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20 U.S.C. § 1070

Statement of purpose; program authorization

United States · Title 20 — EDUCATION · Status: effective

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20 U.S.C. § 1070, Statement of purpose; program authorization, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/452013
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It is the purpose of this part, to assist in making available the benefits of postsecondary education to eligible students (defined in accordance with section 1091 of this title) in institutions of higher education by— The Secretary shall, in accordance with subparts 1 through 9 of this part, carry out programs to achieve the purposes of this part.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 99-498(S. 1965)1986-10-17
    Higher Education Amendments of 1986
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 102-325(S. 1150)1992-07-23
    Higher Education Amendments of 1992
    House: 419–7Senate: 93–1
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-244(H.R. 6)1998-10-07
    Higher Education Amendments of 1998
    House: 414–4Senate: 96–0
  • Amended byPub. L. 111-39(H.R. 1777)2009-07-01
    To make technical corrections to the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
    House: 411–0Senate: no recorded tally