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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of Community Services

 

Potential Reallotment of Funds for FY 1993 Low Income Home Energy 
Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

AGENCY: Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and 
Families, (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Preliminary determination concerning funds available for 
reallotment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hearby given that a preliminary determination has 
been made that FY 1993 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
(LIHEAP) funds are available for reallotment. Section 2607(b)(1) of the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et. seq.), as 
amended, requires that if the Secretary of the Department of Health and 
Human Services determines that, as of September 1 of any fiscal year, 
an amount allotted to a grantee for any fiscal year will not be used by 
that grantee during the fiscal year, the Secretary must notify the 
grantee and publish a notice in the Federal Register that such funds 
may be reallotted. As the Secretary's designee, I have determined that 
a total of $22,591 of FY 1993 funds may be available for reallotment. I 
have based that determination on reports from the United Tribes of 
Kansas and Southeast Nebraska, Inc. (Kansas), Seldovia Village Tribe 
(Alaska) and the Aroostock Band of Micmacs (Maine) which were submitted 
to the Office of Community Services as required by 45 CFR 96.81.
    The statute allows grantees who have funds unobligated at the end 
of a fiscal year to request that they be allowed to carry over up to 10 
percent of their allotments to the next fiscal year. Funds in excess of 
this amount must be returned to HHS and are subject to reallotment to 
other grantees under section 2607(b)(1) of the LIHEAP statute. All of 
the amounts described in this notice were reported as unobligated funds 
in excess of the amount that the three tribes named above could carry 
over to FY 1994.
    The United Tribes of Kansas and Southeast Nebraska, Inc. were 
notified by certified mail that $2,384 of its FY 1993 LIHEAP funds may 
be reallotted. The Seldovia Village Tribe was notified by certified 
mail that $5,117 of their FY 1993 LIHEAP funds may be reallotted. The 
Aroostock Band of Micmacs was notified by certified mail that $15,090 
of its FY 1993 LIHEAP funds may be reallotted. In accordance with 
section 2607(b)(3), the Chief Executive Officer of each of these tribes 
has 30 days from the date of the letters to submit comments to me. That 
30 day period will expire June 16, 1994. After considering any comments 
submitted, I will notify the Chief Executive Officer of my decision and 
will publish my decision in the Federal Register. If funds are 
reallotted, they will be allocated in accordance with section 2604 and 
will be treated as an amount appropriated for FY 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet M. Fox, Director, Division of 
Energy Assistance, Office of Community Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade 
SW., Washington, DC 20447; telephone (202) 401-9351.

    Dated: May 25, 1994.
Donald Sykes,
Director, Office of Community Services.
[FR Doc. 94-13597 Filed 6-3-94; 8:45 am]
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