§15082 Grant authority

Summary

The Secretary must give grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to public or private nonprofit groups for national projects that help people with developmental disabilities do the activities listed in section 15081(2). The Secretary can make agreements with other federal agencies to run those activities together, send money to them, or get money from them. Money must be used only in the way the law allows and only given to people or groups who are eligible under those laws. If agencies fund a project together, the agreement must say which agency’s rules will be used to award and run the grants. Agencies may use one set of rules and one application for joint review, but applicants must meet each program’s eligibility rules unless the agency heads make joint rules. The Secretary may not use this to override any law that limits joint funding.