2011 US Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 48 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 3401 - 3510)
Subchapter IV - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 3461 - 3490)
Part B - General Administrative Provisions (§§ 3471 - 3490)
Section 3471 - General authority
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 20 - EDUCATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 20 - EDUCATION CHAPTER 48 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SUBCHAPTER IV - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Part B - General Administrative Provisions Sec. 3471 - General authority |
| Contains | section 3471 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-88, title IV, §411, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 683. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 93 Stat. 683 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 96-88 |
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In carrying out any function transferred by this chapter, the Secretary, or any officer or employee of the Department, may exercise any authority available by law (including appropriation Acts) with respect to such function to the official or agency from which such function is transferred, and the actions of the Secretary in exercising such authority shall have the same force and effect as when exercised by such official or agency.
(b) Reporting requirements(1) The director of any office continued in the Department the director of which was required, prior to May 4, 1980, to report to the Commissioner of Education or the Assistant Secretary for Education of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall report to the Secretary.
(2) The Secretary is authorized to delegate reporting requirements vested in the Secretary by paragraph (1) to any officer or employee of the Department.
(Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, §411, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 683.)
CodificationIn subsec. (b)(1), “May 4, 1980” substituted for “the effective date of this chapter” pursuant to section 601 of Pub. L. 96–88, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3401 of this title.
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