42 U.S.C. § 1870 : US Code - Section 1870: General authority of Foundation

Search 42 U.S.C. § 1870 : US Code - Section 1870: General authority of Foundation

The Foundation shall have the authority, within the limits of
available appropriations, to do all things necessary to carry out
the provisions of this chapter, including, but without being
limited thereto, the authority -
(a) to prescribe such rules and regulations as it deems
necessary governing the manner of its operations and its
organization and personnel;
(b) to make such expenditures as may be necessary for
administering the provisions of this chapter;
(c) to enter into contracts or other arrangements, or
modifications thereof, for the carrying on, by organizations or
individuals in the United States and foreign countries, including
other government agencies of the United States and of foreign
countries, of such scientific or engineering activities as the
Foundation deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this
chapter, and, at the request of the Secretary of State or
Secretary of Defense, specific scientific or engineering
activities in connection with matters relating to international
cooperation or national security, and, when deemed appropriate by
the Foundation, such contracts or other arrangements, or
modifications thereof may be entered into without legal
consideration, without performance or other bonds, and without
regard to section 5 of title 41;
(d) to make advance, progress, and other payments which relate
to scientific or engineering activities without regard to the
provisions of section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31;
(e) to acquire by purchase, lease, loan, gift, or condemnation,
and to hold and dispose of by grant, sale, lease, or loan, real
and personal property of all kinds necessary for, or resulting
from, the exercise of authority granted by this chapter;
(f) to receive and use funds donated by others, if such funds
are donated without restriction other than that they be used in
furtherance of one or more of the general purposes of the
Foundation;
(g) to publish or arrange for the publication of scientific and
engineering information so as to further the full dissemination
of information of scientific or engineering value consistent with
the national interest, without regard to the provisions of
section 501 of title 44;
(h) to accept and utilize the services of voluntary and
uncompensated personnel and to provide transportation and
subsistence as authorized by section 5703 of title 5 for persons
serving without compensation;
(i) to prescribe, with the approval of the Comptroller General
of the United States, the extent to which vouchers for funds
expended under contracts for scientific or engineering research
shall be subject to itemization or substantiation prior to
payment, without regard to the limitations of other laws relating
to the expenditure of public funds and accounting therefor;
(j) to arrange with and reimburse the heads of other Federal
agencies for the performance of any activity which the Foundation
is authorized to conduct; and
(k) during the 5-year period beginning on August 21, 1986, to
indemnify grantees, contractors, and subcontractors associated
with the Ocean Drilling Program under the provisions of section
2354 of title 10 with all approvals and certifications required
by such indemnification made by the Director.