---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 80.81"
title: "50"
number: "80.81"
heading: "What must a State fish and wildlife agency submit when applying for a comprehensive-management-system award?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/80.81"
---

# §80.81. What must a State fish and wildlife agency submit when applying for a comprehensive-management-system award?


A State fish and wildlife agency must submit the following documents when applying for a comprehensive-management-system award:

- (a) **The standard form for an application for Federal assistance in a mandatory grant program.**
- (b) **A statement of cost estimates by subaccount.** Agencies may obtain the subaccount numbers from the Regional Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program Office.
- (c) Supporting documentation explaining how the proposed work complies with the Acts, the regulations in this part, and other applicable laws and regulations.
- (d) A statement of the agency's intent to carry out and fund part or all of its comprehensive management system through an award.
- (e) A description of the agency's comprehensive management system including inventory, strategic plan, operational plan, and evaluation. “Inventory” refers to the process or processes that an agency uses to:
  - (1) Determine actual, projected, and desired resource and asset status; and
  - (2) **Identify management problems, issues, needs, and opportunities.**
- (f) A description of the State fish and wildlife agency program covered by the comprehensive management system.
- (g) Contact information for the State fish and wildlife agency employee who is directly responsible for the integrity and operation of the comprehensive management system.
- (h) A description of how the public can take part in decision making for the comprehensive management system.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 669 et seq., except for provisions specific to the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration program, and 777-777m, except 777e-1 and g-1.

### Source

Source: 91 FR 1888, Jan. 15, 2026, unless otherwise noted.