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CIRCULAR A- 1. 10 REVISED 1. As Further Amended 9/3. This Circular sets forth standards for obtaining consistency and uniformity among Federal agencies in the administration of grants to and agreements with institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other non- profit organizations.
Circular A- 1. 10 is issued under the authority of 3. U. S. C. 5. 03 (the Chief Financial Officers Act), 3. U. S. C. 4. 05 (the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act), Reorganization Plan No. Except as provided herein, the standards set forth in this Circular are applicable to all Federal agencies.
If any statute specifically prescribes policies or specific requirements that differ from the standards provided herein, the provisions of the statute shall govern. The provisions of the sections of this Circular shall be applied by Federal agencies to recipients. Recipients shall apply the provisions of this Circular to subrecipients performing substantive work under grants and agreements that are passed through or awarded by the primary recipient, if such subrecipients are organizations described in paragraph 1. This Circular does not apply to grants, contracts, or other agreements between the Federal Government and units of State or local governments covered by OMB Circular A- 1.
In addition, subawards and contracts to State or local governments are not covered by this Circular. However, this Circular applies to subawards made by State and local governments to organizations covered by this Circular. Federal agencies may apply the provisions of this Circular to commercial organizations, foreign governments, organizations under the jurisdiction of foreign governments, and international organizations. Definitions of key terms used in this Circular are contained in Section . The specific requirements and responsibilities of Federal agencies and institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other non- profit organizations are set forth in this Circular.
Federal agencies responsible for awarding and administering grants to and other agreements with organizations described in paragraph 1 shall adopt the language in the Circular unless different provisions are required by Federal statute or are approved by OMB. OMB will review agency regulations and implementation of this Circular, and will provide interpretations of policy requirements and assistance to insure effective and efficient implementation. Any exceptions will be subject to approval by OMB, as indicated in Section . Exceptions will only be made in particular cases where adequate justification is presented. Further information concerning this Circular may be obtained by contacting the Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 2.
Termination Review Date. This Circular will have a policy review three years from date of issuance. The standards set forth in this Circular which affect Federal agencies will be effective 3. Federal. Register.
Those standards which Federal agencies impose on grantees will be adopted by agencies in codified regulations within six months after publication in the Federal. Register. Earlier implementation is encouraged. Sec. This Circular establishes uniform administrative requirements for Federal grants and agreements awarded to institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other non- profit organizations. Federal awarding agencies shall not impose additional or inconsistent requirements, except as provided in Sections . Non- profit organizations that implement Federal programs for the States are also subject to State requirements.(a) Accrued expenditures means the charges incurred by the recipient during a given period requiring the provision of funds for: (1) goods and other tangible property received; (2) services performed by employees, contractors, subrecipients, and other payees; and, (3) other amounts becoming owed under programs for which no current services or performance is required.
Other charges, such as the cost of installation, transportation, taxes, duty or protective in- transit insurance, shall be included or excluded from the unit acquisition cost in accordance with the recipient's regular accounting practices.(d) Advance means a payment made by Treasury check or other appropriate payment mechanism to a recipient upon its request either before outlays are made by the recipient or through the use of predetermined payment schedules.(e) Award means financial assistance that provides support or stimulation to accomplish a public purpose. Awards include grants and other agreements in the form of money or property in lieu of money, by the Federal Government to an eligible recipient. The term does not include: technical assistance, which provides services instead of money; other assistance in the form of loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies, or insurance; direct payments of any kind to individuals; and, contracts which are required to be entered into and administered under procurement laws and regulations.(f) Cash contributions means the recipient's cash outlay, including the outlay of money contributed to the recipient by third parties.(g) Closeout means the process by which a Federal awarding agency determines that all applicable administrative actions and all required work of the award have been completed by the recipient and Federal awarding agency.(h) Contract means a procurement contract under an award or subaward, and a procurement subcontract under a recipient's or subrecipient's contract.(i) Cost sharing or matching means that portion of project or program costs not borne by the Federal Government.(j) Date of completion means the date on which all work under an award is completed or the date on the award document, or any supplement or amendment thereto, on which Federal sponsorship ends.(k) Disallowed costs means those charges to an award that the Federal awarding agency determines to be unallowable, in accordance with the applicable Federal cost principles or other terms and conditions contained in the award.(l) Equipment means tangible nonexpendable personal property including exempt property charged directly to the award having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost of $5.
However, consistent with recipient policy, lower limits may be established.(m) Excess property means property under the control of any Federal awarding agency that, as determined by the head thereof, is no longer required for its needs or the discharge of its responsibilities.(n) Exempt property means tangible personal property acquired in whole or in part with Federal funds, where the Federal awarding agency has statutory authority to vest title in the recipient without further obligation to the Federal Government. An example of exempt property authority is contained in the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act (3.
U. S. C. 6. 30. 6), for property acquired under an award to conduct basic or applied research by a non- profit institution of higher education or non- profit organization whose principal purpose is conducting scientific research.(o) Federal awarding agency means the Federal agency that provides an award to the recipient.(p) Federal funds authorized means the total amount of Federal funds obligated by the Federal Government for use by the recipient. This amount may include any authorized carryover of unobligated funds from prior funding periods when permitted by agency regulations or agency implementing instructions.(q) Federal share of real property, equipment, or supplies means that percentage of the property's acquisition costs and any improvement expenditures paid with Federal funds.(r) Funding period means the period of time when Federal funding is available for obligation by the recipient.(s) Intangible property and debt instruments means, but is not limited to, trademarks, copyrights, patents and patent applications and such property as loans, notes and other debt instruments, lease agreements, stock and other instruments of property ownership, whether considered tangible or intangible.(t) Obligations means the amounts of orders placed, contracts and grants awarded, services received and similar transactions during a given period that require payment by the recipient during the same or a future period.(u) Outlays or expenditures means charges made to the project or program.
They may be reported on a cash or accrual basis. For reports prepared on a cash basis, outlays are the sum of cash disbursements for direct charges for goods and services, the amount of indirect expense charged, the value of third party in- kind contributions applied and the amount of cash advances and payments made to subrecipients.
For reports prepared on an accrual basis, outlays are the sum of cash disbursements for direct charges for goods and services, the amount of indirect expense incurred, the value of in- kind contributions applied, and the net increase (or decrease) in the amounts owed by the recipient for goods and other property received, for services performed by employees, contractors, subrecipients and other payees and other amounts becoming owed under programs for which no current services or performance are required.(v) Personal property means property of any kind except real property. It may be tangible, having physical existence, or intangible, having no physical existence, such as copyrights, patents, or securities.(w) Prior approval means written approval by an authorized official evidencing prior consent.(x) Program income means gross income earned by the recipient that is directly generated by a supported activity or earned as a result of the award (see exclusions in paragraphs .