<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id6c6493b2-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb" identifier="/us/usc/t20/s1409"><num value="1409">§ 1409.</num><heading> Freely associated States</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau shall continue to be eligible for competitive grants administered by the Secretary under this chapter to the extent that such grants continue to be available to States and local educational agencies under this chapter.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id6c6493b3-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb">(<ref href="/us/pl/91/230/tVI/s610">Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 610</ref>, as added <ref href="/us/pl/108/446/tI/s101">Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101</ref>, <date date="2004-12-03">Dec. 3, 2004</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/118/2662">118 Stat. 2662</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="priorProvisions" id="id6c6493b5-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Prior Provisions</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">A prior section 1409, <ref href="/us/pl/91/230/tVI/s610">Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 610</ref>, as added <ref href="/us/pl/101/476/tI/s104">Pub. L. 101–476, title I, § 104</ref>, <date date="1990-10-30">Oct. 30, 1990</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/104/1106">104 Stat. 1106</ref>, provided administrative provisions applicable to former subchapters III to VII of this chapter and former <ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1418">section 1418 of this title</ref>, prior to the general amendment of subchapters I to IV of this chapter by <ref href="/us/pl/105/17">Pub. L. 105–17</ref>.</p>
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