20 USC § 3481 - Gifts and bequests

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s3481"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 3481 - Gifts and bequests"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "3481"
section_name: "Gifts and bequests"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, § 421, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 687; Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 271(d)(2), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3930.)"
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# § 3481. Gifts and bequests

The Secretary is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, bequests and devises of property, both real and personal, and to accept donations of services, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Department. Gifts, bequests, and devises of money and proceeds from sales of other property received as gifts, bequests, or devises shall be deposited in the Treasury and shall be available for disbursement upon the order of the Secretary.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, § 421, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 687; Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 271(d)(2), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3930.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— inserted “and to accept donations of services,” after “personal,”.