Title 20EducationRelease 119-73

§4359 Oversight and effect of agreements

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 55— - EDUCATION OF THE DEAF › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 4359

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

House and Senate education committees keep oversight of any agreement between the Secretary of Education and Gallaudet University or a college under part B, and those agreements stay in force unless they conflict with this chapter.

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Title 20, §4359

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(a)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to diminish the oversight activities of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate with respect to any agreement entered into between the Secretary of Education and Gallaudet University, and the institution of higher education with which the Secretary has an agreement under part B of subchapter I.
(b)The agreements described in subsection (a) of this section shall continue in effect, to the extent that such agreements are not inconsistent with this chapter.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 208 of Pub. L. 99–371 was classified to section 4358 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–244. Another prior section 208 of Pub. L. 99–371 was classified to section 4358 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–421.

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–315 substituted “Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate” for “Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives”. 1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–244, § 921(1), substituted “Committee on Education and the Workforce” for “Committee on Education and Labor”. 1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–73, § 204(g)(1), substituted “an agreement under part B of subchapter I” for “an agreement under title II”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–73, § 204(g)(2), struck out “the provisions of” after “inconsistent with”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on Education and Labor of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Education and the Workforce of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, Jan. 9, 2023.

Effective Date

of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 4359

Title 20Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73