Sec. 7084.
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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 to small nongovernmental organizations, universities, and other small entities (hereafter eligible entities ) 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 subsection shall replace the function served previously by the Development Grants Program established under section 674 of division I, of Provided Public Law 110–161 , which is hereby abolished. Grants from the SGP shall only be made to eligible entities. Grants made pursuant to the authority of this subsection shall be provided through: unsolicited applications received and evaluated pursuant to USAID policy regarding such proposals; or an open, transparent and competitive process that emphasizes simplicity. 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 subsection, funds made available to carry out this subsection may not be allocated in the report required by section 653(a) 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 subsection shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2019: , That grants, cooperative agreements, and other assistance mechanisms and agreements entered into with such funds may entail commitments for the expenditure of such funds through fiscal year 2020. Provided Not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Administrator of USAID shall issue guidance implementing this section: , That such guidance shall: Provided establish procedures whereby in each fiscal year, not less than 3 USAID missions shall be competitively selected to run a multi-year SGP for its respective country; and provide that the primary rationale for denying a mission request for SGP funding may not be that such program does not fit within USAID's country development plan. Upon selection of a mission pursuant to the procedures required by paragraph (1), such selected mission or missions 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 subsection may be used by USAID for administrative and oversight expenses associated with managing relationships with small entities under the SGP. Not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act and after consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, the Administrator shall submit a report to such Committees describing the procedures and mechanisms USAID intends to use to implement the SGP.
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Sec. 7084
Pub. L.Pub. L. 110-161
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