Title 50 — War and National Defense
Chapter 47 — National Security Agency
§ 3611. Cryptologic research grant program
Statutory text
Authorization
The Director of the National Security Agency may make grants to private individuals and institutions for the conduct of cryptologic research. An application for a grant under this section may not be approved unless the Director determines that the award of the grant would be clearly consistent with the national security.
Conduct of program
The grant program established by subsection (a) shall be conducted in accordance with chapter 63 of title 31 to the extent that such chapter is consistent with and in accordance with section 3605 of this title.
Authority limited to availability of appropriated funds
The authority of the Director to make grants under this section is effective for any fiscal year only to the extent that appropriated funds are available for such purpose.
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.
Pub. L. 86–36 § 13 · 73 Stat. 63
Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 3611
(Pub. L. 86–36, § 13, as added Pub. L. 97–89, title VI, § 603, Dec. 4, 1981, 95 Stat. 1158.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 86–36, § 13, as added Pub. L. 97–89, title VI, § 603, Dec. 4, 1981, 95 Stat. 1158.)
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified in a note under section 402 of this title prior to editorial reclassification as this section.
In subsec. (b), “chapter 63 of title 31” substituted for “the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 (41 U.S.C. 501 et seq.)” and “such chapter” substituted for “such Act” on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), , 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective , see section 806 of Pub. L. 97–89, set out as a note under section 1621 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
Credits
(Pub. L. 86–36, § 13, as added Pub. L. 97–89, title VI, § 603, , 95 Stat. 1158.)