{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-96.88","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 96.88","heading":"Administrative costs.","body":"(a) Costs of planning and administration. Any expenditure for governmental functions normally associated with administration of a public assistance program must be included in determining administrative costs subject to the statutory limitation on administrative costs, regardless of whether the expenditure is incurred by the State, a subrecipient, a grantee, or a contractor of the State.\n(b) Administrative costs for territories and Indian tribes. For Indian tribes, tribal organizations and territories with allotments of $20,000 or less, the limitation on the cost of planning and administering the low-income home energy assistance program shall be 20 percent of funds payable and not transferred for use under another block grant. For tribes, tribal organizations and territories with allotments over $20,000, the limitation on the cost of planning and administration shall be $4,000 plus 10% of the amount of funds payable (and not transferred for use under another block grant) that exceeds $20,000.","path":["Title 45—Public Welfare","SUBTITLE A—Department of Health and Human Services","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION","PART 96—BLOCK GRANTS","Subpart H—Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-45.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:21Z","sha256":"c6973347c0e3d34abaa30e27696f44b996471d72d0a7a4143728da7653bb4a60","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-96.87","next":"us/45-cfr-96.89"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}