20 U.S.C. § 3481
Gifts and bequests
United States · Title 20 — EDUCATION · Status: effective
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- 20 U.S.C. § 3481, Gifts and bequests, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/452965
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The Secretary is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, bequests and devises of property, both real and personal, and to accept donations of services, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Department. Gifts, bequests, and devises of money and proceeds from sales of other property received as gifts, bequests, or devises shall be deposited in the Treasury and shall be available for disbursement upon the order of the Secretary.
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.
- An act to establish a Department of Education, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Improving America's Schools Act of 1994