§ 1128a. American overseas research centers

Statutory text

Centers authorized

The Secretary is authorized to make grants to and enter into contracts with any American overseas research center that is a consortium of institutions of higher education (hereafter in this section referred to as a “center”) to enable such center to promote postgraduate research, exchanges and area studies.

Use of grants

Grants made and contracts entered into pursuant to this section may be used to pay all or a portion of the cost of establishing or operating a center or program, including—

the cost of faculty and staff stipends and salaries;

the cost of faculty, staff, and student travel;

the cost of the operation and maintenance of overseas facilities;

the cost of teaching and research materials;

the cost of acquisition, maintenance, and preservation of library collections;

the cost of bringing visiting scholars and faculty to a center to teach or to conduct research;

the cost of organizing and managing conferences; and

the cost of publication and dissemination of material for the scholarly and general public.

Limitation

The Secretary shall only award grants to and enter into contracts with centers under this section that—

receive more than 50 percent of their funding from public or private United States sources;

have a permanent presence in the country in which the center is located; and

are organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of title 26 which are exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such title.

Development grants

The Secretary is authorized to make grants for the establishment of new centers. The grants may be used to fund activities that, within 1 year, will result in the creation of a center described in subsection (c).

Application

Each center desiring to receive a grant or contract under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information and assurances as the Secretary may require.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1998
Higher Education Act of 1965
Pub. L. 89–329 title VI § 609 · 79 Stat. 1219
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1128a
Pub. L. 89–329, title VI, § 609, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VI, § 601, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1782
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 89–329, title VI, § 609, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VI, § 601, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1782
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 609. limitation on payments No grant may be made under this part for equipment or materials to be used for sectarian instruction or religious worship, or primarily in connection with any part of the program of a school or “School or department of divinity.” department of divinity. For purposes of this section the term “school or department of divinity” means an institution or a department or branch of an institution whose program is specifically for the education of students to prepare them to Become ministers of religion or to enter upon some other religious vocation, or to prepare them to teach theological subjects.
2008
Higher Education Opportunity Act
Pub. L. 110–315 title VI § 608 · 122 Stat. 3078
Added · 20 U.S.C. § 1128a(e)
Pub. L. 110–315 added subsec. (e)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 110–315 added subsec. (e).
Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 608. AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS. Section 609 (20 U.S.C. 1128a) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(e) Application.— Each center desiring to receive a grant or contract under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information and assurances as the Secretary may require.” .

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 609 of Pub. L. 89–329 was classified to section 1126 of this title, prior to the general amendment of this part by Pub. L. 105–244.

Another prior section 609 of Pub. L. 89–329, title VI, Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1266; Pub. L. 92–318, title I, § 131(d)(2)(D), June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 260, prohibited equipment grants for sectarian instruction or religious worship and was classified to section 1129 of this title, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 96–374.

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 110–315 added subsec. (e).

Credits

1998–2008 · 2 acts

1998Pub. L. 89–329, title VI, § 609, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VI, § 601, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1782
2008amended Pub. L. 110–315, title VI, § 608, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3338.

Show as published

(Pub. L. 89–329, title VI, § 609, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VI, § 601, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1782; amended Pub. L. 110–315, title VI, § 608, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3338.)