---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 15082"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "15082"
heading: "Grant authority"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/15082"
units:
  - "Chapter 144 — Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights"
  - "Subchapter I — Programs for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities"
  - "Part E — Projects of National Significance"
---

# §15082. Grant authority

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/15002.md?p=26) shall award grants, contracts, or cooperative [agreements](/usc/42/1320b–8.md?p=a-3-A) to public or private nonprofit entities for [projects](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20) of national significance relating to individuals with [developmental disabilities](/usc/42/15002.md?p=8-A) to carry out activities described in [section 15081(2) of this title](/usc/42/15081.md?p=2).
- (b) **Federal interagency initiatives—**
  - (1) **In general—**
    - (A) **Authority—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/15002.md?p=26) may—
      - (i) enter into [agreements](/usc/42/1320b–8.md?p=a-3-A) with Federal agencies to jointly carry out activities described in [section 15081(2) of this title](/usc/42/15081.md?p=2) or to jointly carry out activities of common interest related to the objectives of such section; and
      - (ii) transfer to such agencies for such purposes [funds](/usc/42/12854.md?p=3) appropriated under this part, and receive and use [funds](/usc/42/12854.md?p=3) from such agencies for such purposes.
    - (B) **Relation to program purposes—** [Funds](/usc/42/12854.md?p=3) transferred or received pursuant to this paragraph shall be used only in accordance with statutes authorizing the appropriation of such [funds](/usc/42/12854.md?p=3). Such [funds](/usc/42/12854.md?p=3) shall be made available through grants, contracts, or cooperative [agreements](/usc/42/1320b–8.md?p=a-3-A) only to [recipients](/usc/42/2996a.md?p=6) eligible to receive such [funds](/usc/42/12854.md?p=3) under such statutes.
    - (C) **Procedures and criteria—** If the [Secretary](/usc/42/15002.md?p=26) enters into an [agreement](/usc/42/1320b–8.md?p=a-3-A) under this subsection for the administration of a jointly funded [project](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20)—
      - (i) the [agreement](/usc/42/1320b–8.md?p=a-3-A) shall specify which agency’s procedures shall be used to award grants, contracts, or cooperative [agreements](/usc/42/1320b–8.md?p=a-3-A) and to administer such awards;
      - (ii) the [participating agencies](/usc/42/4370m.md?p=17) may develop a [single](/usc/42/2304.md?p=m) set of criteria for the jointly funded [project](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20), and may require applicants to submit a [single](/usc/42/2304.md?p=m) application for joint review by such agencies; and
      - (iii) unless the heads of the [participating agencies](/usc/42/4370m.md?p=17) develop joint eligibility requirements, an applicant for an award for the [project](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20) shall meet the eligibility requirements of each [program involved](/usc/42/300x–64.md?p=a-1).
  - (2) **Limitation—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/15002.md?p=26) may not construe the provisions of this subsection to take precedence over a limitation on joint funding contained in an applicable statute.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–402, title I, § 162, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1727.)