20 USC § 1154 - Contract authority

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title: "20 USC § 1154 - Contract authority"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1154"
section_name: "Contract authority"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–374, title XIII, § 1392, Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1504.)"
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# § 1154. Contract authority

The authorization to enter into contracts or other obligations under the Act, as amended by this Act, shall be effective for fiscal year 1981 and any succeeding fiscal year only to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–374, title XIII, § 1392, Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1504.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Act, as amended by this Act, referred to in text, means the Higher Education Act of 1965, , , , as amended by the Education Amendments of 1980, , , , which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to .

Section was enacted as part of the Education Amendments of 1980, and not as part of the Higher Education Act of 1965 which comprises this chapter.

Section was enacted as part of the Higher Education Amendments of 1986, and not as part of the Higher Education Act of 1965 which comprises this chapter.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under .

### Contracting Authority Subject To Appropriations

> “The authority to enter into contracts or other obligations under this Act (other than amendments made to part B of title IV of the Act) [see Tables for classification] shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts.”

, , , provided that: