{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/s3421","title_num":"20","num":"§ 3421.","heading":"Office of General Counsel","status":null,"guid":"idd162ed83-4aa6-11eb-afbc-da62fdf49fd5","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 96–88, title II, § 210, formerly § 211, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 675; renumbered § 210, Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 271(a)(2), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3929.)","seq_in_title":1165,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch48/schII","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20","level":"title","num":"Title 20—","heading":"EDUCATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch48","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 48—","heading":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch48/schII","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER II—","heading":"ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<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=\"id6c92330c-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s3421\"><num value=\"3421\">§ 3421.</num><heading> Office of General Counsel</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">There shall be in the Department an Office of General Counsel, to be administered by the General Counsel appointed under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t20/s3412/b\">section 3412(b) of this title</ref>. The General Counsel shall provide legal assistance to the Secretary concerning the programs and policies of the Department.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id6c925a1d-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/96/88/tII/s210\">Pub. L. 96–88, title II, § 210</ref>, formerly § 211, <date date=\"1979-10-17\">Oct. 17, 1979</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/93/675\">93 Stat. 675</ref>; renumbered § 210, <ref href=\"/us/pl/103/382/tII/s271/a/2\">Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 271(a)(2)</ref>, <date date=\"1994-10-20\">Oct. 20, 1994</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/108/3929\">108 Stat. 3929</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id6c925a1e-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"priorProvisions\" id=\"id6c925a1f-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Prior Provisions</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">A prior <ref href=\"/us/pl/96/88/s210\">section 210 of Pub. L. 96–88</ref> was renumbered section 209 and is classified to <ref href=\"/us/usc/t20/s3420\">section 3420 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-56","currency_date":"2019-08-23","congress":116,"law_num":56,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":182,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["05","11","13","15","20","28","38","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}