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The Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009, created the Disaster Assistance Fund (DAF) and the Secretary of Agriculture has authorized $1,000,000 of DAF funds to be utilized in Puerto Rico for the RCDI program for the purposes described in this NOFA.","action":"Notice of funding of availability (NOFA).","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Rural Housing Service","name":"Rural Housing Service","id":458,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/rural-housing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/458","parent_id":12,"slug":"rural-housing-service"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2024/05/14/2024-10363.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"89 FR 41928","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Completed applications must be submitted using one of the following methods:","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. RHS-24-CF-0014"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[],"agency_name":"RHS","documents":[{"comment_count":0,"comment_start_date":"2024-05-14","updated_at":"2024-10-29T07:58:47.628-04:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/RHS-24-CF-0014-0001","allow_late_comments":false,"id":"RHS-24-CF-0014-0001","comment_end_date":null,"regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":0,"id":"RHS-24-CF-0014","title":"Announcement of the Availability of Puerto Rico Rural Partners Network Rural Community Development Initiative"}],"document_number":"2024-10363","effective_on":null,"end_page":41939,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2024/05/14/2024-10363.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/14/2024-10363/announcement-of-the-availability-of-puerto-rico-rural-partners-network-rural-community-development","images":{"EN14MY24.113":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN14MY24.113/EN14MY24.113_large.png","medium":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN14MY24.113/EN14MY24.113_medium.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN14MY24.113/EN14MY24.113_original_size.png"}},"images_metadata":{"EN14MY24.113":{"large":{"identifier":"EN14MY24.113","content_type":"image/png","size":36152,"width":822,"sha":"1c937de51d4a6fddf9c8748bb29063eb","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN14MY24.113/EN14MY24.113_large.png","height":302},"medium":{"identifier":"EN14MY24.113","content_type":"image/png","size":12452,"width":517,"sha":"2ed8ea70d5f2e4cb14bcd122ab23648d","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN14MY24.113/EN14MY24.113_medium.png","height":190},"original_size":{"identifier":"EN14MY24.113","content_type":"image/png","size":75990,"width":1951,"sha":"313f14b668c16558233411c415bd7e0c","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN14MY24.113/EN14MY24.113_original_size.png","height":717}}},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2024-10363?publication_date=2024-05-14","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2024-05-14/2024-10363/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":12,"page_views":{"count":508,"last_updated":"2026-08-24 16:15:16 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-14/pdf/2024-10363.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-10363.pdf?1715604316","publication_date":"2024-05-14","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2024/05/14/2024-10363.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[],"comments_count":0,"agency_id":"RHS","comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=RHS-24-CF-0014","supporting_documents_count":0,"docket_id":"RHS-24-CF-0014","document_id":"RHS-24-CF-0014-0001","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Announcement of the Availability of Puerto Rico Rural Partners Network Rural Community Development Initiative","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2024-10-30T11:00:30Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":41928,"subtype":null,"title":"Announcement of the Availability of Puerto Rico Rural Partners Network Rural Community Development Initiative","toc_doc":"Puerto Rico Rural Partners Network Rural Community Development Initiative","toc_subject":"Funding Availability:\n","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":89}