Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/41/3105
Timestamp: 2019-04-18 19:10:19+00:00

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a program, project, or technology identified in legislation be procured or awarded through merit-based selection procedures.
a grant is a new grant unless the work provided for in the grant is a continuation of the work performed by the specified entity under a prior grant.
states that the award to that entity is required by the provision of law in contravention of the policy set forth in subsection (a).
This section does not apply to a contract or grant that calls on the National Academy of Sciences to investigate, examine, or experiment on a subject of science or art of significance to an executive agency and to report on those matters to Congress or an agency of the Federal Government.
June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 303(i), as added Pub. L. 103–355, title VII, § 7203(b)(1)(B), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3380; Pub. L. 104–106, title XLI, § 4101(b)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 642.
June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 316, as added Pub. L. 103–355, title VII, § 7203(b)(2), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3381; Pub. L. 104–106, title XLIII, § 4321(e)(9), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 675.

References: § 303
 § 7203
 § 4101
 § 316
 § 7203
 § 4321