---
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"
date: "2026-07-12"
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/42/15092.md?p=a-4) shall award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to public or private [nonprofit](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=3) entities for [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) of national significance relating to individuals with developmental disabilities 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/42/15092.md?p=a-4) may—
      - (i) enter into agreements with Federal [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) 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](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) for such purposes funds appropriated under this part, and receive and use funds from such [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) for such purposes.
    - (B) **Relation to program purposes—** Funds transferred or received pursuant to this paragraph shall be used only in accordance with statutes authorizing the appropriation of such funds. Such funds shall be made available through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements only to recipients eligible to receive such funds under such statutes.
    - (C) **Procedures and criteria—** If the [Secretary](/usc/42/15092.md?p=a-4) enters into an agreement under this subsection for the administration of a jointly funded [project](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2)—
      - (i) the agreement shall specify which [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1)’s procedures shall be used to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements and to administer such awards;
      - (ii) the participating [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) may develop a single set of criteria for the jointly funded [project](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2), and may require applicants to submit a single application for joint review by such [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1); and
      - (iii) unless the heads of the participating [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) develop joint eligibility requirements, an applicant for an award for the [project](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) shall meet the eligibility requirements of each program involved.
  - (2) **Limitation—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/15092.md?p=a-4) 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.)