Rural Business Enterprise Grants and Television Demonstration Grants; Technical Assistance and Training Grants; Nonprofit National Corporations Loan and Grant Program

The Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service (RBCDS) and Rural Utilities Service (RUS) amend the agencies' policies and procedures governing the administration of programs which authorize technical assistance as an eligible grant purpose. This action is necessary to implement legislation that prohibits duplication of technical assistance grant funding provided by the Forest Service (FS). The intended effect of this action is to require that grant funds may not be used to pay for technical assistance which duplicates assistance provided under an action plan funded by the FS under the National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diversification Act during 5 continuous years from the date of grant approval by the FS.