CSREES-2204A FY 2008 McIntire-Stennis Act Estimated Certification of

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 October 10, 1962
[McIntire-Stennis Act] 16 U.S.C.582a-582a-7)
[Place]_____________________________________________________________[Date]______________
To establish eligibility for allotment of funds for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, under the terms and provisions of
the Act of October 10, 1962, certification is hereby made that the
____________________________________________________________________________________________
[State-certified institution or institutional unit]
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
forestry 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 institution or institutional unit will
either make up this deficiency from other non-Federal sources which may become available or return to the Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service any Federal allotment not properly matched.
It is further certified that there has been satisfactory progress during fiscal year 2007 on the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative
Forestry Research Program; 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.
__________________________________
Administrative-Technical Representative
Form CSREES-2204A (8/07)
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