Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110
§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
Summary
Indirect costs on agricultural research, education, and extension grants must not exceed 30% of the federal funds. The limit does not apply to grants under section 638 of title 15 and it also covers subgrants so total indirect charges stay within 30%.
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Title 7, §3310
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(a)In general
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)Exception
Subsections (a) and (c) shall not apply to a grant awarded competitively under section 638 of title 15.
(c)Treatment of subgrants
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 L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub.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
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 3310
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110