Skip to content

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 16 — National Science Foundation

§ 1887. Indemnification of grantees, contractors, and subcontractors under ocean drilling program; approvals and certifications by Director

Statutory text

The Foundation is on and after , authorized to indemnify grantees, contractors, and subcontractors associated with the ocean drilling program under the provisions of section 3861 of title 10, with all approvals and certifications required thereby made by the Director of the National Science Foundation.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 99–160 title II § 201 · 99 Stat. 909

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 1887

    Pub. L. 99–160, title II, § 201, Nov. 25, 1985, 99 Stat. 922

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 99–160, title II, § 201, Nov. 25, 1985, 99 Stat. 922

  2. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

    Pub. L. 117–81 div. A title XVII § 1702(j)(3) · 135 Stat. 1541

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 1887

    Pub. L. 117–81 substituted “section 3861” for “section 2354”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 117–81 substituted “section 3861” for “section 2354”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) Title II of the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 (Public Law 99–160), is amended by striking “section 2354” in the last proviso in the paragraph under the heading “National Science Foundation—Research and Related Activities” (42 U.S.C. 1887) and inserting “section 3861”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the appropriation act cited as the credit to this section, and not as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to this section were contained in the following prior appropriation act: Pub. L. 98–371, title II, § 201, , 98 Stat. 1228.

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 117–81 substituted “section 3861” for “section 2354”.

Credits

1985–2021 · 2 acts
  1. 1985Pub. L. 99–160, title II, § 201, , 99 Stat. 922
  2. 2021Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1702(j)(3), , 135 Stat. 2159.
Show as published

(Pub. L. 99–160, title II, § 201, , 99 Stat. 922; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1702(j)(3), , 135 Stat. 2159.)

Parsed from the official OLRC USLM XML in data/usc_all/usc42.xml · release point 119-108 · OLRC build 2026-09-09

USLM identifier /us/usc/t42/s1887