COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND EXTENSION
SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AUTHORIZATION:
Hatch Act of 1887, as amended; Act of August 11, 1955,
Public Law 84-352, 7 U.S.C. 361a-361i; Education Amendments of 1972, Section
506, Public Law 92-318; Public Law 93-471; Public Law 95- 113; Education
Amendments of 1980, Section 1361, Public Law 96-374, 7 U.S.C. 301; Public Law
97-98; Public Law 99-198; Public Law 101-624; Public Law 104-127; Public Law
105-185.
To support agricultural research at State Agricultural
Experiment Stations. Its purpose is to promote efficient production,
marketing, distribution, and utilization of products of the farm as essential
to the health and welfare of people and to promote a sound prosperous
agriculture and rural life. Up to 25 percent of funds to be used for
integrated cooperative research and extension activities.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE:
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USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
Money appropriated pursuant to this Act shall also be available, in addition
to meeting expenses for research and investigations conducted under authority
of Section 2, for printing and disseminating the results of such research,
retirement of employees subject to the provisions of an Act approved March 4,
1940 (54 Stat. 39), administrative planning and direction, and for the
purchase and rental of land and the construction, acquisition, alteration, or
repair of buildings necessary for conducting research. The State Agricultural
Experiment Stations are authorized to plan and conduct any research authorized
under Section 2 of this Act in cooperation with each other and such other
agencies and individuals as may contribute to the solution of the agricultural
problems involved, and moneys appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be
available for paying the necessary expenses of planning, coordinating, and
conducting such cooperative research. Up to 25 percent of funds to be used for
integrated cooperative research and extension activities.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant Eligibility: Funds under the Hatch Act are
allocated in accordance with the statutory formula stated in the Act to the
State agricultural experiment stations of the 50 States, the District of
Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Micronesia,
and Northern Mariana Islands. These institutions have been identified and
declared eligible by their respective State legislatures.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Funds under the Hatch
Act are allocated in accordance with the statutory formula stated in the Act
to the State agricultural experiment stations of the 50 States, the District
of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa,
Micronesia, and Northern Mariana Islands. These institutions have been
identified and declared eligible by their respective State legislatures.
Credentials/Documentation: None. This program is
excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.
Pre-application Coordination: This program is
excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102 and E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure: State 5-year plans of work
must be submitted to and approved by CSREES before funds are released. This
program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-110 as implemented
by 7 CFR Part 3019.
Award Procedure: Awards are made to States
according to statute.
Deadlines: None.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not
applicable.
Appeals: Not applicable.
Renewals: Not applicable.
ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula and Matching Requirements: Formula: Payments
to States for fiscal year 1955 was a fixed base and sums appropriated in
excess of 1955 level use the following fund allocation statistical factors:
(1) 20 percent allotted equally to each State; (2) not less than 52 percent to
States as follows: One-half in an amount which bears the same ratio as the
rural population of the State bears to the total rural population of all the
States (and the source is the 1990 Decennial Census); and one-half in an
amount which bears the same ratio as the farm population of the State bears to
the total farm population of all the States (and the source is the 1990
Decennial Census); and (3) at least 25 percent to States for cooperative
research in which 2 or more State agricultural experiment stations are
cooperating to solve problems of agriculture in more than one State. The
statistical factor used for eligibility does not apply to this program.
Matching requirement: Federal funds must be matched with nonfederal funding on
a dollar-for-dollar basis. In the case of Guam, the Virgin Islands,
Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, Federal funds are
subject to not less than a 45 percent match with nonfederal funds in fiscal
year 2001; and not less than a 50 percent match with nonfederal funds in
fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal year thereafter.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Fiscal
year appropriated. Unobligated balance September 30 deducted from subsequent
year allocation. Funds are released quarterly under the electronic transfer
system.
POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports: Due dates and plans of work and reporting
requirements will be provided to eligible institutions by the agency.
Audits: In accordance with the provisions of OMB
Circular No. A- 133 (Revised, June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local
Governments, and Nonprofit Organizations," nonfederal entities that
expend financial assistance of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a
single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal
entities that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt
from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No.
A-133.
Records: Maintained by project. Retain payment
documents 3 years.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
Account Identification: 12-1500-0-1-352.
Obligations: (Grants) FY 01 $170,156,579; FY 02
est $170,148,537; and FY 03 est $170,148,537.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance:
$611,608 to $5,831,557. Average: $2,796,141.
Examples of accomplishments: (1) Researchers developed a computerized system
that uses infrared video to assess spray coverage of crop protection products
on the complex surface of a vertical grain head; (2) Researchers conducted a
scientific review of available information and concluded that dietary fat
recommendations for adults have been inappropriately applied to children. The
researchers suggested that dietary fat should not be restricted until 5 years
of age and reduced gradually down to 30 percent throughout childhood and teen
years.
REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:
Administrative Manual for the Hatch (Experiment Station) Act as amended,
Agricultural Handbook No. 381 revised November 1980; Manual for Cooperative
Regional Research, revised 1986; 7 CFR Part 3015, USDA Uniform Federal
Assistance Regulations; 7 CFR part 3017, Government wide Debarment and
Suspension (Nonprocurement) and Government wide Requirements for Drug-Free
Workplace (Grants); 7 CFR Part 3018, New Restrictions on Lobbying; and 7 CFR
Part 3019, Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with
Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit
Organizations.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquarters Office: Deputy Administrator,
Partnerships, Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service,
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250-2201. Telephone: (202)
720-5623.
