Title 20 — Education
Chapter 49 — Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control
§ 3611. Authorization of appropriations
Statutory text
Sums available during obligation period for asbestos detection and asbestos hazards control loan programs
There are authorized to be appropriated—
for the asbestos detection program under section 3604 of this title, for the fiscal year ending , and for the succeeding fiscal year, a total of not more than $22,500,000; and
for the asbestos hazards control loan program under section 3605 of this title, not more than $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending , and $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending .
Sums appropriated under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall remain available for obligation until .
Programs automatically eligible for contingent extension
Programs under this chapter shall be considered automatically eligible for the one-year contingent extension under section 1226a 1 of this title.
Greatest financial need as basis for approval of applications in case of insufficient funds
If funds appropriated to carry out this chapter are insufficient to pay the total amount required to make all the grants and loans authorized under this chapter, the Secretary shall establish criteria to be used in determining which applicants for grants or loans under this chapter have the greatest financial need for receiving funds under this chapter and shall make determinations regarding the approval of applications for such grants or loans in accordance with such criteria.
Authority of Secretary dependent on specific appropriations
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the authority of the Secretary to enter into agreements, or to make payments, under this chapter shall be effective for any fiscal year only to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts.
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
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.
Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act of 1980
Pub. L. 96–270 § 12 · 94 Stat. 487
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 3611
(Pub. L. 96–270, § 12, June 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 497.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–270, § 12, June 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 497.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 12. authorization of appropriations (a) (1) There are authorized to be appropriated— (A) for the asbestos detection program under section 5, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and for the succeeding fiscal year, a total of not more than $22,500,000; and (B) for the asbestos hazards control loan program under section 6, not more than $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982. (2) Sums appropriated under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1983. (b) Programs under this Act shall be considered automatically eligible for the one-year contingent extension under section 414 of the General Education Provisions Act. 20 USC 1226a. Financial need criteria. (c) If funds appropriated to carry out this Act are insufficient to pay the total amount required to make all the grants and loans authorized under this Act, the Secretary shall establish criteria to be used in determining which applicants for grants or loans under this Act have the greatest financial need for receiving funds under this Act and shall make determinations regarding the approval of applications for such grants or loans in accordance with such criteria. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the authority of the Secretary to enter into agreements, or to make payments, under this Act shall be effective for any fiscal year only to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 1226a of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original a reference to section 414 of the General Education Provisions Act. Section 414 of that Act was renumbered as section 422 by Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 212(b)(1), , 108 Stat. 3913, and is classified to section 1226a of this title.