Counties in the State of Ohio; and for
the following contiguous counties of Cuyahoga, Portage, Summit, and
Trumbull in the State of Ohio; and Crawford and Erie counties in the
State of Pennsylvania, constitute a disaster area due to damage caused
by severe storms, straight line winds, and flooding occurring on July
27, 2006 and Continuing.

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

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Physical Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45592 **DEADLINE:** 10/02/06

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

**SUMMARY:** Declaration of Physical Disaster #10557 and #10558 for
Ashtabula, Geauga, and Lake Counties in the State of Ohio, constitute a
disaster area due to damage caused by severe storms, straight line
winds, and flooding occurring on July 27, 2006 and Continuing.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Education **CFDA#:** 84.257S **AMOUNT:**
\$650,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** National Institute for Literacy

**FR Date:** 08/07/06 **PAGE:** 44716 **DEADLINE:** 09/11/06

**CONTACT:** Jo Maralit **TELEPHONE:** 202 233-2028

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for National Institute for
Literacy; Overview Information; Literacy Information and Communication
(LINCS) Resource Collections; for New Awards, for fiscal year 2006. The
purpose of program, is to develop, organize, and support online
subject-oriented collections of instructional resources, including
multi-media resources, informed by highest-quality research, especially
scientifically based and other rigorous research, for use by adult
education and literacy educators. 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 September 11, 2006
deadline date. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait
unit the application deadline date to begin the application process
through Grants.gov.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Education **CFDA#:** 84.325D **AMOUNT:**
\$4,800,000

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

**FR Date:** 08/11/06 **PAGE:** 46205 **DEADLINE:** 10/10/06

**CONTACT:** Robert Gilmore Ph.D. **TELEPHONE:** 202 245-7354

**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 --
Preparation of Leadership Personnel; for New Awards, for fiscal year
2007. Purpose of these programs are 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 October 10, 2006
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#:** 84.325K **AMOUNT:**
\$11,692,000

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

**FR Date:** 08/11/06 **PAGE:** 46209 **DEADLINE:** 10/10/06

**CONTACT:** Maryann McDermott **TELEPHONE:** 202 245-7439

**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 --
Combined Priority for Personnel Preparation; for New Awards, for fiscal
year 2007. Purpose of these programs are 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 October 10, 2006 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}** Health and Human Services **CFDA#:**
93.018 **AMOUNT:** \$250,000

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Strengthening Public Health Services at the Outreach
Offices of the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission

**FR Date:** 08/08/06 **PAGE:** 45050 **DEADLINE:** 09/07/06

**CONTACT:** Office of Grants Management (Administrative Requirements)
**TELEPHONE:** 240 453-8822

**CONTACT:** Woodie Kessel, or Cecilia Penn, (Programmatic Requirements)
**TELEPHONE:** 240 453-8256

**SUMMARY:** Applications are invited for Office of Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and Science; Announcement
of Availability of Funds for Cooperative Agreement with the Arkansas
Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) for a Project Entitled, "From BMI
to Student Body Mass Improvement: Healthy Achievement Through Awareness
and Action -- A Detailed Evaluation of the Arkansas School BMI
Project."; for fiscal year 2006. Applications may only be submitted
electronically via capabilities provided by the OPHS Grants system at
[https://egrants.osophs.dhhs.gov](https://egrants.osophs.dhhs.gov/), or
the Grants.gov Web site at
[http://www.grants.gov](http://www.grants.gov/), Portal is encouraged on
or before the September 7, 2006 deadline date. Any applications
submitted via any other means of electronic communication, including
facsimile or electronic mail, will not be accepted for review.

II\. NOTICE OF RULES

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Agriculture **CFDA#:** 10.557

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants, and Children

**FR Date:** 08/07/06 **PAGE:** 44784

**CONTACT:** Debra Whitford **TELEPHONE:** 703 305-2746

**SUMMARY:** Proposed rule regarding Food and Nutrition Service; Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC);
Revisions in the WIC Food Packages. This proposed rule would implement
the first comprehensive revisions to the WIC food packages since 1980.
These revised food packages were developed to better reflect current
nutrition science and dietary recommendations than do current food
packages, within the parameters of current program costs.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Agriculture **CFDA#:** 10.560

**PROGRAM TITLE:** State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition

**FR Date:** 08/11/06 **PAGE:** 46074

**CONTACT:** Melissa Rothstein **TELEPHONE:** 703 305-2595

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Food and Nutrition Service; State
Administrative Expense Funds. This rule makes changes to the regulations
governing State Administrative Expense funds for the Child Nutrition and
WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 to the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. The
rule also implements a requirement that for fiscal years 2005 through
2007, no State shall receive less than its fiscal year 2004 allocation
for administrative costs. This final rule will increase the available
funds to certain States to expand supervision and technical assistance
of Child Nutrition Programs.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Housing and Urban Development **CFDA#:**
14.225

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Community Development Block Grants/Special Purpose
Grants/Insular Areas

**FR Date:** 08/07/06 **PAGE:** 44860

**CONTACT:** Steve Rhodeside **TELEPHONE:** 202 708-1322

**SUMMARY:** Proposed rule regarding Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Community Planning and Development.; Proposed Timeliness Expenditure
Standards for the Insular Areas Program. This amendment moved the
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program assistance for Insular
Areas from section 107 to section 106 of the HCD Act. This proposed rule
would also establish provisions for the distribution of assistance made
available either as a result of reductions or if an Insular Areas fails
to submit a final statement for CDBG funds. Also makes technical and
conforming changes to the Insular Areas Program.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Veterans Affairs **CFDA#:** 64.005

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Grants to States for Construction of State Home
Facilities

**FR Date:** 08/11/06 **PAGE:** 46103

**CONTACT:** Frank Salvas **TELEPHONE:** 202 273-8534

**SUMMARY:** Interim final rule regarding Veterans Affairs; Priority for
Partial Grants to States for Construction or Acquisition of State Home
Facilities. This amendment is necessary to ensure that projects designed
to remedy conditions at an existing State home that have been cited as
threatening to the lives or safety of the residents receive priority for
receiving VA grants in the future (including in fiscal year 2007).

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Veterans Affairs **CFDA#:** 64.100

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Automobiles and Adaptive Equipment for Certain
Disabled Veterans and Members of the Armed Forces

**FR Date:** 08/08/06 **PAGE:** 44915

**CONTACT:** Maya Ferrandino **TELEPHONE:** 202 273-7210

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits
Act of 2003 and Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004. Specifically,
this document amends VA's adjudication regulations regarding plot or
interment allowance eligibility, forfeiture of benefits, depending and
indemnity compensation payments; also amends VA's adjudication
regulations to reflect the establishment of the Social Security
Administration as an independent agency and that the Coast Guard is now
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Homeland Security. These
amendments are necessary to conform to the regulations to the statutory
amendments.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Veterans Affairs **CFDA#:** 64.101

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Burial Expenses Allowance for Veterans

**FR Date:** 08/08/06 **PAGE:** 44915

**CONTACT:** Maya Ferrandino **TELEPHONE:** 202 273-7210

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits
Act of 2003 and Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004. Specifically,
this document amends VA's adjudication regulations regarding plot or
interment allowance eligibility, forfeiture of benefits, depending and
indemnity compensation payments; also amends VA's adjudication
regulations to reflect the establishment of the Social Security
Administration as an independent agency and that the Coast Guard is now
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Homeland Security. These
amendments are necessary to conform to the regulations to the statutory
amendments.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Veterans Affairs **CFDA#:** 64.102

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Compensation for Service-Connected Deaths for
Veterans' Dependents

**FR Date:** 08/08/06 **PAGE:** 44915

**CONTACT:** Maya Ferrandino **TELEPHONE:** 202 273-7210

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits
Act of 2003 and Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004. Specifically,
this document amends VA's adjudication regulations regarding plot or
interment allowance eligibility, forfeiture of benefits, depending and
indemnity compensation payments; also amends VA's adjudication
regulations to reflect the establishment of the Social Security
Administration as an independent agency and that the Coast Guard is now
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Homeland Security. These
amendments are necessary to conform to the regulations to the statutory
amendments.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Veterans Affairs **CFDA#:** 64.104

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability for
Veterans

**FR Date:** 08/08/06 **PAGE:** 44915

**CONTACT:** Maya Ferrandino **TELEPHONE:** 202 273-7210

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits
Act of 2003 and Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004. Specifically,
this document amends VA's adjudication regulations regarding plot or
interment allowance eligibility, forfeiture of benefits, depending and
indemnity compensation payments; also amends VA's adjudication
regulations to reflect the establishment of the Social Security
Administration as an independent agency and that the Coast Guard is now
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Homeland Security. These
amendments are necessary to conform to the regulations to the statutory
amendments.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Veterans Affairs **CFDA#:** 64.105

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Pension to Veterans Surviving Spouses, and Children

**FR Date:** 08/08/06 **PAGE:** 44915

**CONTACT:** Maya Ferrandino **TELEPHONE:** 202 273-7210

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits
Act of 2003 and Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004. Specifically,
this document amends VA's adjudication regulations regarding plot or
interment allowance eligibility, forfeiture of benefits, depending and
indemnity compensation payments; also amends VA's adjudication
regulations to reflect the establishment of the Social Security
Administration as an independent agency and that the Coast Guard is now
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Homeland Security. These
amendments are necessary to conform to the regulations to the statutory
amendments.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Veterans Affairs **CFDA#:** 64.109

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected
Disability

**FR Date:** 08/08/06 **PAGE:** 44915

**CONTACT:** Maya Ferrandino **TELEPHONE:** 202 273-7210

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits
Act of 2003 and Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004. Specifically,
this document amends VA's adjudication regulations regarding plot or
interment allowance eligibility, forfeiture of benefits, depending and
indemnity compensation payments; also amends VA's adjudication
regulations to reflect the establishment of the Social Security
Administration as an independent agency and that the Coast Guard is now
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Homeland Security. These
amendments are necessary to conform to the regulations to the statutory
amendments.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Veterans Affairs **CFDA#:** 64.110

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for
Service-Connected Death

**FR Date:** 08/08/06 **PAGE:** 44915

**CONTACT:** Maya Ferrandino **TELEPHONE:** 202 273-7210

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits
Act of 2003 and Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004. Specifically,
this document amends VA's adjudication regulations regarding plot or
interment allowance eligibility, forfeiture of benefits, depending and
indemnity compensation payments; also amends VA's adjudication
regulations to reflect the establishment of the Social Security
Administration as an independent agency and that the Coast Guard is now
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Homeland Security. These
amendments are necessary to conform to the regulations to the statutory
amendments.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Education **CFDA#:** 84.032

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Federal Family Education Loans

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45666

**CONTACT:** Ms. Gail McLarnon **TELEPHONE:** 202 219-7048

**SUMMARY:** Interim final regulations regarding the Office of
Postsecondary Education; Federal Student Aid Programs. These interim
final regulations reflect the provisions of the Higher Education
Reconciliation Act of 2005 (HERA) that affect students, borrowers, and
program participants in the Federal student aid programs authorized
under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA).

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Education **CFDA#:** 84.038

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Federal Perkins Loan Program -- Federal Capital
Contributions

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45666

**CONTACT:** Ms. Gail McLarnon **TELEPHONE:** 202 219-7048

**SUMMARY:** Interim final regulations regarding the Office of
Postsecondary Education; Federal Student Aid Programs. These interim
final regulations reflect the provisions of the Higher Education
Reconciliation Act of 2005 (HERA) that affect students, borrowers, and
program participants in the Federal student aid programs authorized
under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA).

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Education **CFDA#:** 84.268

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Federal Direct Student Loans

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45666

**CONTACT:** Ms. Gail McLarnon **TELEPHONE:** 202 219-7048

**SUMMARY:** Interim final regulations regarding the Office of
Postsecondary Education; Federal Student Aid Programs. These interim
final regulations reflect the provisions of the Higher Education
Reconciliation Act of 2005 (HERA) that affect students, borrowers, and
program participants in the Federal student aid programs authorized
under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA).

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

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

**FR Date:** 08/08/06 **PAGE:** 45140

**CONTACT:** Lisa Ohrin **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-4565

**CONTACT:** Linda Howard **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-5255

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; Physicians Referrals to Health Care Entities
With Which They Have Financial Relationships; Exceptions for Certain
Electronic Prescribing and Electronic Health Records Arrangements. These
exceptions are consistent with the President's goal of achieving
widespread adoption of interoperable electronic health records to
improve the quality and efficiency of health care while maintaining the
levels of security and privacy that consumers expect.

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

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

**FR Date:** 08/08/06 **PAGE:** 45140

**CONTACT:** Lisa Ohrin **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-4565

**CONTACT:** Linda Howard **TELEPHONE:** 410 786-5255

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Medicare Program; Physicians Referrals to Health Care Entities
With Which They Have Financial Relationships; Exceptions for Certain
Electronic Prescribing and Electronic Health Records Arrangements. These
exceptions are consistent with the President's goal of achieving
widespread adoption of interoperable electronic health records to
improve the quality and efficiency of health care while maintaining the
levels of security and privacy that consumers expect.

**[DEPARTMENT]{.underline}**: Social Security Administration **CFDA#:**
96.006

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Supplemental Security Income

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45375

**CONTACT:** Barbara E. Snyder **TELEPHONE:** 410 965-5655

**SUMMARY:** Final rule regarding Social Security Administration:
Changes to the Income and Resources Provisions for Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) Based on Sections 430, 435, and 436 of the Social Security
Protection Act (SSPA) of 2004. We are revising our regulations on how we
determine an individual's income and resources under the SSI program
based on the SSPA of 2004, enacted on March 2, 2004. We are also
applying the exclusions required by the SSPA when we determine the
countable income and resources of an ineligible spouse or ineligible
parent.

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

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Flood Insurance

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45497

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

**SUMMARY:** Propose rule regarding Proposed Flood Elevation
Determinations for various locations in Cook County (Unincorporated
Areas) in the State of Illinois.

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

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Flood Insurance

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45498

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

**SUMMARY:** Propose rule regarding Proposed Flood Elevation
Determinations for various locations in Eagle and Fremont Counties in
the State of Colorado; McCone and Richland Counties in the State of
Montana; Wayne County in the State of Nebraska; Pender County in the
State of North Carolina; Wilson County in the State of Tennessee; Burnet
and Travis Counties in the State of Texas; and Davis County in the State
of Utah.

III\. OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL REGISTER HIGHLIGHTS (NOTICES)

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Housing and Urban Development **CFDA#:**
14.870

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Resident Opportunity and Supportive Service

**FR Date:** 08/08/06 **PAGE:** 45063

**CONTACT:** Public and Indian Housing Information and Resource Center
**TELEPHONE:** 1-800-955-2232

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding HUD's Fiscal Year 2006, Notice of Funding
Availability Policy Requirements and General Section to SuperNOVA for
HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs, Additional Information Regarding
Applicant Registration. This notice announces a change made to how the
Central Contractor Registry (CCR) will capture and use applicant
identification data and extends the due date for the Resident
Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Family-Home ownership; has been
extended from August 8, 2006 to September 8, 2006. Originally published
in the Federal Register on March 8, 2006.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Social Security Administration **CFDA#:**
96.001

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Social Security -- Disability Insurance

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45593

**CONTACT:** Mike O'Connor **TELEPHONE:** 410 965-1952

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Social Security Administration; Social
Security Ruling, SSR 06-03p.; Titles II and XVI: Considering Opinions
and Other Evidence from Sources Who Are Not "Acceptable Medical Sources"
in Disability Claims; Considering Decisions on Disability by Other
Governmental and Nongovernmental Agencies on the issues of disability or
blindness.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Social Security Administration **CFDA#:**
96.004

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Social Security -- Survivors Insurance

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45593

**CONTACT:** Mike O'Connor **TELEPHONE:** 410 965-1952

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Social Security Administration; Social
Security Ruling, SSR 06-03p.; Titles II and XVI: Considering Opinions
and Other Evidence from Sources Who Are Not "Acceptable Medical Sources"
in Disability Claims; Considering Decisions on Disability by Other
Governmental and Nongovernmental Agencies on the issues of disability or
blindness.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Social Security Administration **CFDA#:**
96.006

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Supplemental Security Income

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45593

**CONTACT:** Mike O'Connor **TELEPHONE:** 410 965-1952

**SUMMARY:** Notice regarding Social Security Administration; Social
Security Ruling, SSR 06-03p.; Titles II and XVI: Considering Opinions
and Other Evidence from Sources Who Are Not "Acceptable Medical Sources"
in Disability Claims; Considering Decisions on Disability by Other
Governmental and Nongovernmental Agencies on the issues of disability or
blindness.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Homeland Security **CFDA#:** 97.030

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Community Disaster Loans

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45572

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

**SUMMARY:** Major Disaster and Related Determinations regarding the
damage in certain areas of the State of Ohio resulting from severe
storms, straight line winds, and flooding beginning on July 27, 2006,
and continuing.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Homeland Security **CFDA#:** 97.031

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Cora Brown Fund

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45572

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

**SUMMARY:** Major Disaster and Related Determinations regarding the
damage in certain areas of the State of Ohio resulting from severe
storms, straight line winds, and flooding beginning on July 27, 2006,
and continuing.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Homeland Security **CFDA#:** 97.032

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Crisis Counseling

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45572

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

**SUMMARY:** Major Disaster and Related Determinations regarding the
damage in certain areas of the State of Ohio resulting from severe
storms, straight line winds, and flooding beginning on July 27, 2006,
and continuing.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Homeland Security **CFDA#:** 97.033

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Disaster Legal Services

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45572

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

**SUMMARY:** Major Disaster and Related Determinations regarding the
damage in certain areas of the State of Ohio resulting from severe
storms, straight line winds, and flooding beginning on July 27, 2006,
and continuing.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Homeland Security **CFDA#:** 97.034

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Disaster Unemployment Assistance

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45572

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

**SUMMARY:** Major Disaster and Related Determinations regarding the
damage in certain areas of the State of Ohio resulting from severe
storms, straight line winds, and flooding beginning on July 27, 2006,
and continuing.

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

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Public Assistance Grants

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45572

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

**SUMMARY:** Major Disaster and Related Determinations regarding the
damage in certain areas of the State of Ohio resulting from severe
storms, straight line winds, and flooding beginning on July 27, 2006,
and continuing.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Homeland Security **CFDA#:** 97.039

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Hazard Mitigation Grant

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45572

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

**SUMMARY:** Major Disaster and Related Determinations regarding the
damage in certain areas of the State of Ohio resulting from severe
storms, straight line winds, and flooding beginning on July 27, 2006,
and continuing.

**[DEPARTMENT:]{.underline}** Homeland Security **CFDA#:** 97.046

**PROGRAM TITLE:** Fire Management Assistance Grant

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45572

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

**SUMMARY:** Major Disaster and Related Determinations regarding the
damage in certain areas of the State of Ohio resulting from severe
storms, straight line winds, and flooding beginning on July 27, 2006,
and continuing.

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

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

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45572

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

**SUMMARY:** Major Disaster and Related Determinations regarding the
damage in certain areas of the State of Ohio resulting from severe
storms, straight line winds, and flooding beginning on July 27, 2006,
and continuing.

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

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

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45572

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

**SUMMARY:** Major Disaster and Related Determinations regarding the
damage in certain areas of the State of Ohio resulting from severe
storms, straight line winds, and flooding beginning on July 27, 2006,
and continuing.

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

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

**FR Date:** 08/09/06 **PAGE:** 45572

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

**SUMMARY:** Major Disaster and Related Determinations regarding the
damage in certain areas of the State of Ohio resulting from severe
storms, straight line winds, and flooding beginning on July 27, 2006,
and continuing.

**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

08/22/06 10.458 Crop Insurance Education in Targeted States

08/31/06 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program

09/07/06 93.018 Strengthening Public Health Services at the Outreach
Offices

09/11/06 11.800 Minority Business Development Centers (Alabama
applicants only)

09/11/06 84.257S National Institute for Literacy

10/10/06 84.325D Special Education -- Personnel Development (Prep. of
Leadership)

10/10/06 84.325K Special Education -- Personnel Development (Combined
Priority)

12/19/06 11.417 Sea Grant Support (Research, Development, Testing, &
Evaluation)

02/16/07 11.417 Sea Grant Support (GradFell 2007 Sea Grant -- Marine
Resources)

02/16/07 11.417 Sea Grant Support (GradFell 2007 Sea Grant -- Population
Dynam.)

> **DISASTER LOANS**

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

New York -- various counties 05/01/07

Ohio -- various counties 05/01/07

Pennsylvania -- Crawford and Erie counties 05/01/07

**59.008 PHYSICAL DISASTER LOANS CLOSING DATE**:

Ohio -- various counties 10/02/06