Sec. 7080.
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A Small Grants Program
(SGP)shall be established within the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide small grants, cooperative agreements, and other assistance mechanisms and agreements of not more than $2,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of chapters 1 and 10 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: , That the SGP established pursuant to this section shall replace the function served previously by the Development Grants Program established under section 674 of division J, of Provided Public Law 110–161 , which is hereby abolished. Grants from the SGP shall only be made to eligible entities as described in the joint explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). Grants made pursuant to the authority of this section shall be provided through— unsolicited applications received and evaluated pursuant to USAID policy regarding such proposals; or an open and competitive process. Of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than $45,000,000 shall be made available for the SGP within USAID’s Local Sustainability Office of the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment to carry out this subsection. Other than to meet the requirements of this section, funds made available to carry out this section may not be allocated in the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to meet any other specifically designated funding levels contained in this Act: , That such funds may be attributed to any such specifically designated funding level after the award of funds under this section, if applicable. Provided Funds made available under this section shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2019. Not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall issue guidance to implement this section: , That such guidance shall include the requirements contained in the joint explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). Provided Upon selection of a mission pursuant to the procedures required by paragraph (1), such selected mission may be allocated the full estimated cost of the multi-year program: , That such allocations shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. Provided In addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, up to 12 percent of the funds made available to carry out this section may be used by USAID for administrative and oversight expenses associated with managing relationships with entities under the SGP. Not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act and after consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, the Administrator shall submit a report to such committees describing the guidance to implement the SGP.
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Sec. 7080
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