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31 U.S.C. § 6301 — Purposes
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The purposes of this chapter are to—
(1) promote a better understanding of United States Government expenditures and help eliminate unnecessary administrative requirements on recipients of Government awards by characterizing the relationship between executive agencies and contractors, States, local governments, and other recipients in acquiring property and services and in providing United States Government assistance;
(2) prescribe criteria for executive agencies in selecting appropriate legal instruments to achieve—
(A) uniformity in their use by executive agencies;
(B) a clear definition of the relationships they reflect; and
(C) a better understanding of the responsibilities of the parties to them; and
(3) promote increased discipline in selecting and using procurement contracts, grant agreements, and cooperative agreements, maximize competition in making procurement contracts, and encourage competition in making grants and cooperative agreements.
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The purposes of this chapter are to—
(1) promote a better understanding of United States Government expenditures and help eliminate unnecessary administrative requirements on recipients of Government awards by characterizing the relationship between executive agencies and contractors, States, local governments, and other recipients in acquiring property and services and in providing United States Government assistance;
(2) prescribe criteria for executive agencies in selecting appropriate legal instruments to achieve—
(A) uniformity in their use by executive agencies;
(B) a clear definition of the relationships they reflect; and
(C) a better understanding of the responsibilities of the parties to them; and
(3) promote increased discipline in selecting and using procurement contracts, grant agreements, and cooperative agreements, maximize competition in making procurement contracts, and encourage competition in making grants and cooperative agreements.
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**(a) Status of Corporation and corporate powers; obligations not federally guaranteed**
(1) **Status of the Corporation** — The Corporation shall not be an agency, instrumentality, or establishment of the United States Government, nor a Government corporation, nor a Government controlled corporation, as such terms are defined in [section 103 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section103&num=0&edition=prelim). No action under [section 1491 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1491&num=0&edition=prelim) (commonly known as the Tucker Act) shall be allowable against the United States based on the actions of the Corporation.
(2) **Corporate powers** — The Corporation shall be subject to the provisions of this section, and, to the extent not inconsistent with this section, to the District of Columbia Business Corporation Act (or the comparable law of another State, if applicable). The Corporation shall have the powers conferred upon a corporation by the District of Columbia Business Corporation Act (or such other applicable State law) as from time to time in effect in order to conduct the Corporation’s affairs as a private, for-profit corporation and to carry out the Corporation’s purposes and activities incidental thereto. The Corporation shall have the power to enter into contracts, to execute instruments, to incur liabilities, to provide products and services, and to do all things as are necessary or incidental to the proper management of the Corporation’s affairs and the efficient operation of a private, for-profit business.
(3) **Limitation on ownership of stock**
(A) *Student Loan Marketing Association* — The Student Loan Marketing Association shall not increase its s
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The Congress finds and declares that—
(1) the existence of an adequate supply of water of good quality for the production of materials and energy for the Nation’s needs and for the efficient use of the Nation’s energy and water resources is essential to national economic stability and growth, and to the well-being of the people;
(2) the management of water resources is closely related to maintaining environmental quality, productivity of natural resources and agricultural systems, and social well-being;
(3) there is an increasing threat of impairment to the quantity and quality of surface and groundwater resources;
(4) the Nation’s capabilities for technological assessment and planning and for policy formulation for water resources must be strengthened at the Federal, State, and local governmental levels;
(5) there should be a continuing national investment in water and related research and technology commensurate with growing national needs;
(6) it is necessary to provide for the research and development of technology for the conversion of saline and other impaired waters to a quality suitable for municipal, industrial, agricultural, recreational, and other beneficial uses;
(7) the Nation must provide programs to strengthen research and associated graduate education because the pool of scientists, engineers, and technicians trained in fields related to water resources constitutes an invaluable natural resource which should be increased, fully utilized, and regularly replenished; and 11 So in original. The word “and” probably should not appear.
(8) long-term planning and policy development are essential to ensure the availability of an abundant supply of high quality water for domestic and other uses; and
(9) the States must have the research and problem-solvin
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TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE
§ 6302
§ 6206. Data consistency and uniformity of data
elements
The Director shall designate a single organiza-
tional unit to provide for data consistency and
uniform reporting of data elements.
(Added Pub. L. 99–547, § 2(a), Oct. 27, 1986, 100
Stat. 3059.)
§ 6207. Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this chapter such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 1986, 1987, 1988,
1989, and 1990.
(Added Pub. L. 99–547, § 2(a), Oct. 27, 1986, 100
Stat. 3060.)
CHAPTER 63—USING PROCUREMENT CON-
TRACTS AND GRANT AND COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS
Sec.
6301.
Purposes.
6302.
Definitions.
6303.
Using procurement contracts.
6304.
Using grant agreements.
6305.
Using cooperative agreements.
6306.
Authority to vest title in tangible personal
property for research.
6307.
Interpretative guidelines and exemptions.
6308.
Use of multiple relationships for different
parts of jointly financed projects.
6309.
Non-propagation
of
core-based
statistical
area delineations.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2022—Pub. L. 117–219, § 5(b), Dec. 5, 2022, 136 Stat. 2273,
added item 6309.
§ 6301. Purposes
The purposes of this chapter are to—
(1) promote a better understanding of United
States Government expenditures and help
eliminate unnecessary administrative require-
ments on recipients of Government awards by
characterizing the relationship between execu-
tive agencies and contractors, States, local
governments, and other recipients in acquir-
ing property and services and in providing
United States Government assistance;
(2) prescribe criteria for executive agencies
in selecting appropriate legal instruments to
achieve—
(A) uniformity in their use by executive
agen
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