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Under 2 CFR parts 200 and 400. For assistance agreements awarded on or after December 26, 2014, 2 CFR part 400 implements OMB regulations in 2 CFR part 200. FAS grant programs plan to collect the information from grant applicants needed to evaluate and rank applicants and protect the integrity of the grantee selection process. All FAS grant programs will be eligible but not required to use the uniform grant application package (concept papers, full application, terms and conditions, agreements, amendments as well as performance report). The authorities for these grants vary. The term "grant" in this submission refers only to non-entitlement discretionary competitive and non-competitive grants or cooperative agreements. The uniform grant application package will include general information and instructions; requirements for the program narrative statement describing how the grant goals, objectives, and outcomes will be reached, as well as a description of the budget; the Standard Forms SF- 424 series, and SF-LLL, which request basic information, budget information, and disclosure of lobbying activities certification, respectively. In addition, grantees will also be required to submit Standard Form SF-425, Federal Financial Report form, M&E Reports, SF- 270 Claim (4040-0012)). If FAS decides to use the uniform grant application package, FAS will note in the grant solicitation that applicants must use the uniform grant application package and that the information collection has already been approved by OMB. If FAS chooses not to use the uniform grant application package or finds it necessary for grant applicants to submit extra information not included in the uniform package, FAS will issue a notice of at least 30 days inviting public comments on its plan to gather different or additional information be making a grant solicitation, unless this has already been addressed in earlier published notices. Need and Use of the Information: The primary users of the information collected from the applicant are FAS and other Federal staff who will serve on a panel to systematically review, evaluate, and approve the competitive and non-competitive grant/cooperative agreement applications and recommend the applicants most likely to meet program objectives and most responsive to the solicitation. The selection criteria will be contained in the grant application package. Without this information, FAS will not have adequate data to select appropriate grantees or evaluate which grants should be continued or monitor financial reporting requirements. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not for profit institutions. Number of Respondents: 628. Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting; Quarterly. Total Burden Hours: 25,306.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18393]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information collection received by October
9, 2026 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days
of the publication of this notice on the following website
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: Generic Package for Food for Peace.
OMB Control Number: 0551-NEW.
Summary: Under 2 CFR parts 200 and 400. For assistance agreements
awarded on or after December 26, 2014, 2 CFR part 400 implements OMB
regulations in 2 CFR part 200. FAS grant programs plan to collect the
information from grant applicants needed to evaluate and rank
applicants and protect the integrity of the grantee selection process.
All FAS grant programs will be eligible but not required to use the
uniform grant application package (concept papers, full application,
terms and conditions, agreements, amendments as well as performance
report). The authorities for these grants vary. The term ``grant'' in
this submission refers only to non-entitlement discretionary
competitive and non-competitive grants or cooperative agreements. The
uniform grant application package will include general information and
instructions; requirements for the program narrative statement
describing how the grant goals, objectives, and outcomes will be
reached, as well as a description of the budget; the Standard Forms SF-
424 series, and SF-LLL, which request basic information, budget
information, and disclosure of lobbying activities certification,
respectively. In addition, grantees will also be required to submit
Standard Form SF-425, Federal Financial Report form, M&E Reports, SF-
270 Claim (4040-0012)).
If FAS decides to use the uniform grant application package, FAS
will note in the grant solicitation that applicants must use the
uniform grant application package and that the information collection
has already been approved by OMB. If FAS chooses not to use the uniform
grant application package or finds it necessary for grant applicants to
submit extra information not included in the uniform package, FAS will
issue a notice of at least 30 days inviting public comments on its plan
to gather different or additional information be making a grant
solicitation, unless this has already been addressed in earlier
published notices.
Need and Use of the Information: The primary users of the
information collected from the applicant are FAS and other Federal
staff who will serve on a panel to systematically review, evaluate, and
approve the competitive and non-competitive grant/cooperative agreement
applications and recommend the applicants most likely to meet program
objectives and most responsive to the solicitation. The selection
criteria will be contained in the grant application package. Without
this information, FAS will not have adequate data to select appropriate
grantees or evaluate which grants should be continued or monitor
financial reporting requirements.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not for
profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 628.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting; Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours: 25,306.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-18393 Filed 9-8-26; 8:45 am]
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