20 USC § 3476 - Regional and field offices

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s3476"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 3476 - Regional and field offices"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "3476"
section_name: "Regional and field offices"
chapter_number: 48
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "General Administrative Provisions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, § 416, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 685.)"
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# § 3476. Regional and field offices

The Secretary is authorized to establish, alter, discontinue, or maintain such regional or other field offices as the Secretary may find necessary or appropriate to perform functions of the Secretary or the Department.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, § 416, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 685.)