[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR2301.6]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
       CHAPTER XXIII--NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
                 ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 2301_PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B_Application Requirements
 
Sec. 2301.6  Amount of Federal funding.

    (a) Planning grants. The Agency may provide up to one hundred (100) 
percent of the funds necessary for the planning of a public 
telecommunications construction project.
    (1) Seventy-five (75) percent Federal funding will be the general 
presumption for projects to plan for a public telecommunications 
construction project.
    (2) A showing of extraordinary need (e.g., small community group 
proposing to initiate new public telecommunication service) will be 
taken into consideration as justification for grants of up to 100% of 
the total project cost.
    (b) Construction grants. (1) A Federal grant for the construction of 
a public telecommunications facility may not exceed seventy-five (75) 
percent of the amount determined by the Agency to be the reasonable and 
necessary cost of such project.
    (i) Seventy-five (75) percent Federal funding will be the general 
presumption for projects to activate stations or to extend service.
    (ii) Fifty (50) percent Federal funding will be the general 
presumption for the replacement, improvement or augmentation of 
equipment. A showing of extraordinary need (i.e. small community-
licensee stations or a station that is licensed to a large institution 
[e.g., a college or university] documenting that it does not receive 
direct or in-kind support from the larger institution), or an emergency 
situation will be taken into consideration as justification for grants 
of up to 75% of the total project cost for such proposals.
    (2) Since the purpose of the PTFP is to provide financial assistance 
for the acquisition of public telecommunications facilities, total 
project costs do not normally include the value of eligible apparatus 
owned or acquired by the applicant prior to the closing date. Inclusion 
of equipment purchased prior to the closing date will be considered on a 
case-by-case basis only when clear and compelling justifications are 
provided to PTFP. Obligating funds--either in whole or in part--for 
equipment before the closing date is considered ownership or acquisition 
of equipment. In like manner, accepting title to donated equipment prior 
to the closing date is considered ownership or acquisition of equipment.
    (c) No part of the grantee's matching share of the eligible project 
costs may be met with funds:
    (1) Paid by the Federal government, except where the use of such 
funds to meet a Federal matching requirement is specifically and 
expressly authorized by the relevant Federal statute; or
    (2) Supplied to an applicant by the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting, except upon a clear and compelling showing of need.

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    (d) No funds from the Federal share of the total project cost may be 
obligated until the award period start date. If an applicant or 
recipient obligates anticipated Federal Award funds before the start 
date, the Department may refuse to offer the award or, if the award has 
already been granted, disallow those costs of the grant. After the 
closing date, the applicant may, at its own risk, obligate non-Federal 
matching funds for the acquisition of proposed equipment.