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 118 STAT. 2802 PUBLIC LAW 108–446—DEC. 3, 2004 ‘‘(2) assist the Director in the preparation of a biennial report, as described in section 119. ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2010.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) AMENDMENTS TO THE TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for improvement of Federal education research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination, and for other pur poses’’, approved November 5, 2002 (116 Stat. 1940; Public Law 107–279), is amended— (A) by redesignating the item relating to part E as the item relating to part F; and (B) by inserting after the item relating to section 174 the following: ‘‘PART E—NATIONAL CENTER FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION RESEARCH ‘‘Sec. 175. Establishment. ‘‘Sec. 176. Commissioner for Special Education Research. ‘‘Sec. 177. Duties.’’. (2) EDUCATION SCIENCES REFORM ACT OF 2002.—The Edu cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9501 et seq.) is amended— (A) in section 111(b)(1)(A) (20 U.S.C. 9511(b)(1)(A)), by inserting ‘‘and special education’’ after ‘‘early childhood education’’; (B) in section 111(c)(3) (20 U.S.C. 9511(c)(3))— (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(D) the National Center for Special Education Research (as described in part E).’’; (C) in section 115(a) (20 U.S.C. 9515(a)), by striking ‘‘including those’’ and all that follows through ‘‘such as’’ and inserting ‘‘including those associated with the goals and requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Edu cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), and the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), such as’’; and (D) in section 116(c)(4)(A)(ii) (20 U.S.C. 9516(c)(4)(A)(ii), by inserting ‘‘special education experts,’’ after ‘‘early childhood experts,’’. (3) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.— Section 1117(a)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6317(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘part E’’ and inserting ‘‘part D’’. SEC. 202. NATIONAL BOARD FOR EDUCATION SCIENCES. Section 116(c)(9) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9516(c)(9)) is amended by striking the third sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘Meetings of the Board are subject to section 552b of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Government in the Sunshine Act).’’.

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