In general
Except as otherwise provided in law, indirect costs charged against any agricultural research, education, or extension grant awarded under this Act or any other Act pursuant to authority delegated to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics shall not exceed 30 percent of the total Federal funds provided under the grant award, as determined by the Secretary.
Exception
section 638 of title 15Subsections (a) and (c) shall not apply to a grant awarded competitively under .
Treatment of subgrants
In the case of a grant described in subsection (a), the limitation on indirect costs specified in such subsection shall be applied to both the initial grant award and any subgrant of the Federal funds provided under the initial grant award so that the total of all indirect costs charged against the total of the Federal funds provided under the initial grant award does not exceed such limitation.
Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1462Pub. L. 105–185, title II, § 230(a)112 Stat. 546Pub. L. 107–171, title VII, § 7222116 Stat. 454Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7132(a)122 Stat. 1228Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a)122 Stat. 1664Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7125132 Stat. 4794(, as added , , ; amended , , ; , , ; , title VII, § 7132(a), , , 1989; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Pub. L. 110–234Pub. L. 110–246Pub. L. 110–234section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246 and made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by were repealed by .
Prior Provisions
section 1462 of Pub. L. 95–113section 3304 of this titlePub. L. 99–198A prior was classified to , prior to repeal by .
Amendments
Pub. L. 115–334, § 7125(1)2018—Subsec. (a). , substituted “30 percent” for “22 percent”.
Pub. L. 115–334, § 7125(2)Subsec. (b). , substituted “Subsections (a) and (c)” for “Subsection (a)”.
Pub. L. 115–334, § 7125(3)Subsec. (c). , added subsec. (c).
Pub. L. 110–246, § 7132(a)2008—Subsec. (a). , substituted “any agricultural” for “a competitive agricultural” and “22 percent” for “19 percent”.
Pub. L. 107–1712002— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2008 Amendment
Pub. L. 110–234Pub. L. 110–246Pub. L. 110–234section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246section 8701 of this titleAmendment of this section and repeal of by effective , the date of enactment of , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .