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20 U.S.C. § 3486 — Annual report
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**(a) Contents** The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, make a single, comprehensive report to the President for transmission to the Congress on the activities of the Department during such fiscal year. The report shall include a statement of goals, priorities, and plans for the Department together with an assessment of the progress made toward—
(1) the attainment of such goals, priorities, and plans;
(2) the more effective and efficient management of the Department and the coordination of its functions; and
(3) the reduction of excessive or burdensome regulation and of unnecessary duplication and fragmentation in Federal education programs,
accompanied where necessary by recommendations for proposed legislation for the achievement of such objectives.
**(b) Estimate on non-Federal personnel employed** The report required by subsection (a) shall also include an estimate of the extent of the non-Federal personnel employed pursuant to contracts entered into by the Department under [section 3475 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section3475&num=0&edition=prelim) or under any other authority (including any subcontract thereunder), the number of such contracts and subcontracts pursuant to which non-Federal personnel are employed, and the total cost of those contracts and subcontracts.
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**(a) Contents** The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, make a single, comprehensive report to the President for transmission to the Congress on the activities of the Department during such fiscal year. The report shall include a statement of goals, priorities, and plans for the Department together with an assessment of the progress made toward—
(1) the attainment of such goals, priorities, and plans;
(2) the more effective and efficient management of the Department and the coordination of its functions; and
(3) the reduction of excessive or burdensome regulation and of unnecessary duplication and fragmentation in Federal education programs,
accompanied where necessary by recommendations for proposed legislation for the achievement of such objectives.
**(b) Estimate on non-Federal personnel employed** The report required by subsection (a) shall also include an estimate of the extent of the non-Federal personnel employed pursuant to contracts entered into by the Department under [section 3475 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section3475&num=0&edition=prelim) or under any other authority (including any subcontract thereunder), the number of such contracts and subcontracts pursuant to which non-Federal personnel are employed, and the total cost of those contracts and subcontracts.
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**(a)**
(1) When requested by a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over receipts or appropriations, the President shall provide the committee with assistance and information.
(2) When requested by a committee of Congress, additional information related to the amount of an appropriation originally requested by an Office of Inspector General shall be submitted to the committee.
**(b)** When requested by a committee of Congress, by the Comptroller General, or by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of each executive agency shall—
(1) provide information on the location and kind of available fiscal, budget, and program information;
(2) to the extent practicable, prepare summary tables of that fiscal, budget, and program information and related information the committee, the Comptroller General, or the Director of the Congressional Budget Office considers necessary; and
(3) provide a program evaluation carried out or commissioned by an executive agency.
**(c)** In cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller General shall—
(1) establish and maintain a current directory of sources of, and information systems for, fiscal, budget, and program information and a brief description of the contents of each source and system;
(2) when requested, provide assistance to committees of Congress and members of Congress in obtaining information from the sources in the directory; and
(3) when requested, provide assistance to committees and, to the extent practicable, to members of Congress in evaluating the information obtained from the sources in the directory
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**(a) Authorization of Secretary** Subject to the provisions of chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41, the Secretary is authorized to make, enter into, and perform such contracts, grants, leases, cooperative agreements, or other similar transactions with Federal or other public agencies (including State and local governments) and private organizations and persons, and to make such payments, by way of advance or reimbursement, as the Secretary may determine necessary or appropriate to carry out functions of the Secretary or the Department.
**(b) Limitations** Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no authority to enter into contracts or to make payments under this subchapter shall be effective except to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance under appropriation Acts. This subsection shall not apply with respect to the authority granted under [section 3481 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section3481&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Pilot program**
(1) **Purpose** — The purpose of this section is to provide an opportunity for States to identify ways to reduce paperwork burdens and other administrative duties that are directly associated with the requirements of this chapter, in order to increase the time and resources available for instruction and other activities aimed at improving educational and functional results for children with disabilities.
(2) **Authorization**
(A) *In general* — In order to carry out the purpose of this section, the Secretary is authorized to grant waivers of statutory requirements of, or regulatory requirements relating to, subchapter II for a period of time not to exceed 4 years with respect to not more than 15 States based on proposals submitted by States to reduce excessive paperwork and noninstructional time burdens that do not assist in improving educational and functional results for children with disabilities.
(B) *Exception* — The Secretary shall not waive under this section any statutory requirements of, or regulatory requirements relating to, applicable civil rights requirements.
(C) *Rule of construction* — Nothing in this section shall be construed to—
(i) affect the right of a child with a disability to receive a free appropriate public education under subchapter II; and
(ii) permit a State or local educational agency to waive procedural safeguards under [section 1415 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1415&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Proposal**
(A) *In general* — A State desiring to participate in the program under this section shall submit a proposal to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may reasonably require.
(B) *Content* — The proposal
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**(a) Science education; exceptions**
(1) There are transferred to the Secretary all programs relating to science education of the National Science Foundation or the Director of the National Science Foundation established prior to May 4, 1980, pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 [[42 U.S.C. 1861](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1861&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], except the programs or parts of programs, as determined after review by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Director of the National Science Foundation, which relate to—
(A) scientific career development;
(B) the continuing education of scientific personnel;
(C) increasing the participation of women, minorities, and the handicapped in careers in science;
(D) the conduct of basic and applied research and development applied to science learning at all educational levels and the dissemination of results concerning such research and development; and
(E) informing the general public of the nature of science and technology and of attendant values and public policy issues.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (1), no mission oriented research functions or programs of the National Science Foundation or any other Federal agency shall be transferred by this chapter.
**(b) Authority of Secretary; consultation and advice** The Secretary is authorized to conduct the programs transferred by subsection (a). In conducting such programs the Secretary shall consult, as appropriate, with the Director of the National Science Foundation, and shall establish advisory mechanisms designed to assure that scientists and engineers are fully involved in the development, implementation, and review of science education programs.
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**(a) Activities** The Secretary shall conduct monitoring and evaluation activities of the education programs and activities and the administrative operations of the University (including the elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate programs) and of NTID. The Secretary may also conduct studies related to the provision of preschool, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and other related services to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. In carrying out the responsibilities described in this section, the Secretary is authorized to employ such consultants as may be necessary pursuant to [section 3109 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3109&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Report** The Secretary shall annually transmit information to Congress on the monitoring and evaluation activities pursuant to subsection (a), together with such recommendations, including recommendations for legislation, as the Secretary may consider necessary.
**(c) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2014 to carry out the monitoring and evaluation activities authorized under this section.
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 3489
1 See References in Text note below.
technology system modernization project or fa-
cility infrastructure improvement obligations
planned for such amounts.
(Pub. L. 116–260, div. H, title III, § 313, Dec. 27,
2020, 134 Stat. 1609.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, referred to in text, is div. H of Pub. L.
116–260, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1547, known as the De-
partments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2021. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Department of
Education Appropriations Act, 2021, and not as part of
the Department of Education Organization Act which
comprises this chapter.
§ 3484. Funds transfer
The Secretary may, when authorized in an ap-
propriation Act in any fiscal year, transfer funds
from one appropriation to another within the
Department, except that no appropriation for
any fiscal year shall be either increased or de-
creased pursuant to this section by more than 5
percent and no such transfer shall result in in-
creasing any such appropriation above the
amount authorized to be appropriated therefor.
(Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, § 424, Oct. 17, 1979, 93
Stat. 688.)
§ 3485. Seal of Department
The Secretary shall cause a seal of office to be
made for the Department of such design as the
Secretary shall approve. Judicial notice shall be
taken of such seal.
(Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, § 425, Oct. 17, 1979, 93
Stat. 688.)
§ 3486. Annual report
(a) Contents
The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable
after the close of each fiscal year, make a single,
comprehensive report to the President for trans-
mission to the Congress on the activities of
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