How are funds transferred. The FWS Division of Budget in the Washington Office requests the funds from the Federal Highway Administration. Liquidating cash is requested by FWS to meet current expenditure needs. When funds are transferred, the Division of Budget will prepare a Work Activity Guidance document indicating the funding that has been made available and the code assigned to the project. What if funds allocated are not obligated by the end of the fiscal year.
Funds are available for obligation for the year authorized plus three years.
However the total amount of obligation authorized is available for only the one fiscal year. If one FWS Region cannot obligate all of its funds, the contract authority may be loaned to another FWS Region during the current year, to be returned from future authorizations in a subsequent fiscal year. This will help insure full use of all contract authority. The projects are selected by the Regions from projects that have been identified in the RONS and MMS programs. The projects selected by the Regions are reviewed by the Division of Refuges to assure compliance with Refuge Roads guidance and legislative constraints.