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20 U.S.C. 1221: Short title; applicability; definitions

Created in 1968 by Public Law 90-247. Changed by 5 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

8 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11, 20 U.S.C. 1092, 20 U.S.C. 1228a, 20 U.S.C. 1416, 20 U.S.C. 3441.

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    1994

    • Pub. L. 103–382 amended section generally, inserting provision that this chapter not apply to any contract made by the Department of Education, substituting definition of "Department" as meaning Department of Education for definition of "Director" as meaning Director of the National Institute of Ed…

    1974

    • Pub. L. 93–380 redesignated subsec. (d) as (a). Former subsec. (a) provisions "The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any program for which the Commissioner of Education has responsibility for administration, either as provided by statute or by delegation pursuant to statute. Am… · (a)
    • Pub. L. 93–380 incorporated subsec. (a) provisions in subsec. (b), inserting introductory text "Except where otherwise specified,", substituting "an administrative head of an education agency has administrative responsibility as provided by law or by delegation of authority pursuant to… · (b)
    • Pub. L. 93–380 incorporated subsec. (b)(3), (1), (2) provisions in par. (1)(A), (D), (F), respectively; inserted in par. (1)(A) ", under the terms of subsection (b) of this section,"; and added pars. (1)(B), (C), (E), (2), and (3). Former subsec. (c) provisions "There are hereby author… · (c)
    • Pub. L. 93–380 incorporated subsec. (c) provisions in provisions designated as subsec. (d), inserting introductory text "Except as otherwise limited in this chapter,", and deleting ", as part of the appropriations for salaries and expenses for the Office of Education," after "fiscal ye… · (d)
    • Pub. L. 93–380 added subsec. (e). · (e)

    1970

    • Pub. L. 91–230, §401(a)(2)(A), provided for definitions and authorization of appropriations in section catchline.
    • Pub. L. 91–230, §401(a)(2)(B), added subsecs. (b) and (c). · (b), (c)

    1968

    • Pub. L. 90–576 substituted general reference to "any program for which the Commissioner of Education has responsibility for administration, either as provided by statute or by delegation pursuant to statute" for specific references to "title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (…

    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.