Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations

This interim final rule is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) implementation of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-110, ``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations.'' In OMB's final revision to Circular A-110, which was published in the Federal Register (58 FR 62992) on November 29, 1993, Federal agencies were directed to publish these standards that are imposed on grantees, as codified regulations. Through this action USDA is creating a new Part, 7 CFR 3019, which will contain the Department's codification of OMB's revised Circular A- 110, ``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations.'' The new Part will apply only to institutions of higher education and other nonprofit organizations that are recipients of Federal assistance. The Department's regulations covering the administration of grants and agreements to these entities was previously found at 7 CFR 3015. This notice will also amend 7 CFR 3015 to reflect the change in the scope of that Part as a result of the creation of 7 CFR 3019.