[Federal Register: March 2, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 41)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 10630-10631]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
45 CFR Part 2522
RIN 3045-AA46
AmeriCorps Grant Applications From Professional Corps
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service is
proposing to amend title 45 Code of Federal Regulations, part
2522.240(b)(2)(ii), to remove the restriction on certain professional
corps programs from applying through State Commissions for AmeriCorps
State competitive funds. The proposed amendment would realign the
regulations with the authorizing statutory language. In the Rules
Section of this Federal Register, the Corporation is taking direct
final action on the proposed amendment because we view the amendments
as non-controversial and anticipate no adverse comments. The
Corporation has provided a detailed rationale for the amendment in the
direct final rule. If the Corporation receives no adverse comments, the
amendment set forth in the direct final action will become effective
and we will take no further action on this proposed rule. If the
Corporation receives adverse comments on the amendment, we will publish
a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register of the direct final rule
informing the public that the direct final rule will not take effect,
and we will address public comments received in a subsequent final rule
based on the proposed rule. The Corporation will not institute a second
comment period on the subsequent final rule. Any one interested in
commenting on this document should do so at this time.
DATES: To be sure your comments are considered, they must reach the
Corporation on or before April 3, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or deliver your comments to Nicola Goren,
Associate General Counsel, Corporation for National and Community
Service, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Room 10611, Washington, DC 20525.
You may also send your comments by facsimile transmission to (202) 606-
3467, or send them electronically to professionalcorpscomments@cns.gov
or through the Federal government's one-stop rulemaking Web site at
http://www.regulations.gov. Members of the public may review copies of
all communications received on this rulemaking at the Corporation's
Washington DC headquarters.
During and after the comment period, you may inspect all public
comments about this rule in suite 10600, 1201 New York Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday of each week except Federal holidays.
On request, we will supply an appropriate aid, such as a reader or
print magnifier, to an individual with a disability who needs
assistance to review the comments or other documents in the public
rulemaking record for this rule. If you want to schedule an appointment
for this type of aid, please contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicola Goren, Associate General
Counsel, Corporation for National and Community Service, (202) 606-
6676. T.D.D. (202) 606-3472. Persons with visual impairments may
request this rule in an alternative format.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information, please see the
direct final rule, which is published in the Rules section of this
Federal Register.
Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Executive Order 12866
The Corporation has determined that this proposed rule, while a
significant regulatory action, is not an ``economically significant''
rule within the meaning of E.O. 12866 because it is not likely to
result in: (1) An annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more,
or an adverse and material effect on a sector of the economy,
productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or
safety, or State, local, or tribal government or communities; (2) the
creation of a serious inconsistency or interference with an action
taken or planned by another agency; (3) a material alteration in the
budgetary impacts of entitlement, grants, user fees, or loan programs
or the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or (4) the raising
of novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the
President's priorities, or the principles set forth in E.O. 12866. As a
``significant'' regulatory action, this proposed rule was reviewed by
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Corporation has determined that this regulatory action, if
promulgated, will not result in a significant impact on a substantial
number of small entities. Therefore, the Corporation has not performed
the initial regulatory flexibility analysis that is required under the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) for major rules that
are expected to have such results.
Other Impact Analyses
This action does not impose any new information collection burden
under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.
For purposes of Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of
1995, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538, as well as Executive Order 12875, this
regulatory action does not contain any Federal mandate that may result
in increased expenditures in either Federal, State, local, or tribal
governments in the aggregate, or impose an annual burden exceeding $100
million on the private sector.
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List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 2522
Grant programs-social programs, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Volunteers.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Corporation for
National and Community Service proposes to amend chapter XXV, title 45
of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:
PART 2522--AMERICORPS PARTICIPANTS, PROGRAMS, AND APPLICANTS
1. The authority citation for part 2522 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12571-12595.
2. Amend Sec. 2522.240 by revising paragraph (b)(2)(ii) to read as
follows:
Sec. 2522.240 What financial benefits do AmeriCorps participants
serving in approved AmeriCorps positions receive?
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(b) * * *
(2) * * *
(ii) The program must be operated directly by the applicant,
selected on a competitive basis by submitting an application to the
Corporation, and may not be included in a State's application for
AmeriCorps program funds distributed by formula under Sec.
2521.30(a)(2) of this chapter.
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Dated: February 24, 2006.
Frank R. Trinity,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. E6-2935 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am]