7 U.S.C. § 3310

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 3310 - Limitation on indirect costs for agricultural research, education, and extension programs

(a) In general

Except as otherwise provided in law, indirect costs charged against any agricultural research, education, or extension grant awarded under this Act or any other Act pursuant to authority delegated to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics shall not exceed 30 percent of the total Federal funds provided under the grant award, as determined by the Secretary.

(b) Exception

Subsections (a) and (c) shall not apply to a grant awarded competitively under section 638 of title 15.

(c) Treatment of subgrants

In the case of a grant described in subsection (a), the limitation on indirect costs specified in such subsection shall be applied to both the initial grant award and any subgrant of the Federal funds provided under the initial grant award so that the total of all indirect costs charged against the total of the Federal funds provided under the initial grant award does not exceed such limitation.

7 U.S.C. § 3310

Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, §1462, as added Pub. L. 105-185, title II, §230(a), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 546; amended Pub. L. 107-171, title VII, §72227222,, 116 Stat. 454; Pub. L. 110-234, title VII, §7132(a), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1228; Pub. L. 110-246, §4(a), title VII, §7132(a), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1989; Pub. L. 115-334, title VII, §71257125,, 132 Stat. 4794.

EDITORIAL NOTES

CODIFICATION Pub. L. 110-234 and Pub. L. 110-246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110-234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110-246.

PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 1462 of Pub. L. 95-113 was classified to section 3304 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99-198.

AMENDMENTS2018-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115-334, §7125(1), substituted "30 percent" for "22 percent".Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115-334, §7125(2), substituted "Subsections (a) and (c)" for "Subsection (a)". Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115-334, §7125(3), added subsec. (c). 2008-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110-246, §7132(a), substituted "any agricultural" for "a competitive agricultural" and "22 percent" for "19 percent".2002- Pub. L. 107-171 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2008 AMENDMENT Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110-234 by Pub. L. 110-246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110-234 see section 4 of Pub. L. 110-246 set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title.

Secretary: The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States.
agricultural research: The term "agricultural research" means research in the food and agricultural sciences.
extension: The term "extension" means the informal education programs conducted in the States in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture.