Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73

§4442 Administrative provisions

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 56— - AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVE, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURE AND ART DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES › § 4442

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can pay grants in parts, give money ahead of time, or pay back costs after they happen. The Secretary can also change grant payments later if too much or too little was paid. If the Secretary or a court finds someone lied, had someone else lie, failed to tell an important fact, or stole grant money and got funds they shouldn’t have, that person must pay the money back. Money repaid goes to the general fund of the Treasury of the United States. Subsection (c) lists these false-statement and misuse actions.

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Title 20, §4442

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(a)The Secretary may award grants under this subchapter in installments, in advance, or by way of reimbursement and may make necessary adjustments in payments of grants on account of overpayments or underpayments.

(b)(1)If the Secretary or a court of competent jurisdiction finds that—

(A)any person—

(i)has—

(I)made, or has caused to be made by another, a false statement or representation of a material fact knowing it to be false, or

(II)knowingly failed, or caused another to fail, to disclose a material fact; and

(ii)as a result of such action, has received any funds under this subchapter which such person would not have otherwise received, or

(B)any person misappropriates any funds paid by the Secretary under this subchapter,

(2)Any amount repaid under this subsection shall be returned to the general fund of the Treasury of the United States.

(c)Whoever—

(1)makes a false statement of a material fact knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, for the purpose of obtaining or increasing for such person or for any other person any payment of funds provided under this subchapter, or

(2)misappropriates any funds provided under this subchapter,

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20 U.S.C. § 4442

Title 20 — Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73