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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 113 / Tuesday, June 15, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
4284.1108 U.S. Department of Agriculture departmental regulations and laws that contain other compliance requirements 4284.1109 Ineligible applicants 4284.1110 General applicant, application, and funding provisions.
4284.1111 Notifications.
4284.1112 Rural jobs accelerator partnership eligibility.
4284.1113 Project eligibility.
4284.1114 RISE grant funding.
4284.1115 RISE grant applications content.
4284.1116 Reserved 4284.1117 Scoring RISE grant applications.
4284.1118 Selecting RISE grant applications for award.
4284.1119 Awarding and administering RISE grants.
4284.1120 Servicing RISE grants.
4284.11214284.1130 Reserved 4284.1131 OMB control number.
4284.1101

Purpose.

This subpart contains the procedures and requirements for providing the following financial assistance under the Rural Innovation Stronger Economy RISE program:
a Grants for the purpose of constructing, purchasing, or equipping a building to serve as an innovation center in order to establish job accelerators.
b Grants for the purpose of establishing and supporting job accelerators and related programs.
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Organization of subpart.

This subpart is organized into distinct sections as described in paragraphs a and b of this section.
a Sections 4284.1103 through 4284.1111 discuss definitions;
exception authority; review or appeal rights; conflict of interest; USDA
departmental regulations; other applicable laws; ineligible applicants;
general applicant, application, and funding provisions; and notifications, which are applicable to funding the program under this subpart.
b Sections 4284.1112 and 4284.1113
discuss, respectively, applicant and project eligibility. Section 4284.1114
addresses funding provisions for these grants. Sections 4284.1115 through 4284.1120 address grant application content and required documentation, scoring, selection, awarding and administering grant applications, and servicing of grant awards.
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Definitions.

The following definitions are applicable to the terms used in this subpart.
Administrator means the Administrator of Rural BusinessCooperative Service RBCS within the Rural Development mission area of the U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA.

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Agency means RBCS or its successor agency assigned by the Secretary of Agriculture to administer the RISE grant program. References to the National Office, Finance Office, State Office, or other Agency offices or officials should be read as prefaced by Agency or Rural Development as applicable.
Applicant means the lead applicant acting on behalf of a rural jobs accelerator partnership as stated in 4282.1112, that is seeking a RISE grant.
The lead applicant will enter into a financial assistance agreement with the Agency, receive the RISE grant funding and take ownership of any assets purchased with grant funds.
Broadband service. Defined within the meaning of Title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 7 U.S.C. 901
et seq., broadband service means any technology identified by the Administrator as having the capacity to provide transmission facilities and capacity that enable the subscriber to receive a minimum level of broadband service. The minimum level of broadband service for the purpose of reviewing the application will be defined by the minimum transmission capacity that was required by Title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 7
U.S.C. 901 et seq. at the time the application was received by the Agency.
Complete application means an application that contains all parts necessary for the Agency to determine applicant and project eligibility, the financial feasibility and technical merit of the project, and contains sufficient information to determine a priority score for the application.
Departmental regulations mean the regulations of the Agencys Office of Chief Financial Officer or successor office as codified in 2 CFR chapter IV.
District organization means an organization as defined in Section 300.3
of Title 13, Code of Federal Regulations or a successor regulation.
Eligible project costs means the portion of total project costs approved by the Agency for projects that are eligible to be paid with RISE funds.
Federal fiscal year FY means the 12month period beginning October 1 of any given year and ending on September 30 of the following year; it is designated by the calendar year in which it ends.
Financial assistance agreement means Form RD 42802, Rural BusinessCooperative Service Financial Assistance Agreement, or successor form and is an agreement between the Agency and the grantee setting forth the provisions under which the grant will be administered.

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High-wage job means a job that provides a wage that is greater than the median wage for the applicable region, as determined by the Department of Labor.
Indian tribe means the term as defined in 25 U.S.C. 5304e.
Industry cluster means a broadly defined network of interconnected firms and supporting institutions in related industries that accelerate innovation, business formation, and job creation by taking advantage of assets and strengths of a region in the business environment.
Innovation center means a crossfunctional place for the planning and creation of new ideas and opportunities for individual and group collaboration that leads to supporting deployment of innovative processes, technologies, services and products for economic development. Innovation centers may be utilized for a wide array of purposes including short-term housing for business owners or workers; co-working space, which may include space for remote work; space for business utilization with a focus on entrepreneurs and small and disadvantaged businesses but may include collaboration with companies of all sizes; job training programs; and efforts to utilize the innovation center as part of the development of a community, among other uses deemed appropriate by the Agency.
Institution of higher education means the term as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1002a.
Instrumentality means an organization recognized, established, and controlled by a State, Tribal, or local government for a public purpose or to carry out special purposes.
Jobs accelerator means a center or program located in or serving a rural low-income community that may provide co-working space, in-demand skills training, entrepreneurship and business support, and other initiatives as described in Part 4284.1113b.
Lead applicant means an entity as defined in Part 4284.1112b and is responsible for the rural jobs accelerator partnership plus administration of the grant proceeds and activities.
Letter of conditions means a document prepared by the Agency establishing conditions that must be agreed to by the applicant before any obligation of grant funds can occur.
Low income community means a community as defined in section 45De of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and any amendments thereto.
Matching funds means non-federal funds provided to meet the total eligible project costs that are not covered by the RISE grant proceeds.

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