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PUBLIC LAW 92-318-JUNE 23, 1972

such a waiver or modification is expressly authorized by such law or by a provision of this title or by a law expressly limiting the applicability of this paragraph. " (B) There shall be no limitation on the use of funds appropriated to carry out any applicable program other than limitations imposed by the law authorizing the appropriation or a law controlling the administration of such program; nor shall any funds appropriated to carry out an applicable program be allotted, apportioned, allocated, or otherwise distributed in any manner or by any method different from that specified in the law authorizing the appropriation. " (3) No person holding office in the executive branch of the Government shall exercise any authority which would authorize or effect any activity prohibited by paragraph (1) or (2). "(4) The transfer of any responsibility, authority, power, duty, or obligation subject to this title, from the Commissioner to any other officer in the executive branch of the Government, shall not affect the applicability of this title with respect to any applicable program." (b) The heading of such section 421 is amended to read as follows: '

ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION

PROGRAMS?5

(c) The provisions of section 421(c) of the General Education Pro\'isions Act shall be effective upon the date of enactment of this Act. Xo provision of any law which is inconsistent with such section 421(c) shall be effective nor shall any such provision control to the extent of such inconsistency, unless such a law is enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. AMENDMENTS TO THE

COOPERATIVE RESEARCH

Effective date. Ante,

p. 332.

ACT

SEC. 303. (a) Effective July 1, 1972, the Cooperative Kesearch Act is amended— (1) in section 2 by striking out paragraph (3) of subsection (a) and subsections (b) and (c) and by amending paragraph (1) of subsection (a) to read as follows: •'SEC. 2. (a)(1). In order to assist the Commissioner in carrying out the purpose and duties of the Office of Education, the Commissioner is authorized, during the period beginning July 1, 1972, and endingJune 30, 1976, to make grants to, and contracts with, public and pri\ ate institutions, agencies, and organizations for the dissemination of information, for surveys, for exemplary projects in the field of education, and for the conduct of studies related to the management of the Office of Education, except that no such grant may be made to a private agency, organization, or institution other than a nonprofit one.": and (2) by striking out section 3 of such Act and inserting in lien thereof the following; "SEC. 3. There are authorized to be appropriated for purposes of section 2, $58,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. $68,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $78,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975.". (b) Nothing contained in the amendments made by subsection (a) shall be construed to grant the Commissioner of Education any nuthority which he did not have under the Cooperative Research Act prior to July 1, 1972.

Effective date. 68 Stat. 533; 79 Stat. 4 4. 20 USC 331 note.

20 USC 332. Appropriations.

EVALUATION

SEC. 304. Part B of the General Education ProA isions Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:

Ante,

p. 326.

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