HR 5600
96th Congress
House
Education
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Rural affairs legislation
Rural schools
A bill to amend the Department of Education Organization Act to transfer authority with respect to rural education to the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, and for other…
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Became law
Oct 16, 1979
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Oct 16, 1979
Introduced in House
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Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to make the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education responsible for the promotion and coordination of Department programs of assistance to rural education and school districts. Directs the Assistant Secretary to work with the Federal Interagency Committee on Education to coordinate related activities and programs of other Federal departments and agencies.
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Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5600: A bill to amend the Department of Education Organization Act to transfer authority with respect to rural education to the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, and for other purposes.. 96th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5600/
"H.R. 5600: A bill to amend the Department of Education Organization Act to transfer authority with respect to rural education to the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, and for other purposes.." 96th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5600/.
H.R. 5600, 96th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5600/.
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