[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR34.15]

[Page 189-190]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 34_ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart B_Post-award Requirements
 
Sec.  34.15  Revision of budget and program plans.

    (a) The budget plan is the financial expression of the project or 
program as approved during the award process. It may include either the 
sum of the Federal and non-Federal shares, or only the Federal share, 
depending upon DoD Component requirements. It shall be related to 
performance for program evaluation purposes whenever appropriate.
    (b) Recipients are required to report deviations from budget and 
program plans, and request prior approvals for budget and program plan 
revisions, in accordance with this section.
    (c) Recipients shall immediately request, in writing, prior approval 
from the cognizant grants officer when there is reason to believe that 
within the next seven calendar days a programmatic or budgetary revision 
will be necessary for certain reasons, as follows:
    (1) The recipient always must obtain the grants officer's prior 
approval when a revision is necessary for either of the following two 
reasons (i.e., these two requirements for prior approval may never be 
waived):
    (i) A change in the scope or the objective of the project or program 
(even if there is no associated budget revision requiring prior written 
approval).
    (ii) A need for additional Federal funding.
    (2) The recipient must obtain the grants officer's prior approval 
when a revision is necessary for any of the following six reasons, 
unless the requirement for prior approval is waived in the terms and 
conditions of the award (i.e., if the award document is silent, these 
prior approvals are required):
    (i) A change in a key person specified in the application or award 
document.
    (ii) The absence for more than three months, or a 25 percent 
reduction in time devoted to the project, by the approved project 
director or principal investigator.
    (iii) The inclusion of any additional costs that require prior 
approval in accordance with applicable cost principles for Federal funds 
and recipients' cost share or match, in Sec.  34.17 and Sec.  34.13, 
respectively.
    (iv) The inclusion of pre-award costs. All such costs are incurred 
at the recipient's risk (i.e., the DoD Component is under no obligation 
to reimburse such costs if for any reason the recipient does not receive 
an award, or if the award is less than anticipated and inadequate to 
cover such costs).
    (v) A ``no-cost'' extension of the project period that does not 
require additional Federal funds and does not

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change the approved objectives or scope of the project.
    (vi) Any subaward, transfer or contracting out of substantive 
program performance under an award, unless described in the application 
and funded in the approved awards. This provision does not apply to the 
purchase of supplies, material, or general support services, except that 
procurement of equipment or other capital items of property always is 
subject to the grants officer's prior approval under Sec.  34.21(a), if 
it is to be purchased with Federal funds, or Sec.  34.13(a)(7), if it is 
to be used as cost sharing or matching.
    (3) The recipient also must obtain the grants officer's prior 
approval when a revision is necessary for either of the following 
reasons, if specifically required in the terms and conditions of the 
award document (i.e., if the award document is silent, these prior 
approvals are not required):
    (i) The transfer of funds among direct cost categories, functions 
and activities for awards in which the Federal share of the project 
exceeds $100,000 and the cumulative amount of such transfers exceeds or 
is expected to exceed 10 percent of the total budget as last approved by 
the DoD Component. No DoD Component shall permit a transfer that would 
cause any Federal appropriation or part thereof to be used for purposes 
other than those consistent with the original intent of the 
appropriation.
    (ii) For awards that provide support for both construction and 
nonconstruction work, any fund or budget transfers between the two types 
of work supported.
    (d) Within 30 calendar days from the date of receipt of the 
recipient's request for budget revisions, the grants officer shall 
review the request and notify the recipient whether the budget revisions 
have been approved. If the revision is still under consideration at the 
end of 30 calendar days, the grants officer shall inform the recipient 
in writing of the date when the recipient may expect the decision.