[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 10630-10631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2935]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

45 CFR Part 2522

RIN 3045-AA46


AmeriCorps Grant Applications From Professional Corps

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service is 
proposing to amend title 45 Code of Federal Regulations, part 
2522.240(b)(2)(ii), to remove the restriction on certain professional 
corps programs from applying through State Commissions for AmeriCorps 
State competitive funds. The proposed amendment would realign the 
regulations with the authorizing statutory language. In the Rules 
Section of this Federal Register, the Corporation is taking direct 
final action on the proposed amendment because we view the amendments 
as non-controversial and anticipate no adverse comments. The 
Corporation has provided a detailed rationale for the amendment in the 
direct final rule. If the Corporation receives no adverse comments, the 
amendment set forth in the direct final action will become effective 
and we will take no further action on this proposed rule. If the 
Corporation receives adverse comments on the amendment, we will publish 
a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register of the direct final rule 
informing the public that the direct final rule will not take effect, 
and we will address public comments received in a subsequent final rule 
based on the proposed rule. The Corporation will not institute a second 
comment period on the subsequent final rule. Any one interested in 
commenting on this document should do so at this time.

DATES: To be sure your comments are considered, they must reach the 
Corporation on or before April 3, 2006.

ADDRESSES: You may mail or deliver your comments to Nicola Goren, 
Associate General Counsel, Corporation for National and Community 
Service, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Room 10611, Washington, DC 20525. 
You may also send your comments by facsimile transmission to (202) 606-
3467, or send them electronically to [email protected] 
or through the Federal government's one-stop rulemaking Web site at 
http://www.regulations.gov. Members of the public may review copies of 
all communications received on this rulemaking at the Corporation's 
Washington DC headquarters.
    During and after the comment period, you may inspect all public 
comments about this rule in suite 10600, 1201 New York Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Eastern 
Time, Monday through Friday of each week except Federal holidays.
    On request, we will supply an appropriate aid, such as a reader or 
print magnifier, to an individual with a disability who needs 
assistance to review the comments or other documents in the public 
rulemaking record for this rule. If you want to schedule an appointment 
for this type of aid, please contact the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicola Goren, Associate General 
Counsel, Corporation for National and Community Service, (202) 606-
6676. T.D.D. (202) 606-3472. Persons with visual impairments may 
request this rule in an alternative format.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information, please see the 
direct final rule, which is published in the Rules section of this 
Federal Register.

Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

Executive Order 12866

    The Corporation has determined that this proposed rule, while a 
significant regulatory action, is not an ``economically significant'' 
rule within the meaning of E.O. 12866 because it is not likely to 
result in: (1) An annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more, 
or an adverse and material effect on a sector of the economy, 
productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or 
safety, or State, local, or tribal government or communities; (2) the 
creation of a serious inconsistency or interference with an action 
taken or planned by another agency; (3) a material alteration in the 
budgetary impacts of entitlement, grants, user fees, or loan programs 
or the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or (4) the raising 
of novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the 
President's priorities, or the principles set forth in E.O. 12866. As a 
``significant'' regulatory action, this proposed rule was reviewed by 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Corporation has determined that this regulatory action, if 
promulgated, will not result in a significant impact on a substantial 
number of small entities. Therefore, the Corporation has not performed 
the initial regulatory flexibility analysis that is required under the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) for major rules that 
are expected to have such results.

Other Impact Analyses

    This action does not impose any new information collection burden 
under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.
    For purposes of Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 
1995, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538, as well as Executive Order 12875, this 
regulatory action does not contain any Federal mandate that may result 
in increased expenditures in either Federal, State, local, or tribal 
governments in the aggregate, or impose an annual burden exceeding $100 
million on the private sector.

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List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 2522

    Grant programs-social programs, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Volunteers.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Corporation for 
National and Community Service proposes to amend chapter XXV, title 45 
of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:

PART 2522--AMERICORPS PARTICIPANTS, PROGRAMS, AND APPLICANTS

    1. The authority citation for part 2522 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12571-12595.

    2. Amend Sec.  2522.240 by revising paragraph (b)(2)(ii) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  2522.240  What financial benefits do AmeriCorps participants 
serving in approved AmeriCorps positions receive?

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (ii) The program must be operated directly by the applicant, 
selected on a competitive basis by submitting an application to the 
Corporation, and may not be included in a State's application for 
AmeriCorps program funds distributed by formula under Sec.  
2521.30(a)(2) of this chapter.
* * * * *

    Dated: February 24, 2006.
Frank R. Trinity,
General Counsel.
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