[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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. 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.