7 CFR § 1486.401 - Eligible cost share.

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title: "7 CFR § 1486.401 - Eligible cost share."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1486.401"
section_name: "Eligible cost share."
chapter_name: "COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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subchapter_name: "EXPORT PROGRAMS"
part_number: "1486"
part_name: "EMERGING MARKETS PROGRAM"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 5623, 5662-5663."
regulatory_source: "84 FR 69986, Dec. 20, 2019, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1486.401 Eligible cost share.

(a) In calculating the amount of cost share that it will make and the cost share U.S. entities or a State or local agency will make, a Recipient may include those costs (or such prorated costs) not proscribed under § 1486.402 if:

(1) The expenditures are necessary and reasonable for accomplishment of the Recipient's overall EMP;

(2) The expenditures are not included as cost share for any other Federal award;

(3) The expenditures are not paid by the Federal Government under another Federal award, except where the Federal statute authorizing a program specifically provides that Federal funds made available for such program can be applied to matching or cost sharing requirements of other Federal programs; and

(4) The cost share is made during the period covered by the agreement.

(b) Cost share must be included in a project's line item budget.