41 USC § 4708 - Payment of reimbursable indirect costs in cost-type research and development contracts with educational institutions
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identifier: "/us/usc/t41/s4708"
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title: "41 USC § 4708 - Payment of reimbursable indirect costs in cost-type research and development contracts with educational institutions"
title_number: 41
title_name: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS"
section_number: "4708"
section_name: "Payment of reimbursable indirect costs in cost-type research and development contracts with educational institutions"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3799.)"
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# § 4708. Payment of reimbursable indirect costs in cost-type research and development contracts with educational institutions
A cost-type research and development contract (including a grant) with a university, college, or other educational institution may provide for payment of reimbursable indirect costs on the basis of predetermined fixed-percentage rates applied to the total of the reimbursable direct costs incurred or to an element of the total of the reimbursable direct costs incurred.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3799.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 4708 | 41:254a. | Pub. L. 87–638, Sept. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 437. |
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