---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 19013"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "19013"
heading: "Broadening participation on major facilities awards"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/19013"
units:
  - "Chapter 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation"
  - "Subchapter III — National Science Foundation for the Future"
  - "Part C — Broadening Participation"
---

# §19013. Broadening participation on major facilities awards


The [Director](/usc/42/18921.md?p=1) shall require organizations seeking a cooperative agreement for the management of the operations and maintenance of a [Foundation](/usc/42/18901.md?p=11) [project](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) to demonstrate prior experience and current capabilities in or to have a plan for employing best [practices](/usc/42/17061.md?p=19) in broadening participation in science and engineering and ensure implementation of such [practices](/usc/42/17061.md?p=19) is considered in oversight of the award.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10324, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1539.)