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In December. 2014, OMB together with NASA and the other Federal awarding agencies, issued a joint interim rule to implement the new guidance at 2 CFR 200 titled "Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance)." OMB used the rulemaking procedure when promulgating this common rule on grants and cooperative agreements and required each agency to adopt OMB’s common rule on grants and cooperative agreements. Although statutorily unnecessary, NASA used rulemaking procedures in 2015 to incorporate portions of the Uniform Guidance into the Federal Regulations because the NASA Grants Management function was affiliated with Procurement Operations at the time. For example, a review of all Federal grant awarding agencies of their handling of 2 CFR 200 subtitle B indicated that only 2700-AE49 NASA of the 32 Agencies and Offices of the federal government included Terms and Conditions in Federal Regulations. The below requested change will reduce burden by having unnecessary requirements in the Federal Regulations removed as well as allow NASA to streamline its practices to comport with other Federal grant awarding agencies. NASA is issuing a direct final rule to:

1. Remove the Certifications, Assurances, and Representations Appendix A from 2 CFR 1800
2. Remove the Terms and Conditions Appendix B from 2 CFR 1800
3. Change section 1800.208 and take out "the certification and representations for NASA may be found at Appendix A of this part"
4. Change section 1800.210 and take out "the terms and conditions for NASA may be found at Appendix A of this part."