10 U.S.C. § 7458 — Grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, and educational purposes: acceptance; authorized grantees

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-261 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 243 words · no verdicts yet

in plain englishAI-generated · not legal advice

West Point professors can accept competitive research grants for scientific, literary, or educational work. Grants must come from nonprofit-type organizations, not ordinary businesses. The Army can even pay the cost of applying for these grants.

(a) The Secretary of the Army can let the Superintendent of the Academy accept research grants, but only if a professor or instructor at the Academy will actually do the work, and only for a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. (b) A "qualifying" grant is one awarded competitively — meaning the Academy had to compete for it — for a research project with one of those same purposes. (c) The Academy can only accept these grants from organizations mainly set up for scientific, literary, or educational purposes, like a corporation, fund, foundation, or educational institution — not from an ordinary for-profit business. (d) The Secretary must set up an account to manage this grant money, and the Superintendent spends it according to Department regulations and whatever terms the grant itself sets. (e) As long as appropriations laws allow it, the Academy can use its own regular funding to pay the costs of applying for and pursuing these grants. (f) The Secretary of the Army must write regulations for how this whole section is administered.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

(a)Acceptance of Research Grants.—

The Secretary of the Army may authorize the Superintendent of the Academy to accept qualifying research grants under this section. Any such grant may only be accepted if the work under the grant is to be carried out by a professor or instructor of the Academy for a scientific, literary, or educational purpose.

(b)Qualifying Grants.—

A qualifying research grant under this section is a grant that is awarded on a competitive basis by an entity referred to in subsection (c) for a research project with a scientific, literary, or educational purpose.

(c)Entities From Which Grants May be Accepted.—

A grant may be accepted under this section only from a corporation, fund, foundation, educational institution, or similar entity that is organized and operated primarily for scientific, literary, or educational purposes.

(d)Administration of Grant Funds.—

The Secretary shall establish an account for administering funds received as research grants under this section. The Superintendent shall use the funds in the account in accordance with applicable regulations and the terms and conditions of the grants received.

(e)Related Expenses.—

Subject to such limitations as may be provided in appropriations Acts, appropriations available for the Academy may be used to pay expenses incurred by the Academy in applying for, and otherwise pursuing, award of a qualifying research grant.

(f)Regulations.—

The Secretary of the Army shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this section.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title X, § 1063(a)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2130, § 4358; renumbered § 7458, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-261 · 112 Stat. 2130
2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1839

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-261 on 1998-10-17.

all 0 arguments · sorted by: best

no arguments yet — make the first case