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§3310 Limitation on Indirect Costs for Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Programs

Title 7 › Chapter 64— AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING › Subchapter X— FUNDING AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 3310

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Indirect costs on agricultural research, education, and extension grants must not be more than 30 percent of the federal money in the grant, as set by the Secretary. This limit applies to grants made under this Act or other Acts when the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics has the authority to award them. The 30 percent cap also covers any subgrants, so the total indirect costs charged against the original federal funds cannot exceed 30 percent. The limit does not apply to grants awarded competitively under section 638 of title 15.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §3310

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(a)Except as otherwise provided in law, indirect costs charged against any agricultural research, education, or extension grant awarded under this Act or any other Act pursuant to authority delegated to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics shall not exceed 30 percent of the total Federal funds provided under the grant award, as determined by the Secretary.
(b)Subsections (a) and (c) shall not apply to a grant awarded competitively under section 638 of title 15.
(c)In the case of a grant described in subsection (a), the limitation on indirect costs specified in such subsection shall be applied to both the initial grant award and any subgrant of the Federal funds provided under the initial grant award so that the total of all indirect costs charged against the total of the Federal funds provided under the initial grant award does not exceed such limitation.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical

Amendments

to this section. The

Amendments

by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1462 of Pub. L. 95–113 was classified to section 3304 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–198.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–334, § 7125(1), substituted “30 percent” for “22 percent”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–334, § 7125(2), substituted “Subsections (a) and (c)” for “Subsection (a)”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–334, § 7125(3), added subsec. (c). 2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7132(a), substituted “any agricultural” for “a competitive agricultural” and “22 percent” for “19 percent”. 2002—Pub. L. 107–171 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2008 AmendmentAmendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 8701 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 3310

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60