 
           CHAPTER 31--GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING EDUCATION
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--APPROPRIATIONS AND EVALUATIONS
 
                         Part 1--Appropriations
 
Sec. 1226a. Contingent extension of programs


(a) Automatic extension

    The authorization of appropriations for, or duration of, an 
applicable program shall be automatically extended for one additional 
fiscal year unless Congress, in the regular session that ends prior to 
the beginning of the terminal fiscal year of such authorization or 
duration, has passed legislation that becomes law and extends or repeals 
the authorization or duration of such program.

(b) Amount of appropriation

    The amount authorized to be appropriated for the period of automatic 
extension under subsection (a) of this section of an applicable program 
shall be the amount authorized to be appropriated for such program for 
the terminal fiscal year of the applicable program.

(c) Acts and determinations necessary for program continuation

    If the Secretary is required, in the terminal fiscal year of an 
applicable program, to carry out certain acts or make certain 
determinations that are necessary for the continuation of such program, 
such acts or determinations shall be required to be carried out or made 
during the period of automatic extension under subsection (a) of this 
section.

(d) Application to commissions, councils, and committees required by law 
        to terminate

    This section shall not apply to the authorization of appropriations 
for a commission, council, or committee which is required by an 
applicable statute to terminate on a date certain.

(Pub. L. 90-247, title IV, Sec. 422, formerly Sec. 414, as added Pub. L. 
93-380, title V, Sec. 506(a)(2)(B), Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 563; amended 
Pub. L. 96-374, title XIII, Sec. 1301, Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1496; 
renumbered Sec. 422 and amended Pub. L. 103-382, title II, 
Secs. 212(b)(1), 233, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3913, 3915.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 422 of Pub. L. 90-247 was renumbered section 431, 
and is classified to section 1231a of this title.
    Another prior section 422 of Pub. L. 90-247 was renumbered section 
438, and is classified to section 1232a of this title.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-382, Sec. 233, amended section generally, revising 
and restating former subsecs. (a) and (b) as subsecs. (a) to (c) and 
adding subsec. (d).
    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-374 inserted provisions for the 
automatic extension of an authorization or duration of two additional 
fiscal years for any applicable program authorized to be included in the 
Appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for 
which appropriations are available for obligation.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-374 effective Oct. 1, 1980, see section 
1393(a) of Pub. L. 96-374, set out as a note under section 1001 of this 
title.


      Indochinese Refugee Children Education Assistance Programs; 
            Applicability of Contingent Extension Provisions

    Applicability of contingent extension provisions to any program of 
financial assistance for educational purposes for Indochinese refugee 
children, see section 327 of Pub. L. 94-482, set out as a note under 
section 1225 of this title.


                   Limitation on Extension of Programs

    Pub. L. 94-328, Sec. 2(d), June 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 727, provided 
that: ``The amendments made by this section [amending sections 1070a, 
1074, 1078 and 1078a of this title and enacting provisions set out as a 
note under section 2756 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare] 
shall not be deemed to authorize the automatic extension of the programs 
so amended, under section 414 [now 422] of the General Education 
Provisions Act [this section], beyond the date specified in such 
amendments.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2502, 3611, 6661i of this 
title; title 42 section 12641.
