Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73

§3611 Cryptologic research grant program

Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 47— - NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY › § 3611

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

NSA Director can give grants to private individuals and institutions for cryptologic research only if the grant is clearly consistent with national security. Funding depends on chapter 63 of title 31, section 3605, and available appropriations each fiscal year.

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Title 50, §3611

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(a)The Director of the National Security Agency may make grants to private individuals and institutions for the conduct of cryptologic research. An application for a grant under this section may not be approved unless the Director determines that the award of the grant would be clearly consistent with the national security.

(b)The grant program established by subsection (a) shall be conducted in accordance with chapter 63 of title 31 to the extent that such chapter is consistent with and in accordance with section 3605 of this title.

(c)The authority of the Director to make grants under this section is effective for any fiscal year only to the extent that appropriated funds are available for such purpose.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified in a note under section 402 of this title prior to editorial reclassification as this section. In subsec. (b), “chapter 63 of title 31” substituted for “the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 (41 U.S.C. 501 et seq.)” and “such chapter” substituted for “such Act” on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 806 of Pub. L. 97–89, set out as a note under section 1621 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 3611

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73