---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 C.F.R. § 204.53"
title: "44"
number: "204.53"
heading: "Certifying costs and payments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/44/204.53"
---

# §204.53. Certifying costs and payments.

- (a) By submitting applicants' Project Worksheets to FEMA, the recipient is certifying that all costs reported on applicant Project Worksheets were incurred for work that was performed in compliance with FEMA laws, regulations, policy and guidance applicable to the Fire Management Assistance Grant Program, as well as with the terms and conditions outlined for the administration of the grant in the FEMA-State Agreement for the Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.
- (b) Advancement/Reimbursement for State grant costs will be processed as follows:
  - (1) Through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services SMARTLINK system; and
  - (2) In compliance with [2 CFR 200.305](/cfr/2/200.305.md) and U.S. Treasury [31 CFR part 205](/cfr/31/part205.md), Cash Management Improvement Act.

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 57347, Nov. 14, 2001, as amended at 79 FR 63546, Oct. 24, 2014; 79 FR 76085, Dec. 19, 2014; 82 FR 42, Jan. 3, 2017]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5121 through 5207; 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.; Department of Homeland Security Delegation 9001.1.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 57347, Nov. 14, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[66 FR 57347, Nov. 14, 2001, as amended at 79 FR 63546, Oct. 24, 2014; 79 FR 76085, Dec. 19, 2014; 82 FR 42, Jan. 3, 2017]