 
                   CHAPTER 48--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
                SUBCHAPTER IV--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                Part B--General Administrative Provisions
 
Sec. 3482. Technical advice


(a) Authorization

    The Secretary is authorized, upon request, to provide advice, 
counsel, and technical assistance to applicants or potential applicants 
for grants and contracts and other interested persons with respect to 
any functions of the Secretary or the Department.

(b) Consolidation of applications for grants and contracts

    The Secretary may permit the consolidation of applications for 
grants or contracts with respect to two or more functions of the 
Secretary or the Department, but such consolidation shall not alter the 
statutory criteria for approval of applications for funding with respect 
to such functions.

(Pub. L. 96-88, title IV, Sec. 422, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 687.)
