Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Duration of agreement and order. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Quarterly and yearly financial and statistical reports are to be made to the applicable AMS commodity division by Producers or Handlers as provided for by each agreement and order. Audits: Financial and program audits pertaining to marketing agreements and order transactions are made periodically. Records: Financial and statistical records relating to the operation of the agreement and order are to be maintained for three years. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 05-81-5209-0-2-604. Obligations: (Salaries and expenses) FY 74 $3,145,669; FY 75 est $4,008,000; and FY 76 est $4,096,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not applicable. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In fiscal year 1975, $8.7 billion of marketing was conducted under agreements and orders. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: AH-421, Compilation of Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act; PA947, Can a Marketing Order Help?; AMS-230, Marketing Agreements and Orders for Fruits and Vegetables; AMS-50, Sources of Milk for Federal Order Markets by State and County; AMS-81, Variations Among Producers in Value of Milk Marketed in Federal Milk Order Markets; AMS-94, Questions and Answers on Federal Milk Marketing Orders; AMS-11, Packaged Fluid Milk Sales in Federal Milk Order Markets; MB-27, The Federal Milk Marketing Order Program; SB-488, Federal Milk Order Market Statistics, Annual Summary; Milk Order Statistics. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: None. Headquarters Office: Associate Administrator,Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 447-4276. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.051, Commodity Loans and Purchases; 10.154, Market Supervision; 36.001, Fair Competition Counseling and Investigation of Complaints. 10.156 FEDERAL-STATE MARKETING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FEDERAL AGENCY: AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AUTHORIZATION: Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, Section 204b; 7 U.S.C. 1623(b). OBJECTIVES: To solve marketing problems at the State and local level through State - Federal cooperation. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Projects may deal in such areas as providing marketing services for improving the marketability of agricultural products, improving economic and physical efficiency of marketing, and assembling and disseminating new and expanded marketing information. State agencies carry out the programs. Federal funds are used for partial financing. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: State Department of Agriculture, or other appropriate State agencies. Beneficiary Eligibility: Producers, processors, marketing agencies, and consumers. Credentials/Documentation: A cooperative agreement is entered into between the administering Federal agency and the State agency which makes application. Cost will be determined in accordance with General Services Administration FMC 74-4. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: The standard application forms as furnished by the Federal agency and required by General Services Administration FMC 74-7 must be used for this program. Application Procedure: The State agency submits an application and fund request setting forth specific nature of work to be undertaken and amount of funds required. This request is submitted to the Director of the Federal State Marketing Improvement Program. Award Procedure: The Director of the Federal - State Marketing Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Within 30 days. Renewals: A project is approved for a period of one year and a new project is submitted for each subsequent fiscal year for which funds are requested. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: States contribute at least half the cost and performs the work with State personnel. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Annual. Payments are made to the States on a four-week basis. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Annual financial report, and annual narrative report of activities and project accomplishments submitted to the Director, Federal - State Marketing Improvement Program; field reviews by Federal - State Marketing Improvement Program staff personnel. Audits: Office of Audit audits State programs. Records: States must keep accounting records on file to identify all items and amounts for three years or until audit by U.S. Department of Agriculture, whichever is longer. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 05-81-2501-0-1-352. Obligations: (Grants) FY 74 $1,538,932; FY 75 est $350,000; and FY 76 Not presently available. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $9,000 to $33,000; $17,700. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In fiscal year 1975, 13 states participated and 24 projects were conducted. No funding request has been sought for fiscal year 1976 since the administration believes that the states are now able to conduct and fund the programs which these temporary Federal grants helped to develop. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: A Guide to Procedures Relating to Marketing Service Programs. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: None. Headquarters Office: Director, Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 4477691. RELATED PROGRAMS: None. COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE 10.200 GRANTS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (Specific Grants) FEDERAL AGENCY: COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SER- ture. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Basic and applied research to further the programs of the Department of Agriculture. Areas of research are generally limited to high priority problems of a regional or national scope. Areas currently considered are rural community development, environmental quality, food and nutrition, beef and pork production, pest management, and soybean research. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Grants may be made to State Agricultural Experiment Stations, colleges and universities, institutions and organizations, and to Federal and private organizations and individuals for research to further the the programs of the Department of Agriculture. Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as applicant eligibility. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: Each year a letter is sent to all State Agricultural Experiment Stations, land-grant colleges of 1890, and other cooperating institutions, inviting applications for research projects in specific areas of research. All grant announcements are published in the Federal Register. Application Procedure: Standard department procedures. Proposals/project outlines required including but not limited to title, objectives, plan of work, principal investigator(s) with brief biographical sketch(es) and a list of four or five recent significant publications, facilities and major equipment available, duration (5 year maximum) and budget including grantee's inputs submitted to the headquarters office listed below. Application procedures are published in the Federal Register. Award Procedure: Proposals are analyzed by independent panels of scientists with results reduced to integral ratings. Administrative analysis of rating, including institutional capabilities and appropriateness yield outstanding proposals that are funded within appropriation limitations. Colleges of 1890 are informed of fund availability when appropriations are made. Notification of grant award must be made to the designated State Central Information Reception Agency and the Department of the Treasury on SF 240. Deadlines: As announced in the Federal Register for each fiscal year. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: one to two months. Renewals: Requests for continued support must be documented as new proposals are considered in equal competition with other pending proposals. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: No matching requirement, but cost sharing is generally practiced. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: one to five years. Funds provided intermittently upon request as needed to finance current operations. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Annual financial report due September 1. Annual progress report due January 15. Final financial and final summary progress report. Audits: Onsite audit by USDA or other Federal (cognizant) agency. Records: Maintained by grant or project. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 05-24-1500-0-1-352. Obligations: (Grants) FY 74 $11,583,000; FY 75 est $15,224,000; and FY 76 est $19,546,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $13,974 to $546,380; $110,791. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Significant accomplishments in 1975 include new practices to lower costs of producing soybeans, more effective means of pest control with reduced environmental hazards from pesticides and providing assistance to the land-grant colleges of 1890 to develop effective programs of research on agricultural and rural problems. The colleges of 1890 have as their primary objective that of developing programs to deal with problems of the rural poor. The primary emphasis to date is developing crop and livestock enterprise for limited-resource farmers, developing nutrition programs to monitor and improve the nutritional status of limited income families, and study means of improving economic opportunities for rural people. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Plant and Operations Handbook No. 8; Agriculture Procurement Regulations Amendment No. 46 (negotiated research agreements with educational institutions); Funds for Research, CSRS-15-x published annually (no charge). INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: None. Headquarters Office: Administrator, Cooperative State Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 447-4423. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.001, Agricultural Research-Basic and Applied Research; 10.202, Cooperative Forestry Research; 10.203, Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations under Hatch Act; 10.204, Rural Development Research; 10.250, Agricultural and Rural Economic Research; 10.651, Forestry Cooperative Research; 10.652, Forestry Research 10.202 COOPERATIVE FORESTRY RESEARCH (McIntire-Stennis Act) FEDERAL AGENCY: COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AUTHORIZATION: Cooperative Forestry Research Act of October 10, 1962; Public Law 87-788; 16 U.S.C. 582a-582a-7; Section 506, Educational Amendments of 1972; Public Law 92-318; 16 U.S.C. 582a-7. OBJECTIVES: To encourage and assist the States in carrying on a program of forestry research at forestry schools. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Forestry research at certified State institutions in the eight categories which follow: (1) reforestation and management of land for the production of crops of timber and other related products of the forest; (2) management of forest and related watershed lands to improve conditions of waterflow and to protect resources against flood and erosion; (3) management of forest and related rangeland for production of forage and domestic livestock and game and improvement of food and habitat for wildlife;(4) management of forest lands for outdoor recreation; (5) protection of forest lands for outdoor recreation; (5) protection of forest land and resources against fire, insects, diseases, or other destructive agents; (6) utilization of wood and other forest products; (7) development of sound policies for the management of forest lands and the harvesting and marketing of forest products; (8) such other studies as may be necessary to obtain the fullest and most effective use of forest resources. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Funds are appropriated by Congress for distribution to State institutions certified as eligible by a State representative designated by the Governor of each State. Funds are apportioned among states by the Secretary of Agriculture after consultation with a National Advisory Board representing not less than seven of the State-certified forestry schools. Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as applicant eligibility. Credentials/Documentation: None. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: None. Application Procedure: No application required for the release of funds but funds can only be expended on projects approved by CSRS. Award Procedure: Notification of grant award must be made to the designated State Central Information Reception Agency and the Department of the Treasury on SF 240. Deadlines: None. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not applicable. Appeals: Not applicable. Renewals: Not applicable. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: The Act provides that the apportionment among states shall be determined by the Secretary after consultation with a National Advisory Board of not less than seven officials of the forestry schools of the State-certified eligible colleges and universities chosen by a majority of such schools. Distribution by formula considering such elements as; (1) area of non-Federal commercial forest land (2) volume of timber cut annually from growing stock, (3) non-Federal funds expended for forestry research. The act limits the Federal payments to amount made available and budgeted from non-Federal sources for expenditure for forestry research. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: One year subsequent to year of appropriation. Unobligated balance June 30 carried over for obligation in subsequent year. Funds released monthly or quarterly as needed to finance current operations. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Annual Financial Report due September 1. Annual Progress Report due January 15. Certification of Offset due prior to July 1. Certification of Entitlement due prior to July 1. Current Program and Past Year Obligations by Project. Audits: On-site audit by USDA or other Federal (cognizant) Agency. Records: Maintained by project. Retain payment documents five years. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 05-24-1500-0-1-352. Obligations: (Grants) FY 74 $6,203,000; FY 75 est $7,070,000; and FY 76 est $7,462,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $17,011 to $251,576; $115,901. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Sixty-one State colleges and universities participated in the program in fiscal year 1975. Important results reported included contributions to technical knowledge for use in production of tree bark boards, development of odor-free wood pulping process, clarification of influences of forest management timber harvesting practices on wildlife populations and habitats, and further development of accelerated timber production methods with entensive culture techniques. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Administrative Manual for the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: None. Headquarters Office: Administrator, Cooperative State Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 447-4423. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.001, Agricultural Research-Basic and Applied Research; 10.200, Grants for Scientific Research; 10.203, Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under Hatch Act; 10.204, Rural Development Research; 10.250, Agricultural and Rural Economic Research; 10.651, Forestry Coopera tive Research; 10.652, Forestry Research. 10.203 PAYMENTS TO AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS UNDER HATCH ACT (Hatch Act) FEDERAL AGENCY: COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AUTHORIZATION: Hatch Act of 1887 as amended by the Act of August 11, 1955; Public Law 84-352; 7 U.S.C. 361a-361i; Section 506, Educational Amendments of 1972; Public Law 92-318; 7 U.S.C. 361a-i. OBJECTIVES: To support agricultural research at State Agricultural Experiment Stations. Its purpose is to promote efficient production, marketing, distribution, and utilization of products of the farm as essential to the health and welfare of our people and to promote a sound prosperous agriculture and rural life. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Moneys appropriated pursuant to this Act shall also be available, in addition to meeting expenses for research and investigations conducted under authority of Section 2, for printing and disseminating the results of such research, retirement of employees subject to the provisions of an Act approved March 4, 1940 (54 Stat. 39), administrative planning and direction, and for the purchase and rental of land and the construction, acquisition, alteration, or repair of buildings necessary for conducting research. The State Agricultural Experiment Stations are authorized to plan and conduct any research authorized under Section 2 of this Act in cooperation with each other and such other agencies and individuals as may contribute to the solution of the agricultural problems involved, and moneys appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be available for paying the necessary expenses of planning, coordinating and conducting such cooperative research. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Agricultural Experiment Stations identified and APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Application Procedure: No application necessary for the release of funds but funds can only be expended on projects approved by CSRS. Award Procedure: Notification of grant award must be made to the designated State Central Information Reception Agency and the Department of the Treasury on SF 240. Deadlines: None. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not applicable. Appeals: Not applicable. Renewals: Not applicable. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: Formula. Payments to states for fiscal year 1955 is a fixed base and sums appropriated in excess of 1955 level shall be distributed as follows: 20 percent allotted equally to each State- not less than 52 percent to states as follows: one-half in an amount which bears the same ratio as the rural population of the State bears to the total rural population of all the states and one-half in an amount which bears the same ratio as the farm population of the State bears to the total farm population of all the states- not more than 25 percent to states for cooperative research in which 2 or more State Agricultural Experiment Stations are cooperating to solve problems of the agriculture of more than one State. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Fiscal year appropriated. Unobligated balance June 30 deducted from subsequent year allocation. Funds released quarterly under Letter of Credit procedure. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Annual Financial Report due September 1. Annual Progress Report due January 15. Certification of Offset due prior to July 1. Certification of Entitlement due prior to July 1. Current Program and Past Year Obligations by Project. Audits: On-site audit by USDA or other Federal (cognizant) Agency. Records: Maintained by project. Retain payment documents five years. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 05-24-1500-0-1-352. Obligations: (Grants) FY 74 $67,365,595; FY 75 est $74,661,591; and FY 76 est $83,608,871. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $330,116 to $2,852,884; $1,354,620. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: During fiscal year 1974, basic and applied agricultural research continued to support efficient production, marketing, distribution, and utilization of agricultural commodities. Programs continued to expand in areas of research related to environmental quality and rural development. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Administrative Manual for the Hatch (Experiment Station) Act as amended, Agricultural Handbook No. 381-Guidelines for Marketing Research, CSRS-OD-1100-Manual of Procedures for Cooperative Regional Research, CSRS-OD-1082-Funds for Research-CSRS15-x. (No charge for these publications). INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: None. Headquarters Office: Administrator, Cooperative State Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250 Telephone: (202) 447-4423. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.001, Agricultural Research-Basic and Applied Research; 10.200, Grants for Scientific Research; 10.202, Cooperative Forestry Research; 10.204, Rural Development Research; 10.250, Agricultural and Rural Economic Research; 10.651, Forestry Cooperative Research; 10.652, Forestry Research. 10.204 RURAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH (Rural Development Act Title V Research) FEDERAL AGENCY: COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AUTHORIZATION: Rural Development Act of 1972 - Title V (Research); Public Law 92-419; 7 U.S.C. 2661-2668. OBJECTIVES: To support rural development research at administratively responsible land-grant institutions and at other private and publicly supported colleges and universities including the landgrant colleges of 1890. Its purpose is to encourage and foster a balanced national development. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds appropriated may be used to pay salaries and other expenses of personnel to carry out the functions authorized, to obtain necessary supplies, equipment, services, and rent, repair and maintenance of other facilities needed, but may not be used to purchase or construct buildings. Rural development research shall consist of research, investigations, and basic feasibility studies in any field or discipline which may develop principles, facts, scientific and technical knowledge, new technology, and other information that may be useful to agencies of Federal, State, and local governments, industries in rural areas, Indian Tribes on Federal and State reservations or other federally recognized Indian Tribal groups, and other organizations involved in rural development programs and activities in planning and carrying out such programs and activities or otherwise be practical and useful in achieving increased rural development. Research shall be coordinated with extension efforts in support of developmental activities provided for under the same Title of the Act. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Administration of each State research program shall be the responsibility of the State Agricultural Experiment Station accepting the benefits of the Morrill Act of 1862. Funds may be used to finance programs through or at private and publicly supported colleges and universities other than the institution responsible for administering the programs which includes the land-grant colleges of 1890. Those wishing to participate shall submit program proposals to the institution responsible for administering the program and they shall be responsible for approval of said proposals. Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as applicant eligibility. Credentials/Documentation: None. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: None. Application Procedure: No application necessary but payment of funds shall be contingent upon the Secretary's approval of an annual plan and budget for programs conducted. Funds can only be expended on projects approved by CSRS. Award Procedure: Notification of grant award must be made to the designated State Central Information Reception Agency and the Department of the Treasury on SF 240. Deadlines: None. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not applicable. Appeals: Not applicable. Renewals: Not applicable. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: Formula: The Act provides for distribution as follows: (1) 10 percent to States to finance work serving two or more states in which universities in two or more states cooperate or which is conducted by one university to serve two or more states. (2) 20 percent allocated equally among the states; (3) 66 percent to states as follows: one-half in an amount which bears the same ratio as the rural population of the State bears to the total rural population of all the states and onehalf in an amount which bears the same ratio as the farm population of the State bears to the total farm population of all the states. No matching requirement. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Funds shall be available for use by the State for one year subsequent to the year of appropriation. Unobligated balance June 30 carried over for obligation in subsequent year. Funds generally released quarterly as needed to finance current operation. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Annual Financial Report due September 1. Annual Progress Report due January 15. Current Program and Past Year Obligations by project. Audits: On-site audit by USDA or other Federal (cognizant) agen cy. Records: Maintained by project. Retain payment documents 5 years. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 05-24-1500-0-1-352. Obligations: (Grants) FY 74 $1,440,000; FY 75 est $1,440,000; and FY 76 est Proposed to be merged with Hatch Act, program 10.203. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $7,119 to $83,716; $28,235. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: The initial State Plans of work have been completed. They are being implemented in support of programs which will create jobs, increase income, and improve community services, facilities, and land use. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Administrative Manual for the Hatch (Experiment Station) Act as amended and modified, Agricultural Handbook No. 381; Funds for Research, CSRS-15-x (no charge for these publications; Federal Register, Volume 38, Number 201, dated October 18, 1973. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: None. Headquarters Office: Administrator, Cooperative State Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.001, Agricultural Research Basic and |