20 U.S.C. § 1221e-3 - General authority of Secretary

• Cite as: 20 U.S.C. § 1221e-3

The Secretary, in order to carry out functions otherwise vested in the Secretary by law or by delegation of authority pursuant to law, and subject to limitations as may be otherwise imposed by law, is authorized to make, promulgate, issue, rescind, and amend rules and regulations governing the manner of operation of, and governing the applicable programs administered by, the Department.

Cite as 20 U.S.C. § 1221e-3

Source: Pub. L. 90-247, title IV, §410, formerly §408, as added Pub. L. 93-380, title V, §502(a)(1), Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 559; amended Pub. L. 95-561, title XII, §§1243(b), 1244, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2353; renumbered §410 and amended Pub. L. 103-382, title II, §§212(b)(1), Oct. 20, 1994, 222, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3913, 3914.

current through 6/12/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS

1994- Pub. L. 103-382, §222, amended section generally, substituting single par. relating to general authority of Secretary for former subsecs. (a) to (d) relating to general authority of administrative heads of education agencies.

1978-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-561, §1243(b), inserted "or by delegation of authority pursuant to law" after "vested in him by law" in provisions preceding par. (1) and, in par. (1), inserted ", and governing the applicable programs administered by" after "the manner of operation of".

Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 95-561, §1244, added subsec. (b), redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), and in subsec. (d) as so redesignated substituted "For the purposes of this chapter" for "For the purposes of this section".