North American Wetlands Conservation Act and Neotropical Migratory Brid Conservation Act January 2006

• Description: related to PRRIP
• Date: 1/1/2006
• Author: US Grant Administration
• Title: North American Wetlands Conservation Act and Neotropical Migratory Brid Conservation Act January 2006
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Legislation

U.S. GRANT ADMINISTRATION STANDARDS - JANUARY 2006
North American Wetlands Conservation Act and Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act
The Recipient must liquidate all obligations and ensure that the Grant Officer receives a
final report no later than 90 days after the end of the funding period.
D -5 Is the use of matching contributions subject to the same requirements as the use of grant
funds?
Unless otherwise specified in these Standards, both grant funds and matching
contributions are considered part of the Project and subject to the same requirements.
D -6 What is allowable match for a NMBCA project in the United States?
For NMBCA project activities in the United States the matching contribution must be
cash only. Cash means the Recipient or subrecipient's cash outlay, including the outlay
of money contributed to the Recipient or subrecipient by third parties, to be expended
after the date the Proposal is submitted, and that complies with the applicable Federal
Cost Principles in OMB Circulars A -21, A -87, and A -122. Matching cash must be
contributed to or by a Recipient or subrecipient to accomplish the purposes of the Project.
If money has been used to incur costs for Project purposes before the FWS receives the
Proposal, it is considered in -kind rather than cash and will not be eligible as match for
Projects in the United States.
D -7 If the Recipient or subrecipient generates match contributions in excess of the Project's
approved match -grant ratio, may this be used as match in a future grant?
For NAWCA Projects only, match contributions in excess of the amount required
according to the match -grant ratio approved in the Grant Agreement may be used on
subsequent Projects, subject to the following conditions:
(a) The excess match must accomplish more acquisition, restoration or enhancement than
required by the Grant Agreement. (Spending more, but accomplishing the same as
required in the Grant Agreement, does not qualify as "excess" match. Additional
spending due to unique circumstances totally beyond the control of the Recipient or
subrecipient, such as a natural disaster, leading to unique efforts by the Recipient or
subrecipient to accomplish Project objectives, may be considered on a case -by -case
basis.)
(b) The excess match must be substantively related to the same area/type of Project in the
next grant, so that if was offered as "new" match in the next grant it would be eligible.
(c) The additional acres must be specified as "excess" in the documentation provided in
reports for the original NAWCA grant.
(d) All acres must be protected as part of the original NAWCA grant.
(e) The excess match may be used in a subsequent Project only if the source of the match
is identified in that Proposal and the Project is then selected.
D -8 How old can matching in -kind contributions be?
For NAWCA Projects only, match providers may acquire real property, supplies, or
services, or provide the services of its own personnel for a proposed Project back to the