(a) In generalExcept 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) ExceptionSubsections (a) and (c) shall not apply to a grant awarded competitively under section 638 of title 15.
(c) Treatment of subgrantsIn 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.
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CHAPTER 64— AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
SUBCHAPTER X— FUNDING AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
§ 3310. Limitation on indirect costs for agricultural research, education, and extension programs
§ 3310a. Research equipment grants
§ 3311. Authorization of appropriations
§ 3312. Authorization of appropriations for extension education
§ 3315. Auditing, reporting, bookkeeping, and administrative requirements
§ 3315a. Availability of competitive grant funds
§ 3317. Program evaluation studies
§ 3318. Contract, grant, and cooperative agreement authorities
§ 3319. Restriction on treatment of indirect costs and tuition remission
§ 3319a. Cost-reimbursable agreements
§ 3319b. Joint requests for proposals
§ 3319d. Supplemental and alternative crops
§ 3319e. New Era Rural Technology Program
§ 3319h. Funds for research facilities
§ 3319i. Capacity building grants for NLGCA Institutions
§ 3319j. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program
§ 3319k. Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority pilot