(a) 
         The Secretary may make a grant only to an eligible party that submits an application.
     
    
        
        (b) 
         If a maximum award amount is established in a notice published in the Federal Register, the Secretary may reject without consideration or evaluation any application that proposes a project funding level that exceeds the stated maximum award amount.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        (Authority: 
                20 U.S.C. 1221e-3 and 3474
            )
    
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [61 FR 8455, Mar. 4, 1996]