Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-42/chapter-163/section-18998.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "42 U.S.C. § 18998"
+description: "Mandatory cost-sharing"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 42
+title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
+chapter_number: "163"
+chapter_name: "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITION, AND INNOVATION"
+section: "18998"
+citation: "42 U.S.C. § 18998"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc42@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s18998"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-42/usc42.xml"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 42 U.S.C. § 18998 - Mandatory cost-sharing
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Waiver The cost-sharing requirements under section 1862o-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 August 9, 2022.
+
+(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—
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+(1) programmatic and scientific goals;
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+(2) institutional commitment and stewardship of Federal resources;
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+(3) institutional strategic planning and administrative burden;
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+(4) equity among recipient institutions; and
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+(5) recommendations for or against extending or making permanent such waivers.
+
+(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10320, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1536.)