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[CITE: 42USC2486c]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER 26A--NATIONAL SPACE GRANT COLLEGE AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
 
Sec. 2486c. National space grant college and fellowship program


(a) Establishment; long-range guidelines and priorities; program 
        evaluation

    The Administrator shall establish and maintain, within the 
Administration, a program to be known as the national space grant 
college and fellowship program. The national space grant college and 
fellowship program shall consist of the financial assistance and other 
activities provided for in this chapter. The Administrator shall 
establish long-range planning guidelines and priorities, and adequately 
evaluate the program.

(b) Functions

    Within the Administration, the program shall--
        (1) apply the long-range planning guidelines and the priorities 
    established by the Administrator under subsection (a) of this 
    section;
        (2) advise the Administrator with respect to the expertise and 
    capabilities which are available through the national space grant 
    college and fellowship program, and make such expertise available to 
    the Administration as directed by the Administrator;
        (3) evaluate activities conducted under grants and contracts 
    awarded pursuant to sections 2486d and 2486e of this title to assure 
    that the purposes set forth in section 2486a of this title are 
    implemented;
        (4) encourage other Federal departments, agencies, and 
    instrumentalities to use and take advantage of the expertise and 
    capabilities which are available through the national space grant 
    college and fellowship program, on a cooperative or other basis;
        (5) encourage cooperation and coordination with other Federal 
    programs concerned with the development of space resources and 
    fields related to space;
        (6) advise the Administrator on the designation of recipients 
    supported by the national space grant college and fellowship program 
    and, in appropriate cases, on the termination or suspension of any 
    such designation; and
        (7) encourage the formation and growth of space grant and 
    fellowship programs.

(c) Acceptance of gifts and donations; funds from other Federal 
        agencies; issuance of rules and regulations

    To carry out the provisions of this chapter, the Administrator may--
        (1) accept conditional or unconditional gifts or donations of 
    services, money, or property, real, personal or mixed, tangible or 
    intangible;
        (2) accept and use funds from other Federal departments, 
    agencies, and instrumentalities to pay for fellowships, grants, 
    contracts, and other transactions; and
        (3) issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary and 
    appropriate.

(Pub. L. 100-147, title II, Sec. 205, Oct. 30, 1987, 101 Stat. 871.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2486d, 2486h of this title.
