FEDERAL AGENCY:

FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

AUTHORIZATION:

16 U.S.C. 500.

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

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE:

Formula Grants. Place Cursor Here for Definition

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.

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.

Pre-application 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.

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:   Approximately 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.

POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports:   Not applicable.

Audits:   In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A- 133 (Revised, June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," non federal 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:   Not applicable.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Account Identification:   12-9921-0-2-806.

Obligations:   (Formula Grants) FY 01 $194,528,000; FY 02 est $254,165,000; and FY 03 est $255,062,000.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance:   $35 to $161,888,715.

None.

REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:

None.

INFORMATION 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. Telephone: (703) 605-4662. Contact: P.J.Haar.

Web Site Address:   http://www.fs.fed.us.

EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS:

Not applicable.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS:

Not applicable.