Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 2.djvu/763

 PUBLIC LAW 94-482—OCT. 12, 1976

90 STAT. 2231

REGULATIONS

SEC. 405. (a)(1) Section 431 of the General Education Provisions Act is amended by striking out "SEC. 431. (a) " and inserting in lieu 20 USC 1232. thereof " (2) " and by inserting immediately after the section heading the following: "§EC. 431. (a)(1) For the purpose of this section, the term 'regulation' means any rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations, orders, or requirements of general applicability prescribed by the • Commissioner.". (2)(A) Section 431(a)(2) of such Act, as redesignated by this section, is amended by striking out "Kules, regulations, guidelines, or other published interpretations or orders" and inserting in lieu thereof "Regulations". (B) Such section 431(a)(2) is further amended by striking out "rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations, or orders and inserting in lieu thereof "regulations". (b)(1) Section 431(b)(1) of such Act is amended by striking out "standard, rule, regulation, or requirement of general applicability" and inserting in lieu thereof "proposed regulation". (2) Section 431(b)(2)(A) of such Act is amended by striking out "standard, rule, regulation, or general requirement" and inserting in lieu thereof "regulation". (c) Section 431(c) of such Act is amended by striking out "rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations, or orders" and inserting in lieu thereof "regulations". (d)(1) Section 431(d)(1) of such Act is amended by striking out "standard, rule, regulation, or requirement of general applicability" and inserting in lieu thereof "regulation". (2) Section 431(d)(1) of such Act is further amended by striking out "standard, rule, regulation, or requirement" each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "regulation". (3) Section 431(d)(2) of such Act is amended by striking out "standard, rule, regulation, or requirement" each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "regulation". (e)(1) Section 431(e) of such Act is amended by striking out "standard, rule, regulation, or requirement" and inserting in lieu thereof "regulation". (2) Section 431(e) of such Act is further amended by striking out "proposed standard, rule, regulation, or requirement of general applicability" and inserting in lieu thereof "final regulation". (f) Section 431(g) of such Act is amended by striking out "rules, regulations, and guidelines" each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "final regulations". (g) The heading of section 431 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "REGULATIONS: REQUIREMENTS AND ENEORCEMENT". CONTROL OF PAPERWORK

SEC. 406. Section 406 of the General Education Provisions Act is 20 USC amended by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h) and by 1221e-l. inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection: "(g)(1)(A) In order to eliminate excessive detail and unnecessary or redundant information requests, the Secretary and the Commissioner shall, in accordance with the provision of this subsection, coordinate the collection of information and data acquisition activities of the Education Division and the Office for Civil Rights.

�