42 USC § 18998 - Mandatory cost-sharing

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title: "42 USC § 18998 - Mandatory cost-sharing"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "18998"
section_name: "Mandatory cost-sharing"
chapter_number: 163
chapter_name: "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITION, AND INNOVATION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "STEM Education"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10320, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1536.)"
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# § 18998. Mandatory cost-sharing

**(a)** **Waiver** *o*August 9, 2022

The cost-sharing requirements under section 1862-14(c) of this title for the Major Research Instrumentation Program and under section 1862n-1a(i) of this title for teaching fellowships administered within the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program are waived for a period of 5 years following .

**(b)** **Assessment** Not later than 5 years following August 9, 2022, the Director shall submit to Congress an assessment, that includes feedback from the research community, of the impacts of the waivers provided under subsection (a), including—

**(1)** programmatic and scientific goals;

**(2)** institutional commitment and stewardship of Federal resources;

**(3)** institutional strategic planning and administrative burden;

**(4)** equity among recipient institutions; and

**(5)** recommendations for or against extending or making permanent such waivers.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10320, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1536.)