---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 7802"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "7802"
heading: "Applicability of subchapter"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/7802"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter VIII — General Provisions"
  - "Part A — Definitions"
---

# §7802. Applicability of subchapter


Parts B, C, D, E, and F of this subchapter do not apply to subchapter VII of this chapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8102, formerly title IX, § 9102, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1966; renumbered title VIII, § 8102, and amended Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, §§ 8001(a)(1), 8003, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2088, 2089, 2099.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 7802, Pub. L. 89–10, title IX, § 9102, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3774, set out purpose of provisions relating to Indian education, prior to the general amendment of former subchapter IX of this chapter by Pub. L. 107–110.

### Amendments

2015—Pub. L. 114–95, § 8003, substituted “Parts B, C, D, E, and F of this subchapter do not apply to subchapter VII” for “Parts B, C, D, and E of this subchapter do not apply to subchapter VIII”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2015 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 114–95 effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.