20 USC § 4331 - Authority

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s4331"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 4331 - Authority"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "4331"
section_name: "Authority"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "EDUCATION OF THE DEAF"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY; NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF; OTHER PROGRAMS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "National Technical Institute for the Deaf"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–371, title I, § 111, formerly title II, § 201, Aug. 4, 1986, 100 Stat. 784; renumbered title I, § 111, Pub. L. 102–421, title I, § 101(b)(3), (4), Oct. 16, 1992, 106 Stat. 2151; Pub. L. 103–73, title II, § 203(f), Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 734.)"
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# § 4331. Authority

For the purpose of providing a residential facility for postsecondary technical training and education for individuals who are deaf in order to prepare them for successful employment, the institution of higher education with which the Secretary has an agreement under this part is authorized to operate and maintain a National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–371, title I, § 111, formerly title II, § 201, Aug. 4, 1986, 100 Stat. 784; renumbered title I, § 111, Pub. L. 102–421, title I, § 101(b)(3), (4), Oct. 16, 1992, 106 Stat. 2151; Pub. L. 103–73, title II, § 203(f), Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 734.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior , title I, , , as amended, authorized Gallaudet University to operate Kendall Demonstration Elementary School and was classified to , prior to repeal by .

Provisions similar to this section were contained in  prior to repeal by .

### Amendments

1993— substituted “part” for “subchapter”.