33 U.S.C. § 1124 : US Code - Section 1124: Program or project grants and contracts

Search 33 U.S.C. § 1124 : US Code - Section 1124: Program or project grants and contracts

(a) Authorization; purposes; limitation on amount
The Secretary may make grants and enter into contracts under this
subsection to assist any sea grant program or project if the
Secretary finds that such program or project will -
(1) implement the objective set forth in section 1121(b) of
this title; and
(2) be responsive to the needs or problems of individual States
or regions.
The total amount paid pursuant to any such grant or contract may
equal 66 2/3 percent, or any lesser percent, of the total cost of
the sea grant program or project involved; except that this
limitation shall not apply in the case of grants or contracts paid
for with funds accepted by the Secretary under section
1123(c)(4)(F) of this title.
(b) Special grants; maximum amount; prerequisites
The Secretary may make special grants under this subsection to
implement the objective set forth in section 1121(b) of this title.
The amount of any such grant may equal 100 percent, or any lesser
percent, of the total cost of the project involved. No grant may be
made under this subsection unless the Secretary finds that -
(1) no reasonable means is available through which the
applicant can meet the matching requirement for a grant under
subsection (a) of this section;
(2) the probable benefit of such project outweighs the public
interest in such matching requirement; and
(3) the same or equivalent benefit cannot be obtained through
the award of a contract or grant under subsection (a) of this
section.
The total amount which may be provided for grants under this
subsection during any fiscal year shall not exceed an amount equal
to 1 percent of the total funds appropriated for such year pursuant
to section 1131 of this title.
(c) Eligibility and procedure
Any person may apply to the Secretary for a grant or contract
under this section. Application shall be made in such form and
manner, and with such content and other submissions, as the
Secretary shall by regulation prescribe. The Secretary shall act
upon each such application within 6 months after the date on which
all required information is received.
(d) Terms and conditions
(1) Any grant made, or contract entered into, under this section
shall be subject to the limitations and provisions set forth in
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) and to such other terms, conditions,
and requirements as the Secretary deems necessary or appropriate.
Terms, conditions, and requirements imposed by the Secretary under
this paragraph shall minimize any requirement of prior Federal
approval.
(2) No payment under any grant or contract under this section may
be applied to -
(A) the purchase or rental of any land; or
(B) the purchase, rental, construction, preservation, or repair
of any building, dock, or vessel;
except that payment under any such grant or contract may be applied
to the short-term rental of buildings or facilities for meetings
which are in direct support of any sea grant program or project and
may, if approved by the Secretary, be applied to the purchase,
rental, construction, preservation, or repair of non-self-propelled
habitats, buoys, platforms, and other similar devices or
structures, or to the rental of any research vessel which is used
in direct support of activities under any sea grant program or
project.
(3) The total amount which may be obligated for payment pursuant
to grants made to, and contracts entered into with, persons under
this section within any one State in any fiscal year shall not
exceed an amount equal to 15 percent of the total funds
appropriated for such year pursuant to section 1131 of this title.
(4) Any person who receives or utilizes any proceeds of any grant
or contract under this section shall keep such records as the
Secretary shall by regulation prescribe as being necessary and
appropriate to facilitate effective audit and evaluation, including
records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such
recipient of such proceeds, the total cost of the program or
project in connection with which such proceeds were used, and the
amount, if any, of such cost which was provided through other
sources. Such records shall be maintained for 3 years after the
completion of such a program or project. The Secretary and the
Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly
authorized representatives, shall have access, for the purpose of
audit and evaluation, to any books, documents, papers, and records
of receipts which, in the opinion of the Secretary or of the
Comptroller General, may be related or pertinent to such grants and
contracts.