CSREES-2202A FY 2008 Hatch Act Estimated Certificaiton of Offset and

OMB Control #: 0524-0038
Expiration Date: (04/30/2009)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION SERVICE
FY 2008 ESTIMATED
CERTIFICATION OF OFFSET AND ENTITLEMENT
(For Federal Funds Authorized for Appropriation Under the Act of Congress of August 11, 1955 [Hatch Act, as Amended] 7
U.S.C.361a-361i)
[Place]_____________________________________________________________[Date]______________
To establish eligibility for allotment of funds for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, under the terms of the Act of August
11, 1955, certification is hereby made that the
[Institution]______________________________guarantees the sum of _____________ or ______________;
(Requirement)
(Amount Available)
that the funds guaranteed are derived from non-Federal sources listed below and are available and budgeted for expenditure for
agricultural research in accordance with the provisions of the Act cited above.
SOURCES AND AMOUNTS
Direct State Appropriations.........................................................

$__________________

College Funds Allotted to the Eligible Institutional Unit............

$__________________

Fees..............................................................................................

$__________________

Sales.............................................................................................

$__________________

Other............................................................................................

$__________________

............................................................................................

$__________________

Total Guaranteed Funds...............................................................

$__________________

It is further certified that the above reported non-Federal funds are in addition to those used in matching other Federal funds; that
if any portion of the money thus guaranteed is not received from sources shown above, the State Agricultural Experiment Station
will make up this deficiency from other non-Federal sources which may become available or report at the end of the fiscal year
2008 an equivalent unobligated balance of Federal funds derived from appropriations under the Act above mentioned, which will
be deducted from the subsequent year allotment.
It is further certified that there has been satisfactory progress during fiscal year 2007 on the Hatch Regular Formula Research
Programs; that, to the best of my knowledge, the expenditures of Federal funds for the support of the research program were in
accordance with laws and regulations governing their use; and that non-Federal matching (offset) funds have been obligated in
accordance with the requirement.

__________________________________
Director
Form CSREES-2202A (8/07)
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