[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51583-51584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25881]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Reallotment of FY 1997 Funds for Low Income Home Energy 
Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

AGENCY: Office of Community Services, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of final determination concerning funds available for 
reallotment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 2607(b)(1) of the Low Income Home 
Energy Assistance Act, title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 
Act of 1981, as amended (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), a notice was 
published in the Federal Register on August 6, 1998 announcing the 
Secretary's preliminary determination that $82,025 in FY 1997 Low 
Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds may be available 
for reallotment to other LIHEAP grantees and offering the State which 
is the source of funds a period for comments, which closed August 31, 
1998. No comments were received.
    Therefore, in accordance with the requirements of section 
2607(a)(2)(C), $82,025 will be reallotted to most current LIHEAP 
grantees based upon the current allocation formula contained in section 
2604 of the Act and under the terms of applicable State/Tribe 
agreements, except that HHS will not issue grants under $25 because the 
cost of issuing the grant for that amount is greater than the amount of 
the grant. These reallotted funds are being distributed by statutory 
formula to States, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, and insular 
areas that are currently grantees under the LIHEAP program for FY 1998. 
No other entities may apply for or receive the funds from HHS.
    The reallotted funds must be treated by LIHEAP grantees receiving 
them as

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an amount appropriated for FY 1998. As FY 1998 funds, they will be 
subject to all of the requirements of the Act, including section 
2607(b)(2), which requires that a grantee must obligate 90 percent of 
its total block grant allocation for a fiscal year by the end of the 
fiscal year for which the funds are appropriated, that is, by September 
30, 1998.

For Further Information Contact: Janet Fox, Director, Division of 
Energy Assistance, Office of Community Services, 370 L'Enfant 
Promenade, SW, Washington, DC 20447; telephone (202) 401-9351.

    Dated: September 18, 1998.
Donald Sykes,
Director, Office of Community Services.
[FR Doc. 98-25881 Filed 9-25-98; 8:45 am]
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