Title 20 — Education
Chapter 48 — Department of Education
§ 3501. Transfer and allocation of appropriations and personnel
Statutory text
Personnel and appropriations in connection with functions and offices transferred by this chapter; use of unexpended funds
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the personnel employed in connection with, and the assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended balance of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, held, used, arising from, available to, or to be made available in connection with the functions and offices, or portions thereof transferred by this chapter, subject to section 1531 of title 31, shall be transferred to the Secretary for appropriate allocation. Unexpended funds transferred pursuant to this subsection shall be used only for the purposes for which the funds were originally authorized and appropriated.
Positions specified to carry out functions or offices transferred by this chapter
Positions expressly specified by statute or reorganization plan to carry out functions or offices transferred by this chapter, personnel occupying those positions on the effective date of this chapter, and personnel authorized to receive compensation in such positions at the rate prescribed for offices and positions at level IV or V of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5315–5316) on , shall be subject to the provisions of section 3503 of this title.
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.
Department of Education Organization Act
Pub. L. 96–88 title V § 501 · 93 Stat. 668
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 3501
(Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 501, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 689.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 501, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 689.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 501. transfer and allocation of appropriations and personnel (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the personnel 20 USC 3501. employed in connection with, and the assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended balance of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, held, used, arising from, available to, or to be made available in connection with the functions and offices, or portions thereof transferred by this Act, subject to section 202 of the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950, shall be transferred to the Secretary for appropriate allocation. 31 USC 581c. Unexpended funds. Unexpended funds transferred pursuant to this subsection shall be used only for the purposes for which the funds were originally authorized and appropriated. (b) Positions expressly specified by statute or reorganization plan to carry out functions or offices transferred by this Act, personnel occupying those positions on the effective date of this Act, and personnel authorized to receive compensation in such positions at the rate prescribed for offices and positions at level IV or V of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5315–5316) on the effective date of this Act, shall be subject to the provisions of section 503.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
In subsec. (a), “section 1531 of title 31” substituted for “section 202 of the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 [31 U.S.C. 581c]” on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), , 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
In subsec. (b), “” substituted for “the effective date of this chapter” pursuant to section 601 of Pub. L. 96–88, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3401 of this title.