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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Descriptions

10.665:  Schools and Roads: Grants to States

Popular Name:  25 Percent Payments to States

Objectives:  To share receipts from the National Forests with the States in which the National Forests are situated.

PROGRAM AND AWARD	FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS	FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO.
APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS	INFORMATION CONTACTS
RELATED PROGRAMS	ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS
PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS	POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS

10.665 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility:  Grant recipients must be States (including commonwealths) or territories of the United States containing National Forest land.

Beneficiary Eligibility:  States and territories.

Credentials/Documentation:  This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.

10.665 APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination:  None. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102 and E.O. 12372.

Application Procedure:  None. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110.

Award Procedure:  Not applicable.

Deadlines:  Not applicable.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:  Not applicable.

Appeals:  Not applicable.

Renewals:  Not applicable.

Criteria for Selecting Proposals:  Not applicable.

Examples of Funded Projects:  Not applicable.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance:  $35,000 to $161,888,715; $8,963,337.

10.665 RELATED PROGRAMS:

None.

10.665 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

None. OBPA.

10.665 FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO:

Federal Agency:  FOREST SERVICE, (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE )

Type of Assistance:  Formula Grants.

Obligations:  (Formula Grants) FY 99 $210,208,000; FY 00 est $229,673,000; and FY 01 est $217,337,000.

Budget Account Number:  12-9921-0-2-806.

Authorization:  16 U.S.C. 500.

Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature:  None.

10.665 INFO CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office:  Fiscal branch of appropriate Forest Service Regional Office listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog.

Headquarters Office:  Robbie E. Chrishon, Director of Acquisitions Management, Forest Service, USDA, Room 706 RPE, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090. Phone: (703) 605-4662. FTS is not available. Contact: P.J.Haar. (Home Page)

(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)

10.665 ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements:  The amount paid shall represent 25 percent of all moneys received during the preceding fiscal year from each National Forest. When a National Forest is in more than one State, territory, or county, the distributive share to each shall be proportional to its area therein. The term "moneys received" includes: 1. all collections under the Act of June 9, 1930 (Knutson-Vandenberg Act); and 2. all amounts earned by or allowed to purchasers of National Forest timber and other forest products, within such State, as purchaser credits for the construction of roads on the National Forests Transportation System within such National Forests or parts thereof in connection with any Forest Service timber sales contract, as well as direct receipts from the sale of forest products, minerals, and land use.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:  About 75 percent of the estimated fiscal year's payment will be made on or about October 1 of each year. The final payment will be made on or about December 1 of each year.

Uses and Use Restrictions:  To be used for the benefit of public schools and public roads of the county or counties in which the National Forest is situated.

10.665 POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports:  Not applicable.

Audits:  OMB Circular No. A-133 applies.

Records:  Not applicable.