[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19246-19247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08436]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Funding Opportunity Announcement and Grant 
Application Template for ACL Discretionary Grant Programs

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living (ACL), HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living is announcing that the 
proposed collection of information listed above has been submitted to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance as 
required under section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. This 30-day notice collects comments on the information 
collection requirements related to a Revision of a Currently Approved 
Collection (ICR Rev).

DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by May 
26, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by 
fax 202.395.5806 or by mail to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, OMB, New Executive Office Bldg., 725 17th St. NW., Rm. 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACL.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Snyderman at (202) 795-7439 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL has 
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for 
review and clearance. ACL is requesting an extension of the currently 
approved data collection with modifications. The Funding Opportunity 
Announcement and Application Instructions Template are for use with all 
ACL competitions for discretionary grant programs. The template 
provides the requirements and instructions for the submission of an 
application for discretionary grants funding opportunities.
    ACL is publishing this Federal Register Notice for the public to 
review and comment on the ACL Standard Funding Opportunity Announcement 
(FOA) (0985-0018) form. ACL seeks to make a small number of minor edits 
to the current Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) template form. 
The edits are intended to clarify and simplify the form used to solicit 
applicants who wish to perform activities related to the various 
programs offered by ACL, either through a grant or cooperative 
agreement. The edits consist of correcting grammatical errors, removing 
duplicative language, and allowing for the option to add program 
specific instructions to the project summary and abstract.

Comments in Response to the 60-Day Federal Register Notice

    A 60-day Federal Register Notice was published in the Federal 
Register on February 1, 2017 (Vol. 82, Number 20; pp. 8940-8941). In 
response to the notice, the Department received two

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comments, one with 57 signatories. The commenters were concerned that 
the template did not reference an eight percent cap on the indirect 
cost rate associated with training programs. Instead, the notice 
included language from the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost 
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly called 
``Uniform Guidance''), which were implemented in fiscal year 2015 
(https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/learn-grants/grant-policies/omb-uniform-guidance-2014.html) . This language requires agencies to accept 
the indirect cost rate negotiated with their agency, and the 
requirement applies to all grant making agencies in the Federal 
Government. However, the HHS Grants Policy Administration Manual (GPAM) 
and Grants Policy Statement (GPS) provide that the indirect cost rate 
for training grants is capped at eight percent. ACL has reviewed all 
pertinent information and has determined that no change is necessary to 
the FOA template. This notice is for a generic template that is used by 
all ACL grant applicants. Requirements associated with particular 
programs are included in the specific FOAs for those programs. The 
UCEDD programs were designated as training programs in the past as part 
of the specific FOA for these programs. The proposed template may be 
found on the ACL Web site at https://acl.gov/Funding_Opportunities/Announcements/docs/ACL_PA_Template_FINAL.docx.

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                                                                                                           Frequency of    Average hour        Total
                                                             Number of    Applicants per     Number of     response per     burden per    estimated data
                                                           competitions         FOA         respondents        year         respondent        burden
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NIDIL RR................................................              16              16             256               1             220          56,320
Other ACL...............................................              34            14.5             493               1              48          23,664
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                                                                                                                                                  79,984
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    Estimated Number of Responses: 749 annually. Total Estimated Burden 
Hours: 79,984.

    Dated: April 20, 2017.
Daniel P. Berger,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2017-08436 Filed 4-25-17; 8:45 am]
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