42 U.S.C. § 2486d : US Code - Section 2486D: Grants or contracts

Search 42 U.S.C. § 2486d : US Code - Section 2486D: Grants or contracts

(a) Authority of Administrator; amount
The Administrator may make grants and enter into contracts or
other transactions under this subsection to assist any space grant
and fellowship program or project if the Administrator finds that
such program or project will carry out the purposes set forth in
section 2486a of this title. The total amount paid pursuant to any
such grant or contract may equal 66 percent, or any lesser percent,
of the total cost of the space grant and fellowship 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
Administrator pursuant to section 2486c(c)(2) of this title.
(b) Special grants; amount; prerequisites
The Administrator may make special grants under this subsection
to carry out the purposes set forth in section 2486a 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 Administrator 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 or section 2486e of this title.
(c) Application
Any person may apply to the Administrator 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
Administrator shall by regulation prescribe.
(d) Terms and conditions; limitations; leasing; recordkeeping;
audits
(1) Any grant made, or contract entered into, under this section
shall be subject to the limitations and provisions set forth in
paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection and to such other terms,
conditions and requirements as the Administrator considers
necessary or appropriate.
(2) No payment under any grant or contract under this section may
be applied to -
(A) the purchase of any land;
(B) the purchase, construction, preservation, or repair of any
building; or
(C) the purchase or construction of any launch facility or
launch vehicle.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of this subsection, the items
in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of such paragraph may be leased
upon written approval of the Administrator.
(4) Any person who receives or utilizes any proceeds of any grant
or contract under this section shall keep such records as the
Administrator 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 three years after the
completion of such a program or project. The Administrator 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 Administrator or the
Comptroller General, may be related or pertinent to such grants and
contracts.