20 USC § 1140o - Authorization of appropriations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s1140o"
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title: "20 USC § 1140o - Authorization of appropriations"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1140o"
section_name: "Authorization of appropriations"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "GRADUATE AND POSTSECONDARY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Programs To Provide Students With Disabilities With a Quality Higher Education"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–329, title VII, § 775, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title VII, § 709(2), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3373.)"
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# § 1140o. Authorization of appropriations

**(a)** **In general** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subpart such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years.

**(b)** **Priority** *l*

For the first fiscal year for which funds are made available under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to allocating funding for the purposes of section 1140 of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–329, title VII, § 775, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title VII, § 709(2), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3373.)

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