Title 20 — Education

Part A · Chapter 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance

§ 1126. Technological innovation and cooperation for foreign information access

Statutory text

Authority

In general

The Secretary is authorized to make grants to institutions of higher education, public or nonprofit private libraries, or partnerships between such institutions and other such institutions, libraries, or nonprofit educational organizations, to develop innovative techniques or programs using electronic technologies to collect, organize, preserve, and widely disseminate information from foreign sources on world regions and countries other than the United States that address our Nation’s teaching and research needs in international education and foreign languages.

Grant recipients

The Secretary may award grants under this section to carry out the activities authorized under this section to the following:

An institution of higher education.

A public or nonprofit private library.

A partnership of an institution of higher education and one or more of the following:

Another institution of higher education.

A library.

A nonprofit educational organization.

Authorized activities

Grants under this section may be used—

to acquire, facilitate access to, or preserve foreign information resources in print or electronic forms;

to develop new means of immediate, full-text document delivery for information and scholarship from abroad;

to develop new means of or standards for shared electronic access to international data;

to support collaborative projects of indexing, cataloging, and other means of bibliographic access for scholars to important research materials published or distributed outside the United States;

to develop methods for the wide dissemination of resources written in non-Roman language alphabets;

to assist teachers of less commonly taught languages in acquiring, via electronic and other means, materials suitable for classroom use;

to promote collaborative technology based projects in foreign languages, area studies, and international studies among grant recipients under this subchapter;

to establish linkages to facilitate carrying out the activities described in this subsection between—

the institutions of higher education, libraries, and partnerships receiving grants under this section; and

institutions of higher education, nonprofit educational organizations, and libraries overseas; and

to carry out other activities that the Secretary determines are consistent with the purpose of the grants awarded under this section.

Application

Each institution of higher education, library, or partnership desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information and assurances as the Secretary may reasonably require.

Match required

The Federal share of the total cost of carrying out a program supported by a grant under this section shall not be more than 66⅔ percent. The non-Federal share of such cost may be provided either in-kind or in cash, and may include contributions from private sector corporations or foundations.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1998
Higher Education Act of 1965
Pub. L. 89–329 title VI § 606 · 79 Stat. 1219
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1126
Pub. L. 89–329, title VI, § 606, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VI, § 601, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1781
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 89–329, title VI, § 606, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VI, § 601, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1781
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 606. amount of grant—payment Upon his approval of any application for a grant under this part, the Commissioner shall reserve from the applicable allotment (including any applicable reallotment) available therefor, the amount of such grant, which (subject to the limits of such allotment or reallotment) shall be equal to the Federal share of the cost of the project covered by such application. The Commissioner shall pay reserved amount, in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such installments as he may determine. The Commissioner’s reservation of any amount under this section may be amended by him, either upon approval of an amendment of the application covering such project or upon revision of the estimated cost of a project with respect to which such reservation was made, and in the event of an upward revision of such estimated cost approved by him he may reserve the Federal share of the added cost only from the applicable allotment (or reallotment) available at the time of such approval.
2008
Higher Education Opportunity Act
Pub. L. 110–315 § 606(1)(D) · 122 Stat. 3078
1. Amended · 20 U.S.C. § 1126(a)
  Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(1)(D), (E), designated existing provisions as par. (1)
2. Inserted · 20 U.S.C. § 1126(a)
  Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(1)(D), (E), inserted heading
3. Added · 20 U.S.C. § 1126(a)
  Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(1)(D), (E), added par. (2)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(1)(D), (E), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, and added par. (2).
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(D) by striking “(a) Authority.— The Secretary” and inserting the following: “(a) Authority.— “(1) In general.— The Secretary” ; and
2008
Higher Education Opportunity Act
Pub. L. 110–315 § 606(1)(A) · 122 Stat. 3078
1. Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 1126(a)
  Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(1)(A)–(C), substituted “or partnerships between such institutions and other such institutions, libraries, or nonprofit educational organizations” for “or consortia of such institutions or libraries”
2. Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 1126(a)
  Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(1)(A)–(C), substituted “electronic technologies” for “new electronic technologies”
3. Inserted · 20 U.S.C. § 1126(a)
  Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(1)(A)–(C), inserted “from foreign sources” after “disseminate information”
Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(1)(A)–(C), substituted “or partnerships between such institutions and other such institutions, libraries, or nonprofit educational organizations” for “or consortia of such institutions or libraries” and “electronic technologies” for “new electronic technologies” and inserted “from foreign sources” after “disseminate information”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) by striking “or consortia of such institutions or libraries” and inserting “or partnerships between such institutions and other such institutions, libraries, or nonprofit educational organizations”;
2008
Higher Education Opportunity Act
Pub. L. 110–315 § 606(2)(A) · 122 Stat. 3078
Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 1126(b)(1)
Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(2)(A), substituted “to acquire, facilitate access to,” for “to facilitate access to”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(2)(A), substituted “to acquire, facilitate access to,” for “to facilitate access to”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking “to facilitate access to” and inserting “to acquire, facilitate access to,”;
2008
Higher Education Opportunity Act
Pub. L. 110–315 § 606(2)(B) · 122 Stat. 3078
Inserted · 20 U.S.C. § 1126(b)(3)
Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(2)(B), inserted “or standards for” after “develop new means of”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(2)(B), inserted “or standards for” after “develop new means of”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting “or standards for” after “means of”;
2008
Higher Education Opportunity Act
Pub. L. 110–315 § 606(2)(C) · 122 Stat. 3078
Added · 20 U.S.C. § 1126(b)(8); 20 U.S.C. § 1126(b)(9)
Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(2)(C)–(E), added pars. (8) and (9)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(8), (9). Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(2)(C)–(E), added pars. (8) and (9).
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(C) in paragraph (6), by striking “and” after the semicolon;
2008
Higher Education Opportunity Act
Pub. L. 110–315 § 606(3) · 122 Stat. 3078
Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 1126(c)
Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(3), substituted “institution of higher education, library, or partnership” for “institution or consortium”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(3), substituted “institution of higher education, library, or partnership” for “institution or consortium”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(3) in subsection (c), by striking “institution or consortium” and inserting “institution of higher education, library, or partnership”.

11 of 11 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1126, Pub. L. 89–329, title VI, § 609, formerly § 606, as added Pub. L. 96–374, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1467; renumbered § 609, Pub. L. 99–498, title VI, § 605(1), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1517; amended Pub. L. 102–325, title VI, § 601, July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 727, related to equitable distribution of grants, prior to the general amendment of this part by Pub. L. 105–244.

Another prior section 1126, Pub. L. 89–329, title VI, § 606, Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1265, related to reservation and payment of equipment grants to institutions of higher education, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 96–374.

A prior section 606 of Pub. L. 89–329 was classified to section 1125 of this title, prior to the general amendment of this part by Pub. L. 105–244.

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(1)(D), (E), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, and added par. (2).

Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(1)(A)–(C), substituted “or partnerships between such institutions and other such institutions, libraries, or nonprofit educational organizations” for “or consortia of such institutions or libraries” and “electronic technologies” for “new electronic technologies” and inserted “from foreign sources” after “disseminate information”.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(2)(A), substituted “to acquire, facilitate access to,” for “to facilitate access to”.

Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(2)(B), inserted “or standards for” after “develop new means of”.

Subsec. (b)(8), (9). Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(2)(C)–(E), added pars. (8) and (9).

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–315, § 606(3), substituted “institution of higher education, library, or partnership” for “institution or consortium”.

Credits

1998–2008 · 2 acts

1998Pub. L. 89–329, title VI, § 606, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VI, § 601, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1781
2008amended Pub. L. 110–315, title VI, § 606, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3337.

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(Pub. L. 89–329, title VI, § 606, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VI, § 601, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1781; amended Pub. L. 110–315, title VI, § 606, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3337.)