Title 20, EducationRelease 119-102
§2392 Authority to Make Payments
Title 20 › CHAPTER 44 — CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION › SUBCHAPTER II — GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part A — Federal Administrative Provisions › § 2392
Summary
Payments or contracts under this chapter must only be made if Congress has already approved and provided the money through an appropriation Act.
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Title 20, §2392
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Any authority to make payments or to enter into contracts under this chapter shall be available only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 2392, Pub. L. 88–210, title III, § 312, as added Pub. L. 105–332, § 1(b), Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3122, related to authority to make payments, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 109–270. Another prior section 2392, Pub. L. 88–210, title III, § 332, formerly § 342, as added Pub. L. 98–524, § 1, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2464; amended Pub. L. 99–159, title VII, § 709, Nov. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 906; renumbered § 332 and amended Pub. L. 101–392, title III, § 307(a)(2), (d), Sept. 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 787, authorized business-labor-education partnership training grants, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 105–332.
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Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–224 effective July 1, 2019, see section 4 of Pub. L. 115–224, set out as a note under section 2301 of this title.
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20 U.S.C. § 2392
Title 20, Education
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102