Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110
§107d Expenditures
Title 20 › CHAPTER 6A — VENDING FACILITIES FOR BLIND IN FEDERAL BUILDINGS › § 107d
Summary
The Secretary can spend any money set aside for carrying out this chapter. That money may be used for things like paying staff, renting offices at the main office and elsewhere, buying reference books and magazines, printing and binding, and travel the Secretary thinks are needed. When hiring extra workers, the Secretary must give preference to blind people who are able to do the work.
Full Legal Text
Title 20, §107d
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(a)Personal services, rent, printing, etc.
The Secretary is authorized to make such expenditures out of any money appropriated therefor (including expenditures for personal services and rent at the seat of government and elsewhere, books of reference and periodicals, for printing and binding, and for traveling expenses) as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(b)Preference to blind persons in employment
The Secretary shall, in employing such additional personnel as may be necessary, give preference to blind persons who are capable of discharging the required duties.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification The content of Pub. L. 93–516, including provisions of section 206 and 208(d) thereof which amended and renumbered this section, were originally contained in H.R. 14225, 93rd Congress, Second Session, which was pocket-vetoed during the 31-day intrasession adjournment of the 93rd Congress for the Congressional elections in November, 1974. See 1974 Amendment note below. Pursuant to an order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Kennedy v. Jones, D.C.D.C. 1976, 412 F.Supp. 353) H.R. 14225 was deemed to have become law without the approval of the President on Nov. 21, 1974, and was given the designation Pub. L. 93–651. Therefore, for purposes of codification, this section should be deemed to have been amended and renumbered by Pub. L. 93–651, title II, §§ 206, 208(d), Nov. 21, 1974, 89 Stat. 2–11, 2–14, in exactly the same manner as it was amended and renumbered by Pub. L. 93–516.
Amendments
1974—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–516, § 208(d), struck out requirement that at least 50 percent of the additional personnel be blind persons. An identical amendment was made by Pub. L. 93–651. See Codification note above.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
For
Transfer of Functions
, see note set out under section 107a of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
20 U.S.C. § 107d
Title 20, Education
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110