Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 64 — Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
§ 3310a. Research equipment grants
Statutory text
In general
The Secretary may make competitive grants for the acquisition of special purpose scientific research equipment for use in the food and agricultural sciences programs of eligible institutions.
Maximum amount
The amount of a grant made to an eligible institution under this section may not exceed $500,000.
Prohibition on charge or equipment as indirect costs
The cost of acquisition or depreciation of equipment purchased with a grant under this section shall not be—
charged as an indirect cost against another Federal grant; or
included as part of the indirect cost pool for purposes of calculating the indirect cost rate of an eligible institution.
Eligible institutions defined
In this section, the term “eligible institution” means—
a college or university; or
a State cooperative institution.
Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.
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.
Food and Agriculture Act of 1977
Pub. L. 95–113 title XIV § 1462A · 91 Stat. 913
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 3310a
(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1462A, as added Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7126, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4794.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1462A, as added Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7126, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4794.)
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Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 3310a, Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1462A, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title VII, § 7402, , 116 Stat. 456; amended Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7133, , 122 Stat. 1228; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7133, , 122 Stat. 1664, 1989, related to research equipment grants, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7118, , 128 Stat. 875.
Credits
(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1462A, as added Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7126, , 132 Stat. 4794.)