[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1259.100]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1259_NATIONAL SPACE GRANT COLLEGE AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM--Table of 
 
                         Subpart 1_Basic Policy
 
Sec.  1259.100  Scope of part.


    (a) This part 1259 establishes the policies, responsibilities and 
procedures relative to the National Space Grant College and Fellowship 
Program established by Title II of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-147, Oct. 30, 
1987, 101 Stat. 869-875, 42 U.S.C. 2486). This statute authorizes the 
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA), in order to carry out the purposes of the National Space Grant 
College and Fellowship Act (the Act), to accept conditional or 
unconditional gifts and donations, to accept and use funds from other 
Federal departments, agencies and instrumentalities, to make awards with 
respect to such

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needs or problems and to designate Space Grant colleges. It further 
directs the Administrator to establish a graduate fellowship program to 
provide educational assistance to qualified individuals in fields 
related to space, and to establish an independent committee known as the 
Space Grant Review Panel to review and advise the Administrator with 
respect to Space Grant programs.
    (b) The regulations of this part do not apply to awards made by NASA 
under any other authority.