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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 58 / Monday, March 29, 2021 / Notices
capability analyses to indicate a diverse, healthy, and competitive industrial base capable of meeting Department demands. Additionally, the information is required to perform the industrial assessments required by Chapter 148, section 2502 of Title 10 of the U.S.
Code; and to support development of a defense industrial base information system as required by Section 722 of the 1992 Defense Production Act, as amended, and Section 802 of Executive Order 12919. Respondents are companies/facilities specifically identified as being of interest to the Department of Defense. Industrial Capabilities Questionnaire DD Form 2737 records pertinent information needed to conduct industrial base analysis for senior DoD leadership to ensure a robust defense industrial base to support the warfighter.
Affected Public: Business or other for profit; Not-for-profit institutions.
Annual Burden Hours: 153,600.
Number of Respondents: 12,800.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 12,800.
Average Burden per Response: 12
hours.
Frequency: On occasion.
Dated: March 24, 2021.
Aaron T. Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards; Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary EducationSupplemental Assistance to Institutions of Higher Education SAIHE
Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Education Department is issuing a notice announcing the availability of funds and the application deadline for new grants to institutions of higher education institutions under the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, Supplemental Assistance to Institutions of Higher Education SAIHE, Assistance Listing Number ALN
84.425S, under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 CRRSAA.
The SAIHE program supports institutions of higher education IHEs with unmet needs related to recovery from disruptions in the finances, day-to-

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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day operations, instruction, and student supports due to coronavirus.
DATES:
Applications Available: March 29, 2021.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 28, 2021.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 12, 2018
83 FR 6003 and available at www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/
pdf/2018-02558.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Epps, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 2B133, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: 202 3773711. Email:
HEERF@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf TDD or a text telephone TTY, call the Federal Relay Service FRS, toll free, at 1800877
8339.

Purpose of Program: The SAIHE
program supports IHEs that the Secretary determines, after allocating funds under section 314a of the CRRSAA, have unmet needs related to coronavirus.
Background: On December 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021
CRRSAA, division M of, Public Law 116260, was signed into law. Section 314a3 of CRRSAA provides 0.5
percent, or approximately $113.5
million, of a portion of the Education Stabilization Fund for part B of title VII
of the Higher Education Act of 1965
HEA, as amended, for public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education that the Secretary determines have, after allocating other funds available under CRRSAA HEERF, the greatest unmet needs related to coronavirus, including institutions with large populations of graduate students and institutions that did not otherwise receive an allocation under CRRSAA.
We note that, while proprietary institutions were eligible for grants under CARES Act section 18004a1, they are not considered an eligible institution under this program as eligibility is limited under CRRSAA
section 314a3 to those institutions that are eligible under part B of title VII
of the HEA.

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Therefore, to determine the types of institutions that would be funded under the statutory focus of greatest unmet needs related to coronavirus, the Department published a notice on February 25, 2021,1 that announced the Departments proposed institutional eligibility criteria for the SAIHE
program and invited public comment.
The Department accepted public comments from February 25, 2021
through March 8, 2021. The Department received comments from fourteen entities representing institutions of higher education and trade organizations. Of the comments received, many of the comments supported funding for Minority Serving Institutions MSIs, especially those IHEs not included in the MSI, Strengthening Institutions Program SIP
allocation tables. Additionally, while there was a positive response with the criteria included in the notice, many of the commentors further noted the importance of including institutions serving low-income and diverse populations. Also, some of the commenters requested funding to support institutions serving high graduate populations. The Department also received comments that requested funding for institutions that serve high populations of students with financial needs, including institutions in rural areas, citing the limited resources and economic challenges for students. There was also a comment to place emphasis on trade schools, apprenticeships, and training programs.
Therefore, after reviewing the comments received and discussions with several organizations representing institutions of higher education, the Department believes that the types of IHEs highlighted under each absolute priority capture the intent of CRRSAA
314 a3. The groups of IHEs that the Department has categorized as meeting the statutory focus of having additional needs related to institutional and student costs associated with coronavirus are described under each priority. This notice establishes the eligibility requirements an institution must meet to be funded under one of the seven absolute priorities.
Under Absolute Priority 1, the Department will provide funding to institutions that were not designated as eligible under the HEA, as amended, title III and V programs at the time that the Department allocated funds under CRRSAA section 314a2Minority Serving Institution MSI/Strengthening Institutions Program SIPbut that 1 https www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/
heerfiieligibilitymemo.pdf.

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