,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjbb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bb1 #bjag,mr4 
,russell introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to prohibit the awarding of    
discretionary grants to institutions of 
higher education that will use the grant
 award for indirect costs4  #a4         
,limiting indirect costs  7a7 ,in       
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of law1 the head of an agency 
may not distribute any grant to an      
institution of higher education under a 
competitive discretionary grant program 
if any part of the grant is used for    
indirect costs4  7b7 ,definitions ,in   
this section3  7#a7 ,administration     
costs ,the term administration costs    
means general administration and general
 expenses1 such as the salaries and     
expenses of executive officers1         
personnel administration1 and           
accounting4  7#b7 ,agency ,the term     

agency has the meaning given that term  
in section #eea of title #e1 ,united    
,states ,code4  7#c7 ,indirect costs    
,the term indirect costs means with     
respect to a grant1 the facilities      
costs1 administration costs1 and other  
costs incurred for a common or joint    
purpose not readily assignable to the   
grant objectives4  7#d7 ,institution of 
higher education ,the term institution  
of higher education has the meaning     
given the term in section #ajb of the   
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajjb74  7#e7 ,facilities     
costs ,the term facilities costs means  
depreciation and use allowances on      
buildings1 equipment and capital        
improvement1 interest on debt associated
 with certain buildings1 equipment and  
capital improvements1 and operations and
 maintenance expenses4