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42 U.S.C. 9844: Research, demonstrations, and evaluation

Created in 1981 by Public Law 97-35. Changed by 6 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 42 U.S.C. 9835, 42 U.S.C. 9836a, 42 U.S.C. 9846.

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    2007

    • Pub. L. 110–134, §20(1), amended subpar. (B) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (B) read as follows: "use the Head Start programs to develop, test, and disseminate new ideas and approaches for addressing the needs of low-income preschool children (including children with disa… Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–134, §20(2)(F), struck out concluding provisions which read as follows: "The Secretary shall ensure that an appropriate entity carries out a study described in paragraph (9), and prepares and submits to the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing the results … Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 110–134, §20(2)(E), added par. (5). Former par. (5) redesignated (6). Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 110–134, §20(2)(C), substituted "early childhood education and development or services programs" for "early childhood education, or child development services". Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 110–134, §20(2)(D), redesignated pars. (5) and (6) as (6) and (7), respectively. Former par. (7) redesignated (8). Law text · (d), (7)
    • Pub. L. 110–134, §20(2)(D), redesignated par. (7) as (8). Former par. (8) redesignated (9). Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 110–134, §20(2)(A), inserted "and" at end. Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 110–134, §20(2)(B), (D), redesignated par. (8) as (9) and struck out former par. (9) which read as follows: "study the experiences of small, medium, and large States with Head Start programs in order to permit comparisons of children participating in the programs with eligib… Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 110–134, §20(2)(B), added par. (10) and struck out former par. (10) which provided for using the Survey of Income and Program Participation to conduct certain analyses, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine certain outcomes, and the Survey of Program Dynamics… Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 110–134, §20(3), substituted "early childhood education and development services or programs" for "child care, early childhood education, or child development services". Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 110–134, §20(4), amended subpar. (C) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 110–134, §20(5), added subsecs. (h) to (m) and struck out former subsec. (h) which related to quality improvement study. Law text · (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m)

    1998

    • Pub. L. 105–244 substituted "section 1001" for "section 1141(a)". (Higher Education Amendments of 1998) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 105–285, §116(1)(E), inserted concluding provisions. Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 105–285, §116(1)(C), (D), added par. (2) and redesignated former pars. (2) to (7) as (3) to (8), respectively. Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 105–285, §116(1)(A), (B), (E), added pars. (9) and (10). Law text · (d), (10)
    • Pub. L. 105–285, §116(2), added subsecs. (g) and (h). Law text · (g), (h)

    1994

    • Pub. L. 103–252 substituted "Research, demonstrations, and evaluation" for "Research, demonstration, pilot projects, studies, and reports" in section catchline and amended text generally, substituting provisions requiring Secretary to conduct a research, demonstration, and evaluation program to con…

    1990

    • Pub. L. 101–501, §117(a)(1), substituted "Research, demonstration, pilot projects, studies, and reports" for "Research, demonstration, and pilot projects" in section catchline.
    • Pub. L. 101–501, §117(a)(2), added subsecs. (d) to (f). · (d), (e), (f)

    1984

    • Pub. L. 98–558 added subsec. (c). · (c)

    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.