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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 145 / Monday, August 2, 2021 / Notices number is correct. Also note that you will need to update your registration annually. This may take three or more business days.
Information about SAM is available at www.SAM.gov. To further assist you with obtaining and registering your DUNS number and TIN in SAM or updating your existing SAM account, please see our SAM.gov Tip Sheet at:
https www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
sam-faqs.html.
In addition, in order to submit your application via Grants.gov, you must 1
register as an applicant using your DUNS number and 2 be designated by your organizations E-Biz Point of Contact as an Authorized Organization Representative AOR. Details on these steps are outlined at the following Grants.gov web page: https
www.grants.gov/web/grants/
register.html.
V. Award Administration Information 1. Award Notices: If you receive a grant award under this program, we will send you a Grant Award Notification GAN, or an email containing a link to access an electronic version of your GAN.
2. Reporting: Reporting requirements are specified in the C&A or Supplemental Agreement.

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Annmarie Weisman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning and Innovation, Office of Postsecondary Education.

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Supplemental Agreement for an Award Under ARP a2 ALN 84.425 J, K, L, M
Supplemental Grant Funds The terms, conditions, and requirements governing your institutions Recipients use of these supplemental grant funds awarded pursuant to section 2003 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
ARP Pub. L. 1172 supplemental award or grant by the U.S. Department of Education Department are governed by section 2003 of the ARP and section 314 of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 CRRSAA Pub. L. 116260
and the following terms and conditions of this Supplemental Agreement.
BY DRAWING DOWN THESE GRANT
FUNDS, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND
BY THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH ON
BEHALF OF THE INSTITUTION YOU
REPRESENT, AND YOU WARRANT
THAT YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY
TO BIND THE INSTITUTION TO THE
FOLLOWING CONDITIONS
Use of Supplemental Grant Funds 1. Section 314a2 of CRRSAA
authorizes the Secretary to make additional awards under parts A and B
of title III, parts A and B of title V, and subpart 4 of part A of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended HEA, to address needs directly related to the coronavirus.
These awards are in addition to awards made in Section 2003 for the ARP
funding stream and have been allocated by the Secretary proportionally to such programs based on the relative share of funding appropriated to such programs in the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 Pub. L. 116
94.
2. Pursuant to Section 314c of CRRSAA, Recipient may use this award to defray expenses associated with the coronavirus including lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll;
and make additional emergency financial grants to students, which may be used for any component of the students cost of attendance or for emergency costs that arise due to
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coronavirus, such as tuition, food, housing, health care including mental health care, or child care.
3. Under section 20035 of the ARP, Recipient must use a portion of their funds received under this supplemental award to a implement evidence-based practices to monitor and suppress the coronavirus in accordance with public health guidelines and b conduct direct outreach to financial aid applicants about the opportunity to receive a financial aid adjustment due to the recent unemployment of a family member or independent student, or other circumstances, described in section 479A of the HEA 20 U.S.C.
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4. The Secretary urges Recipient to devote the maximum amount of funds possible to emergency financial aid grants to students. The Secretary urges Recipient to take strong measures to ensure that emergency financial aid grants to students are made to the maximum extent possible.
5. Recipient acknowledges that no supplemental grant funds may be used to fund construction; acquisition of real property; contractors for the provision of pre-enrollment recruitment activities;
marketing or recruitment; endowments;
capital outlays associated with facilities related to athletics, sectarian instruction, or religious worship; senior administrator or executive salaries, benefits, bonuses, contracts, incentives;
stock buybacks, shareholder dividends, capital distributions, and stock options;
or any other cash or other benefit for a senior administrator or executive.
6. Recipient acknowledges that it may voluntarily decline all or a portion of its ARP a2 funds. The recipient may indicate this by submitting the Voluntary Decline of HEERF form OMB
Control Number 18400856 to the Department by August 11, 2021.
Recipient further acknowledges if it submits this form, it will be ineligible for the future redistribution of ARP
HEERF grant funds to other institutions with greater needs due to the coronavirus.
Grant Administration 7. Recipient acknowledges that consistent with 2 CFR 200.305, it must minimize the time between drawing down funds from G5 and paying incurred obligations liquidation.
Recipient further acknowledges that if it draws down funds and does not pay the incurred obligations liquidates within three calendar days it may be subject to heightened scrutiny by the Department, Recipients auditors, and/or the Departments Office of the Inspector General OIG. Recipient further
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