Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§36d Cooperative agreements
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY › § 36d
Summary
USGS may, despite the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act, after November 10, 2003, enter targeted cooperative agreements for joint research and data collection, including use of partner facilities.
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Title 43, §36d
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Notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301–6308), the United States Geological Survey is authorized to continue existing, and on and after November 10, 2003, to enter into new cooperative agreements directed towards a particular cooperator, in support of joint research and data collection activities with Federal, State, and academic partners funded by appropriations herein, including those that provide for space in cooperator facilities.
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References in Text
The Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 95–224, Feb. 3, 1978, 92 Stat. 3, which was classified generally to chapter 8 (§ 501 et seq.) of former Title 41, Public Contracts, and was repealed and reenacted as chapter 63 (§ 6301 et seq.) of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, §§ 1, 5(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877, 1068. Appropriations herein, referred to in text, probably means appropriations under the headings “United States Geological Survey”, “surveys, investigations, and research” and “administrative provisions”, of the annual Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Similar ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following appropriation act: Pub. L. 108–7, div. F, title I, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 228.
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43 U.S.C. § 36d
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73