Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§3319a Cost-reimbursable Agreements
Title 7 › CHAPTER 64 — AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING › SUBCHAPTER X — FUNDING AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 3319a
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture may make cost-reimbursable agreements with State cooperative institutions or other colleges and universities without using competitive bidding. These agreements can buy goods or services (including hiring people) for agricultural research, extension, or teaching, and may repay the agreed actual direct costs plus indirect costs not exceeding 10 percent of the direct cost.
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Title 7, §3319a
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may enter into cost-reimbursable agreements with State cooperative institutions or other colleges and universities without regard to any requirement for competition, for the acquisition of goods or services, including personal services, to carry out agricultural research, extension, or teaching activities of mutual interest. Reimbursable costs under such agreements shall include the actual direct costs of performance, as mutually agreed on by the parties, and the indirect costs of performance, not exceeding 10 percent of the direct cost.
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1998—Pub. L. 105–185 inserted “or other colleges and universities” after “institutions” in first sentence.
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7 U.S.C. § 3319a
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102