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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1260. Applications; allocation
(1) A grant or contract authorized by section 1259 of this title
may be made only upon application to the Administrator at such time
or times and containing such information as he may prescribe,
except that no such application shall be approved unless it -
(A) sets forth programs, activities, research, or development
for which a grant is authorized under section 1259 of this title
and describes the relation to any program set forth by the
applicant in an application, if any, submitted pursuant to
section 1261 of this title;
(B) provides such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures
as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and
accounting for Federal funds paid to the applicant under this
section; and
(C) provides for making such reports, in such form and
containing such information, as the Administrator may require to
carry out his functions under this section, and for keeping such
records and for affording such access thereto as the
Administrator may find necessary to assure the correctness and
verification of such reports.
(2) The Administrator shall allocate grants or contracts under
section 1259 of this title in such manner as will most nearly
provide an equitable distribution of the grants or contracts
throughout the United States among institutions of higher education
which show promise of being able to use funds effectively for the
purpose of this section.
(3)(A) Payments under this section may be used in accordance with
regulations of the Administrator, and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in an application approved under paragraph
(1), to pay part of the compensation of students employed in
connection with the operation and maintenance of treatment works,
other than as an employee in connection with the operation and
maintenance of treatment works or as an employee in any branch of
the Government of the United States, as part of a program for which
a grant has been approved pursuant to this section.
(B) Departments and agencies of the United States are encouraged,
to the extent consistent with efficient administration, to enter
into arrangements with institutions of higher education for the
full-time, part-time, or temporary employment, whether in the
competitive or excepted service, of students enrolled in programs
set forth in applications approved under paragraph (1).
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