Motor Carrier Safety Assistance — CFDA 20.218

MCSAP obligations at $810,506,219.54

USAspending.gov records $810,506,219.54 in obligations under CFDA 20.218. One hundred sixteen awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $6,987,123 per award. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical state-patrol grant year and not a cost per inspection. Other Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration listings tagged under different CFDA numbers are not mixed into the $810,506,219.54.

The assistance-listing title is MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ASSISTANCE. CFDA 20.218 is the identifier. Combining 20.218 with High Priority or CDL-program codes would invent a combined motor-carrier total this packet does not contain. Read the $810,506,219.54 as the obligation book tagged 20.218 only.

62 recipients across 56 jurisdictions

Sixty-two recipients share 116 awards, or about 1.9 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $810,506,219.54 evenly would assign about $13.1 million per recipient. That density is a formula-grant pattern: a small named-agency headcount carrying a couple of assistance rows. The packet does not list the 62.

Fifty-six jurisdictions in the geographic count cover states plus territories and other coded entities. MCSAP dollars follow statutory allocations to lead state agencies, not equal shares. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table. Recipient count is organizational, not a census of troopers or weigh stations.

Award rows are not an inspection census

Among transportation listings, 20.218 is a low-row formula file: 116 awards against 62 recipients. Award count is a weak proxy for “number of safety programs” and a worse proxy for trucks inspected. Recipients (62) tell you how many named organizations sit on the extract; awards (116) tell you how many assistance rows were stored.

The packet does not report Level I inspections, CMV crash counts, or out-of-service rates. Citing 116 as inspections would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, jurisdictions. The $810,506,219.54 stock is the obligation figure from USAspending.gov.

Obligations versus MCSAP outlays

The $810,506,219.54 is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against Motor Carrier Safety Assistance awards — are not in the packet. A formula file can show a large obligation stock while state agencies draw against fiscal-year enforcement plans. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total.

Use CFDA 20.218 to size this motor-carrier-safety listing in the assistance file. Do not use it as a crash dashboard. Those series live elsewhere. This page reports the obligation book tagged 20.218.

What the 20.218 tables omit

The program hub lists award-backed obligations from USAspending.gov. It is not a roadside-inspection log, not a carrier safety-rating file, and not a CDL registry. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $810,506,219.54. That omission is definitional rather than a gap in the 116 award rows.

Place-of-performance on 56 jurisdictions is a coding field. Read the program page before treating those cells as equal shares of truck-safety funding. Recipient dollars, if shown on the hub, are still obligation amounts, not cash already paid to state MCSAP agencies.

Where the 20.218 table lives

The program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 20.218 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other transportation listings. For 20.218 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 20.218’s 116 awards spread $810,506,219.54 across 62 recipients and 56 jurisdictions. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About 1.9 award records per recipient is the density story. Outlays remain a separate column. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

A researcher comparing 20.218 with High Priority or CDL-program codes should keep CFDA numbers separate. The 62-recipient headcount on 56 jurisdictions is a MCSAP formula fingerprint. Quote $810,506,219.54 as the USAspending obligation stock for Motor Carrier Safety Assistance only. About 1.9 award records per recipient is the density story on 116 awards. Roadside inspections, crash counts, and out-of-service rates remain outside the packet. Outlays are a separate column.

Questions

How much is obligated for Motor Carrier Safety Assistance?

USAspending.gov records $810,506,219.54 in obligations for CFDA 20.218. SpendingVault indexes 116 awards, 62 recipients, and 56 jurisdictions. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not an inspection count. CFDA 20.218’s $810,506,219.54 is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many awards does CFDA 20.218 carry?

The listing shows 116 awards against 62 recipients, or about 1.9 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $6,987,123 per award. Award count is not a count of roadside inspections or crashes. Recipient dollars are on the program page.

How many organizations receive 20.218 awards?

The extract lists 62 recipients. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 20.218, not a census of troopers. Geographic coding covers 56 jurisdictions. The packet does not name the 62 or publish inspection totals. The packet reports obligations from USAspending.gov, not outlays.

Is $810,506,219.54 already paid for MCSAP grants?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 20.218’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, remaining balances, or trucks inspected. The $810,506,219.54 on 116 awards is the obligation figure. The packet reports obligations from USAspending.gov, not outlays.