§ 803a. — Project grants and contracts.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC803a]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 23--TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 803a. Project grants and contracts
(a) Authorization; purposes; application
The Secretary is authorized to make grants to or contracts with
institutions of higher education, or combinations of such institutions,
to assist them in planning, developing, strengthening, improving, or
carrying out programs or projects (1) for the preparation of graduate or
professional students in the fields of city and regional planning and
management, housing, and urban affairs, or (2) for research into, or
development or demonstration of, improved methods of education for these
professions. Such grants or contracts may include payment of all or part
of the cost of programs or projects.
(b) Contents; use of payments
(1) A grant or contract authorized by this section shall be made
only upon application to the Secretary at such time or times and
containing such information as he may prescribe, except that no such
application shall be approved unless it--
(A) sets forth programs, activities, research, or development
for which a grant is authorized under this section;
(B) provides for such fiscal control and fund accounting
procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and
accounting for Federal funds paid to the applicant under this
subsection; and
(C) provides for making such reports, in such form and
containing such information, as the Secretary may require to carry
out his functions under this subsection, and for keeping such
records and for affording such access thereto as the Secretary may
find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such
reports.
(2) Payments under this section may be used, in accordance with
regulations of the Secretary, and subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in an application approved under paragraph (1), to pay part of
the compensation of students employed in professions referred to in
subsection (a)(1) of this section, except students employed in any
branch of the Government of the United States, as part of a program for
which a grant has been approved pursuant to this subsection.
(Pub. L. 88-560, title VIII, Sec. 804, as added Pub. L. 93-383, title
IV, Sec. 402(c)(2), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 692.)
Codification
Pub. L. 93-383, Sec. 402, provided for amendments to title VIII of
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1964. The amendments of the
enumerated sections of such title VIII have been executed to comparable
sections of title VIII of the Housing Act of 1964 as the probable intent
of Congress.
