20 USC § 2392 - Authority to make payments

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title: "20 USC § 2392 - Authority to make payments"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "2392"
section_name: "Authority to make payments"
chapter_number: 44
chapter_name: "CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Federal Administrative Provisions"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 88–210, title II, § 212, formerly title III, § 312, as added Pub. L. 109–270, § 1(b), Aug. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 743; renumbered title II, § 212, Pub. L. 115–224, title II, § 201(a)(5), (6), July 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 1621.)"
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# § 2392. Authority to make payments

Any authority to make payments or to enter into contracts under this chapter shall be available only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 88–210, title II, § 212, formerly title III, § 312, as added Pub. L. 109–270, § 1(b), Aug. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 743; renumbered title II, § 212, Pub. L. 115–224, title II, § 201(a)(5), (6), July 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 1621.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2392, , as added , , , related to authority to make payments, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by .

Another prior section 2392, , formerly § 342, as added , , ; amended , , ; renumbered § 332 and amended , (d), , , authorized business-labor-education partnership training grants, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

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