20 USC § 2325 - Assistance for the outlying areas

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s2325"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 2325 - Assistance for the outlying areas"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "2325"
section_name: "Assistance for the outlying areas"
chapter_number: 44
chapter_name: "CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE TO THE STATES"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Allotment and Allocation"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 88–210, title I, § 115, as added Pub. L. 109–270, § 1(b), Aug. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 706; amended Pub. L. 115–224, title I, § 114, July 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 1597.)"
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# § 2325. Assistance for the outlying areas

**(a)** **Outlying areas** From funds reserved pursuant to section 2321(a)(1)(A) of this title, the Secretary shall—

**(1)** make a grant in the amount of $660,000 to Guam;

**(2)** make a grant in the amount of $350,000 to each of American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and

**(3)** make a grant of $160,000 to the Republic of Palau, subject to subsection (b).

**(b)** **Restriction** The Republic of Palau shall cease to be eligible to receive funding under this section upon entering into an agreement for an extension of United States educational assistance under the Compact of Free Association, unless otherwise provided in such agreement.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 88–210, title I, § 115, as added Pub. L. 109–270, § 1(b), Aug. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 706; amended Pub. L. 115–224, title I, § 114, July 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 1597.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2325, , as added , , , related to assistance for outlying areas, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by .

Another prior section 2325, , as added , , ; amended , , ; , , ; , , , related to State and local standards and measures, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by .

### Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a)(3). , substituted “subject to subsection (b)” for “subject to subsection (d)”.

Subsecs. (b) to (d). , (3), redesignated subsec. (d) as (b) and struck out former subsecs. (b) and (c) which provided for grants of the remainder of funds reserved pursuant to  and established a limitation on use.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .