[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR59a.15]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 59a--NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart B--Establishment of Regional Medical Libraries
 
Sec. 59a.15  Awards.

    (a) General. The Secretary, with the advice of the Board in each 
case, shall award grants to those applicants whose arrangements and 
proposed services will, in the Secretary's judgment, have the greatest 
potential for fulfilling the need for a regional medical library.

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The Secretary, in determining the priority assigned an applicant, must 
consider:
    (1) The adequacy of the applicant's library in terms of collections, 
personnel, equipment, and other facilities; and
    (2) The size and nature of the population to be served in the 
applicant's region.
    (b) Project period. (1) The notice of grant award specifies how long 
the Secretary intends to support the project without requiring the 
project to recompete for funds. This period, called the project period, 
will usually be for one to five years.
    (2) Generally, the grant will initially be for one year and 
subsequent continuation awards will also be for one year at a time. A 
grantee must submit a separate application to have the support continued 
for each subsequent year. Decisions regarding continuation awards and 
the funding level of these awards will be made after consideration of 
such factors as the grantee's progress and management practices, and the 
availability of funds. In all cases, continuation awards require a 
determination by the Secretary that continued funding is in the best 
interest of the Federal Government.
    (3) Neither the approval of any application nor the award of any 
grant commits or obligates the Federal Government in any way to make any 
additional, supplemental, continuation, or other award for any approved 
application or portion of an approved application.