 
           CHAPTER 31--GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING EDUCATION
 
SUBCHAPTER III--GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS CONCERNING OPERATION 
AND ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS: GENERAL AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY
 
                        Part 1--General Authority
 
Sec. 1231. Joint funding of programs


(a) Joint projects; transfers of appropriations; contracts or grants; 
        criteria

    (1) The Secretary is authorized to enter into arrangements with 
other Federal agencies to jointly carry out projects of common interest, 
to transfer to such agencies funds appropriated under any applicable 
program, and to receive and use funds from such agencies, for projects 
of common interest.
    (2) Funds transferred or received pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be 
used only in accordance with the statutes authorizing the appropriation 
of such funds, and shall be made available by contract or grant only to 
recipients eligible to receive such funds under such statutes.
    (3) If the Secretary enters into an agreement under this subsection 
for the administration of a project, the agency administering the 
project shall use such agency's procedures to award contracts or grants 
and to administer such awards, unless the parties to the agreement 
specify the use of procedures of another agency that is a party to the 
agreement.
    (4) If the Secretary has entered into an agreement authorized under 
this subsection and the Secretary and the heads of the other agencies 
participating in the agreement determine that joint funding is necessary 
to address a special need consistent with the purposes and authorized 
activities of each program that provides funding under the joint 
project, the Secretary and the heads of the other participating agencies 
may develop a single set of criteria for the jointly funded project and 
require each applicant for such project to submit a single application 
for review by the participating agencies.

(b) Joint applications

    The Secretary may develop the criteria for, and require the 
submission of, joint applications under two or more applicable programs 
under which funds are awarded on a competitive basis, and may jointly 
review and approve such applications separately from other applications 
under such programs, when the Secretary determines that such joint 
awards are necessary to address a special need consistent with the 
purposes and authorized activities of each such program. Any applicant 
for such a joint award shall meet the eligibility requirements of each 
such program.

(c) Limitations on joint funding

    The Secretary may not construe the provisions of this section to 
take precedence over a limitation on joint funding contained in an 
applicable statute.

(d) Congressional notice

    (1) The Secretary shall provide notice to the Committee on Education 
and Labor of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Labor 
and Human Resources of the Senate of each joint funding agreement made 
with other Federal agencies not later than 60 days after the making of 
such agreements.
    (2) Such notice shall include--
        (A) a description of the purpose and objectives of the joint 
    funding arrangement;
        (B) the amounts and sources, by program, of the funds dedicated 
    to such arrangement; and
        (C) the criteria developed to govern the award of contracts and 
    grants.

(Pub. L. 90-247, title IV, Sec. 430, formerly Sec. 411, as added Pub. L. 
91-230, title IV, Sec. 401(a)(10), Apr. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 166; 
renumbered Sec. 421 and amended Pub. L. 92-318, title III, 
Secs. 301(a)(1), 302(a), June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 326, 332; renumbered 
Sec. 421A, Pub. L. 93-380, title V, Sec. 507(a), Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 
565; renumbered Sec. 430 and amended Pub. L. 103-382, title II, 
Secs. 212(b)(1), 241, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3913, 3921.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 430 of Pub. L. 90-247 was renumbered section 436, 
and is classified to section 1231g of this title.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-382, Sec. 241, amended section generally. Prior to 
amendment, section consisted of subsecs. (a) to (c) relating to 
administration of education programs, delegations of authority, 
utilization of services and facilities of other agencies, and 
consolidation of programs.
    1972--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 92-318, Sec. 302(a), added subsec. (c).

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Education and Labor of House of Representatives treated 
as referring to Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities of 
House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a 
note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on 
Economic and Educational Opportunities of House of Representatives 
changed to Committee on Education and the Workforce of House of 
Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Fifth Congress, 
Jan. 7, 1997.


  Effective Date of 1972 Amendment; Inconsistent Provisions Ineffective

    Section 302(c) of Pub. L. 92-318 provided that: ``The provisions of 
section 421(c) [now 430(c)] of the General Education Provisions Act 
[subsec. (c) of this section] shall be effective upon the date of 
enactment of this Act [June 23, 1972]. No 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.''
