[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 31, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 31CFR205.5]

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                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
         CHAPTER II--FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 205--RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR EFFICIENT FEDERAL-STATE FUNDS TRANSFERS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart A--Rules Applicable to Federal Assistance Programs Included in a 
                        Treasury-State Agreement
 
Sec. 205.5  What are the thresholds for major Federal assistance programs?

    (a) Table A of this section defines major Federal assistance 
programs

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based on the dollar amount of an individual Federal assistance program 
and the dollar amount of all Federal assistance being received by a 
State for all Federal assistance programs including non-cash programs. A 
State must locate the appropriate row in Column A based upon the total 
amount of Federal assistance received. In that same row, a State must 
apply the percentage from Column B to the dollar value of all its 
Federal assistance programs to determine the State's threshold for major 
Federal assistance programs. For example, if the total amount received 
by a State for all Federal assistance programs is $50 million, then that 
State's threshold for major Federal assistance programs is 6% of $50 
million or $3 million. A State which receives more than $10 billion 
under Federal assistance programs will have a minimum default threshold 
of $60 million.
    (b) To ensure adequate coverage of all State programs, a State must, 
on an annual basis, compare its program coverage using the percentage 
obtained from Table A to the program coverage which would result using a 
percentage which is half of the percentage obtained from Table A. For 
example, a State receiving $1 billion in Federal Assistance would use 
Table A to learn that its threshold level would be .60 percent of $1 
billion. A State would compare program coverage at .60 percent of $1 
billion to program coverage at .30 percent of $1 billion.
    (c) If the comparison conducted under paragraph (b) of this section 
results in a reduction of program coverage that is greater than 10%, a 
State must lower its threshold, or add programs, until the difference is 
less than or equal to 10%.
    (d) In accordance with Sec. 205.3(b), a State may lower its 
threshold to include additional programs. All of a State's programs that 
meet this lower threshold would be subject to this subpart A.
    (e) Unless specified otherwise, major Federal assistance programs 
must be determined from the most recent Single Audit data available.

                         Table A to Sec.  205.5
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                                             Column B  Major Federal
   Column A  Total amount of Federal       Assistance Program means any
 Assistance for all programs per State:  Federal assistance program that
                                               exceed these levels:
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Between zero and $100 million inclusive  6.00 percent of the total
                                          amount of Federal assistance.
Over $100 million but less than or       0.60 percent of the total
 equal to $10 billion.                    amount of Federal assistance.
Over $10 billion.......................  The greater of 0.30 percent of
                                          the total Federal assistance
                                          of $60 million.
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