---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 1011g"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "1011g"
heading: "Application of peer review process"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/1011g"
units:
  - "Chapter 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
  - "Part B — Additional General Provisions"
---

# §1011g. Application of peer review process


All applications submitted under the provisions of this chapter which require peer review shall be read by a panel of readers composed of individuals selected by the [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17), which shall include outside readers who are not employees of the Federal Government. The [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17) shall ensure that no individual assigned under this section to review any application has any conflict of [interest](/usc/20/1066a.md?p=6) with regard to that application which might impair the impartiality with which that individual conducts the review under this section.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–329, title I, § 118, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title I, § 101(a), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1595.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 1145d–1 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–244.

A prior section 1011g, Pub. L. 89–329, title I, § 128, as added Pub. L. 102–325, title I, § 101, July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 464, related to reports and evaluation of programs, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105–244.