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AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) OF 2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) (H.R. 1, S. 1 - PDF-1MB) is a Federal public law passed by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on Feb. 17, 2009. The Recovery Act makes supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

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A website designed to show where the money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is going -- to which states, congressional districts, federal contractors. The site states that there will be various ways to search for information.

Stimulus Funds Awarded to the University of Missouri to Date
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10/02/2009:

Campus/Unit Amount Proposed Amount Awarded % Awarded to Date
UMC $134,629,817 $17,717,307 13.16%
UMKC $45,334,848 $3,276,902 7.23%
MS&T $35,828,190 $2,788,836 7.78%
UMSL $37,541,204 $1,731,017 4.61%
UM System $506,113 $0 0.00%
UOEXT $2,723,956 $722,884 26.54%
 
TOTAL $256,564,128 $26,236,946 10.23%
Amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar.

Stimulus Package Information and Updates

08/19/2009

  • GENERAL
    On August 7, 2009, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board released a notice and request for comments in the Federal Register on information collection activities described in ARRA Section 1512 (recipient reporting requirements) and set-forth in the June 22, 2009 guidance by the Office of Management in Budget. The Board is seeking comments on 1) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of information being collected, and 2) ways for the Board to minimize the burden of information collection activities on the public, among other issues. Comments are due by October 6, 2009. VIEW NOTICE
  • AGRICULTURE
    Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announced that USDA is undertaking an effort to provide relief to individuals and businesses in struggling agriculture industries. Vilsack has ordered USDA Rural Development and the Farm Service Agency to use all available means to help producers, processors and other small businesses who have been hit by worsening economic conditions. MORE INFORMATION
  • EDUCATION
    1) On August 3, 2009, the Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, announced that the Department will accelerate stimulus spending by making $11.37 billion in ARRA Title I, Special Education, and Vocational Rehabilitation funding available to states on or around September 1, 2009, one month early. VIEW PRESS RELEASE

    2) On August 17, 2009, the Department of Education published a proposal in the Federal Register to allow states to reserve more administrative funds under Title I - Part A and Special Education - Part B to offset some of the data collection costs in ARRA. VIEW PROPOSAL
  • ENERGY
    On August 12, 2009, the Department of Energy announced the release of nearly $38 million in ARRA funding to improve state emergency preparedness plans and ensure quick recovery and restoration from any energy supply disruptions. Funds will be used by state governments to hire or retrain staff and expand state-level capacities to address challenges to the country's energy systems, including emergency situations such as blackouts, hurricanes, ice storms, and disruptions to heating supplies. VIEW LIST OF ALL STATE AWARDS
  • ENVIRONMENT
    On August 14, 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued supplemental guidance on measuring and reporting job estimates under ARRA. The guidance includes EPA contact information for ARRA funding recipients seeking EPA concurrence on the use of a statistical estimate and a proposed methodology. All requests must be submitted to the EPA by September 10, 2009.
  • HOUSING
    The Department of Housing and Urban Development has provided updated information, in the form of Q&As, on David-Bacon prevailing wage requirements and program income, fees, and asset management for the Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP). UPDATES

04/09/2009

  • Updates on Guidance to Federal Agencies on Implementing the ARRA
    OMB Director Peter Orszag issued additional guidance to heads of federal Departments and agencies on implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

    This new document supplements, amends and clarifies the initial OMB guidance issued on February 18, 2009. Of particular interest for grantees:

    Sections 2.10 through 2.15 provide more detailed description of the ARRA reporting requirements.  Importantly, OMB has determined that it will be most effective and efficient if it develops a central collection and reporting capability to comply with Section 1512 of the Recovery Act.

    Section 2.11 indicates that the first statutory reporting deadline is October 10, 2009, NOT July 10, 2009 as originally indicated. Our understanding is that the central reporting system will not be completely functional to be used for July 10 reporting. Despite that determination, the OMB Guidance states that OMB is working with agencies to determine how to collect information from recipients for July 10 reporting,  so some data will be required but it is not certain what that will be or how it will be collected. Also, OMB states that detailed reporting instructions for use of the central reporting system will be available no less that 45 days before the October 10 deadline, so by late August we should see those instructions at www.federalreporting.gov.

    Section 2.13 has a greatly expanded discussion of the requirement to report on jobs created and retained under ARRA funding.

03/30/2009

  • NIH Challenge Grant, Follow-Up Solicitation
    Research and Research Infrastructure “Grand Opportunities” (RC2)

    Under the Recovery Act, the NIH has established a new program entitled Research and Research Infrastructure “Grand Opportunities” hereafter called the ”GO” grants program.This new program will support projects that address large, specific biomedical and biobehavioral research endeavors that will benefit from significant 2-year funds without the expectation of continued NIH funding beyond two years. The research supported by the ”GO” grants program should have high short-term impact, and a high likelihood of enabling growth and investment in biomedical research and development, public health, and health care delivery.

    Only applications with budgets greater than $500,000 total costs per year for a project period of two years are expected to be considered. The total annual cost for individual awards is expected to vary, depending on the scope of the project and the number of participating institutions.
    The NIH has issued a follow up solicitation to the Challenge Grant.

    The submission deadline is May 27, 2009.      

03/19/2009

If you have questions that are not addressed above, please submit them to constructionncrr@mail.nih.gov. This mailbox is open now, and will be open during the videocast. The videocast will be archived and available on the NCRR Web site after the session.

To learn more about videocasting, visit videocast.nih.gov/faq. It is a good idea to visit this site prior to March 23 to make sure that you have the right software to view the videocast. For more information and updates about funding opportunities under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 visit NCRR's ARRA information page, on the Web at www.ncrr.nih.gov/recovery.

03/18/2009

03/16/2009

  • Agency Progress and Resources. Links to learn more about how the different agencies and departments are spending the funds allocated to them by the ARRA. Many more pages will come online -- with much more information -- in the weeks and months ahead, so check back often for updates.

03/09/2009

  • Education Department to Distribute $44 Billion in Stimulus Funds in 30 to 45 Days. Below are links to four documents on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The first describes the principles and strategy that will guide the distribution and implementation of ARRA funds appropriated to the U.S. Department of Education. The other three provide initial guidelines for three key components of the ARRA: the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund; Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; and Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

  • NIH Grant Funding Opportunities Supported by the ARRA of 2009
    The recent ARRA legislation provides an unprecedented level of funding ($8.2 billion in grant funding) to the NIH to help stimulate the US economy through the support and advancement of scientific research. While NIH Institutes and Centers have broad flexibility to invest in many types of grant programs, they will follow the spirit of the ARRA by funding projects that will stimulate the economy, create or retain jobs, and have the potential for making scientific progress in 2 years. The ARRA also provides $1 billion to the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) to support extramural construction, repairs, and alterations in support of all NIH funded research institutions and $300 million for shared instrumentation and other capital equipment to support all NIH activities.
  • NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research
    As part of the Recovery Act, NIH has designated at least $200 million in FYs 2009 - 2010 for a new initiative called the NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research, to fund 200 or more grants, contingent upon the submission of a sufficient number of scientifically meritorious applications. This new program will support research on Challenge Topics which address specific scientific and health research challenges in biomedical and behavioral research that will benefit from significant 2-year jumpstart funds. Challenge Areas, defined by the NIH, focus on specific knowledge gaps, scientific opportunities, new technologies, data generation, or research methods that would benefit from an influx of funds to quickly advance the area in significant ways. The research in these areas should have a high impact in biomedical or behavioral science and/or public health. Application Due Date: April 27, 2009. RFA

02/24/2009

  • Initial Implementing Guidance for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
    These OMB Guidelines were issued to federal agencies regarding how to spend the stimulus money. In the next few weeks, all of the agencies will have to have their funding plans approved by the OMB. Generally, the expection is to have these funds spent in two (2) years. NSF funding will likely go to previously submitted requests that would have been awarded anyway if NSF had had the funds. DoE funding will likely go to a backlog of lab projects, and it is unclear if it will go to universities.

02/19/2009

02/18/2009