§ 123. — Annual appropriations; inspection by Secretary of Education.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC123]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 8--HOWARD UNIVERSITY
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 123. Annual appropriations; inspection by Secretary of
Education
Annual appropriations are authorized to aid in the construction,
development, improvement, endowment, and maintenance of the university,
no part of which shall be used for religious instruction. The university
shall at all times be open to inspection by the Secretary of Education
and shall be inspected by the said Secretary at least once each year.
(Mar. 2, 1867, ch. 162, Sec. 8, 14 Stat. 439; Dec. 13, 1928, ch. 26, 45
Stat. 1021; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, Sec. 11(c), eff. June 30, 1940, 5
F.R. 2422, 54 Stat. 1237; Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, Sec. 1(60), 60 Stat.
871; Pub. L. 96-88, title III, Sec. 301(a)(2)(M), title V, Sec. 507,
Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 678, 692; Pub. L. 98-480, title II, Sec. 208,
Oct. 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 2247.)
Amendments
1984--Pub. L. 98-480 inserted ``endowment,'' after ``improvement,''.
1946--Act Aug. 7, 1946, repealed third sentence which required that
an annual report of the affairs of the university be presented to
Congress in the report of Office of Education.
1928--Act Dec. 13, 1928, authorized annual appropriations for the
university, prohibited use of funds for religious instruction, made the
university subject to inspection at least once a year by the Bureau of
Education, and substituted provision that the annual report of the
university's affairs be presented to Congress by the Bureau for
provision that the Board of Trustees publish such an annual report.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98-480 effective Oct. 1, 1984, see section 209
of Pub. L. 98-480, set out as an Effective Date note under section 130aa
of this title.
Transfer of Functions
``Secretary of Education'' substituted in text for ``Secretary of
Health, Education, and Welfare'' pursuant to sections 301(a)(2)(M) and
507 of Pub. L. 96-88 which are classified to sections 3441(a)(2)(M) and
3507 of this title and which transferred all functions of Secretary of
Health, Education, and Welfare under this subchapter to Secretary of
Education.
Functions of Federal Security Administrator transferred to Secretary
of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of Federal Security
Agency transferred to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by
section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R.
2053, 67 Stat. 631, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees. Federal Security Agency and office of
Administrator abolished by section 8 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953.
Office of Education transferred to Federal Security Agency by Reorg.
Plan No. I of 1939, Secs. 201, 204, eff. July 1, 1939, set out in the
Appendix to Title 5.
Office of Education created and placed in Department of the Interior
by the act of July 20, 1868, ch. 176, 15 Stat. 106, which abolished the
Department of Education. In the appropriation act of July 12, 1870, ch.
251, 16 Stat. 242, the Office was designated the Bureau of Education.
This designation was retained until the act of May 14, 1930, ch. 273, 46
Stat. 281, 319, which made appropriations for the ``Office of
Education.''
Reports Continued
Office of Education was directed to continue its inspections of
Howard University in accordance with provisions of existing law, by
Reorg. Plan No. IV of 1940, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1063, 1066c of this title.
