FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION 10.450 CROP INSURANCE FEDERAL AGENCY: FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORA TION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AUTHORIZATION: Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 1501-1520; Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, Title V, 52 Stat. 31; Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1980, as amended, Public Law 101-624. OBJECTIVES: To promote the national welfare by improving the eco nomic stability of agriculture through a sound system of crop insurance and providing the means for the research and experience helpful in devising and establishing such insurance. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Insurance. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: For the purpose of encouraging the broadest possible participation in the insurance program, 30 percent of each producer's premium as calculated by the corporation on any coverage under the corporation's and reinsured companies' policies of insurance of up to a maximum of 65 percent of the recorded or appraised yield, as adjusted, shall be paid by the corporation in accordance with Public Law 96-365. Insurance is available on crops in more than 3,000 agricultural counties in 50 States. Producers are not indemnified for losses resulting from negligence or failure to observe good farming practices. Insurance is offered on the following crops and/or commodities: Almonds, apples, barley, dry beans, beans (canning and processing), citrus, citrus trees, corn for silage/grain, cotton, ELS cotton, cranberries, dry peas, figs, flax, forage production, forage seeding, fresh plums, grain sorghum, grapes, table grapes, hybrid corn seed, hybrid sorghum seed, macadamia nuts, macadamia trees, nursery stock, oats, onions, green peas, peppers, peaches, peanuts, pears, popcorn, potatoes, prunes, raisins, rice, rye, safflower, soybeans, special citrus (CA), stonefruit, sugar beets, sugarcane, sunflowers, sweet corn (canning and freezing), sweet corn (fresh market), tobacco, tomatoes (fresh market), tomatoes (canning and processing), walnuts, and wheat. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Any owner or operator of farmland, who has an insurable interest in a crop in a county where insurance is of fered on that crop is eligible. Beneficiary Eligibility: Any insured producer who suffers aloss below the guarantee level for the particular crop insured. Credentials/Documentation: None. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: None. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102 and E.O. 12372. Application Procedure: Form FCI-12, Application for Federal Crop Insurance for 1993 and succeeding crop years, or an application for multiple peril crop insurance offered by a company reinsured by FCIC, must be filed with a crop insurance sales agent. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A. 110. Award Procedure: The insurance contract becomes effective upon is suance of a Notice of Acceptance by the Corporation, or the insurance company. Notices of Acceptance for insurance coverage are issued upon a determination that the applicant is eligible. Ap plications are also reviewed and accepted by reinsured companies. Deadlines: Applications must be filed by the appropriate sales closing date for the crop involved. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 15 to 20 days. Appeals, Appeals Branch, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wash ington D.C. 20250. Renewals: Continuous insurance contract. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no statutory formula nor matching requirements. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Form FCI-19, Crop Insurance Acreage Report; Form FCI 74, Notice of Damage, Field Inspection and Claim for Indemnity. Audits: Recipients are subject to audit by Office of the Inspector General, USDA. Records: Insured must keep for 2 years, after time of loss, records of harvesting, shipments, sale or other disposition of all insured crops produced on each unit covered by the contract and separate records for any uninsured acreage of the insured crops. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 12-4085-0-3-351; 12-2707-0-1-351. $979,412,000; and FY 94 est $931,178,000. (Premium subsidy to $221,500,000; FY 93 est $227,026,000, and FY 94 est $200,664,855. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Level of assistance varies according to policy, crop and indemnities paid. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: For crop year 1992, the Corpo ration estimates approximately 83 million acres for total insurance protection of approximately $11.3 billion. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Annual bro chure, "Guide to Crop Insurance - 1993” no charge. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: Interested producers should contact their Regional Service Office or Direct Service Office listed in Appen dix IV of the Catalog. Headquarters Office: Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Department of Agriculture, 2101 L Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20250. Mailing address: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 254-8460. (Use same 7-digit number for FTS.) RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.404, Emergency Loans; 83.100, Flood In surance. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Not applicable. FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 10.475 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH POULTRY INSPECTION (Meat and Poultry Inspection State Programs) FEDERAL AGENCY: FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERV. ICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AUTHORIZATION: Federal Meat Inspection Act, Public Law 90-201, 21 U.S.C. 601-624, 641-645, 661, 671-680; Federal-State Cooperative Act (Talmadge-Aiken), Public Law 87-718, 7 U.S.C. 450; Poultry Products Inspection Act, Public Law 90-492, 21 U.S.C. 451-469. OBJECTIVES: To supply Federal assistance to States desiring to maintain their meat and poultry inspection programs in order to assure the consumer an adequate supply of safe, wholesome and properly labeled meat and poultry. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements). USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: To assist States that operate meat and poultry inspection programs comparable to Federal meat and poultry inspection. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: An appropriate State or U.S. Territory agency administering State or Territorial meat or poultry inspection programs under laws comparable to the Federal Meat and Poultry Products Inspection Acts. Beneficiary Eligibility: General Public. Credentials/Documentation: Receipt of State inspection mandatory laws, copies of regulations related to the laws, and State improvement plans. Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: The standard application forms as fur nished by the Federal agency and required by OMB Circular No. A-102 must be used for this program. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.” An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. Application Procedure: Notify the Director of the applicable Meat and Poultry Inspection Regional Office of interest and request from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Renewals: Not applicable. shall not exceed 50 percent of the estimated total costs of the cooperative program, and the Federal funds shall be allocated equi tably among the cooperating States. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: There is a 1 year limitation for funds awarded in this program. Grants are awarded on a monthly basis to States. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Applicant will keep a complete accounting of the cost of developing and operating the State inspection program and will submit an itemized statement monthly to the Food Safety and In spection Service. Audits: State will arrange for an audit of the records pertaining to these agreements by the State auditor of public accounts, annually or otherwise, as provided by applicable State law or regulations. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-128, "Audits of State and Local Governments,” State and local gov. ernments that receive financial assistance of $100,000 or more within the State's fiscal year shall have an audit made for that year. State and local governments that receive between $25,000 and $100,000 within the State's fiscal year shall have an audit made in accordance with Circular No. A-128, or in accordance with Federal laws and regulations governing the programs in which they participate. Records: Complete accounting records shall be available to the Comptroller General of the United States and to the authorized representatives of the Secretary of Agriculture. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 12-3700-0-1-554. FY 94 est $39,755,000. $192,000 to $4,310,000; $1,407,000. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: During fiscal year 1992, 27 States were cooperating under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and 23 States were cooperating under the Poultry Products Inspection Act. Their programs inspected about 750 million pounds of meat and poultry products. These States are expected to continue their programs at similar performance levels through fiscal years 1993 and 1994. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: MPI Direc tive: Review of Certified State Meat and Poultry Inspection pro grams. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: See Appendix IV of the Catalog for a list of addresses of the Regional Offices. Headquarters Office: Director, Federal-State Relations, Meat and Poultry Inspection Program, Food Safety and Inspection Service, number for FTS.) 10.477 MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION FEDERAL AGENCY: FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERV. ICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AUTHORIZATION: Federal Meat Inspection Act, Public Law 90-201, 21 U.S.C. 601-624, 641-645, 661, 671-680; Poultry Products Inspection Act, Public Law 90-492, 21 U.S.C. 451-469; Humane Slaugh ter Act, Public Law 85-765, 7 U.S.C. 1901-1906. OBJECTIVES: To assure that all meat and poultry and their products produced in plants and shipped in commerce are federally inspect ed for safety, wholesomeness, and proper labeling. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Provision of Specialized Services. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Meat and poultry plants located within the United States or its Territories engaged in slaughtering or processing meat and poultry products for shipment in commerce are required to have inspection. The Department of Agriculture is reimbursed for overtime and holiday inspection services. Inspection not required under law is provided on request for a fee. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Any meat or poultry plant planning to engage in slaughtering or processing meat and poultry products for shipment in commerce. This program is available in the U.S. Territo ries. Beneficiary Eligibility: General public. Credentials/Documentation: None. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedure: A request for inspection should be submitted to the Meat and Poultry Inspection Regional Office, or to the Ad ministrator. Award Procedure: Certification is made that the applicant meets the Department's sanitation standards for plant facilities and equip ment. Renewals: Not applicable. Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: ports: None. Records: None. Account Identification: 12-3700-0-1-554; 12-8137-0-7-352. $489,655,000; and FY 94 est $513,724,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not applicable. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In fiscal year 1992, the program inspected operations at about 6,400 establishments which prepared products from about 74 billion pounds of meat and poultry. The scope of program operations in fiscal years 1993 and 1994 will be similar. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: MPI-7, Meat and Poultry Inspection Manual; Sanitation Handbook; 9 CFR 301.1-335.32, Meat Inspection Regulations; 9 CFR 381.1-381.236, Poultry Products Regulations. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: See Appendix IV of the Catalog for a list of addresses of the Regional Offices. Headquarters Office: Assistant Deputy Administrator, Inspection Management Programs, Meat and Poultry Inspection Program, phone: (202) 720-3697. (Use same 7-digit number for FTS.) RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.475, Cooperative Agreements with States for Intrastate Meat and Poultry Inspection. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Not applicable. EXTENSION SERVICE 10.500 COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE FEDERAL AGENCY: EXTENSION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganiza- 1981; Food Security Act of 1985, as amended, Public Law 99-198. OBJECTIVES: To help people improve their lives and communities through an educational process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues critical to the economic, social, and environmental progress of all Americans. Identify and solve their farm, home, and community problems through the practical application of research findings of USDA and the Land-Grant Colleges and Universities. The Cooperative Extension System is a future-oriented, self-renewing, national educational network providing excellence in programs that focus on contemporary issues and needs of people. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Payments are made to land-grant institutions which, through State and county extension service per- Nutrition, Diet and Health; and Youth at Risk. land-grant institutions in the 50 States and Puerto Rico, Guam, the ments. Beneficiary Eligibility: Programs of State and county extension serv ices are available to the general public. Credentials/Documentation: None. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: This program is excluded from cover age under Executive Order 12372 and OMB Circular No. A-102. Application Procedure: County extension services prepare plan of work and forward to the State Extension Service. The State Extension Service prepares State plans of work and budgets and forwards to Extension Service, USDA. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Award Procedure: Payments are made to State land-grant institutions basically on a formula basis for approved projects. August each fiscal year. returned for revision or additional information within 30 days after receipt. Appeals: Not applicable. Renewals: Not applicable. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: distributed to States based on farm and rural population. EFNEP eligibility does not apply to this program. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: This is a continuing program each year. Funds are made available through the electronic transfer system. States are permitted to carry over unexpended bal ances to the next year. Extension Service USDA, by the State Extension Service. erally on a 2-year cycle. accordance with university or State Extension Service regulations. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 12-0502-0-1-352. and FY 94 est $414,500,000. $7,106,000. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: At the end of fiscal year 1992, Extension was working with 232,178 participants enrolled in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Program (EFNEP). Extension worked directly with hundreds of communities and organizations to promote economic development and improvement of public services. Approximately 5.4 million youth were served through 4H - youth development programs. In addition to the above contacts, over 100 million contacts were made with extension clientele through our educational programs. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Many differ ent publications are available from State and county extension offices. Most are free, some are sold at nominal cost. In addition, Department of Agriculture publications may be obtained from the Extension Service, Department of Agriculture. Washington, DC 20250. Regional or Local Office: Not applicable. Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 720-3377. (Use same 7. digit number for FTS.) RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.001, Agricultural Research-Basic and Applied Research; 10.025, Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Con- and Drug Administration Research. 6-93 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 10.550 FOOD DISTRIBUTION (Food Donation Program) FEDERAL AGENCY: FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DE PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AUTHORIZATION: Section 32, Public Law 74-320, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 612c; Public Law 75-165, 15 U.S.C. 713c; National School Lunch Act, as amended, Sections 6, 9, 13, 14, and 17, 42 U.S.C. 1755, 1758, 1761, 1762a, 1766; Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, Section 416, 7 U.S.C. 1431; Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, Section 402, 22 U.S.C. 1922; Agricultural Act of 1956, Section 210, 7 U.S.C. 1859; Act of September 6, 1958, as amended, Section 9, 7 U.S.C. 1431b; Act of September 13, 1960, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 1431 note; Food and Agriculture Act of 1965, as amended, Section 709, 7 U.S.C. 1446a-1; Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended, Section 8, 42 U.S.C. 1777; Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, Sections 311 and 604, 42 U.S.C. 3030a and 3057c; Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, as amended, Section 4(a), 7 U.S.C. 612c note; Section 409 and 410, Public Law 93-288, 42 U.S.C. 5179-5180; Section 6, Public Law 95-166, 91 Stat. 1334; Section 10, 91 Stat. 1336; Section 12(b), Public Law 95-627, 42 U.S.C. 1760; Public Law 96-494; Section 1114, Public Law 97-98, 7 U.S.C. 1431; Section 202 and 204, Public Law 98-8, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 612c note; Public Law 100-237, 101 Stat. 1733; Public Law 100-435, 102 Stat. 1645, 7 U.S.C 612c note; Public Law 101-147, 103 Stat. 877, 49U.S.C 1751; Public Law 101-624, 104 Stat. 3359. OBJECTIVES: To improve the diets of school and preschool children; the elderly; needy persons in charitable institutions; other individuals in need of food assistance; and, to increase the market for domestically produced foods acquired under surplus removal or price support operations. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Sale, Exchange, or Donation of Property and Goods. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: USDA makes food available to state agencies for distribution to qualifying outlets, such as Emergency Feeding Organizations, Soup Kitchens and Food Banks, schools, child and adult day care, charitable institutions, nutrition programs for the elderly, nonprofit summer camps and Summer Food Service for children. Individuals may not be charged. Donated foods may not be sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of (authorized distribution excepted) without prior, specific approval of the Department. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Such State, Trust Territory of the Pacific Is lands (Palau) and Federal agencies that are designated as distributing agencies by the Governor, legislature, or other authority may receive and distribute donated foods. School and other child feeding programs are eligible but must meet requirements concerning facilities, meal content, meal charges, etc. Charitable institutions are eligible to the extent they serve needy persons. Emergency feeding operations under Public Law 98-8 and amendments must provide food to needy persons including unemployed persons. All must apply to their responsible State distributing agency. Elderly nutrition programs that are funded under Title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965 must apply to their State Agency on Aging for commodities; elderly nutrition programs for Indians on reservations that are funded under Title VI of the Older Ameri cans Act must apply to FNS Regional Offices for such assistance. Beneficiary Eligibility: Households in areas which participate in the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) authorized under Public Law 98-8 must meet eligibility requirements established by the State. All children in schools, child care institutions, and summer camps which participate in the program may benefit from food donations. Foods donated to charitable institutions (on the basis of needy persons served) and to nutrition programs for the elderly, may be used for the benefit of all served. Credentials/Documentation: Individual households are individually certified by local agencies based on the State eligibility standards for TEFAP. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.” An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. This program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No. A 102. Application Procedure: All States now have distributing agencies; no applications necessary. Local governments, schools, other child nutrition organizations, nonprofit summer camps for children, charitable institutions, and nutrition programs for the elderly must apply to State distributing agencies on their forms. Under TEFAP, a household eligibility and distribution plan must be approved for each State; heads of households apply to local welfare authorities on forms supplied by State or local office. Award Procedure: Not applicable. Deadlines: None. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not applicable. Appeals: None. Renewals: Program continues once approved unless withdrawal is re quested or required because of program irregularities, households and individuals are recertified periodically. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: Foods are donated on the basis of availability and need. Under TEFAP, foods are allocated to each State on the basis of a formula combining the number of persons in the State living below the poverty level (60 percent) and the number of unemployed persons (40 percent). Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Food donations continuous. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Monthly reports of quantities distributed, by type of recipi ent and the number of persons. Audits: In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A. 128 and A-133, "Audits of State and Local Governments," State and local governments that receive financial assistance of $100,000 or more within the State's fiscal year shall have an audit made for that year. State and local governments that receive between $25,000 and $100,000 within the State's fiscal year shall have an audit made in accordance with Circular No. A-128, or in accordance with Federal laws and regulations governing the programs in which they participate. Records: Adequate to account for all receipts and dispositions; to be retained for 3 years following the close of the fiscal year. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 12-4336-0-3-351; 12-5209-0-2-605. $183,172,435 (not including those distributed for child nutrition programs); FY 93 and FY 94 donations depend upon availability. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not applicable. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: During school and fiscal year 1992, bonus food commodities were approximately 25 percent of the total foods distributed by FNS. About 40 percent of all bonus foods went to schools, child care and summer food service programs. The remainder were provided to the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations; charitable institutions, including nonprofit summer camps for children; food banks and similar charitable organizations; and the Nutrition Program for the Elderly and other domestic food programs. |