51 U.S.C. § 40303 — National space grant college and fellowship program
submitted 16 years ago by Pub. L. 111-314 to r/title-51-NATIONAL-AND-COMMERCIAL-SPACE-PROGRAMS · 477 words · no verdicts yet
NASA must run a national space grant college and fellowship program. The program evaluates grants, advises NASA, and works with universities and other agencies. NASA must keep its own administration costs under 5 percent of yearly funding.
(a) Establishment. The Administrator* must set up and run, inside the Administration*, a program called the national space grant college* and fellowship program. It includes all the financial help and activities described in this chapter. The Administrator must set long-range planning guidelines and priorities, and properly evaluate the program.
(b) Functions. Within the Administration, the program must (1) apply the Administrator's long-range guidelines and priorities; (2) advise the Administrator on the expertise available through the program, and share that expertise with the Administration as directed; (3) evaluate grant- and contract-funded activities under sections 40304 and 40305 to make sure they meet the purposes in section 40301; (4) encourage other federal agencies to use the program's expertise, on a cooperative or other basis; (5) encourage cooperation with other federal space-related programs; (6) advise the Administrator on which recipients to support, and, when appropriate, on ending or pausing that support; and (7) encourage new space grant and fellowship programs to form and grow.
(c) General Authorities. To carry out this chapter, the Administrator may (1) accept gifts of services, money, or property, with or without conditions; (2) accept and use funds from other federal agencies to pay for fellowships, grants, contracts, and other deals; and (3) issue any rules needed.
(d) Program Administration Costs. The Administrator must (1) put as much appropriated money as possible toward grants and contracts under section 40304 each year, and (2) keep the program's own administrative costs to no more than 5% of that year's funding.
(e) Reports. If the Administrator cannot meet that 5% cost target in a year, the Administrator must report to Congress, explaining (1) why the target was missed, and (2) what steps will be taken next year to meet it without using other federal funding.
The Administrator* shall establish and maintain, within the Administration*, a program to be known as the national space grant college* and fellowship program. The national space grant college and fellowship program shall consist of the financial assistance and other activities provided for in this chapter. The Administrator shall establish long-range planning guidelines and priorities, and adequately evaluate the program.
Within the Administration, the program shall—
apply the long-range planning guidelines and the priorities established by the Administrator under subsection (a);
advise the Administrator with respect to the expertise and capabilities which are available through the national space grant college and fellowship program, and make such expertise available to the Administration as directed by the Administrator;
evaluate activities conducted under grants and contracts awarded pursuant to sections 40304 and 40305 of this title to ensure that the purposes set forth in section 40301 of this title are implemented;
encourage other Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to use and take advantage of the expertise and capabilities which are available through the national space grant college and fellowship program, on a cooperative or other basis;
encourage cooperation and coordination with other Federal programs concerned with the development of space resources and fields related to space;
advise the Administrator on the designation of recipients supported by the national space grant college and fellowship program and, in appropriate cases, on the termination or suspension of any such designation; and
encourage the formation and growth of space grant and fellowship programs.
To carry out the provisions of this chapter, the Administrator may—
accept conditional or unconditional gifts or donations of services, money, or property, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible;
accept and use funds from other Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to pay for fellowships, grants, contracts, and other transactions; and
issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary and appropriate.
In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Administrator—
shall maximize appropriated funds for grants and contracts made under section 40304 in each fiscal year; and
in each fiscal year, the Administrator shall limit its program administration costs to no more than 5 percent of funds appropriated for this program for that fiscal year.
For any fiscal year in which the Administrator cannot meet the administration cost target under subsection (d)(2), if the Administration is unable to limit program costs under subsection (b), the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report, including—
a description of why the Administrator did not meet the cost target under subsection (d); and
the measures the Administrator will take in the next fiscal year to meet the cost target under subsection (d) without drawing upon other Federal funding.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3383; Pub. L. 114–329, title III, § 302(b), Jan. 6, 2017, 130 Stat. 3003.)
- 2010Enacted · Pub. L. 111-314 · 124 Stat. 3383
- 2017Amended · Pub. L. 114-329 · 130 Stat. 3003
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 111-314 on 2010-12-18.
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