[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 15]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR3405.18]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XXXIV--COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION 
                   SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3405_HIGHER EDUCATION CHALLENGE GRANTS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart F_Supplementary Information
 
Sec. 3405.18  Use of funds; changes.

    (a) Delegation of fiscal responsibility. The grantee may not in 
whole or in part delegate or transfer to another person, institution, or 
organization the responsibility for use or expenditure of grant funds.
    (b) Change in project plans. (1) The permissible changes by the 
grantee, project director(s), or other key project personnel in the 
approved project grant shall be limited to changes in methodology, 
techniques, or other aspects of the project to expedite achievement of 
the project's approved goals. If the grantee or the project director(s) 
are uncertain as to whether a change complies with this provision, the 
question must be referred to the Department for a final determination.
    (2) Changes in approved goals, or objectives, shall be requested by 
the grantee and approved in writing by the authorized departmental 
officer prior to effecting such changes. In no event

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shall requests for such changes be approved that are outside the scope 
of the approved project.
    (3) Changes in approved project leadership or the replacement or 
reassignment of other key project personnel shall be requested by the 
grantee and approved in writing by the authorized departmental officer 
prior to effecting such changes.
    (4) Transfers of actual performance of the substantive programmatic 
work in whole or in part and provisions for payment of funds, whether or 
not Federal funds are involved, shall be requested by the grantee and 
approved in writing by the authorized departmental officer prior to 
effecting such transfers.
    (c) Changes in project period. The project period may be extended by 
the authorized departmental officer without additional financial support 
for such additional period(s) as the authorized departmental officer 
determines may be necessary to complete or fulfill the purposes of an 
approved project. However, due to statutory restriction, no grant may be 
extended beyond five years from the original start date of the grant, or 
pre-award date, if applicable. Grant extensions shall be conditioned 
upon prior request by the grantee and approval in writing by the 
authorized departmental officer, unless prescribed otherwise in the 
terms and conditions of a grant.
    (d) Changes in approved budget. Changes in an approved budget shall 
be requested by the grantee and approved in writing by the authorized 
departmental officer prior to instituting such changes if the revision 
will:
    (1) Involve transfers of amounts budgeted for indirect costs to 
absorb an increase in direct costs;
    (2) Involve transfers of amounts budgeted for direct costs to 
accommodate changes in indirect cost rates negotiated during a budget 
period and not approved when a grant was awarded; or
    (3) Involve transfers or expenditures of amounts requiring prior 
approval as set forth in the applicable Federal cost principles, 
Departmental regulations, or in the grant award.