The General Education Provisions Act, referred to in text, is title IV of Pub. L. 90–247, Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 814, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 31 (§ 1221 et seq.) of Title 20, Education. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1221 of Title 20 and Tables.

Section was enacted as part of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990, and not as part of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 which is classified principally to this chapter.

2005—Pub. L. 109–155, in first par., substituted “Historically Black Colleges and Universities that are part B institutions (as defined in section 1061 (2) of title 20), Hispanic-serving institutions (as defined in section 1101a (a)(5) of title 20), Tribal Colleges or Universities (as defined in section 1059c (b)(3) of title 20), Alaskan Native-serving institutions (as defined in section 1059d (b)(2) of title 20), Native Hawaiian-serving institutions (as defined in section 1059d (b)(4) of title 20), and” for “Historically Black Colleges and Universities and”.