Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60

§15082 Grant Authority

Title 42 › Chapter 144— DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ASSISTANCE AND BILL OF RIGHTS › Subchapter I— PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Part E— Projects of National Significance › § 15082

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must give grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to public or private nonprofit organizations for important national projects that help individuals with developmental disabilities carry out the activities listed in section 15081(2). The Secretary can make agreements with other federal agencies to run those activities together and can send money to those agencies or accept money from them for the same purpose. Money moved or received must be used only as allowed by the laws that pay for it, and only eligible recipients may get it. A joint project agreement must say which agency’s rules will be used to award and manage the funds. Agencies may use one set of criteria and one application for a joint project, but unless they create shared eligibility rules, applicants must meet every program’s eligibility rules. The Secretary cannot ignore any legal limit on joint funding in another law.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §15082

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(a)The Secretary shall award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to public or private nonprofit entities for projects of national significance relating to individuals with developmental disabilities to carry out activities described in section 15081(2) of this title.

(b)(1)(A)The Secretary may—

(i)enter into agreements with Federal agencies to jointly carry out activities described in section 15081(2) of this title or to jointly carry out activities of common interest related to the objectives of such section; and

(ii)transfer to such agencies for such purposes funds appropriated under this part, and receive and use funds from such agencies for such purposes.

(B)Funds transferred or received pursuant to this paragraph shall be used only in accordance with statutes authorizing the appropriation of such funds. Such funds shall be made available through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements only to recipients eligible to receive such funds under such statutes.

(C)If the Secretary enters into an agreement under this subsection for the administration of a jointly funded project—

(i)the agreement shall specify which agency’s procedures shall be used to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements and to administer such awards;

(ii)the participating agencies may develop a single set of criteria for the jointly funded project, and may require applicants to submit a single application for joint review by such agencies; and

(iii)unless the heads of the participating agencies develop joint eligibility requirements, an applicant for an award for the project shall meet the eligibility requirements of each program involved.

(2)The Secretary may not construe the provisions of this subsection to take precedence over a limitation on joint funding contained in an applicable statute.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 15082

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60