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Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110

§3475 Contracts

Title 20 › CHAPTER 48 — DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › SUBCHAPTER IV — ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part B — General Administrative Provisions › § 3475

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may make contracts and similar agreements (like grants, leases, and cooperative agreements) with federal, state, or local governments and with private groups or people, and may make advance or reimbursement payments to carry out the Department’s work. This is subject to chapters 1–11 of title 40 and division C of subtitle I of title 41 (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711). These contracts and payments can only be used when money is provided in advance by appropriation Acts, except for the authority given in section 3481.

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Title 20, §3475

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(a)Authorization of Secretary
Subject to the provisions of chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except section 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41, the Secretary is authorized to make, enter into, and perform such contracts, grants, leases, cooperative agreements, or other similar transactions with Federal or other public agencies (including State and local governments) and private organizations and persons, and to make such payments, by way of advance or reimbursement, as the Secretary may determine necessary or appropriate to carry out functions of the Secretary or the Department.
(b)Limitations
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no authority to enter into contracts or to make payments under this subchapter shall be effective except to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance under appropriation Acts. This subsection shall not apply with respect to the authority granted under section 3481 of this title.

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Codification In subsec. (a), “chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except section 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41” substituted for “the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, which Act enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

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20 U.S.C. § 3475

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110