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20 U.S.C. 1068h: Authorization of appropriations

Created in 1986 by Public Law 89-329. Changed by 3 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

5 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 20 U.S.C. 1057, 20 U.S.C. 1062, 20 U.S.C. 1063, 20 U.S.C. 1065, 20 U.S.C. 1068e.

2 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education (2).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2008

    • Pub. L. 110–315 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) related to authorizations for parts A to E for fiscal year 1999 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. (Higher Education Opportunity Act) Law text · (a)

    1998

    • Pub. L. 105–244, §308(h)(1)(A), substituted "1999" for "1993". (Higher Education Amendments of 1998) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 105–244, §308(h)(1)(B), redesignated cl. (i) as entire subpar., substituted "$10,000,000 for fiscal year 1999" for "$45,000,000 for fiscal year 1993", and struck out cl. (ii) which read as follows: "No funds are authorized to be appropriated pursuant to clause (i) for any… (Higher Education Amendments of 1998) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 105–244, §308(h)(1)(C), added subpar. (C). (Higher Education Amendments of 1998) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 105–244, §308(h)(2)(A), substituted "1999" for "1993". (Higher Education Amendments of 1998) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 105–244, §308(h)(2)(B), substituted "$35,000,000 for fiscal year 1999" for "$20,000,000 for fiscal year 1993". (Higher Education Amendments of 1998) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 105–244, §308(h)(3), substituted "$10,000,000 for fiscal year 1999" for "$50,000,000 for fiscal year 1993". (Higher Education Amendments of 1998) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 105–244, §308(h)(4), added pars. (4) and (5). (Higher Education Amendments of 1998) Law text · (a), (5)
    • Pub. L. 105–244, §308(h)(5), struck out heading and text of subsec. (c). Text read as follows: "If the amount appropriated under subsection (a)(1) of this section for part A of this subchapter for any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1986, equals or exceeds the amount appropri… (Higher Education Amendments of 1998) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 105–244, §308(h)(5), struck out heading and text of subsec. (d). Text read as follows: "In any fiscal year in which the sums appropriated for part A of this subchapter are insufficient to make the reservations required by subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary shall rata… (Higher Education Amendments of 1998) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 105–244, §308(h)(5), struck out heading and text of subsec. (e). Text read as follows: "In any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1992, the Secretary shall award at least 25 percent of the amount appropriated pursuant to the authority of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) o… (Higher Education Amendments of 1998) Law text · (e)

    1992

    • Pub. L. 102–325, §305(e), amended subsec. (a) generally, substituting present provisions for provisions authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 1987 and the four succeeding fiscal years. · (a)
    • Pub. L. 102–325, §305(f), substituted "1986, the Secretary shall, for such fiscal year—" for "1986—" in introductory provisions, added pars. (1) and (2), and struck out former pars. (1) and (2) which read as follows: · (c)
    • Pub. L. 102–325, §305(g), added subsec. (e). · (e)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.