42 U.S.C. § 2486c : US Code - Section 2486C: National space grant college and fellowship program

Search 42 U.S.C. § 2486c : US Code - Section 2486C: National space grant college and fellowship program

(a) Establishment; long-range guidelines and priorities; program
evaluation
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.
(b) Functions
Within the Administration, the program shall -
(1) apply the long-range planning guidelines and the priorities
established by the Administrator under subsection (a) of this
section;
(2) 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;
(3) evaluate activities conducted under grants and contracts
awarded pursuant to sections 2486d and 2486e of this title to
assure that the purposes set forth in section 2486a of this title
are implemented;
(4) 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;
(5) encourage cooperation and coordination with other Federal
programs concerned with the development of space resources and
fields related to space;
(6) 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
(7) encourage the formation and growth of space grant and
fellowship programs.
(c) Acceptance of gifts and donations; funds from other Federal
agencies; issuance of rules and regulations
To carry out the provisions of this chapter, the Administrator
may -
(1) accept conditional or unconditional gifts or donations of
services, money, or property, real, personal or mixed, tangible
or intangible;
(2) accept and use funds from other Federal departments,
agencies, and instrumentalities to pay for fellowships, grants,
contracts, and other transactions; and
(3) issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary and
appropriate.