---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 C.F.R. § 208.23"
title: "44"
number: "208.23"
heading: "Allowable costs under Preparedness Cooperative Agreements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/44/208.23"
---

# §208.23. Allowable costs under Preparedness Cooperative Agreements.


System Members may spend Federal funds that DHS provides under any Preparedness Cooperative Agreement and any required matching funds under [2 CFR part 200](/cfr/2/part200.md), subpart [E](/cfr/44/subpartE.md)—[Cost](/cfr/44/subpartCost.md) Principles, and this section to pay reasonable, allowable, necessary and allocable costs that directly support System activities, including the following:

- (a) **Administration, including—**
  - (1) Management and administration of day-to-day System activities such as personnel compensation and benefits relating to System maintenance and development, record keeping, inventory of equipment, and correspondence;
  - (2) Travel to and from System activities, meetings, conferences, training, drills and exercises;
  - (3) Tests and examinations, including vaccinations, immunizations and other tests that are not normally required or provided in the course of a System Member's employment, and that DHS requires to meet its standards.
- (b) **Training—**
  - (1) Development and delivery of, and participation in, System-related training courses, exercises, and drills;
  - (2) Construction, maintenance, lease or purchase of System-related training facilities or materials;
  - (3) Personnel compensation expenses, including overtime and other related expenses associated with System-related training, exercises, or drills;
  - (4) System-required evaluations and certifications other than the certifications that DHS requires System Members to possess at the time of entry into the System. For instance, DHS will not pay for a medical school degree, paramedic certification or recertification, civil engineering license, etc.
- (c) **Equipment—**
  - (1) Procurement of equipment and supplies specifically identified on the then-current DHS-approved Equipment Cache List;
  - (2) Maintenance and repair of equipment included on the current Equipment Cache List;
  - (3) Maintenance and repair of equipment acquired with DHS approval through the Federal Excess Property program, except as provided in [§ 208.25](/cfr/44/208.25.md) of this part;
  - (4) Purchase, construction, maintenance or lease of storage facilities and associated equipment for System equipment and supplies.
- (d) **Disaster search canine expenses limited to—**
  - (1) Procurement for use as a System resource;
  - (2) Training and certification expenses;
  - (3) **Veterinary care.**
- (e) Management and administrative costs, actually incurred but not otherwise specified in this section that directly support the Sponsoring Agency's US&R capability, provided that such costs do not exceed 7.5 percent of the award/amendment amount.

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 9194, Feb. 24, 2005, as amended at 79 FR 76087, Dec. 19, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 through 5206; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 43 FR 41943, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 101; E.O. 12127, 44 FR 19367, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 376; E.O. 12148, 44 FR 43239, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 412; E.O. 13286, 68 FR 10619, 3 CFR, 2003 Comp., p. 166.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 9194, Feb. 24, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[70 FR 9194, Feb. 24, 2005, as amended at 79 FR 76087, Dec. 19, 2014]