[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 44CFR208.22]



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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE

 

 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

                                SECURITY

 

PART 208_NATIONAL URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE RESPONSE SYSTEM--Table 

of Contents

 

              Subpart B_Preparedness Cooperative Agreements

 

Sec. 208.22  Preparedness Cooperative Agreement process.



    (a) Application. To obtain DHS funding for an award or amendment of 

a Preparedness Cooperative Agreement, the Sponsoring Agency must submit 

an application. Standard form SF-424 ``Application for Federal 

Assistance'' generally will be used. However, the application must be in 

a form that the Assistance Officer specifies.

    (b) Award. DHS will award a Preparedness Cooperative Agreement to 

each Sponsoring Agency to provide Federal funding to develop and 

maintain System resource capabilities and operational readiness. For the 

purposes of the Preparedness Cooperative Agreement, the Sponsoring 

Agency will be considered the ``recipient.''

    (c) Amendment--(1) Procedure. Absent special circumstances, DHS will 

fund and amend Preparedness Cooperative Agreements on an annual basis. 

Before amendment, the Assistance Officer will issue a call for 

Cooperative Agreement amendment applications. The Assistance Officer 

will specify required application forms and supporting documentation to 

be submitted with the application.

    (2) Period of performance. Absent special circumstances, the period 

of performance for Preparedness Cooperative Agreements will be 1 year 

from the date of award. The Assistance Officer may allow for an 

alternate period of performance with the approval of the Director.

    (3) Assistance Officer. The Assistance Officer is the only 

individual authorized to award or modify a Preparedness Cooperative 

Agreement.

    (d) Award amounts. The Director will determine award amounts on an 

annual basis. A Task Force is eligible for an annual award only if the 

Program Manager receives and approves the Task Force's current-year 

Daily Cost Estimate.

    (e) DHS priorities. The Director will establish overall priorities 

for the use of Preparedness Cooperative Agreement funds taking into 

consideration the results of readiness evaluations and actual 

Activations, overall priorities of DHS, and other factors, as 

appropriate.

    (f) Cost sharing. The Director may subject Preparedness Cooperative 

Agreement awards to cost sharing provisions. In the call for 

Preparedness Cooperative Agreement amendment applications, the 

Assistance Officer must inform Sponsoring Agencies about any cost 

sharing obligations.

    (g) Sponsoring Agency priorities. The Sponsoring Agency should 

indicate its spending priorities in the application. The Program Manager 

will review these priorities and will make recommendations to the 

Assistance Officer for negotiating the final agreement.

    (h) Responsibility to maintain integrity of the equipment cache. The 

Sponsoring Agency is responsible to maintain the integrity of the 

equipment cache, including but not limited to, maintenance of the cache, 

replacement of equipment or supplies expended in training, activations, 

or local use of the cache, and timely availability of the cache for Task 

Force Activations.



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