20 USC § 2105 - Limitations on contracts

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s2105"
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title: "20 USC § 2105 - Limitations on contracts"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "2105"
section_name: "Limitations on contracts"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "AMERICAN FOLKLIFE PRESERVATION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–201, § 6, Jan. 2, 1976, 89 Stat. 1132.)"
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# § 2105. Limitations on contracts

**(a)** **Time** No payment shall be made pursuant to this subchapter to carry out any research or training over a period in excess of two years, except that with the concurrence of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board of the Center such research or training may be carried out over a period of not to exceed five years.

**(b)** **Items excluded** Assistance pursuant to this subchapter shall not cover the cost of land acquisition, construction, building acquisitions, or acquisition of major equipment.

**(c)** **Former Government employees** No individual formerly in the employment of the Federal Government shall be eligible to receive any assistance pursuant to this subchapter, or to serve as a trustee of the Center in the two-year period following the termination of such employment.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–201, § 6, Jan. 2, 1976, 89 Stat. 1132.)