Duties and Responsibilities of the Guam State

Clearinghouse. In addition to the duties and responsibilities of the Guam State Clearinghouse as may be prescribed by I Segundu Na Maga’lahi [the Lieutenant Governor], or by law, the Guam State Clearinghouse shall also have the following duties and responsibilities:

(a)Administer the initiation, coordination and review process of all governmental activities within the government of Guam involving Federal financial assistance.

(b)Ensure that government grant proposals for Federal assistance are in accordance with plans, policies, programs, objectives and procedures of the government of Guam.

(c)Ensure that proposed government projects for which Federal financial assistance is sought are fiscally and environmentally sound and are in compliance with all applicable Federal laws.

(d)Ensure that the government of Guam complies with all applicable Federal laws relating to Federal financial assistance and that there exists sound tracking, management, and financial accountability for all Federal programs awarded to the government of Guam. COL8/13/2020 CH. 2 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

(e)Perform cost analysis on all Federal aid programs, grants, loans, contracts, contributions, advances, direct Federal development or other Federal funding for the financial impact on the government of Guam’s General Fund or special funds used to fund the local matching requirement as prescribed by Federal law; and the financial impact on the government of Guam of continuing the Federal program by the government of Guam if the Federal funding expires. Said analysis shall describe the indirect costs the grantee government agency is eligible for, the amounts applied for and received from each grant, the previous year’s funding level and funding estimate for future years. Said analyses shall be performed as an integral part of the state clearinghouse process and submitted to the Speaker of I Liheslaturan Guåhan, the Chairperson of the Special Accounting Service, the Chairperson of the Special Economic Service, and the Director of the Bureau of Budget and Management Research within fifteen

(15)days after completion. The cost analyses required hereby shall be included in I Maga’lahi’s Executive Budget request pursuant to Title 5 GCA § 4107(b).

(f)With the exception of the Judiciary of Guam, the Guam Community College, the University of Guam, and the Guam Department of Education, and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no application for any Federal aid programs, grants, loans, contracts, contributions, advances, direct Federal development, or other Federal funding shall be submitted or deemed approved on behalf of the government of Guam or any agency, division, office, department or instrumentality thereof, or any public corporation, without the final approval of the Director of the Guam State Clearinghouse.

(g)The Judiciary of Guam, the Guam Community College, the University of Guam, and the Guam Department of Education shall provide a courtesy electronic or written copy of each grant application to the Guam State Clearinghouse and I Liheslaturan Guåhan. Copies of all communications between the Federal government grantor agency relative to the grant application process with the COL8/13/2020 CH. 2 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Judiciary of Guam, the Guam Community College, the University of Guam, or the Guam Department of Education, including all subsequent communications regarding the implementation and execution of the grant award, shall also be provided to the Guam State Clearinghouse and I Liheslaturan Guåhan.