Section 15h, acts June 8, 1936, ch. 541, § 1, 49 Stat. 1488; Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 725, § 1, 60 Stat. 775, provided for a popular name. Subject matter of section prior to its amendment related to the development of vocational education in States and Territories, appropriations and their allotment, and matching of funds by States and Territories, and was replaced by sections 15j and 15k of this title.

Section 15i, acts June 8, 1936, ch. 541, § 2, 49 Stat. 1488; Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 725, title I, § 101, 60 Stat. 775; Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 871, title III, § 301, 70 Stat. 925; June 25, 1959, Pub. L. 86–70, § 18(b)(2), 73 Stat. 144; July 12, 1960, Pub. L. 86–624, § 14(b)(3), 74 Stat. 414, defined “States and Territories”, “State plan”, “State board”, and “Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act”.

Section 15j, acts June 8, 1936, ch. 541, § 3, 49 Stat. 1489; Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 725, title I, § 101, 60 Stat. 775; Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 871, title III, § 301, 70 Stat. 925; Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1039, § 2, 70 Stat. 1126, authorized appropriations for programs in vocational education in agriculture, home economics, trades and industry, distributive occupations, and fishery trades.

Section 15k, acts June 8, 1936, ch. 541, § 4, 49 Stat. 1489; Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 725, title I, § 101, 60 Stat. 776; Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 871, title III, § 301, 70 Stat. 925, required that Federal funds be matched by State and local funds in order to receive benefits of section 15i et seq. of this title.

Section 15l, acts June 8, 1936, ch. 541, § 5, 49 Stat. 1489; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 1(a)(1), eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231; Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 725, title I, § 101, 60 Stat. 776; Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 871, title III, § 301, 70 Stat. 925, provided for method of payment of funds to which the State or Territory was entitled under section 15i et seq. of this title.

Section 15m, acts June 8, 1936, ch. 541, § 6, 49 Stat. 1489; Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 725, title I, § 101, 60 Stat. 777; Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 871, title, III, § 301, 70 Stat. 925, made funds available for salary and expenses of State directors.

For general subject matter of sections 15i to 15m, see section 1241 et seq. of this title.

Pub. L. 90–576, title I, § 103, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1091, provided that the repeal is effective July 1, 1969.