[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
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

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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.