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title: "20 U.S.C. § 551"
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# 20 U.S.C. § 551 - Omitted

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section, Pub. L. 85–864, title VII, § 731, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1595; Pub. L. 88–210, title II, § 207(b), formerly § 27(b), Dec. 18, 1963, 77 Stat. 419, renumbered Pub. L. 90–576, title I, § 101(a)(1), Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1064; Pub. L. 96–88, title III, § 301(a)(1), title V, § 507, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 677, 692, related to functions of Secretary of Education with respect to dissemination of information on new educational media. See Codification note set out under sections 541, 542 of this title.