{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/s3918","title_num":"20","num":"§ 3918.","heading":"Approval of proposals","status":null,"guid":"idd1817190-4aa6-11eb-afbc-da62fdf49fd5","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 98–377, title I, § 108, as added Pub. L. 99–159, title II, § 201, Nov. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 896.)","seq_in_title":1247,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch52/schI","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20","level":"title","num":"Title 20—","heading":"EDUCATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch52","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 52—","heading":"EDUCATION FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch52/schI","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER I—","heading":"NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id6c998699-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s3918\"><num value=\"3918\">§ 3918.</num><heading> Approval of proposals</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The Foundation shall adopt approval procedures designed to assure that awards are made on the basis of the scientific and educational merit as determined by the peer review process. To the maximum extent possible, the Foundation shall assure that there is an equitable distribution of resources with respect to institutions and geographical areas.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id6c99869a-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/98/377/tI/s108\">Pub. L. 98–377, title I, § 108</ref>, as added <ref href=\"/us/pl/99/159/tII/s201\">Pub. L. 99–159, title II, § 201</ref>, <date date=\"1985-11-22\">Nov. 22, 1985</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/99/896\">99 Stat. 896</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-56","currency_date":"2019-08-23","congress":116,"law_num":56,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":182,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["05","11","13","15","20","28","38","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}