2016-02473: Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards

Summary

The Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit Corporation, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service, Rural Business-Cooperative Service and Rural Housing Service finalize their portion of the uniform federal assistance rule and amend specific regulations to reference the conforming changes published by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the Federal Register on December 19, 2014.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 56 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 2 CFR 400 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards
• 2 CFR 415 General Program Administrative Regulations
• 2 CFR 416 General Program Administrative Regulations for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments
• 2 CFR 418 New Restrictions on Lobbying
• 2 CFR 422 Research Institutions Conducting USDA-Funded Extramural Research; Research Misconduct
• 7 CFR 761 Farm Loan Programs; General Program Administration
• 7 CFR 785 Certified Mediation Program
• 7 CFR 1407 Debarment and Suspension
• 7 CFR 1485 Grant Agreements for the Development of Foreign Markets for U.S. Agricultural Commodities
• 7 CFR 1703 Rural Development
• 7 CFR 1709 Assistance to High Energy Cost Communities
• 7 CFR 1710 General and Pre-Loan Policies and Procedures Common to Electric Loans and Guarantees
• 7 CFR 1717 Post-Loan Policies and Procedures Common to Insured and Guaranteed Electric Loans
• 7 CFR 1724 Electric Engineering, Architectural Services and Design Policies and Procedures
• 7 CFR 1726 Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures
• 7 CFR 1737 Pre-Loan Policies and Procedures Common to Insured and Guaranteed Telecommunications Loans
• 7 CFR 1738 Rural Broadband Loans, Loan/Grant Combinations, and Loan Guarantees
• 7 CFR 1739 Broadband Grant Program
• 7 CFR 1740 Rural Econnectivity Program
• 7 CFR 1773 Policy on Audits of RUS Awardees
• 7 CFR 1774 Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households Program (Search)
• 7 CFR 1775 Technical Assistance Grants
• 7 CFR 1776 Rural Decentralized Water Systems
• 7 CFR 1778 Emergency and Imminent Community Water Assistance Grants
• 7 CFR 1779 Part 1779 [Reserved]
• 7 CFR 1780 Water and Waste Loans and Grants
• 7 CFR 1782 Servicing of Water and Waste Programs
• 7 CFR 1783 Revolving Funds for Financing Water and Wastewater Projects (Revolving Fund Program)
• 7 CFR 1942 Associations
• 7 CFR 1944 Housing
• 7 CFR 1951 Servicing and Collections
• 7 CFR 1980 General
• 7 CFR 3015
• 7 CFR 3016
• 7 CFR 3018
• 7 CFR 3019
• 7 CFR 3022
• 7 CFR 3052
• 7 CFR 3400 Special Research Grants Program
• 7 CFR 3401 Rangeland Research Grants Program
• 7 CFR 3402 Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship Grants Program
• 7 CFR 3403 Small Business Innovation Research Grants Program
• 7 CFR 3405 Higher Education Challenge Grants Program
• 7 CFR 3406 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants Program
• 7 CFR 3407 Part 3407 [Reserved]
• 7 CFR 3415 Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program
• 7 CFR 3430 Competitive and Noncompetitive Non-Formula Federal Assistance Programs—General Award Administrative Provisions
• 7 CFR 3431 Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program
• 7 CFR 3570 Community Programs
• 7 CFR 3575
• 7 CFR 4274 Direct and Insured Loanmaking
• 7 CFR 4279 Guaranteed Loanmaking
• 7 CFR 4280 Loans and Grants
• 7 CFR 4284 Grants
• 7 CFR 4285 Cooperative Agreements
• 7 CFR 4290 Rural Business Investment Company (“Rbic”) Program