permitting the research training program to be carried out through contracts as well as grants

permitting the research training program to be carried out through contracts as well as grants Sec. 141. Section 2(b) of the Cooperative Research Act (20 U.S.C. 331a) is amended to read as follows: “(b) (1) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to universities and colleges and other public or private agencies, institutions, and organizations to assist them in providing training in research in the field of education (including such research described in section 503(a) (4) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), including the development and strengthening of training staff and curricular capability for such training, and, without regard to sections 3648 and 3709 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529; 41 U.S.C. 5), to provide by contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements with them for the conduct of such activities; except that no such grant may be made to a private agency, organization, or institution other than a nonprofit one. “(2) Funds available to the Commissioner for grants or contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements under this subsection may, when so authorized by the Commissioner, also be used by the recipient (A) in establishing and maintaining research traineeships, internships, personnel exchanges, and pre and post-doctoral fellowships, and for stipends and allowances (including traveling and subsistence expenses) for fellows and others undergoing training and their dependents not in excess of such maximum amounts as may be prescribed by the Commissioner, or (B) where the recipient is a State educational agency, in providing for such traineeships, internships, personnel exchanges, and fellowships either directly or through arrangements with public or other nonprofit institutions or organizations. “(3) No grant shall be made or contract or jointly financed cooperative arrangement entered into under this subsection for training in 80 Stat. 1203sectarian instruction, or for work to be done in an institution, or a department or branch of an institution, whose program is specifically for the education of students to prepare them to become ministers of religion or to enter upon some other religious vocation or to prepare them to teach theological subjects. “(4) Prior to January 31, 1968, the Commissioner shall make a complete report to the Congress with respect to contracts and other arrangements made pursuant to this subsection with private organizations, including benefits received from such contracts and arrangements, and the Commissioner’s recommendations with respect to the continuation of the authority to make such contracts and arrangements with private organizations.”