7 CFR § 550.117 - Program income.

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title: "7 CFR § 550.117 - Program income."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "550.117"
section_name: "Program income."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY FOR NON-ASSISTANCE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS"
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authority: "Section 1472(b) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3318(b))."
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# 550.117 Program income.

(a) *Use of program income.* (1) Program income earned must be added to the non-assistance cooperative agreement, unless otherwise specified in the award.

(2) When specified in the award, program income can be used towards fulfilling the cooperator's resource contributions for the same award.

(b) *Disclosing program income.* The Cooperator must disclose program income in financial reports. Refer to § 550.123 of this part.

(c) *Program income closeout.* The REE Agency and the Cooperator will negotiate appropriate uses of income earned balances, after the period of performance, as part of the agreement closeout process.