20 USC § 4359 - Oversight and effect of agreements

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title: "20 USC § 4359 - Oversight and effect of agreements"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "4359"
section_name: "Oversight and effect of agreements"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "EDUCATION OF THE DEAF"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–371, title II, § 208, formerly title IV, § 409, Aug. 4, 1986, 100 Stat. 794; renumbered title II, § 209, Pub. L. 102–421, title I, § 101(b)(5), (6), Oct. 16, 1992, 106 Stat. 2151; amended Pub. L. 103–73, title II, § 204(g), Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 735; renumbered § 208 and amended Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 921, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1831; Pub. L. 110–315, title IX, § 910, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3453.)"
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# § 4359. Oversight and effect of agreements

**(a)** **Oversight activities** Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to diminish the oversight activities of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate with respect to any agreement entered into between the Secretary of Education and Gallaudet University, and the institution of higher education with which the Secretary has an agreement under part B of subchapter I.

**(b)** **Construction of agreements** The agreements described in subsection (a) of this section shall continue in effect, to the extent that such agreements are not inconsistent with this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–371, title II, § 208, formerly title IV, § 409, Aug. 4, 1986, 100 Stat. 794; renumbered title II, § 209, Pub. L. 102–421, title I, § 101(b)(5), (6), Oct. 16, 1992, 106 Stat. 2151; amended Pub. L. 103–73, title II, § 204(g), Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 735; renumbered § 208 and amended Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 921, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1831; Pub. L. 110–315, title IX, § 910, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3453.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was classified to , prior to repeal by .

Another prior  was classified to , prior to repeal by .

### Amendments

2008—Subsec. (a).  substituted “Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate” for “Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives”.

1998—Subsec. (a). , substituted “Committee on Education and the Workforce” for “Committee on Education and Labor”.

1993—Subsec. (a). , substituted “an agreement under part B of subchapter I” for “an agreement under title II”.

Subsec. (b). , struck out “the provisions of” after “inconsistent with”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Committee on Education and Labor of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Education and the Workforce of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, .

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except as otherwise provided in , see , set out as a note under .