[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 15]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR3015.41]

[Page 104-105]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                         CHAPTER XXX--OFFICE OF
                      THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,
                        DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3015_UNIFORM FEDERAL ASSISTANCE REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart F_Grant Related Income
 
Sec. 3015.41  General program income.

    (a) Applicability. This section applies to ``general program 
income'' as defined in Appendix A.
    (b) Use. (1) General program income shall be retained by the 
recipient and used in accordance with one or a combination of the 
alternatives in paragraphs (c), (d), and (e) of this section, as 
follows: The alternative in paragraph (c) may always be used by 
recipients and must be used if neither of the other two alternatives is 
permitted by the provisions of the grant award. The alternatives in 
paragraph (d) or (e) of this section may be used only if expressly 
permitted by the provisions of

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the grant award. In specifying alternatives that may be used, the 
provisions of the grant award may distinguish between income earned by 
the recipient and income earned by subrecipients and between the 
sources, kinds, or amounts of income.
    (2) The provisions of a subgrant award may restrict the use of 
general program income earned by the subrecipient to only one or some of 
the alternatives permitted by the provisions of the grant, but the 
alternative in paragraph (c) of this section shall always be permitted.
    (c) Deduction alternative. (1) Under this alternative, the income is 
used for allowable costs of the project or program. If there is a cost-
sharing or matching requirement, costs supported by the income may not 
count toward satisfying that requirement. Therefore, the maximum 
percentage of Federal cost-sharing is applied to the net amount 
determined by deducting the income from total allowable costs and third 
party in-kind contributions. The income shall be used for current costs 
unless the awarding agency authorizes the income to be used in a later 
period.
    (2) To illustrate this alternative, assume a project in which the 
recipient incurs $100,000 of allowable costs and receives no third party 
in-kind contributions. If the recipient earns $10,000 in general program 
income and this alternative applies, that $10,000 must be deducted from 
the $100,000 before applying the maximum percentage of Federal cost-
sharing. If that percentage is 90 percent, the most that could be paid 
to the recipient would therefore be $81,000 (90 percent times $90,000).
    (d) Cost-sharing or matching alternative. (1) Under this 
alternative, the income is used for allowable costs of the project or 
program but, in this case, the costs supported by the income may count 
toward satisfying a cost-sharing or matching requirement. Therefore, the 
maximum percentage of Federal cost-sharing is applied to total allowable 
costs and third party in-kind contributions. The income shall be used 
for current costs unless the awarding agency authorizes its use in a 
later period.
    (2) To illustrate this alternative, assume the same situation as in 
paragraph (c)(2) of this section. Under this alternative, the 90 percent 
maximum percentage of Federal cost-sharing would be applied to the full 
$100,000, and $90,000 could therefore be paid to the recipient.
    (e) Additional costs alternative. Under this alternative, the income 
is used for costs which are in addition to the allowable costs of the 
project or program but which nevertheless further the objectives of the 
Federal statute under which the grant was made. Provided that the costs 
supported by the income further the broad objectives of that statute, 
they need not be of a kind that would be permissible as charges to 
Federal funds. Examples of purposes for which the income may be used 
are:
    (1) Expanding the project or program.
    (2) Continuing the project or program after grant or subgrant 
support ends.
    (3) Supporting other projects or programs that further the broad 
objectives of the statute.
    (4) Obtaining equipment or other assets needed for the project or 
program or for other activities that further the statute's objectives.