USDA Seeks More Grant Paperwork: Comments Welcome!
Published Date: 3/4/2025
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Summary
The USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service wants to keep collecting info for its Emerging Markets Program, which helps decide who gets grant money. This extension means no big changes, but folks applying for grants will keep reporting on how they use the funds. Comments on this plan are open until May 5, 2025, and the average time to fill out forms is about 6.4 hours.
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Continued grant application reporting burden
If you apply for or receive grants under the USDA Emerging Markets Program, you must keep submitting application information and performance and financial reports as required by 7 CFR part 1486. The agency estimates an average of 6.4 hours per response, about 50 respondents per year, 5 responses per respondent (total annual burden 2,100 hours), and the current OMB approval expires March 31, 2025 (comments due May 5, 2025).
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