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Title 20 — Education

Chapter 55 — Education of the Deaf

§ 4359b. Research priorities

Statutory text

(a)

Research priorities

Gallaudet University and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf shall each establish and disseminate priorities for their national mission with respect to deafness related research, development, and demonstration activities, that reflect public input, through a process that includes consumers, constituent groups, and the heads of other federally funded programs. The priorities for the University shall include activities conducted as part of the University’s elementary and secondary education programs under section 4304 of this title.

(b)

Research reports

The University and NTID shall each prepare and submit an annual research report, to the Secretary, the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, not later than January 10 of each year, that shall include—

(1)

a summary of the public input received as part of the establishment and dissemination of priorities required by subsection (a), and the University’s and NTID’s response to the input; and

(2)

a summary description of the research undertaken by the University and NTID, the start and projected end dates for each research project, the projected cost and source or sources of funding for each project, and any products resulting from research completed in the prior fiscal year.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 99–371 title II § 210 · 100 Stat. 781

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 4359b

    Pub. L. 99–371, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 923, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1832

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 99–371, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 923, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1832

  2. Higher Education Opportunity Act

    Pub. L. 110–315 title IX § 912 · 122 Stat. 3078

    Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 4359b(b)

    Pub. L. 110–315 substituted “Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate” for “Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–315 substituted “Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate” for “Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 912. RESEARCH PRIORITIES.   Section 210(b) of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4359b(b)) is amended by striking “Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate” and inserting “Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 210 of Pub. L. 99–371 was renumbered section 209 and is classified to section 4359a of this title.

Another prior section 210 of title II of Pub. L. 99–371, formerly title IV, § 410, , 100 Stat. 794; renumbered title II, § 210, Pub. L. 102–241, title I, § 101(b)(5), (6), , 106 Stat. 2151, repealed sections 681 to 685, 691 to 691g, 693 to 693b, and 695 to 695c of this title and provisions set out as notes under sections 681 and 693 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–421, title I, § 139, , 106 Stat. 2163.

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–315 substituted “Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate” for “Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on Education and Labor of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Education and the Workforce of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, .

Effective Date

Section effective , except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as an Effective Date of 1998 Amendment note under section 1001 of this title.

Credits

1998–2008 · 2 acts
  1. 1998Pub. L. 99–371, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 923, , 112 Stat. 1832
  2. 2008amended Pub. L. 110–315, title IX, § 912, , 122 Stat. 3455.
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(Pub. L. 99–371, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 923, , 112 Stat. 1832; amended Pub. L. 110–315, title IX, § 912, , 122 Stat. 3455.)

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