2018 US Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 48 - Department of Education
Subchapter IV - Administrative Provisions
Part B - General Administrative Provisions
Sec. 3471 - General authority

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Citation 20 U.S.C. § 3471 (2018)
Section Name §3471. General authority
Section Text (a) Force and effect of actions by Secretary

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.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, §411, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 683.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

In 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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, 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 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 93 Stat. 683
Public Law References Public Law 96-88
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