Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110

§1161r Campus-based Digital Theft Prevention

Title 20 › CHAPTER 28 — HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER IX — ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS › Part R — Campus-Based Digital Theft Prevention › § 1161r

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can give grants and make contracts with colleges, college groups, and other organizations to create, run, improve, and share programs and low-cost tech tools that stop illegal downloading and sharing of intellectual property. Grants can also fund centers that train and help colleges with technical support, evaluation, and spreading best practices. Awards must be competitive. Colleges or consortia must apply in the time, form, and with the information the Secretary requires by rule. Funds may be appropriated as needed for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years.

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Title 20, §1161r

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(a)Program authority

From the amounts appropriated under subsection (d), the Secretary may make grants to institutions of higher education, or consortia of such institutions, and enter into contracts with such institutions, consortia, and other organizations, to develop, implement, operate, improve, and disseminate programs of prevention, education, and cost-effective technological solutions, to reduce and eliminate the illegal downloading and distribution of intellectual property. Such grants or contracts may also be used for the support of higher education centers that will provide training, technical assistance, evaluation, dissemination, and associated services and assistance to the higher education community as determined by the Secretary and institutions of higher education.

(b)Awards

Grants and contracts shall be awarded under this section on a competitive basis.

(c)Applications

An institution of higher education or a consortium of such institutions that desires to receive a grant or contract under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably require by regulation.

(d)Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years.

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20 U.S.C. § 1161r

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110