OMB Memorandum M-20-17

The record

Jurisdiction

United States (federal financial assistance recipients)

Level

Federal

Authority

2 C.F.R. part 200; OMB management authority

Issued

2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020

Effective

2020-03-19; automatic no-cost extensions for awards active as of Mar. 31, 2020 and expiring through Dec. 31, 2020 (read as 2020-03-19)

End

2020-12-31 (relief window); superseded by M-20-26 (June 18, 2020) (read as 2020-12-31)

In force

Mar. 19, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Other

Addressees

• federal awarding agencies
• grant and cooperative-agreement recipients (universities, hospitals, nonprofits, State and local governments)

Functions reached

• PJ grant-funded projects, research and services paused (the memorandum's own premise is loss of operations)
• CB nonprofit, university and health-care grantees

Collection

Federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer FED-B

Operative words

This memorandum provides similar administrative relief listed in M-20-11 to an expanded scope of recipients affected by the loss of operational capacity and increased costs due to the COVID-19 crisis.... awarding agencies may extend awards which were active as of March 31, 2020 and scheduled to expire prior or up to December 31, 2020, automatically at no cost for a period of up to twelve months.

Enforcement

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