§1223 — Title 20 Education | U.S. Code

Summary

Allows Congress to put money for grants, contracts, or payments for ongoing education projects into the appropriations Act for the fiscal year before the year those projects will occur, so Federal, State, and local officers know funding is available. While changing to this timing, a fiscal year may include separate appropriations for the same program that cover two consecutive fiscal years (they may appear in the same Act or elsewhere).

Title 20, §1223

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(a)To the end of affording the responsible Federal, State, and local officers adequate notice of available Federal financial assistance for carrying out ongoing education activities and projects, appropriations for grants, contracts, or other payments under any applicable program are authorized to be included in the appropriations Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year during which such activities and projects shall be carried out.

(b)In order to effect a transition to the timing of appropriation action authorized by subsection (a), the application of this section may result in the enactment, in a fiscal year, of separate appropriations for an applicable program (whether in the same appropriations Act or otherwise) for two consecutive fiscal years.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 420 of Pub. L. 90–247 was renumbered section 426, and was classified to former section 1228 of this title.

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–382, § 231, amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “To the end of affording the responsible State, local, and Federal officers concerned adequate notice of available Federal financial assistance for education, appropriations for grants, contracts, or other payments under any applicable program are authorized to be included in the appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. In order to effect a transition to this method of timing appropriation action, the preceding sentence shall apply notwithstanding that its initial application under such program will result in the enactment in the same year (whether in the same appropriation Act or otherwise) of two separate appropriations, one for the then current fiscal year and one for the succeeding fiscal year.” 1970—Pub. L. 91–230 substituted “applicable program” and “under such program” for “Act referred to in section 1221 of this title” and “under any such Act”, respectively.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

National Policy With Respect to Advance Funding of Education Programs Pub. L. 93–380, title VIII, § 802, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 597, provided that: “The Congress declares it to be the policy of the United States to implement immediately and continually section 411 [now 420] of the General Education Provisions Act [this section], relating to advance funding for education programs, so as to afford responsible State, local, and Federal officers adequate notice of available Federal financial assistance for education authorized under this [Act, Pub. L. 93–380, see

Short Title

of 1974 Amendment note set out under section 6301 of this title] and other Acts of Congress.” Provision effective on and after sixtieth day after Aug. 21, 1974, see section 2(c) of Pub. L. 93–380, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 1221–1 of this title.

§1223 Forward funding