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children’s readiness for school, parents’ 

perceptions of school safety and 

discipline, before- and after-school 

activities of school-age children, 

participation in adult and career 

education, parents’ involvement in their 

children’s education, school choice, 

homeschooling, and civic involvement. 

NHES surveys were conducted 

approximately every other year from 

1991 through 2007 using random digit 

dial (RDD) sampling and telephone data 

collection from landline telephones 

only. Due to declining response rates in 

all RDD surveys, NCES redesigned 

NHES to collect data through selfadministered mailed questionnaires for 

the 2012 administration, which 

included the Early Childhood Program 

Participation (ECPP), the Parent and 

Family Involvement in EducationEnrolled (PFI–E), and the Parent and 

Family Involvement in EducationHomeschooled (PFI–H) topical surveys. 

NHES:2016 continued the mail-based 

collection methodology, while also 

experimenting with the use of web 

survey collection. NHES:2019 continued 

the mail-based collection methodology 

and used the same methodology 

developed in the NHES:2016 web 

experiment for the majority of the 

sampled addresses. In 2019, 57 percent 

of cases responded by web, 36 by paper, 

and 7 percent by inbound phone. Also 

in 2019, PFI surveys for parents of 

enrolled and homeschooled students 

were merged into one survey 

instrument. NHES:2023 will again field 

the ECPP and the combined PFI survey 

used in the NHES:2019. NHES:2023 will 

use the same methodology developed in 

the NHES:2019 for the majority of 

sampled addresses, but will incorporate 

lessons learned from NHES:2019’s 

methodological experiments. 

Furthermore, given the potential change 

in the education landscape since 

COVID–19, particularly for online 

coursework, NCES plans to conduct a 

debriefing project with respondents 

during the NHES:2023 administration. 

The goal of the study is to gain greater 

insight about respondents who indicate 

that their child was enrolled in online 

courses. The debriefing interviews are 

designed to understand the true 

schooling experiences of these children 

and how well the survey functioned in 

capturing the context of these children’s 

virtual education experiences. The 

debriefing interviews will provide 

information that will assist NCES in 

understanding the NHES:2023 data on 

virtual education and in crafting items 

for future NHES administrations that 

will more accurately capture the details 

of virtual education. 

Dated: April 26, 2022. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09313 Filed 4–29–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Centers 

of Excellence for Veteran Student 

Success Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2022 for the Centers of 

Excellence for Veteran Student Success 

(CEVSS) Program, Assistance Listing 

Number 84.116G. This notice relates to 

the approved information collection 

under OMB control number 1894–0006. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: May 2, 2022. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 16, 2022. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: August 15, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on December 27, 2021, 

(86 FR 73264), and available at: 

www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-27979. 

Please note that these Common 

Instructions supersede the version 

published on February 13, 2019, and, in 

part, describe the transition from the 

requirement to register in SAM.gov a 

Data Universal Numbering System 

(DUNS) number to the implementation 

of the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). 

More information on the phase-out of 

DUNS numbers is available at https://

www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ofo/ 

docs/unique-entity-identifier-transitionfact-sheet.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Harris, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 2B207, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 453–7346. Email: 

Kelly.Harris@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

this program is to encourage institutions 

of higher education (IHEs) to develop 

model programs to support veteran 

student success in postsecondary 

education by coordinating services to 

address the academic, financial, 

physical, and social needs of veteran 

students. 

Priorities: This notice contains one 

absolute priority and two competitive 

preference priorities. In accordance with 

34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(v), the absolute 

priority is from the activities specified 

in section 873 of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), and the 

competitive preference priorities are 

from the Secretary’s Supplemental 

Priorities and Definitions for 

Discretionary Grant Programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 10, 2021 (86 FR 70612) 

(Supplemental Priorities). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2022 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Projects that include the following 

required activities: 

(a) Establishing a Center of Excellence 

for Veteran Student Success on the 

campus of the institution to provide a 

single point of contact to coordinate 

comprehensive support services for 

veteran students; 

(b) Establishing a veteran student 

support team, including representatives 

from the offices of the institution 

responsible for admissions, registration, 

financial aid, veterans’ benefits, 

academic advising, student health, 

personal or mental health counseling, 

career advising, disabilities services, 

and any other office of the institution 

that provides support to veteran 

students on campus; 

(c) Providing a coordinator whose 

primary responsibility is to coordinate 

the model program; 

(d) Monitoring the rates of veteran 

student enrollment, persistence, and 

completion; and 

(e) Developing a plan to sustain the 

Center of Excellence for Veteran Student 

Success after the grant period. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2022 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition, these priorities are 


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competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award up to 

an additional 10 points to an applicant, 

depending on how well the application 

meets these priorities. Applicants may 

address one, both, or neither of the 

competitive priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1: 

Meeting Student Social, Emotional, and 

Academic Needs (Up to 5 points). 

Projects that are designed to improve 

students’ social, emotional, academic, 

and career development, with a focus on 

underserved students, through 

developing and supporting educator and 

school capacity to support social and 

emotional learning and development 

that is trauma-informed, such as 

addressing exposure to communitybased violence and trauma specific to 

military- or veteran-connected students 

(as defined in this notice). 

Competitive Preference Priority 2: 

Promoting Equity in Student Access to 

Educational Resources and 

Opportunities (Up to 5 points). 

Under this priority, an applicant must 

demonstrate that the project will be 

implemented by one of the following 

entities: 

(1) Community colleges (as defined in 

this notice); 

(2) Historically Black colleges and 

universities (as defined in this notice); 

(3) Tribal Colleges and Universities 

(as defined in this notice); or 

(4) Minority-serving institutions (as 

defined in this notice). 

Definitions: The definitions of 

‘‘demonstrates a rationale’’ and 

‘‘evidence-based’’ are from 34 CFR 77.1 

and the definitions of ‘‘community 

college,’’ ‘‘Historically Black colleges 

and universities,’’ ‘‘military- or veteranconnected student,’’ ‘‘minority-serving 

institution’’ and ‘‘Tribal College or 

University’’ are from the Supplemental 

Priorities. 

Community college means ‘‘junior or 

community college’’ as defined in 

section 312(f) of the HEA. 

Demonstrates a rationale means a key 

project component included in the 

project’s logic model is informed by 

research or evaluation findings that 

suggest the project component is likely 

to improve relevant outcomes. 

Evidence-based means the proposed 

project component is supported by 

evidence that demonstrates a rationale. 

Logic model (also referred to as theory 

of action) means a framework that 

identifies key components of the 

proposed project, product (i.e., the 

active ‘‘ingredients’’ that are 

hypothesized to be critical to achieving 

the relevant outcomes) and describes 

the theoretical and operational 

relationships among the key project 

components and relevant outcomes. 

Note: In developing logic models, 

applicants may want to use resources 

such as the Regional Educational 

Laboratory Program’s (REL Pacific) 

Education Logic Model Application, 

available at https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/ 

edlabs/regions/pacific/elm.asp. Other 

sources include: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/ 

edlabs/regions/pacific/pdf/REL_

2014025.pdf, https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/ 

edlabs/regions/pacific/pdf/REL_

2014007.pdf, and https://ies.ed.gov/ 

ncee/edlabs/regions/northeast/pdf/REL_

2015057.pdf. 

Historically Black colleges and 

universities means colleges and 

universities that meet the criteria set out 

in 34 CFR 608.2. 

Military- or veteran-connected student 

means a student who is a member of the 

uniformed services, a veteran of the 

uniformed services, or the spouse of a 

service member or veteran. 

Minority-serving institution means an 

institution that is eligible to receive 

assistance under sections 316 through 

320 of part A of title III, under part B 

of title III, or under title V of the HEA. 

Tribal College or University has the 

meaning ascribed it in section 316(b)(3) 

of the HEA. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1161t; 

20 U.S.C. 1138–1138d; and the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 

(Pub. L. 117–103). 

Note: Projects will be awarded and 

must be operated in a manner consistent 

with the nondiscrimination 

requirements contained in Federal civil 

rights laws. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 

99. (b) The Office of Management and 

Budget Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 

part 180, as adopted and amended as 

regulations of the Department in 2 CFR 

part 3485. (c) The Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as 

adopted and amended as regulations of 

the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. (d) 

The Supplemental Priorities. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$8,415,000. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in 

subsequent years from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $550,000 

to $601,071 for up to 36 months. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$525,000 for up to 36 months. 

Maximum Award: We will not make 

an award exceeding $601,071 for a 36- 

month period. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 16. 

Note: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs and 

consortia of IHEs. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

b. Administrative Cost Limitation: 

This program does not include any 

program-specific limitation on 

administrative expenses. All 

administrative expenses must be 

reasonable and necessary and conform 

to Cost Principles described in 2 CFR 

part 200 subpart E of the Uniform 

Guidance. 

3. Subgrantees: A grantee under this 

competition may not award subgrants to 

entities to directly carry out project 

activities described in its application. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Application Submission 

Instructions: Applicants are required to 

follow the Common Instructions for 

Applicants to Department of Education 

Discretionary Grant Programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 27, 2021 (86 FR 73264), and 

available at: www.federalregister.gov/d/ 

2021-27979, which contain 

requirements and information on how to 

submit an application. Please note that 

these Common Instructions supersede 

the version published on February 13, 

2019, and, in part, describe the 

transition from the requirement to 

register in SAM.gov a DUNS number to 

the implementation of the UEI. More 

information on the phaseout of DUNS 

numbers is available at https://

www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ofo/ 

docs/unique-entity-identifier-transitionfact-sheet.pdf. 

2. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. 

3. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 


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4. Recommended Page Limit: The 

application narrative is where you, the 

applicant, address the selection criteria 

that reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. We recommend that you (1) 

limit the application narrative to no 

more than 50 pages and (2) use the 

following standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ x 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger, and no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. 

The recommended page limit does not 

apply to the cover sheet; the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract 

and the bibliography. However, the 

recommended page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative. 

Note: The Budget Information-NonConstruction Programs Form (ED 524) 

Sections A–C are not the same as the 

narrative response to the Budget section 

of the selection criteria. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210. Applicants should address 

each of the following selection criteria 

separately for each proposed activity. 

The selection criteria are worth a total 

of 100 points, and applications may 

receive up to 10 additional points under 

the competitive preference priorities, for 

a total score of up to 110 points. The 

maximum score for each criterion is 

noted in parentheses. 

(a) Need for project. (Up to 10 points) 

The Secretary considers the need for the 

proposed project. In determining the 

need for the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers: 

(1) The magnitude of the need for the 

services to be provided or the activities 

to be carried out by the proposed 

project. 

(2) The extent to which the proposed 

project will provide services or 

otherwise address the needs of students 

at risk of educational failure. 

(3) The extent to which specific gaps 

or weaknesses in services, 

infrastructure, or opportunities have 

been identified and will be addressed by 

the proposed project, including the 

nature and magnitude of those gaps or 

weaknesses. 

(b) Significance. (Up to 10 points) The 

Secretary considers the significance of 

the proposed project. In determining the 

significance of the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers: 

(1) The extent to which the proposed 

project is likely to build local capacity 

to provide, improve, or expand services 

that address the needs of the target 

population. 

(2) The importance or magnitude of 

the results or outcomes likely to be 

attained by the proposed project. 

(c) Quality of the project design. (Up 

to 30 points) The Secretary considers 

the quality of the design of the proposed 

project. In determining the quality of the 

design of the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers: 

(1) The extent to which the proposed 

project demonstrates a rationale (as 

defined in this notice). 

(2) The extent to which the goals, 

objectives, and outcomes to be achieved 

by the proposed project are clearly 

specified and measurable. 

(3) The extent to which the design of 

the proposed project is appropriate to, 

and will successfully address, the needs 

of the target population or other 

identified needs. 

(4) The extent to which the proposed 

project is designed to build capacity and 

yield results that will extend beyond the 

period of Federal financial assistance. 

(d) Quality of project personnel. (Up 

to 15 points) The Secretary considers 

the quality of the personnel who will 

carry out the proposed project. 

(1) In determining the quality of 

project personnel, the Secretary 

considers the extent to which the 

applicant encourages applications for 

employment from persons who are 

members of groups that have 

traditionally been underrepresented 

based on race, color, national origin, 

gender, age, or disability. 

(2) In addition, the Secretary 

considers: 

(i) The qualifications, including 

relevant training and experience, of the 

project director or principal 

investigator. 

(ii) The qualifications, including 

relevant training and experience, of key 

project personnel. 

Note: As stated in the absolute 

priority for this competition, a proposed 

Center of Excellence for Veteran Student 

Success must have a coordinator whose 

primary responsibility is to coordinate 

the model program. In response to this 

selection criterion, the application 

should describe the qualifications of 

this individual, the members of the 

veteran student support team described 

in the absolute priority, and any other 

individuals who will help carry out the 

proposed project. The grant project 

director may or may not be the 

coordinator of the Center of Excellence 

for Veteran Student Success. Applicants 

should consider emphasizing how the 

training and experience of veteran 

employees staffing the project, if 

applicable, will support the goals of the 

project. 

(e) Adequacy of resources. (Up to 20 

points) The Secretary considers the 

adequacy of resources for the proposed 

project. In determining the adequacy of 

resources for the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers: 

(1) The adequacy of support, 

including facilities, equipment, 

supplies, and other resources, from the 

applicant organization or the lead 

applicant organization. 

(2) The extent to which the costs are 

reasonable in relation to the number of 

persons to be served and to the 

anticipated results and benefits. 

(3) The potential for continued 

support of the project after Federal 

funding ends, including, as appropriate, 

the demonstrated commitment of 

appropriate entities to such support. 

Note: A budget summary and budget 

narrative attached to your proposal 

should itemize the support you are 

requesting through the CEVSS Program. 

(f) Quality of the project evaluation. 

(Up to 15 points) The Secretary 

considers the quality of the evaluation 

to be conducted of the proposed project. 

In determining the quality of the 

evaluation, the Secretary considers: 

(1) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation are thorough, feasible, and 

appropriate to the goals, objectives, and 

outcomes of the proposed project. 

(2) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation provide for examining the 

effectiveness of the project 

implementation strategies. 

(3) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation will provide timely 

guidance for quality assurance. 

2. Review and Selection Process: We 

remind potential applicants that in 

reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, the 

Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 

75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the 

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, achievement of project 

objectives, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary requires 


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various assurances, including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department (34 CFR 

100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

A panel of two non-Federal reviewers 

will review and score each application 

in accordance with the selection 

criteria. A rank order funding slate will 

be made from this review. Awards will 

be made in rank order according to the 

average score received from the peer 

review and from the competitive 

preference priorities addressed by the 

applicant. 

If the Secretary has insufficient 

funding to award multiple applications 

with the same score, consistent with 

section 873(d)(2)(A) and (B) of the HEA, 

in making a selection, the Secretary will 

consider the number of veteran students 

enrolled at each IHE and award funding 

to the applicant(s) with the highest 

number of enrolled veteran students. If 

a tie still exists after applying the first 

tiebreaker, the Secretary will consider 

the need for model programs to address 

the needs of veteran students at a wide 

range of IHEs, including the need to 

provide (i) an equitable distribution of 

such grants to IHEs of various types and 

sizes; (ii) an equitable geographic 

distribution of such grants; and (iii) an 

equitable distribution of such grants 

among rural and urban areas. 

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.206, before awarding grants under 

this program the Department conducts a 

review of the risks posed by applicants. 

Under 2 CFR 200.208, the Secretary may 

impose specific conditions and, under 2 

CFR 3473.10, in appropriate 

circumstances, high-risk conditions on a 

grant if the applicant or grantee is not 

financially stable; has a history of 

unsatisfactory performance; has a 

financial or other management system 

that does not meet the standards in 2 

CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

4. Integrity and Performance System: 

If you are selected under this 

competition to receive an award that 

over the course of the project period 

may exceed the simplified acquisition 

threshold (currently $250,000), under 2 

CFR 200.206(a)(2) we must make a 

judgment about your integrity, business 

ethics, and record of performance under 

Federal awards—that is, the risk posed 

by you as an applicant—before we make 

an award. In doing so, we must consider 

any information about you that is in the 

integrity and performance system 

(currently referred to as the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS)), 

accessible through the System for 

Award Management. You may review 

and comment on any information about 

yourself that a Federal agency 

previously entered and that is currently 

in FAPIIS. 

Please note that, if the total value of 

your currently active grants, cooperative 

agreements, and procurement contracts 

from the Federal Government exceeds 

$10,000,000, the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix XII, 

require you to report certain integrity 

information to FAPIIS semiannually. 

Please review the requirements in 2 CFR 

part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant 

plus all the other Federal funds you 

receive exceed $10,000,000. 

5. In General: In accordance with the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

guidance located at 2 CFR part 200, all 

applicable Federal laws, and relevant 

Executive guidance, the Department 

will review and consider applications 

for funding pursuant to this notice 

inviting applications in accordance 

with: 

(a) Selecting recipients most likely to 

be successful in delivering results based 

on the program objectives through an 

objective process of evaluating Federal 

award applications (2 CFR 200.205); 

(b) Prohibiting the purchase of certain 

telecommunication and video 

surveillance services or equipment in 

alignment with section 889 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act of 

2019 (Pub. L. 115—232) (2 CFR 

200.216); 

(c) Providing a preference, to the 

extent permitted by law, to maximize 

use of goods, products, and materials 

produced in the United States (2 CFR 

200.322); and 

(d) Terminating agreements in whole 

or in part to the greatest extent 

authorized by law if an award no longer 

effectuates the program goals or agency 

priorities (2 CFR 200.340). 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN); or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your GAN. We may notify 

you informally, also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Open Licensing Requirements: 

Unless an exception applies, if you are 

awarded a grant under this competition, 

you will be required to openly license 

to the public grant deliverables created 

in whole, or in part, with Department 

grant funds. When the deliverable 

consists of modifications to pre-existing 

works, the license extends only to those 

modifications that can be separately 

identified and only to the extent that 

open licensing is permitted under the 

terms of any licenses or other legal 

restrictions on the use of pre-existing 

works. Additionally, a grantee that is 

awarded competitive grant funds must 

have a plan to disseminate these public 

grant deliverables. This dissemination 

plan can be developed and submitted 

after your application has been 

reviewed and selected for funding. For 

additional information on the open 

licensing requirements please refer to 2 

CFR 3474.20. 

4. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multiyear award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html. 

5. Performance Measures: Under 34 

CFR 75.110, the Secretary has 

established the following performance 

measures for the CEVSS Program: (1) 

The extent to which the project is 

institutionalized at the end of the 

project period; and (2) The extent to 

which funded projects increase 

enrollment, persistence, and completion 

rates of veteran students at their 

institutions. 


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These measures constitute the 

Department’s indicators of success for 

this program. Consequently, we advise 

an applicant for a grant under this 

program to give careful consideration to 

these measures in conceptualizing the 

approach and evaluation for its 

proposed project. 

If funded, you will be required to 

collect and report data in your project’s 

annual performance report (34 CFR 

75.590). 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

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Postsecondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09372 Filed 4–29–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Instructions for Requesting an 

Exception From the Secretary of 

Energy Under Presidential 

Proclamation Relating to the 

Regulation of the Anchorage and 

Movement of Russian-Affiliated 

Vessels to United States Ports 

AGENCY: Office of Nuclear Energy, 

Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Per Proclamation 10371, 

‘‘Declaration of National Emergency and 

Invocation of Emergency Authority 

Relating to the Regulation of the 

Anchorage and Movement of RussianAffiliated Vessels to United States 

Ports’’ (‘‘the Proclamation’’), DOE is 

providing instructions for requesting an 

exception from the Secretary of Energy 

to the prohibition set forth in the 

Proclamation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John Krohn, Office of Nuclear Energy, 

Department of Energy, Phone: (202) 

586–7246, Email: shipmentwaiver@

nuclear.energy.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

policies and actions of the Government 

of the Russian Federation to continue 

the premeditated, unjustified, 

unprovoked, and brutal war against 

Ukraine constitute a national emergency 

by reason of a disturbance or threatened 

disturbance of international relations of 

the United States. In order to address 

this national emergency and secure the 

observance of the rights and obligations 

of the United States, President Biden, by 

his authority under the Constitution and 

the laws of the United States of 

America, including the National 

Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 

and section 1 of title II of Public Law 

65–24, ch. 30, June 15, 1917, as 

amended (Magnuson Act) (46 U.S.C. 

70051), has authorized the Secretary of 

Homeland Security to make and issue 

such rules and regulations as 

appropriate to regulate the anchorage 

and movement of Russian-affiliated 

vessels, and delegated to the Secretary 

of Homeland Security the authority to 

approve such rules and regulations, as 

authorized by the Magnuson Act. 

Prohibition 

Pursuant to the Proclamation, 

Russian-affiliated vessels are prohibited 

from entering into United States ports 

effective April 28, 2022, subject to two 

limited exceptions. One such exception 

(Sec. 2(a) of the Proclamation) applies to 

Russian-affiliated vessels used in the 

transport of source material, special 

nuclear material (SNM), and byproduct 

material for which, and for such time as, 

the Secretary of Energy, in consultation 

with the Secretaries of State and 

Commerce, determines that there is no 

viable source of supply available that 

would not require transport by Russianaffiliated vessels. 

Application for Secretarial 

Determination 

This notice sets forth the instructions 

to request an exception pursuant to 

Section 2(a) of the prohibition set forth 

in Section 1 of Proclamation 10371. 

1. Applicants requesting a 

determination from the Secretary of 

Energy for a Section 2(a) exception to 

the Section 1 prohibition should submit 

their request to John Krohn, Office of 

Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585, phone: 202– 

586–7246 email: shipmentwaiver@

nuclear.energy.gov. It is recommended 

that requests be submitted electronically 

via email. 

2. The request should contain the 

following information: 

Name, address, and contact 

information of Applicant. 

a. Date of anticipated entry into a U.S. 

port. 

b. Description of the source material, 

special nuclear material, or nuclear 

byproduct material, including name and 

contact information of end-user, end use 

of material, and location of end use if 

different from the Applicant. 

c. Explanation of why there is no 

viable source of supply of such 

material(s), which is either available 

domestically or does not require 

transport on a Russian-affiliated vessel. 

d. Impact if material(s) requested 

cannot enter the United States on a 

Russian-affiliated vessel. 

e. Any other information that could 

assist the Secretary of Energy in making 

this determination. 

3. Confidential Business Information. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person 

submitting information that he or she 

believes to be confidential and exempt 

by law from public disclosure should 

submit via email two well-marked 

copies: One copy of the document 

marked confidential including all the 

information believed to be confidential, 

and one copy of the document marked 

non-confidential with the information 

believed to be confidential deleted. DOE 

will make its own determination about 

the confidential status of the 

information and treat it according to its 

determination. 

Definitions 

Pursuant to Section 3 of Proclamation 

10371, the term ‘‘Russian-affiliated 

vessels’’ means: 

(i) Vessels of Russian registry (i.e., the 

vessel is Russian flagged); 

(ii) Vessels that are Russian owned 

(i.e., the legal title of ownership of the 

vessel that appears on the ship’s 

registration documents is the 

Government of the Russian Federation 

or a Russian company, citizen, or 

permanent resident); or 

(iii) Vessels that are Russian operated 

(i.e., a Russian company, citizen, or 


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