20 U.S.C. § 1097a
Administrative subpoenas
United States · Title 20 — EDUCATION · Status: effective
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- 20 U.S.C. § 1097a, Administrative subpoenas, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/452203
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To assist the Secretary in the conduct of investigations of possible violations of the provisions of this subchapter, the Secretary is authorized to require by subpoena the production of information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, and other documentary evidence pertaining to participation in any program under this subchapter. The production of any such records may be required from any place in a State.
In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any person, the Secretary may request the Attorney General to invoke the aid of any court of the United States where such person resides or transacts business for a court order for the enforcement of this section.
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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Higher Education Amendments of 1998