§ 6301. — Purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 31USC6301]
TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
SUBTITLE V--GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 63--USING PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS AND GRANT AND COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS
Sec. 6301. Purposes
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.
(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1003.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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6301................................. 41:501. Feb. 3, 1978, Pub. L. 95-224, Sec. 2, 92
Stat. 3.
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In the chapter, the words ``procurement contract'' are substituted
for ``contract'' for consistency.
The text of 41:501(a) and (b)(4) is omitted as executed.
Environmental Protection Agency; Agreements and Grants Affecting Real
Property in the District of Columbia
Pub. L. 106-522, Sec. 153, Nov. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 2474, provided
that:
``(a) Nothing in the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act of
1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) may be construed to prohibit the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from negotiating
and entering into cooperative agreements and grants authorized by law
which affect real property of the Federal Government in the District of
Columbia if the principal purpose of the cooperative agreement or grant
is to provide comparable benefits for Federal and non-Federal properties
in the District of Columbia.
``(b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2001
and each succeeding fiscal year.''
Similar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 106-553, Sec. 1(a)(1)
[Sec. 153], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2762, 2762A-37, which was repealed,
and deemed for all purposes to have never been enacted, by Pub. L. 106-
554, Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. A, Sec. 406(a)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763,
2763A-189, effective as if included in Pub. L. 106-553 on the date of
its enactment. See section 1(a)(4) [div. A, Sec. 406] of Pub. L. 106-
554, set out as an Effective Date and Construction of 2000 Amendment,
under section 1155 of Title 20, Education.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 43 section 373d.
